You can't talk about Motown without talking about the male groups: the Contours, the Spinners, the Miracles, the Temptations. They blended gospel and doo-wop traditions into something new ...

Male R&B groups are crucial to the genre ... Hits like “I Want You Back” and “ABC” made them Motown legends. The group’s success paved the way for Michael Jackson’s solo career ...

Tamla Records — once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit — is being reactivated by Capitol Music Group, Motown’s corporate parent for the past decade.