Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit ... for early releases by ...

As revered as the music has been over the decades, the true power of Motown, suggests Vancouver’s Krystle Dos Santos, is the way it helped reshape the fabric of America. “Motown started in 1959,” says ...

I lived in a poor, Black community in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and was one of two children in 1959 who contracted polio as a result of getting the oral vaccine. I also had measles, tonsillitis ...

Exploring the underappreciated work of Philadelphia soul artist Alfreda Brockington, the powerful vocalist who released a ...

HOW THINGS HAVE EVOLVED. Back in the 60's, recording studios were very different places. The equipment wasn't that ...

Stevie Wonder – the list is virtually endless. At the heart of it all was label boss Berry Gordy Jr, who formed Motown in 1959 with a small loan from his parents. However, no successful revolution is ...

such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, faced an uphill battle to get their (inner) visions approved by Motown’s head honcho, Berry Gordy, who was justifiably fretful about these fabulous singers ...

They were Motown’s house backing singers and appeared on records by everyone, including Stevie Wonder and Marvin ... Time)” Discovered by Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Berry Gordy’s sister, High Inergy ...