In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer named Berry Gordy Jr. borrowed $800 to start his own record label in Detroit. Good investment. Within a year, Motown had its first million-selling record, with the Miracles’ “Shop Around.” By 1969, the label would place dozens of records in the Billboard
Harry Connick Jr. Hopes to Inspire With New Music
Harry Connick Jr. is heading back to his faith-based roots with a new album inspired by his pandemic experience.
5 Things You Need to Know:
- With the pandemic and isolation hitting Grammy and Emmy Award winner Harry Connick Jr. hard, he retreated to his home studio during the lockdown and

Watch Post Malone cover two country songs for Texas relief livestream
Post Malone performed two country covers of songs by Brad Paisley and Sturgill Simpson for the We’re Texas relief fundraiser livestream.
The livestream was hosted on March 21 by Texan actor Matthew McConaughey, with proceeds being directed to his foundation Just Keep Living and its Texas relief fund, established in
‘Aretha Was the LeBron James in the Room’

There is even more genius to go around in the story that “Genius: Aretha Franklin” tells than just Aretha’s own. Her classic records wouldn’t have stood the test of more than four and five decades without the chemistry she and her voice formed with the musicians that gave the