The Beatles were always indebted to the inspiration of Motown, sonically, but the Detroit label also helped them to bond as ...

For almost two decades, Marvin Gaye and Motown had had a seemingly smooth relationship, but the singer cracked when the label ruined a single release.

Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...

Stevie Wonder originally wrote this No. 1 hit for a rock 'n' roll legend, but Wonder released his version before the guitarist.

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.

This morning, Southern Cross Austereo announced the Heart Network, a new national band of music stations streaming across ...

Kem shares the fourth-most No. 1s by a male artist as "Rock With Me," an independent release after two decades with Motown, tops the chart.

Funkadelic's ‘Chocolate City,’ ‘Let's Take It to the Stage,’ and ‘Mothership Connection’ — a trio of albums that transformed ...

Music history loves a good redemption story. Some of the most beloved songs ever recorded didn’t start out as hits at all.

The untold story behind Halloween’s most famous song, and how Bobby “Boris” Pickett accidentally created a timeless spooky anthem.

The emergence of clipping shows just how much social media has changed since the early days as a platform for user-generated ...

An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid the technological and ...