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 ...

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Come experience Myrtle Beach’s hottest new Motown Tribute Show - Motown ‘59. The Show & Dinner featuring songs of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Boys to Men ...

NBC will be ringing in the holiday season with A Motown Christmas. Hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey, the two-hour special will feature Motown legends and contemporary stars performing more ...

From The Temptations to Cedric the Entertainer Central California offers music comedy and ice skating this January.

Just minutes after Ron Holland became the fifth pick in June’s NBA draft, the sports world learned there was something unique about the teenage Detroit Pistons rookie: He was an old soul with a deep ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

Launched in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., Motown has become one of American music’s most storied labels. The label has been behind the careers of some of music’s biggest icons, including Diana Ross, Stevie ...

As Smokey Robinson's protégés, Australia's Human Nature returns to its soulful roots with its acclaimed interpretations of ...

Strong's songwriting credits also include Edwin Starr's "War" and a wealth of material for the Temptations — “I Wish It Would Rain,” “Just My Imagination" and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” for which he ...

The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” Remarkably, one of the Miracles’ biggest hits began life as a single B-side. In November 1962, “Happy Landing,” a nondescript up-tempo number featuring a ...

Lamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter who, with the brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, was behind such hits as the Supremes’ “Baby Love” and “You Keep Me Hanging On,” has died, his family said overnight ...