Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1929, Berry Gordy Jr. began his music career writing songs for artists like Etta James in the late-1950's. He then ...

The Motown Museum’s Founder’s Day Celebration returns Sunday for an afternoon of music and performances to honor the institution and the woman who started it, Esther Gordy Edwards, the late sister of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It all started with the keys. "Music is my life. It still is and it was when I was a kid," says Bertha Barbee-McNeal, co-founder of legendary Motown group The Velvelettes. At 9 years ...

Ronald LaPread, the co-founder and longtime bassist of legendary Motown group the Commodores, has died at the age of 75.

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, has died after retiring from the group earlier this month. He was 88. Fakir died of heart failure at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the stylish and genteel singer who nurtured the Four Tops’ legacy for seven decades, has died. He was 88.

On March 25, 1983, the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever TV special was taped. Countless Motown artists took the stage to perform, including Smokey Robinson's group the Miracles, Diana Ross & the ...

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last living founding member of the popular Motown group the Four Tops, has died. He was 88. Fakir died of heart failure Monday at his home in Detroit. “Our hearts are heavy as ...

A member of the iconic Motown group The Four Tops was labeled “delusional” and put into a straitjacket after entering a Michigan hospital. The singer, Alexander Morris, is now suing the hospital ...

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