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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 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.
"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 ...
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] Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.
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.
Gordy G 7001: Songwriter(s) Berry Gordy, Jr. Producer(s) Berry Gordy, Jr. The Temptations singles chronology "Check Yourself" (1961) "(You're My) Dream Come True"
The company was founded by Berry Gordy Jr., in 1968, as Motown Productions, the film and television arm of Gordy's Motown Records label. It became de Passe Entertainment in 1992, then in 2008, joining forces with Jones, de Passe Jones Entertainment.