The Marvelettes
Best Motown Songs: Essential Tracks To Get You Dancing In The Street
The best Motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak – and to want to dance with abandon.
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Features2 months ago‘Horizon’: Another Hit Album Comes Into View For The Carpenters
Their sixth LP included such signature songs as 'Please Mr. Postman,' 'Only Yesterday,' and 'Solitaire.'
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In-Depth3 months ago
The Great American Soulbook: An Awe-Inspiring Collection Of Songs
Motown’s great songwriters were the foundations of the Great American Soulbook, an imaginary, but nonetheless awe-inspiring collection of songs written in the name of soul. But it did not come easy.
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Features4 months ago
The Soul Of Marvin Gaye: How He Became ‘The Truest Artist’
Hailed as 'the truest artist' Motown founder Berry Gordy has ever known, Marvin Gaye was an uncompromising force that defined soul music in the 70s.
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Features4 months ago
Best Motown Girl Groups: 10 Essential Acts You Need To Know
From The Supremes to Martha & The Vandellas and beyond, the best Motown girl groups defined a strain of soul music that keeps us dancing in the street.
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Features5 months ago
Motown And Female Empowerment: How Detroit’s Finest Opened Doors
The story of Motown is also a story of female empowerment. Its finest female talents took opportunities – and risks – to help give women a spotlight.
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In-Depth5 months ago
Leaders Of The Pack: A History Of Girl Groups
Girl groups go all the way back to the birth of pop, and their long and honorable dedication to delighting the ears deserves far more recognition than it gets.
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Features6 months ago
Rescued Soul: Billboard R&B Chart Returns With Temptations On Top
On January 30, 1965, the soul chart made its comeback in the pages of Billboard, and Motown ruled the roost.
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Features6 months ago
Ace Of Bass: Funk Brother And Motown Bedrock James Jamerson
Alongside his fellow Funk Brothers, Jamerson helped weave the very fabric of Tamla Motown’s imposing and infectious sound.
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Features7 months ago
60s Motown: When An Independent Detroit Record Label Ruled The World
Defining 'The Sound Of Young America' in the 60s, Motown dominated the decade with some of the most life-affirming music of all time.
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Features7 months ago
‘He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin”: The Velvelettes Say Somethin’ Soulful
'He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'' was nothing like the big hit it deserved to be, but it became a much-loved Hitsville highlight.
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Features7 months ago
‘My Baby Must Be A Magician’: Smokey Robinson Conjures Another Marvelettes Hit
Motown's first-ever chart-toppers rounded off a memorable 1967 as another Smokey song and production entered Billboard's Hot 100.
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Features8 months ago
‘Please Mr. Postman’: The Carpenters Redeliver The Marvelettes’ Hit
Thirteen years after the Marvelettes' original, Richard and Karen Carpenter's cover of 'Please Mr. Postman' became their third US No.1.
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Features9 months ago
‘Two Lovers’: Mary Wells Lands Smokey Robinson’s One-Two Punch
The first queen of Motown followed her opening R&B No.1 with a second soul chart-topper in a row.
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Features9 months ago
‘Stubborn Kind Of Fellow’: Marvin Gaye’s Persistence Earns Pop Debut
'Stubborn Kind Of Fellow,' which Gaye co-wrote with Mickey Stevenson and Berry Gordy’s brother George, established him as a soul contender.
