Motown singers

During the 1960s, the Motown Record Corporation revolutionized the music industry and transformed the shape of music to come.

NEW YORK — Jimmy Ruffin, the Motown singer whose hits include What Becomes of the Brokenhearted and Hold on to My Love, died Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 78. Philicia Ruffin and Jimmy Lee…

Motown's 7 most successful music artists from Stevie Wonder to The Jackson 5

Photos + Audio: A look back at the legendary artists brought together by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

After half a century, and several shelves of books about the revolutionary music label, Motown’s story is still obscured by rumors and misconceptions. Founder Berry Gordy Jr. joins a groundbreaking chorus—Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Suzanne de Passe, and other legends—to give an oral history of the Detroit hitmaking machine, the cultural and racial breakthroughs it inspired, and life at “Hitsville,” as well as a true account of Gordy’s relationship with…

Photos + Audio: A look back at the legendary artists brought together by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

Photos + Audio: A look back at the legendary artists brought together by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

Singers Mary Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard of the R&B vocal group "The Supremes" pose for a portrait with fellow Tamla Motown artist Smokey Robinson on March 15, 1965 wearing Tamla Motown...