Motown Records has announced the signature of Vince Staples. The Long Beach rapper was previously signed to Def Jam, with whom he released albums Summertime '06, Big Fish Theory, and FM!. Both Def Jam ...

Few people are more intimately acquainted with Motown than those closest to home. But even for Detroiters, “Hitsville: The Making of Motown,” premiering this weekend, will likely be an incisive ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Motown's ongoing 60th anniversary celebration will culminate in September with a busy lineup of festivities celebrating the Detroit-born musical legacy. Topping the Motown Weekend agenda is a Sept. 22 ...

Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. had a simple goal when he started the legendary record company 60 years ago in Detroit. “My whole dream was to make the world hear our music,” Gordy says in the new ...

Motown’s big stars have their own glittery stages this year to mark the label’s 60th anniversary — a prime-time tribute show back in April, a starry Motown Weekend coming this September. But Sunday ...

“The Sound of Young America” has turned retirement age. Motown Records, the Detroit soul label that had 79 songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during the 1960s, turned 60 years old in 2019.

Detroit – Don Was has performed with or produced many musical legends, including Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, the Rolling Stones and Ringo Starr. But the Detroit-raised sonic craftsman feels like an ...

When Marvin Gaye needed backing vocals on “Stubborn Kind of Fellow,” the song that would be Gaye’s break-though hit, Martha Reeves and her friends were there. Select an option below to continue ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Motown music group DeBarge quickly became a household name in the 1980s with hit singles like "Rhythm of the Night," "All This Love," and "I Like It," but, life wasn't always ...

The former auto worker, who founded Motown Records in 1959 with a loan and a prayer, has decided to step down from the company that transformed American culture Berry Gordy, who founded Motown Records ...