Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Nick Ashford, who with Valerie Simpson, his songwriting partner ...

Motown classics both old and new — from Stevie Wonder to Erykah Badu — make up a hits-filled playlist curated to mark Michelle Obama's Detroit visit. Forty songs line the list, which is being released ...

Motown classics both old and new — from Stevie Wonder to Erykah Badu — make up a hits-filled playlist curated to mark Michelle Obama's Detroit visit. Forty songs line the list, which is being released ...

Launched in 1959 by Berry Gordy Jr., Motown has become one of American music’s most storied labels. The label has been behind the careers of some of music’s biggest icons, including Diana Ross, Stevie ...

There are Motown songs that everyone knows the words to, the songs you can always depend to stumble upon on oldies stations while scanning the radio dial. But for every "Stop! In the Name of Love" or ...

In celebration of the visit and Obama releasing her memoir, Becoming, just last month, Motown curated a classic Motown playlist inspired by moments from her life, many of which are recounted in the… ...

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, has died at age 70. By Associated Press Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & ...

Legendary songwriter Nick Ashford - who penned some of music's best known rock and soul classics with his wife - has died. The 70-year-old Motown giant died in a New York City hospital, his publicist ...