Music legend Berry Gordy, Jr. founded what would become Motown Records on this day, Jan. 12, in 1959. On the birthday of the iconic music label– founded in Detroit, Michigan– we remember the ...

He gave me an airplane ticket to come out and ... Dick was particularly fond of the Motown label and began collecting every record he could get his hands on. He’s visited Detroit around 60 ...

The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation. For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime ...

DETROIT — The historic section of Detroit where Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. built his music empire six decades ago is now looking better than ever. Motown legend — and Gordy's best ...

Motown Records may still be largely associated with Detroit, Michigan. But in the early 1970s, the music empire made a shocking and strategic move — leaving Detroit for the West Coast.

Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Records’ first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum. He was 81. “It is with great sadness that we share the passing ...

Among those working to change the U.S. at that landscape-shifting time was Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, who turned an $800 loan from family members into a game-changing empire.

Motown Records turned 66 on January 12. The nursery for soul giants like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, and The Miracles, it was home briefly to reggae ...