The Renaissance Theatre is thrilled to welcome Uptown: A Celebration of Motown and Soul to the historic Renaissance Main Stage on Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Avita Health System ...

R&B bands, “The Temptations” and “The Four Tops,” are coming to Portsmouth for a concert. Led by Dr. Otis Williams, “The Temptations” are a world-renowned music group with hit songs such as “Just My ...

22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When you hail from the Motor City with a grandmother who sang the blues, and a cousin who was one of the original Motown Temptations ... and timeless R&B singles.

To succeed, Gordy needed to appeal to the majority-Black R&B market and the broader, majority-white “pop” audience. Indeed, an early analysis of Motown’s success from Fortune magazine ...

Motown Records turned 66 on January 12 ... “I was a reggae artiste and they signed mainly R&B acts, so they didn’t know how to market me. If you are marketing a reggae act to an R&B crowd ...