LEGENDARY Motown singer Henry Fambrough has died at the age of 85. Fambrough was the last surviving original member of the hit group The Spinners. 2 Legendary Motown singer Henry Fambrough has diedCredit: Getty Images […]
Photo Credit: Motown Records Layoffs begin at Motown Records as the label changes course to return to the fold of Capitol Music Group. Motown Records has had a rough year. After the exit of CEO […]
Barrett Strong, a singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the vocalist on Motown’s first hit single Money (That’s What I Want), has died, aged 81. The news was confirmed on Monday by the […]
Motown’s Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. Louis Lanzano/AP hide caption toggle caption Louis Lanzano/AP Motown’s […]
Barrett Strong, whose songwriting made him a key figure in the early days of Motown, has died at the age of 81. Strong was born in West Point, Mississippi in 1941, and grew up in […]
Silkyween! Source: Prince Williams/Wireimage Nelly closed out Halloween with his star-studded Mo-town Revue costume party that brought out Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Teyana Taylor, Polow Da Don, Johntá Austin, Lou Williams, T.I. and Tiny, Kandi and […]
Fresh off releasing his fifth solo full-length project of 2022, YoungBoy Never Broke Again has signed a deal with the Universal Music Group-owned Motown. According to Billboard, the Baton Rouge rapper will begin releasing music […]
Martha Reeves, the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, liked to nail a song in a single take, and one day in May 1964 she believed she had done a decent job first time […]
Martha and the Vandellas – Heatwave (1963) The intensity of Heatwave never ages, and its message of love as an inescapable blend of agony and ecstasy would be repeated on many of Holland-Dozier-Holland’s greatest recordings. […]
Songwriter Lamont Dozier in 2013. He co-wrote songs that helped define the Motown sound. He died Monday at 81. Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI hide caption toggle caption Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI Songwriter Lamont […]
MOTOWN legend Lamont Dozier has died at the age of 81, his family has said. The singer-songwriter, of Michigan, was behind a string of hits including The Supremes’ 1964 track Baby Love. 1 Motown legend […]
Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and Smokey Robinson speak in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Daniel Mears/AP hide caption toggle caption Daniel Mears/AP Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and […]
To celebrate Black Music Month, Classic Motown has launched a brand new “Wordville” word game, which gives music fans six opportunities to guess a word associated with the famed label. Game players can expect answers […]