The Beatles had a connection to Motown that ran much deeper than one would think, but it's unmistakable if you really listen.

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

In 1971, he became the first Motown artist to ... Jackson's first four solo albums were released by Motown, but his subsequent world-stopping LPs, including 1982's "Thriller," the best-selling ...

The industry tended to market music by Black artists—usually ... putting musicians on album covers so they wouldn’t be immediately discounted because of their race. Motown’s first album ...