The 100 Greatest Motown Songs - Rolling Stone
Mar 30, 2021 · We count down Motown's 100 greatest songs, from 1960s pop smashes to 1970s protest classics.
20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1960s - Rolling Stone
Aug 28, 2019 · Motown and moptops provide the enduring summer jams of a thrilling, turbulent decade, the Sixties.
Showtime Shares Trailer for New Motown Documentary 'Hitsville'
Jul 18, 2019 · Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Dr. Dre, John Legend and more recount the incredible story of Motown Records in the trailer for Showtime’s upcoming documentary, Hitsville: The Making of Motown ...
Carolyn Crawford Is the Best Motown Singer You’ve Never Heard Of
Feb 23, 2024 · Crawford’s second Motown single, “My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down),” performed better, hitting No. 39 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues charts.
The Motown Story: How Berry Gordy Jr. Created the Legendary Label
May 13, 1971 · Inside Motown Records: How Berry Gordy Jr., writers, producers, performers – including Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye – crafted their songs.
Music at Home: Seventies Soul Protest Classics - Rolling Stone
Oct 9, 2020 · Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and more are on this playlist of socially conscious R&B music from the 1970s
The 50 Best Stevie Wonder Songs - Rolling Stone
Sep 12, 2024 · Stevie’s Sixties Motown career was full of swerves from the usual run of things — live hits, pseudonymous instrumental albums as Eivets Rednow, protest songs — and this is another example ...
15 Songs You Didn’t Know Were About Drugs - Rolling Stone
Jun 14, 2013 · From “Purple Haze” and “White Rabbit” to “White Lines” and “Under the Bridge,” there’s a bottomless supply of popular music about cocaine, heroin, marijuana and hallucinogens.
Jimmy Ruffin Dead: Soul Singer Dies at 78 - Rolling Stone
Nov 19, 2014 · Jimmy, as a solo artist, had ‘What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,’ one of the greatest songs put out by Motown and also one of my personal favorites.
Rock's Early, Segregated Days: Platters, Flamingos, Neville Brothers
Feb 22, 2021 · Rock & roll, with its mixture of white country music and black R&B, arrived just as segregationists were tightening Jim Crow laws in response to the civil rights movement. Entertainers throughout ...