Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people together. Motown was noted for star performers…
If you grew up on Sister Act 2, you remember Whoopi Goldberg whipping a raggedy high school choir into shape and bringing down the house with Lauryn Hill and Tonya Blunt’s “Joyful, Joyful.” What you might…
Austin McCoy, West Virginia University The CBS television show “It’s What’s Happening Baby” aired a music video featuring Martha and the Vandellas performing their hit song “Nowhere to Run” to kick off its national broadcast…