Students view an excerpt from the Motown Amp investigation in which they learn about bassist James Jamerson and the role of Motown Records in the Civil Rights Movement. They then analyze Motown’s role ...

Imagine that The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye took the stage at the Barre Opera House for a concert. These and several other performers from the height of ...

It’d be reasonable to assume that there was nothing more to give, that every tape vault everywhere had already been scoured. The download-only tracks which appeared last decade under the banner ...

Amid the geniuses, stylists, and show people that made up the Sixties Motown roster, Stevie Wonder may have been the most purely original singer. Even before he asserted himself musically with his ...

The 1960s were an era of great cultural change in the United States. The Civil Rights movement was in full swing, the Vietnam War ignited protests across the country, and rock and roll was king of the ...

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last surviving original member of Motown's the Four Tops, died Monday of heart failure in Detroit. He was 88. Along with Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton, and Levi Stubbs, Fakir's ...

The 1960s music scene was transformed by the powerful harmonies and captivating performances of all-female vocal groups. These talented young women broke barriers in the male-dominated music industry ...