Various singers were tried on songs, to see who made the best job of them. Competition between artists, songwriters, and producers was encouraged. A sense of loyalty to the whole Motown project ...
Paul Weller once named the songs that are the most important to him, from Little Richard to Noel Gallagher. Read more about them here.
To our ears, the best cover songs go beyond an artist performing ... Version – a collection of Motown-inspired covers of contemporary pop and rock tunes – when Winehouse suggested that they ...
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White wrote and produced the classic Motown melody "My Girl. It went on to become the first No.1 ...
Join us on a nostalgic journey through the 80s as we explore the iconic songs that defied time and made epic comebacks! From ...
21, 1964, The Temptations released what is now considered to be one of the greatest love songs ever recorded. Smokey Robinson and Ronald White wrote and produced the classic Motown melody "My Girl." ...
Broadly, Motown’s golden age lasted from around 1961, when The Marvelettes achieved the first Motown number-one single with ‘Please Mr. Postman’, until around 1971. During that time, the label ...
That company — and Mr. Gordy — went on to become American icons, though until the 1960s, when Motown songs dominated the pop charts, the Detroit Gordys may well have been unknown to the Carters.
On a festive Saturday at the museum, where visitors were greeted by Motown Christmas songs on the plaza, Flint fan Brown arrived for a song’s 60th birthday party — and left with something fresh.