*Sylvia Moy, the Motown songwriter who collaborated on such Stevie Wonder classics as “My Cherie Amour” and “I Was Made to Love Her,” has died. She was 78. According to the Detroit Free Press, Moy ...

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

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 ...

In her decades as part of the Motown family, Pat Cosby has spent countless hours inside Hitsville, U.S.A. This time was strikingly different. It didn’t take long for the tears to start flowing last ...

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 ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Songwriting legend Norman Whitfield has died at the age of 65. He ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

The "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" singer died at age 78. Jimmy Ruffin is seen in a 1960s Motown Records photo. Motown Records Archives — -- Jimmy Ruffin wanted to go it alone. The singer – ...

(Reuters) - Deke Richards, who led the prolific songwriting and producing team at Motown Records that wrote for the Jackson 5 under the simple heading The Corporation, has died, Universal Music said ...