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Motown

Florence Ballard - Singer - The Supremes

Why was Florence Ballard fired from The Supremes?

“I wasn’t going to let anybody walk over me.”

Andrew Clayman
Nov 15, 2025
John Paul Jones - Musician - Led Zeppelin - 1975

The songs John Paul Jones called “paradise” for bass players

Everything you could ask for.

Tim Coffman
Nov 13, 2025
The Supremes - Black and White - Far Out Magazine

How a brutal touring schedule slowly broke down Diana Ross and the Supremes: “I have no one to replace me”

“We’ve never had more than three days at a time at home.”

Andrew Clayman
Nov 13, 2025
The five most important contracts ever signed in music history

The five most important contracts ever signed in music history

Legally binding.

Dale Maplethorpe
Nov 12, 2025
Phil Collins - Singer - Musician - 2018

The Motown songs Phil Collins called too good to improve on: “The way they sound best”

Learning from the classics.

Tim Coffman
Nov 11, 2025
Stevie Wonder - Musician - Rózsavölgyi Gyöngyi

The album Stevie Wonder wished he could redo: “I wanted to express myself”

Inevitable.

Kelly Murphy
Nov 9, 2025
James Brown

The pop legend James Brown rejected signing: “Stay in school”

Missed the boat.

Callum MacHattie
Nov 8, 2025
Motown Records - General - Logo - Record Label

Which Motown song held the number one spot for the longest in the 1960s?

An undisputed masterpiece…

Ben Forrest
Nov 2, 2025
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 1971

The song Marvin Gaye believed Motown ruined: “Tampering with my art”

Not happy.

Reuben Cross
Oct 31, 2025
'There's a Ghost in My House'- The story of northern soul's spookiest floorfiller

‘There’s a Ghost in My House’: The story of northern soul’s spookiest floorfiller

A floor-filling classic…

Ben Forrest
Oct 31, 2025
The greatest Motown singer, according to science

‘Superstition’: The UK’s all-time favourite Motown single

A classic track…

Ben Forrest
Oct 29, 2025
The two Motown records that every single Beatle owned- Virtually the same records

The two Motown records that every single Beatle owned: “Virtually the same records”

“I suppose that helped us gel as musicians.”

Ben Forrest
Oct 27, 2025

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