Motown may exist today as one of the biggest powerhouses in soul music, but everyone has to get the ball rolling somewhere.

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 ...

Despite this overwhelming success, however, it took a full 14 years for the Grammys to nominate a single Motown artist for ...

Rather than bringing in an entire lineup of stars solely to take up singing covers of Motown hits, the special brought those modern acts in to sing the Christmas songs while the Motown legends do ...

When Bailey visited South Carolina for Christmas, her grandfather filled the house with Motown music. One of the first songs she remembers hearing the 1965 single “The Tracks of My Tears ...

The label quickly hit its stride. Motown songs kept up with tunes by bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and earworms from groups like the Supremes helped Motown sell more 45s than any ...