In the heat of Motown’s pressure cooker, Lamont Dozier hurriedly but masterfully penned this mid-tempo classic under pressure to follow up the Supremes' first hit.

the special brought those modern acts in to sing the Christmas songs while the Motown legends do what they do best: their own music. With Smokey Robinson as the totem of the music, he brings in ...

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 ...

The Beatles had an unmistakable connection to Motown. Outside of being huge fans of the cultural music movement, they were heavily influenced by it in their own music. After all, the band did ...

And with gold records by the Supremes, the Temptations and the Jackson 5, this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972. The interior has been left much the ...

Motown the Musical is the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed our culture forever. This exhilarating show charts Motown founder Berry Gordy’s ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Motown Museum $25 $500+ ...

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 ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey — bridging Motown's old and new school — are lending their voices during a holiday special to honor the groundbreaking record label ...

best known as the Miracles, sell records. The limited returns—one royalty check Gordy received is said to have been for just $3.19—are part of what motivated him to start Motown.