Grand Funk’s Final Hot 100 Hurrah
By the time they entered the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1976, Grand Funk Railroad — they had ...
Berry Gordy
Supremes Give Birth To ‘Baby Love’
The group once dismissively referred to as the “no-hit Supremes” were on their way to becoming ...
The King Of Punk-Funk, Rick James
One of the last international stars of the original Motown empire, Rick James, was a mere 56 ...
Summer 1965, And A Race Against Time For The Four Tops
9 July 1965 was the day that Motown released 'It's The Same Old Song' as the Four Tops' ...
Stevie Wonder Makes Hot 100 Debut By His ‘Fingertips’
It’s strange to imagine a time before the charts had Stevie Wonder in them, but it was on 22 ...
Calling Out Around The World For Martha & The Vandellas
‘Dancing In The Street,' the Martha & the Vandellas song co-written by Marvin Gaye with ...
Martha & The Vandellas Help Shape The Motown Sound
The record that Berry Gordy declared to have the Motown sound he'd been looking for was ...
The Tragic, Terrific Tammi Terrell
We lost the graceful Motown songbird Tammi Terrell at such an early age. Born on 29 April 1945, ...
Leon Ware, Eminent Soul Man & Marvin Gaye Collaborator, Dies At 77
Leon Ware, the much-admired and widely-travelled soul artist, writer and producer, passed away ...
