The music of Motown Records was formative to a generation of Detroiters. NPR's Don Gonyea would know because he's one of them. He's reported on that for our series America in Pursuit, where stories ...

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It seems like every Detroiter has a Motown origin story. For Jamon Jordan, that story starts in his family living room, where his mother had an extensive stereo system and a sprawling collection of ...

During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people together. Motown was noted for star performers like Mary Wells, The Miracles, ...

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Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, Motown ultimately became the world’s biggest independent producer of 45-rpm records and one of the most successful Black-owned businesses in American history. A quick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like so many kids growing up in the 1970s and '80s, Robin Terry was a fan of Motown's music and its cavalcade of stars. But for ...