Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a Sunday statement: “Barrett was not only a great singer and piano player ... hits in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s with musically adventurous, topically ...

In 1971, he became the first Motown artist to negotiate a contract that allowed for complete artistic control of his music. Through the '70s, starting with his 14th album "Music of My Mind ...

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, has died at age 70. By Associated Press Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford ...

By then, American audiences had moved on to funk and disco, he says, but interest in the music released by labels like Motown, Stax, and Volt “never really waned in the U.K. In the north of ...

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of legendary @ClassicMotown singer and songwriter Barrett Strong. The voice behind @motown's first hit, the iconic “Money (That’s What I Want ...

Why did you go to Motown to record? And what exactly did you ... They kept saying, “Where are the dots?” [Meaning sheet music] I said, “There ain’t no dots.” When Cozy started playing ...

Audie Cornish has more on three Motown artists who died recently — Bobby ... following an undisclosed illness at the age of 70. Harris died February 18th of prostate cancer.

Barrett Strong, one of Motown Records‘ original hitmakers and the songwriter for “Money (That’s What I Want),” and many other soul classics, has died. He was 81. Strong is perhaps best ...

NEW YORK — Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company's breakthrough single "Money (That's What I Want)" and later collaborated ...

Legendary Motown singer/songwriter Nick Ashford died Monday at a hospital in New York after a battle with throat cancer, according to his longtime friend, publicist Liz Rosenberg. He was 70.