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Forgotten Motown hits that should have been #1

Motown Records is one of the most celebrated labels in music history. In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer named Berry Gordy Jr. borrowed $800 to start his own record label in Detroit.
Variety

The 60 Greatest Motown Songs of All Time

The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” Remarkably, one of the Miracles’ biggest hits began life as a single B-side. In November 1962, “Happy Landing,” a nondescript up-tempo number featuring a ...
American Songwriter

The Unlikely Motown Hit That Dethroned The Beatles’ Longest-Running No. 1

The ’60s saw several new musical movements. From the U.K. came a host of foreign heartthrobs in what was dubbed “The British Invasion,” with the forefathers of that movement being the Beatles. Their ...
American Songwriter

From Marvin Gaye to The Supremes: 10 of the Best Motown Songs Recorded at Hitsville U.S.A

In the late ’50s, a little-known songwriter named Berry Gordy took $800 he scrounged together from family and a few paltry royalty payments to found Tamla Records—better known at Motown Records. Today ...
Rolling Stone

When Motown Tried — and Failed — to Go Country

T.G. Sheppard knows exactly how people at home may have felt when they were watching Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the most enduring record ...