On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...

Motown Records released a countless array of timeless hits during its heyday, but The Miracles' 'Shop Around' was the first track to sell one million copies.

A young Jackson made it into a huge hit. Smokey Robinson was certainly busy in the early to mid-1960s writing and producing ...

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.

He's lip-syncing a gospel-influenced R&B number with a groove that fits right in with "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," "Some Kind of Wonderful," and other '60s ... If Motown music was filling ...

Motown Records icon Smokey Robinson remembers that at one of the storied label's holiday parties in the late ‘60s, he received ... me a cassette tape with the music for [the No. 1 R&B/pop ...

who joined Motown as a session player in the 1960s and then launched a solo career, was also known for his political songs Stevie Wonder has been performing and recording since 1961 with tracks ...