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Motown wasn't considered a hit factory by accident, so what was the absolute peak of their success in terms of record sales?
Exploring the unexpected connection between Detroit's Motown Records and 'Lust For Life', the defining anthem of Detroit's ...
Check out these nine shows around town this week. ♥️ Heart brings some of the biggest hits of the classic rock era to ...
We spotlight the Clash of the Carvers international championship, tribute concerts to Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand, the Music of Motown series, and Grammy-nominated Midland’s Columbia Falls show ...
Motown Records carried on and thrived well beyond its Detroit era, of course, and today the L.A. label is home to artists such as Vince Staples, Erykah Badu and Kem.
Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with ...
Motown's biggest stars are all represented in the new Broadway musical. Gordy said when he saw the woman playing Diana Ross come on stage, "it was really tough for me not to kiss her!" ...
Richard Pryor hosts performances by Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and more. Motown 25, the famous 1983 special on which Michael Jackson debuted his signature moonwalk and Smokey ...
— Motown in Love. The book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter.
Classic Motown singers and groups — some of which still boast an original member or two — certainly "can't forget the Motor City," to quote a Reeves and the Vandellas hit, on a tour.