The “Motown sound” redefined soul music with pop hooks, orchestral sophistication, a legendary house band, gospel vocals, and an ever-present tambourine. All of it on top of a danceable rhythm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1929, Berry Gordy Jr. began his music career writing songs for artists like Etta James in the late-1950's. He then ...

Motown Records is one of the most celebrated labels in music history. In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer named Berry Gordy Jr.borrowed $800 to start his own record label in Detroit.

NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with ...

Did you know one of Motown’s most iconic songs almost didn’t exist? “Ooo Baby Baby,” the beloved hit by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, started as a spontaneous onstage improvisation — and ended up on ...

Motown stood tall as one of the most dominant forces in the music world in the 60s. Even in the midst of a rock music boom, the label rode high thanks to a roster of stellar artists and brilliant ...

It is incredible to look back at how Berry Gordy Jr.’s vision, starting on April 14, 1959, fundamentally integrated the American airwaves. That vision rendered a historic sound engineered by Motown ...