Timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak – and to want to dance with abandon. Drawn from a decades-long catalogue that’s a gift that keeps ...

If you’re suffering from heartbreak, trying to get next to someone, or dreaming about the unattainable, the best Motown love songs will suit your mood. As Shakespeare probably wrote, if music be ...

Craig Charles and Trevor Nelson revealed the Top 100 Motown tracks, based on all time UK downloads and streams, as part of Radio 2's Motown Weekend. The spectacular list - compiled by The Official ...

A signature song for Motown's golden era, "Dancing in the Street" found itself the subject of many cover efforts from white acts like Van Halen, Mick Jagger and David Bowie, but nothing comes ...

The iconic Motown Records reshaped music and created history - but how many number ones did they produce? Read more about their history here.

Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever ...

In January 1959, a little-known songwriter named Berry Gordy took $800 he scrounged together from family — along with meager royalties he earned writing "Lonely Teardrops" for Jackie Wilson ...

Record labels come and go as musical trends rise and fall in popularity. However, Motown Records enjoys an unparalleled influence and lasting legacy in the music industry in the United States. From ...

Jenny Wilkes plays the best in Northern Soul, Tamla Motown, Atlantic, Stax and Philly. The Soul and Motown Show has seen a few incarnations on BBC WM, including Monday and Friday evenings and late ...

With stars like T.G. Sheppard and a few drinking songs, Motown tried to launch a country label called Melodyland; then a TV evangelist got involved. , the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the ...

Barrett Strong, a pivotal figure in the history of Motown Records, has died at the age of 81. He sang the label's first major hit, Money (That's What I Want), in 1959, and went on to co-write ...