The greatest Motown artists shaped and defined soul and R&B with their groundbreaking sounds. Learn more about the legendary ...

Bruce Springsteen may live and breathe rock and roll, but he knew he had the potential beyond the same Chuck Berry chords.

Tamla, the onetime Detroit label that released many of Motown's early records, has been revived by Capitol Music Group as a faith-based brand.

To this day, Motown Records is still heavily associated with Detroit, Michigan. But in the early 1970s, the music empire made a shocking and strategic move — leaving Detroit for Los Angeles.

As revered as the music has been over the decades, the true power of Motown, suggests Vancouver’s Krystle Dos Santos, is the way it helped reshape the fabric of America. “Motown started in 1959,” says ...