Motown redefined pop music with a signature sound blending soul, R&B, funk, and gospel. And of course, the deepest grooves.

Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote 10 of The Supremes’ 12 No. 1 hits. The first No. 1 was “Where Did Our Love Go?” The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in 1964. “Baby Love” ended up ...

The whole point of Motown was to get listeners to sing and to dance. Hooks and rhythms and earworms are the DNA of Detroit’s iconic record label. When Motown moved its operations from Detroit to Los ...

Brian and Eddie Holland of Motown’s hitmaking songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland talk about their inspiration, their process, and stepping into Hitsville’s Studio A one more time.

The Temptations were brimming with high hopes on Dec. 21, 1964, a Christmas-week optimism that turned out to be well justified. It was cold outside when “My Girl” was released, but the group had the ...

The music from Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism sounds very modern. Despite this, one of the album’s creators explained how Motown songs inspired it. He picked out one Smokey Robinson tune in particular as ...

Begun as a boy band in the late nineties at their high school just outside Sydney, Australia, this group quickly became popular throughout the continent. Today, they are one of the world’s greatest ...

Motown legend Smokey Robinson is next up in this season’s concert series at the Fruit Yard Amphitheater. Also set for Modesto is the big Graffiti Summer blowout festival. These are just two of the ...