Shawn O’Neal, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, can’t remember a time growing up in the 1970s and 1980s when Motown music wasn’t playing in his Chicago home. “My mother ...

Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together ...

Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Records’ first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum. He was 81. “It is with great sadness that we share the passing ...

T.G. Sheppard knows exactly how people at home may have felt when they were watching Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the most enduring record ...

Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Records' first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum.He was 81."It is with great sadness that we share the passing of ...

Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Records' first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum. Skip to content NOWCAST WLKY News at 6:00pm ...