To his credit, Jimmy Ruffin quickly found his niche in the conveyor-belt competitiveness of the Motown operation, where it was not uncommon for a number of artists to record the same song ...

By 1961, Ruffin was part of the Motown stable, mostly on sessions but also recording singles. He was drafted for national service, leaving the army in 1964. He returned to Motown, where he was offered ...

In the heat of Motown’s pressure cooker, Lamont Dozier hurriedly but masterfully penned this mid-tempo classic under pressure to follow up the Supremes' first hit.

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Otis Williams is looking back at his early years at Motown, and how he and The Temptations learned to "Get Ready" for live appearances. Speaking with PEOPLE about the ...