And time. Motown may be 50 years old, but it isn't any less relevant with current hitmakers — from Taylor Swift to Coldplay — citing the label's signature "sound" as an influence. Would there ...

That was how it was in 1965 - on a TV programme called Ready Steady Go when they recorded a programme dedicated to this new music coming from Detroit - entitled the Sound of Motown. Vicki Wickham ...

A rock element? Motown had, in fact, begun signing rock-inclined acts for a few years. It had founded a new label to do just that: Rare Earth, named after a 1969 white rock band who covered Motown ...

After 30 years of pioneering pop music, modern-day Motown still shapes ‘The Sound Of Young America,’ thanks to a slew of new artists storming the charts. After three decades of cultural ...

As for Melodyland Records, the label remains an odd but important footnote to Motown and country history 50 years later. None of its albums and singles are available on streaming services ...