Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TheGrio counts down the greatest albums ever released by artists from Motown Records. This August, two legendary albums, Stevie ...

Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died March 3 at his home in Southfield, Mich., a Detroit suburb. He was 73. Motown ...

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Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last living founding member of the popular Motown group the Four Tops, has died. He was 88. Fakir died of heart failure Monday at his home in Detroit. “Our hearts are heavy as ...

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Like millions of people, Tarsha Fitzgerald grew up listening to the sounds of Motown in her living room and especially enjoyed holiday time, when her parents would play some of the top Motown artists ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Esther Gordy Edwards, founder of Detroit's Motown Museum, has died at the age of 91. Her younger brother Berry Gordy started Motown Records in 1959. After Motown became established, ...

Students view an excerpt from the Motown Amp investigation in which they learn about bassist James Jamerson and the role of Motown Records in the Civil Rights Movement. They then analyze Motown’s role ...

TheGrio counts down the greatest albums ever released by artists from Motown Records. This August, two legendary albums, Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” celebrate ...