Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

*The July 25th announcement by community activist Najee Ali – that President Trump signed a bill into law to have a Los Angeles post office renamed after the late great Marvin Gaye Jr. – reminded me ...

Rolling Stone magazine’s No. 1 greatest album of all time is getting a hometown celebration in honor of its 50th anniversary. Marvin Gaye’s 1971 Motown-recorded masterpiece What’s Going On will ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

Marvin Gaye skyrocketed to stardom as a leading Motown artist in the 1960s and 1970s. He become iconic for projects like "What's Going On" and "Sexual Healing." His impact on the industry still lives ...

Four days before legendary music icon Marvin Gaye would have turned 80, and three days before the anniversary of his death, Motown/Universal Music Enterprises will release a lost album that he ...

Motown’s ultimate love god, the complex and fascinating Marvin Gaye, is profiled in a new PBS “American Masters” documentary, “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” that airs at 9 tonight. “One of the most ...

This isn’t the first expanded edition of the classic album, but the team behind it feels like it deserved a fresh look into what the archives held. Weinger, who produced the original “Let’s Get It On: ...

There's no one better to tell Smokey Robinson's story than the Motown legend himself. Robinson, 80, calls up USA TODAY from quarantine, where he has been spending much-appreciated time with his wife, ...

Motown was one of the defining sounds of the swinging sixties, bringing music that has stood the test of time and been loved for generations. But behind the hits was a dark reality of abuse, drug ...

Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...