As the Motown sound was dominating airwaves in the 1960s and ‘70s, Hollywood took notice and started incorporating the music into its soundtracks. Ever since then, Motown has been an inescapable ...

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.

Gaye scored his first original top 10 single with 1963's "Pride and Joy." He later found success in the mid-1960s through a series of duet albums with female Motown singers, most prominently with ...

Some 60-plus years later, Motown stands as a piece of living history — a flashpoint where African-American recording artists would find mainstream success. These include names like Marvin Gaye ...

The industry tended to market music by Black artists—usually all lumped ... By 1971, it had put out 110 Billboard Top 10 hits. The integration of Motown’s acts into the upper echelons of ...