Motown is a record company, a musical style, and a corporate conglomerate with several subsidiary labels. The company was founded in Detroit in 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. A black entrepreneur and songwriter, Gordy built a successful black-owned,...

"Motown" redirects here. For the city, see Detroit, Michigan. Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label originally based in Detroit, Michigan from where it achieved widespread international success....

Towne Club International, a private label soft drink manufacturer, is still fighting Motown Records which opposes Towne Club's right to use the word Motown as a trademark for its products. Motown Records filed with the US Office of Patents and Trademarks in 1995 to...

Harrell issued a statement saying that his resignation is in the best interests of Motown following a restructuring. Polygram reportedly decided to remove Harrell and offered him a $30 million package. Harrell was president and CEO of Motown for only two years. Andre...

The studios that released "Dreamgirls" have apologized to Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. for any confusion the film generated about the label's early days. DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures offered their apologies to Gordy, whose Motown Records and experiences are widely thought to be the basis...

___August GiustiNEW YORK (AP) _ August "Augie" Giusti, a Pearl Harbor veteran who helped get wounded crewmates to safety, died Wednesday. He was 84.Giusti, of Ardsley, died at White Plains Hospital Center, said Kurt Eschbach of the Edwards-Dowdle Funeral Home in Dobbs Ferry. Steve Wittenberg,...