Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote 10 of The Supremes’ 12 No. 1 hits. The first No. 1 was “Where Did Our Love Go?” The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in 1964. “Baby Love” ended up ...

Motown was a significant influence on a number of classic rock bands. For example, two Supremes songs inspired The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Daydream.” Notably, it was difficult to put the latter song ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

Joan Osborne has a long string of solo albums, a side project with Trigger Hippy, and a forthcoming album that's entirely focused on the songs of Bob Dylan, but the adventurous singer and songwriter ...

On January 25, 1975, the duo’s remake of a song about a young girl waiting for a letter from her " boyfriend so far away" topped the charts. "Please Mr. Postman" became Karen and Richard Carpenter's ...

A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving... Motown: Not the Same Old Songs Motown: Not the Same Old ...

TheGrio counts down the greatest albums ever released by artists from Motown Records. This August, two legendary albums, Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” celebrate ...

Sylvester Stallone proved he’s still got it — and fans can’t help but enjoy the show. The “Rocky” star, 78, showed off his dance moves on Instagram Friday, putting on a rather offbeat performance to ...

The ’60s saw several new musical movements. From the U.K. came a host of foreign heartthrobs in what was dubbed “The British Invasion,” with the forefathers of that movement being the Beatles. Their ...

Discovered when she was performing at the Caucus Club in downtown Detroit, Sylvia Moy was pushed to make songwriting her ...

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

In celebration of Black History Month 2026, Joburg Theatre presents An Ode to Motown, a powerful tribute to the cultural and musical legacy of Motown Records.