We're rounding up the classic Motown hits that still bring Boomers to the dance floor. Turn up the timeless tunes and let's keep the party going.
Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But the Detroit label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records in 1959, was much more ...
Motown Records produced many iconic hits during its heyday but, in this list, we shine a light on some of the worst songs released by Berry Gordy's label.
It’d be reasonable to assume that there was nothing more to give, that every tape vault everywhere had already been scoured. The download-only tracks which appeared last decade under the banner ...
One of the leading ladies of R&B in the 1960s, Martha Reeves was the earthy, powerful leader of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, a Motown female act that scored some of the label's biggest hits ...
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 ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) During the ...
It seems like every Detroiter has a Motown origin story. For Jamon Jordan, that story starts in his family living room, where his mother had an extensive stereo system and a sprawling collection of ...