Motown

RANCHO MIRAGE —  Smokey Robinson rises from an overstuffed armchair and lowers the volume of the Masters golf tournament on the TV in his 11th-floor suite at the Agua Caliente casino.The 83-year-old Motown legend is here in the desert to…

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 with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I…

The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are fast-approaching, and music legend Gladys Knight is among the honorees. Known for her success across musical genres including soul, R&B, gospel, and pop over the more than half century of her…