The story of Motown Records is a quintessentially American story about the American Dream, civil rights and entrepreneurship — but it has a special significance in Detroit, where it all started.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Smokey ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and Berry Gordy were each born in 1929. Both Black men helped shape the 1960s, King with his marches and powerful oratory and Gordy as the founder of the Motown record label.

T.G. Sheppard knows exactly how people at home may have felt when they were watching Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the most enduring record ...

No one could predict Michael Jackson’s rise to becoming the “King of Pop” when he was singing “ABC” as a member of The Jackson 5 — not even Suzanne de Passe, the woman responsible for giving him his ...

The blue paint is peeling on the renovation championed by President Donald Trump to spruce up Washington's iconic Reflecting ...

Experience the soulful sounds of Motown in a concert starring the multi-award-winning Krystle Dos Santos. A History of Motown takes audiences of all ages on a musical journey through the legendary ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Motown has always been about more than music. As the soul empire turns 50 on Monday, its founders are looking back at its brand of music dubbed the "Motown sound" that remains ...

Motown combined elements of blues, gospel, swing, and pop with a thumping backbeat for a new dance music that was instantly recognizable. Competing for teen attention primarily against records by the ...

Motown Records has launched an inaugural internship program for HBCU students to help teach them the ins and outs of the music industry.

This promotional image released by NBC shows Smokey Robinson, left, and Halle Bailey, who will host the holiday special "A Motown Christmas." (NBCUniversal via AP) (Uncredited) UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. ...