Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is difficult to think of a more impossible task than attempting to rate the 60 all-time greatest Motown songs. Founded in 1959 ...

Throughout 2009 Motown Records is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of special events and performances that kicked off on Jan. 12. Motown’s extraordinary accomplishments include an ...

“I didn’t want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh.”-Berry Gordy When Berry Gordy launched a small independent record label in 1959 in a two ...

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Motown Records was born in 1959 from a simple but bold decision by songwriter Berry Gordy — and it changed American music forever.

The former auto worker, who founded Motown Records in 1959 with a loan and a prayer, has decided to step down from the company that transformed American culture Berry Gordy, who founded Motown Records ...

In 1984, Stevie Wonder contributed the song 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' to the soundtrack of Gene Wilder's 'The Lady in Red', a hit for Motown.

"Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration," which airs April 21 on CBS, pays respect to a history-making, game-changing record company. But, for the record, Motown was 14 years old before the label received… ...