Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

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This isn’t the first expanded edition of the classic album, but the team behind it feels like it deserved a fresh look into what the archives held. Weinger, who produced the original “Let’s Get It On: ...

DETROITDETROIT — The Motown Historical Museum is celebrating the life and times, as well as the moves and grooves, of Marvin Gaye. The Detroit museum, located in the original home of Motown Records ...

Rolling Stone magazine’s No. 1 greatest album of all time is getting a hometown celebration in honor of its 50th anniversary. Marvin Gaye’s 1971 Motown-recorded masterpiece What’s Going On will ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

There's no one better to tell Smokey Robinson's story than the Motown legend himself. Robinson, 80, calls up USA TODAY from quarantine, where he has been spending much-appreciated time with his wife, ...

*The July 25th announcement by community activist Najee Ali – that President Trump signed a bill into law to have a Los Angeles post office renamed after the late great Marvin Gaye Jr. – reminded me ...

The music we listen to now is more often than not indicative of the music our parents played when we were younger. Before I ...

Motown was one of the defining sounds of the swinging sixties, bringing music that has stood the test of time and been loved for generations. But behind the hits was a dark reality of abuse, drug ...

Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...