1) Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long (May 20, 1940 – June 29, 1969) was an African-American soul singer, songwriter, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was a native of Birmingham, ...

The Beatles had an unmistakable connection to Motown. Outside of being huge fans of the cultural music movement, they were heavily influenced by it in their own music. After all, the band did ...

Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent Berry Gordy plays the piano with Motown stars including Stevie ...

In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like ...

Inside former President Jimmy Carter's shared ancestry with Motown Founder Berry Gordy. The recent passing of former President Jimmy Carter has brought renewed attention to his shared ancestry ...

Grammy winner Trombone Shorty, who will perform a rendition of "America the Beautiful" with Lauren Daigle ahead of the 2025 ...

Given the label’s tendency to dominate the pop charts, Motown is often renowned for the countless singles it pumped out over the years. Long-play records were rarely as successful for the business as ...

Featuring performances by The Isley Brothers, Master P, and more, the event honors Michael Strahan, Cameron Jordan, and Jared ...

And with gold records by the Supremes, the Temptations and the Jackson 5, this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972. The interior has been left much the ...

The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation. For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime love of music. When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a ...

A global audience in the tens of millions will watch Daigle and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews perform “America the Beautiful ...

Motown Records played an outsized role in the music industry ... and everyone can get caught up in the infectious energy of the music. Quentin Tarantino has a long history of pitch-perfect needle ...