The surviving Funk Brothers will celebrate the impending release of the DVD version of "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" by embarking on a short North American tour tonight (April 9) in Boston. By ...

The Funk Brothers played on more number 1 singles than any other band in history. Sadly, their status as sidemen for Motown Records largely consigned these unsung pioneers to the forgotten corners of ...

Thanks to the success of the 2002 documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," the Funk Brothers, ostensibly the musical backbone to Motown's golden era, have finally garnered recognition with… By ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A star commemorating Motown's studio band the Funk Brothers has been unveiled in the sidewalk on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Thirteen members of the band, known for their background ...

The Funk Brothers step out of the shadows and into the open Friday night at Chateau Ste. Michelle. The R&B and soul group -- members of the legendary studio band at Motown Records in the label's ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit's own Funk Brothers, known for their background vocals and instruments on many Motown chart-toppers, headed back to the recording studio for the first time in 40 years. The ...

Some say that it's the singer, not the song. The reverse was the case at the Moore Theatre Friday night, when the greatest hit machine in the history of recorded music led a near-capacity crowd ...

Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit “Ball of Confusion” and Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” died ...

Joe Messina, one of the original guitarists for Motown Records' in-house backing band the Funk Brothers, died on Monday at the age of 93. Born on Dec. 13, 1928, in Detroit, Messina began playing ...

An exhilarating and astutely executed walk down memory lane, Motown's long-ignored musicians continue to extend the Funk Brothers brand as established, for the general public, in the film "Standing in ...

Surviving members include Joe Messina%2C Eddie Willis and Jack Ashford Group gained wider recognition via the film %27Standing in the Shadows of Motown%27 Valerie Simpson%2C Paul Shaffer and Ray ...