Rancho Mirage, Calif. ― Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino here. The ...

A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving... Motown: Not the Same Old Songs Motown: Not the Same Old ...

Abdul "Duke" Fakir beamed as a group of elementary school students crooned an old Motown hit to him and other veteran musicians from Motown Records. Once they reached "I guess you'd say, what can make ...

On Wednesday, some 52 years after his first Hitsville recording session, Ray Parker Jr. stood in Studio A and pointed to a precise spot along the east wall. That’s where, as a 15-year-old guitar ...

Many commentators have drawn parallels between the unrest that has rocked the U.S. in the past week with what occurred in the late ’60s/early ’70s, when the combustible combo of anger over the ...

Motown classics both old and new – from Stevie Wonder to Erykah Badu – make up a hits-filled playlist curated to mark Michelle Obama's Detroit visit. Forty songs line the list, which is being released ...

Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino. The 83-year-old Motown legend is ...