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Radio DJ Art Laboe, who is credited with coining the phrase “oldies but goodies” as well as helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. A statement announcing the DJ’s death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1929, Berry Gordy Jr. began his music career writing songs for artists like Etta James in the late-1950's. He then ...

Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But the Detroit label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records in 1959, was much more ...

The “Motown sound” redefined soul music with pop hooks, orchestral sophistication, a legendary house band, gospel vocals, and an ever-present tambourine. All of it on top of a danceable rhythm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Margena A. Christian hoped to shine a light on an under-appreciated artist with the just-published It’s No Wonder: The Life and ...

Related: This Music Trivia Quiz Is Deceptively Hard, So Let's Put Your Knowledge To The Test From the 1960's through the 1970's, Motown launched the careers of many musicians. Stevie Wonder, Gladys ...

Margena A. Christian hoped to shine a light on an under-appreciated artist with the just-published It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy (Da Capo). But things ...

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