The 92nd Street Y New York brings the music home with this iteration of the Lyrics & Lyricists series, continuing 11/10 at ...

With Motown The Musical in previews on Broadway, I’m reminded of one of my all-time favorite Supremes songs, “Reflections.” Actually, it was the first song released under the new billing Diana Ross & ...

What the world needs now is love, sweet love — and compassion. In 1966, Four Tops, Motown’s second-greatest male vocal group, after the Temptations, delivered both with their signature hit, “Reach Out ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Motown, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. over sixty years ago and labeled The Sound of ...

The Rolling Stones‘ Mick Jagger referenced a Motown hit in one of his band’s songs. The lead singer of the Motown track felt Jagger “should be ashamed of himself.” In addition, she said her hit was ...

The ’60s saw several new musical movements. From the U.K. came a host of foreign heartthrobs in what was dubbed “The British Invasion,” with the forefathers of that movement being the Beatles. Their ...

John Lennon said Motown inspired one of The Beatles’ songs. He said the song was one of Paul McCartney’s best. Subsequently, he discussed his interpretation of the track. John Lennon felt 1 of The ...

DETROIT – 2021 is the 60th anniversary of Motown’s first No. 1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman,” by the Marvelettes. To commemorate the legendary song, and the legacy of Detroit’s Motown Records in general, ...

Luke McMaster has been a fan of Motown music since he was a young kid in Northern Manitoba, Canada, where there were no bands in his town, no music program in the school, and his brothers were focused ...