The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” Remarkably, one of the Miracles’ biggest hits began life as a single B-side. In November 1962, “Happy Landing,” a nondescript up-tempo number featuring a ...

The Temptations were brimming with high hopes on Dec. 21, 1964, a Christmas-week optimism that turned out to be well justified. It was cold outside when “My Girl” was released, but the group had the ...

HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- Otis Williams is one of the earliest stars of Motown with his work with the Temptations. He's been a part of show business now for more than 60 years. And at 82, he's still ...

You might say it was an album six decades in the making. "Temptations 60," the anniversary record that became a passion project for Tempts founder Otis Williams, arrived overnight Friday. It's the ...

In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer named Berry Gordy Jr. borrowed $800 to start his own record label in Detroit. Good investment. Within a year, Motown had its first million-selling ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 60th anniversary of the Temptations was actually last year, but what’s a few months -- and COVID delays -- between friends. And certainly, anybody who’s heard them considers the ...

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 ...

There are a number of dates that count as the Temptations’ 60th anniversary — whether it’s the formation of seed groups the Primes and the Distants during the mid- and late-’50s, the establishment of ...

A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving... Motown: Not the Same Old Songs Motown: Not the Same Old ...