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Tyran Carlo, George Gordy: 93 - - "It's So Fine" LaVern Baker: Tyran Carlo - 24 - "Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo: 7 1 - 1971: Brian Hyland, #54 pop 1976: Narvel Felts, #62 pop 1959 "Just for Your Love" The Falcons: Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo - 26 - "Come to Me" Marv Johnson: Marv Johnson: 30 6 - "That's Why (I Love You So ...
Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., [5] is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.Founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2] [3] it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [4]
In the fall of 1960, the group auditioned for Berry Gordy's Motown Records. Gordy turned the act down, prompting the group to pay a visit to the home of Johnson's cousin, R&B star and Gordy associate Jackie Wilson. Wilson in turn got the Contours a second audition with Gordy, at which they sang the same songs they had at the first audition, the ...
It became a worst-kept secret that Jackie Wilson's 1967 hit "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" did not have a Motown influence quite by accident—the Funk Brothers migrated to do the Wilson session, in an interesting reference to Motown's early history: Berry Gordy, Jr got his first music break by getting Wilson to record some of ...
Pages in category "Songs written by Berry Gordy" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
"Lonely Teardrops" is a song written by Berry Gordy Jr., Gwen Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis, first recorded and released as a single in 1958 by R&B singer Jackie Wilson, [2] on the Brunswick label. The single was commercially successful, reaching the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, and number-one on the R&B chart. It is ranked as the 57th ...
J. Bradford / Berry Gordy Jr. June 7, 1965 Beat & Soul: 2:30 More Than I Can Handle Pete Wingfield / Mike Vernon: May 1984 EB 84: 2:58 Mr. Soul: Neil Young: December 27, 1968 Nice Guys: A take from January 14, 1969, is on Chained to a Memory: Muskrat: Merle Travis / Tex Ann / Harold Hensley June 1, 1961 Both Sides of an Evening: 2:14