On Easter Monday morning, 1964, 14-year-old Marcia Griffiths stepped onto a stage for the very first time. The occasion was an annual concert held at the Carib Theater in Kingston, Jamaica. The late ...
DETROIT - For the first time in a while, you can take a trip back to the 60s to see where many of the biggest Motown hit songs were recorded. Beginning today, the Motown Museum is back open for tours ...
Many commentators have drawn parallels between the unrest that has rocked the U.S. in the last week with what occurred in the late ‘60s/early 70s when the combustible combo of anger over the societal ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and the Four Tops turned back time, singing and dancing as if in their prime at a reunion of Motown stars. The occasion was to honor Motown ...
Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit. The West Grand Boulevard-based Tamla Records was launched by Gordy in 1959 as he began to build ...
SiriusXM is celebrating Black History Month with some new music channels which pay tribute to the Motor City. The satellite music service has just added Motown and Aretha Franklin channels, among ...
Wanda Young, a singer with Motown's The Marvelettes who scored big with songs such as "Please Mr. Postman" and "Don't Mess With Bill," has died. She was 78. Young, an Inkster native, joined the ...
Many commentators have drawn parallels between the unrest that has rocked the U.S. in the past week with what occurred in the late ’60s/early ’70s, when the combustible combo of anger over the ...