What’s Going On,” crafted in a season of unease, persists as a backdrop to another heated summer, half a century later ...
Rock and soul didn't always go hand in hand, but these Motown hits were proof that the sounds of R&B could change all genres.
In the heat of Motown’s pressure cooker, Lamont Dozier hurriedly but masterfully penned this mid-tempo classic under pressure to follow up the Supremes' first hit.
"What's Goin' On," the title track from Marvin Gaye's seminal album, makes about every critic's list of top Motown songs, and for good reason as it was a pinnacle of Gaye's artistry. Personally ...
The public obviously agreed, as the single eventually sold more than two-and-a-half million copies, becoming Motown’s most successful hit and taking Gaye’s career to another level. Marvin Gaye ...
This compilation of Motown covers spans the 1960s to the present day and features: Paul Weller and Amy Winehouse with I Heard ...
Motown was a record label based in Detroit that was a powerhouse of hits in the 1960s and 1970s. Motown musicians, all of ...
Tragically Marvin Gaye was killed at the age of 44, while Tammi died at just 24, several years after she was diagnosed with cancer. Did you know? The Jacksons were nearly not signed to Motown Records!
He and Janis first met in the early 1970s, when she was just 17 and Gaye was still married to Anna Gordy, the sister of Motown records founder Berry Gordy. H.E.R. Honors Marvin Gaye with ...
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations- MOTOWN THE MUSICAL shows how these legendary artists and so many more ...
Beyere went with the 1971 protest song What's Going On by one of the pillars of Motown — Marvin Gaye. She says she wanted something that would speak to a different aspect of Black history in ...