Motown was founded in 1959 as Tamla Records, and it acquired the name Motown in April 1960 – the ideal time to launch a record company built on black music. In the early 60s, the music industry ...

Elemental Music's Motown reissue campaign moves and grooves into the new year with another three installments of legendary soul classics, all Goldmine approved.

Unfortunately, the lack of success with the song meant that the girl group became backing singers for many other Motown acts. Their music has unfairly folded into obscurity and stands to reflect the ...

It takes an entire alphabet to cover the artists, venues, concerts, genres, radio stations, and more that make the D the ...

The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...

Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

The win improved the Packers record to 6-4, passing the 5-4-1 Bears in the standings. The Packers went on to finish 8-4 and face the Eagles in the 1960 NFL Championship Game. Hornung finished the ...

The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, who was married to actress Aubrey Plaza, has died, authorities confirmed. He was ...

One of two killers convicted in the brutal shooting death of Deputy Jason Schwartz on Sept. 28, 2001, has filed for clemency. Michael Stovall, 48, filed the application, which is set to be ...