NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with ...

No one could predict Michael Jackson’s rise to becoming the “King of Pop” when he was singing “ABC” as a member of The Jackson 5 — not even Suzanne de Passe, the woman responsible for giving him his ...

Otis Williams, the last surviving founding member of The Temptations, has spoken about the restrictive and poorly paid contracts the group faced in their early Motown years. He described how, despite ...

Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, Motown ultimately became the world’s biggest independent producer of 45-rpm records and one of the most successful Black-owned businesses in American history. A quick ...

Decades after their release, there's still a magic to the best early Jackson 5 and solo Michael Jackson songs.