The Claremont Chorale will present “Motown Madness,” a concert featuring Motown classics from the 1960s and ’70s, 4 p.m. June 7 at Claremont Presbyterian Church, 1111 N. Mountain Ave. The chorale, led ...
In the heat of Motown’s pressure cooker, Lamont Dozier hurriedly but masterfully penned this mid-tempo classic under pressure to follow up the Supremes' first hit.
Motown Records stumbled into the 1980s from the ‘70s, watching its greatest hitmakers return to the charts via other labels — Diana Ross at RCA, Marvin Gaye at Columbia and, of course, Michael Jackson ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Motown tribute group Masters of Soul brings a classic era of music to Mississippi State for the second performance of the university’s 76th Lyceum Series. Masters of Soul will ...
Motown’s primary architects besides Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson were staff writer/producers Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland. Eddie even cut a few hits as a vocalist, but soon he ...
Ain’t too proud to beg everyone to check out the trailer for Motown Magic, the song-filled animated series that Netflix launches this month. Featuring more than 50 newly recorded versions of classics ...
Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and ...
Talk of staying power in the music industry and you’re talking the Temptations. “These old songs sound fresh almost 50 years later,” said Otis Williams, patriarch of a group that’s held itself ...
You may not know his name, but you probably love a song or two he performs on. Trumpeter Johnny Trudell is a rare type of musician these days: he joined the American Federation of Musicians in 1958 ...