It is difficult to think of a more impossible task than attempting to rate the 60 all-time greatest Motown songs. Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, not only has the label — originally a small ...

"The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music." ...

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 ...

When: Wednesday-Jan. 28. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Jan. 26; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 1 and 6:30 p.m Jan. 28. Where: INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls ...

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 ...

We’re accustomed to seeing Berry Gordy’s big smile, but his grin on the occasion of the Kennedy Honors ceremony Dec. 5 was so broad that his face was in imminent danger of splitting in two. The Motown ...