Friday marks 46 years since one of the best-selling singers of all time released her signature album. On May 22, 1980, the ...

In a world again bitten by the Michael Jackson bug in light of the massive success of his biopic Michaeland the resurgence of ...

On May 22, 1980, the great Diana Ross released her top-selling album, Diana. Ross was already a household name in the music ...

During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people ...

Pete Townshend has forever been known as one of the greatest rock and roll songwriters ever, but he always had a healthy ...

Motown’s Martha and the Vandellas inspired future generations of girl groups in pop music, including En Vogue, SWV and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) During the ...

Early on, he developed an intrinsic understanding of music and song structure – a direct result of the music his mother ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Martha Reeves didn’t grow up with much space—but she grew up surrounded by sound and love. “I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be something. We were a family of 12 kids in a ...

Instagram was one of the early clues that "Michael" was destined for blockbuster status. Nowadays, studios often secure a ...