CANTON − Singer Roslyn Pratt said the melodies and messages of Motown music are worth celebrating and sharing with all generations. "I want them walking away feeling they clearly felt the nostalgia of ...
From the late 1950s through the 1980s, the “Motown Sound” was the kind of music that moved the nation. More than three ...
Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit. The West Grand Boulevard-based Tamla Records was launched by Gordy in 1959 as he began to build ...
Get down to the Music of Motown: A Tribute Concert, in the final installment of the Whitefish Summer Concert Series this month. From the bustling streets of Detroit to the top of the Billboard charts, ...
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...
Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend when City Historian Jamon Jordan delivers his third annual City Black History Month Lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at the ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The community is being invited to take a step, or jive, back in time Friday at the Kalamazoo State Theatre for a performance from "The Magic of Motown." On April 26, more than a ...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey — bridging Motown’s old and new school — are lending their voices during a holiday special to honor the groundbreaking record label that ...
One of the most iconic brands in the Motown universe is getting a revival. Tamla Records — once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit — is being reactivated by ...