The Beatles had a connection to Motown that ran much deeper than one would think, but it's unmistakable if you really listen.

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.

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan ... They weren’t always welcomed with open arms: Several Motown artists, including the Contours’ Joe Billingslea, have recounted the ...

Motown Records turned 66 on January 12. The nursery for soul giants like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, and The Miracles, it was home briefly to reggae ...

changing the country’s popular culture forever and helping propel the Motown artists to international stardom.

When you hail from the Motor City with a grandmother who sang the blues, and a cousin who was one of the original Motown ...

In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like ...

When you hail from the Motor City with a grandmother who sang the blues, and a cousin who was one of the original Motown ...