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DETROIT (AP) - For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next - and by his own admission, last - major milestone of a magical, musical career. The 83-year-old Motown Records founder is taking his story and that of his legendary label to the Great White Way ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Producers of a musical based on the life of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are seeking an exceptionally talented young actor - one who can play a preteen Gordy, a young Michael Jackson and a precocious Stevie Wonder. Gordy launched an audition website on Tuesday to help find the young man between the ages of 8 and 11 who can sing, dance and act like the King of Pop in his Jacks

The world lost Teena Marie on Dec. 26 at the age of 54, and Motown paid tribute to her one last time. During a two-hour private ceremony yesterday, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy Jr., Shanice Wilson and Queen Latifah all paid respect to the late singer at Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Memorial Park, celebrating the Ivory Queen of Soul...

Music plays an integral role in our lives, but, at times we take for granted the moments that uniquely changed the game. From the first time Michael Jackson moonwalked for the American public to the day five guys from Compton, Calif. got together to form the world's most dangerous group, here are our top 20 black music milestones...