Though the label art on the records prominently featured a sun setting into the Pacific, MoWest's sound was less geographical than experimental. This was Motown's chance to get away from the ...

Berry Gordy, founder of the Motown record label, said in a statement ... records for generations to come - Thank You. Your art and your legacy will forever live on in the Motown story.

The Princeton Festival will celebrate the contributions of Motown to popular culture and the Civil Rights Movement on ...

No other record company in history has exerted more of an influence on both the style and substance of popular music and culture. Motown, of course, stands for more than just the historic music. The ...

“In Performance at the White House” 10:30 p.m., Friday KOCE: ‘The Motown Sound’: The Motown record label celebrates 50 ... 30 a.m., Saturday TCM: ‘The Art of Collaboration: Steven ...

Ethiopia Habtemariam, currently chairwoman and CEO of Motown Records, will be stepping down ... which has led Motown to global success and returned the label to the forefront of contemporary ...

Music legend Berry Gordy, Jr. founded what would become Motown Records on this day, Jan. 12, in 1959. On the birthday of the iconic music label– founded in Detroit, Michigan– we remember the ...

Motown Records has weathered major changes in the ... certain positions that had been created when we became a stand-alone label have since become duplicative. These employees are leaving the ...

The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation. For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime love of music. When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a ...

I recently attended a flea market and encountered some of my record collector friends at a vendor’s stand that mainly sells records. What fun we had, talking about our memories of recording ...

Habtemariam’s leadership led to the signing of Motown’s partnership with Atlanta-based Quality Control, which brought Migos, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, City Girls and others to the label.