Defining ‘The Sound Of Young America’ in the 60s, Motown dominated ... Robinson songs, including “My Girl” and “It’s Growing,” that ranked among some of the greatest vocal-group ...
The group’s first ‘Greatest Hits’ compilation made its Billboard ... Just four years later, Motown were back in compilation mood with the group’s Anthology release.
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." ...
Richie has been a major player in the world of music for more than 50 years — indeed, as the New York Times recently put it, he “started out in the age of Motown ... the hits on which he ...
Speaking of charts, this is the area in which we can study the Motown sensation most tangibly through its mountainous list of smash hits. In the space of just under its first 30 years – 1959 to 1988 – ...
It is difficult to overstate the vital importance of Motown Records. From its foundation by Berry Gordy Jr in 1959, the Detroit-based label fostered all of the nation’s greatest soul stars ... there ...
The Temptations were brimming with high hopes on Dec. 21, 1964, a Christmas-week optimism that turned out to be well justified. It was cold outside when “My Girl” was released, but the group ...
As one of Motown’s most hummable hits — and one of the most iconic tracks in Detroit’s vast music history — “My Girl” is a song certainly worthy of an anniversary celebration.