In 1964, Motown, a black-owned record company in Detroit achieved the nearly impossible goal of dominating the American pop and soul charts. Ed Ward looks back on 1965 and Hip-O Select's "Complete ...

The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe had some success last season with a series of musical revues performed at Art Center Sarasota. Judging from the size of the crowd and their response to the first ...

Imagine that The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye took the stage at the Barre Opera House for a concert. These and several other performers from the height of ...

The Temptations were brimming with high hopes on Dec. 21, 1964, a Christmas-week optimism that turned out to be well justified. It was cold outside when “My Girl” was released, but the group had the ...

In the late 1950s, when former featherweight boxer Berry Gordy Jr. decided to switch careers and take a shot at the heavyweight music producing business, he didn’t go to New York or Chicago or any ...

Rita Wilson is reminiscing on her cover of The Supremes 1964 hit song "Come See About Me." Wilson, 69, released her own ...

The 1960s were one of the most important decades in music history. It was a time when artists broke new ground and changed how people listened to music. This era gave birth to powerful rock bands, ...

CANTON − Singer Roslyn Pratt said the melodies and messages of Motown music are worth celebrating and sharing with all generations. "I want them walking away feeling they clearly felt the nostalgia of ...

Motown is such a significant part of the fabric of life here in Detroit. The music is infused in our culture, and the songs are part of the soundtrack of our lives. Now we all have a chance to add a ...

This year, NBC celebrated Christmas with some of Motown's biggest and brightest, alongside some of today's rising stars. What A Motown Christmas has proven is that the music will forever be timeless.