Allan Slutsky’s book Standing in the Shadows of Motown profiled bassist James Jamerson, whose dexterous and innovative playing was integral to the Motown sound but who, four months before his death ...

THE LOWDOWN: A documentary paying tribute to the Funk Brothers, the unsung studio musicians responsible for the biggest hits of Motown's golden era. "Deputy Dawg could've sung on (those songs), and ...

"STANDING IN the Shadows of Motown" is about the greatest hit machine in the history of pop. That was Berry Gordy's Hitsville USA, which gave us "Stop! In the Name of Love," "My Girl" and "I Heard It ...

Using interviews, archival footage and anecdote re-enactments, director Paul Justman pays an overdue tribute to the Funk Brothers, the studio musicians who created the Motown sound. Most of the ...

New York — Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of ...

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Standing in the Shadows of Love," has ...

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, has died after retiring from the group earlier this month. He was 88. Fakir died of heart failure at ...

Calling the Funk Brothers merely the house band for the Motown Sound is a little like calling the Rat Pack a Vegas lounge act. During the heyday of the Berry Gordy's Motown Records, when the company's ...

Pick a Motown classic from the ’60s, any Motown classic from the ’60s, and chances are that guys like “Pistol” Allen, “Bongo” Brown, and James Jamerson played on it. Whether it was Marvin, Martha, or ...