Motown Records was founded in January 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., who moved the company to Los Angeles in the early '70s. He sold the label in 1988, and it has since seen a variety of corporate ...

Diana Ross, often called the Queen of Motown, is coming to St. Louis this week. I have ticket stubs and memories of her many ...

There, artists, writers, producers, engineers — anybody associated with music-making — gathered to record. For 13 years, nearly every Motown hit was cut in Studio A and the adjacent control room.

FILE - Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004.

The singer signed to Motown Records in 2004, but was dropped less than a year later. He did meet songwriter and producer Philip Lawrence, who was also signed to the label.

Motown Records was founded in January 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., who moved the company to Los Angeles in the early '70s.

Motown wasn't considered a hit factory by accident, so what was the absolute peak of their success in terms of record sales?

Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics ...

Wanda Young, singer in the Motown doo-wop girl group The Marvelettes, died earlier this month outside of Detroit. Young, 78, died Dec. 15 of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Before starting Motown in April 1960, Gordy had worked on the Lincoln-Mercury assembly line in Detroit. He set out to apply that production method to the seemingly unrelated music business.

Motown singer Barrett Strong has died at 81 years old. (AP) TOM VERLAINE, GUITARIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF BAND TELEVISION, DEAD AT 73 "My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.

The singers also embody the aspirations of Hitsville Next, the Motown Museum’s growing body of programs devoted to youth, and educational and community work. Based in a newly refurbished space ...