Motown: The Musical tells the story of Berry Gordy, the man who started it all. Gordy began the Motown Record Corporation in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan. In that same year he purchased the building that ...

Pan Am, Kodak, Tower Records. All once iconic brands that have long since lost their luster. So how do companies and organizations make sure their names aren’t only mentioned as a relic of the past?

As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, Berry Gordy's legendary Motown made its mark not just in the music industry, but society at large with a sound that has become one of the most ...

This year BLACK ENTERPRISE celebrates the 45th anniversary of its roster of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses – The BE 100s. To commemorate the significance of this collective’s widespread ...

The Sound of Young America now has 60 candles on its birthday cake. And in Detroit, the party is just getting started. Motown is celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2019, marking 60 years since ...

A Motown Christmas is a festive holiday revue that is the perfect blend of traditional Christmas carols paired with soulful songs made famous by Motown greats like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the ...

Barney Ales, a natural-born salesman whose charisma and aggressive instincts helped turn Motown Records into a music-industry powerhouse, died Friday of natural causes in Malibu, Calif., his family ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

DETROIT (CBS DETROIT/AP) — A rarely seen document for Motown Records' Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit will be unveiled via Facebook at 3 p.m. Tuesday. It coincides with the 1959 date that Berry Gordy Jr.

Nearly 60 years removed from their start, The Grateful Dead stand today as one of the all time great American bands, having carved out a uniquely influential niche thanks to their virtually ...

With Halloween 2024 behind us, most people have already begun putting up their holiday decorations. Next month, those folks will have a televised musical soundtrack to further set the festive mood.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The final phase of construction on the Motown Museum ...