When Swedish pop singer Léon was growing up in Stockholm, she loved American R&B and soul music more than anything in the world. Léon, born Lotta Lindgren, began writing Motown-style love songs-in ...

So take a good look at my face. You'll see my smile looks out of place. If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears... My ...

The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” Remarkably, one of the Miracles’ biggest hits began life as a single B-side. In November 1962, “Happy Landing,” a nondescript up-tempo number featuring a ...

When brothers Eddie and Brian Holland and friend Lamont Dozier get together these days, the anecdotes flow as seamlessly as the countless classics they crafted for Motown in the 1960s. Credited simply ...

"The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music." ...

Lamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter who, with the brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, was behind such hits as the Supremes’ “Baby Love” and “You Keep Me Hanging On,” has died, his family said overnight ...

Pretty much every big funk and soul artist came through Motown, but which one of them had the most number ones?

Launched in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., Motown has become one of American music’s most storied labels. The label has been behind the careers of some of music’s biggest icons, including Diana Ross, Stevie ...

“It’s all been a wonderful ride,” KEM reflects about his 23 years with Motown Records. The multi-GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter — known for his velvety vocals and timeless love songs — is stepping ...

It's been more than 40 years since the songs of Motown first hit the airwaves and made radios come alive. They're now so ingrained in our musical consciousness that we take them for granted. The ...