KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An acclaimed Motown group who got their start at Western Michigan University's (WMU) campus is reminiscing about their early days. "It was something. We started recording. We ...

Think about the music pumping through your headphones right now. Where did it actually come from? Every beat, every guitar ...

If you think of some of the most memorable songs from the twentieth century, there's a good chance one of the tunes that comes to mind is the product of Motown — a record label based in Detroit that ...

During the turbulent cultural era of the 1960s, the Motown sound defined American pop music. Legendary artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, The Jackson ...

The 1960s music scene was transformed by the powerful harmonies and captivating performances of all-female vocal groups. These talented young women broke barriers in the male-dominated music industry ...

In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like the ...

Barrett Strong, the vocalist known for giving Motown Records its first hit with “Money (That’s What I Want),” and for the songs he wrote for the Temptations, has died, Billboard and Rolling Stone ...

Motown singer Barrett Strong has died at the age of 81. His death was confirmed to Fox News Digital by Motown founder Berry Gordy. "I am saddened to hear of the passing of Barrett Strong, one of my ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...