Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...
2, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Titled “More Than Motown: Detroit’s Impact on All Music,” the program will span multiple genres, with Jordan accompanied by ...
Motown proved the perfect place for a songwriter to work. Berry Gordy, Jr, had worked in Detroit’s motor industry and had wondered if similar principles could be applied to making music.
Berry Gordy's Motown Records defined American pop and soul music during the 1960s, but the label still exists to this day, now owned by Universial Music.
On Desert Island Discs, the former Motown Records boss Berry Gordy selected the one track he couldn't live without, which had been a hit for his label in 1965.
For one night only, the sounds of Motown will fill the Stafford Centre in a magical evening blending music, nostalgia, and ...
COTS Detroit, an area nonprofit that provides support families overcoming homelessness, hosted its 2025 Soup City fundraising ...
King, who believed in equality of opportunity rather than separate development, had an echo in the way that Motown was marketing Detroit’s music to the world. Motown was not selling out ...