Motown. That record label born of the Motor City. The sounds and songs of Detroit during the decade were the kinds of things that could make you swoon, make you fall in love, or make you want to pick ...

Motown transformed R&B and soul music into a global pop force. The music coming out of Detroit is famous for its defining backbeat, call-and-response vocals, legendary studio band, and earworm hooks.

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 ...

During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people together. Motown was noted for star performers like Mary Wells, The Miracles, ...