The Miracles were the first Motown act to achieve crossover success. They started in 1955, and by the early 60s, they were ...

From Melissa Etheridge to Allentown’s own Pissed Jeans, from The Yardbirds to the classic sounds of The Temptations, the ...

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 ...

Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. The Supremes are one of the most iconic Motown acts of all time. Most famously made up of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, the group had 12 ...

An entire genre – or at least sound – was born in the space of the small Detroit home that is the centerpiece of the Motown Museum. A blue and white sign, reading "Hitsville U.S.A," hangs ...

Pointer Sisters, Phantogram, Girl Talk, Orville Peck, Michael Franti & Spearhead among the other acts set to perform at Stern ...

He has toured on keys with several Motown acts (the Spinners, Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin), and also worked with Vic Damone, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Ernestine Anderson, Laura Lee, Marcus Belgrave, Jerald ...

The story of how a small group of dedicated British music fans paved the way for the first Motown tour of Britain, changing the country’s popular culture forever. Show more In 1965, some of ...

He sets up its first headquarters in Detroit, hanging a huge sign up outside that read Hitsville U.S.A. It was a prophetic sign as the Motown acts went on to clean up on the RnB charts.