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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.
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]
Berry Gordy I was the son of Georgia slave owner James Thomas Gordy and one of his female slaves, Esther Johnson. In addition, James Gordy had a son, James Jackson Gordy, with his legal wife; as the father of Lillian Gordy Carter, the younger James was the maternal grandfather of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, making Jimmy and Berry III and his siblings second half-cousins. [3]
Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo - 26 - "Come to Me" Marv Johnson: Marv Johnson: 30 6 - "That's Why (I Love You So)" Jackie Wilson Tyran Carlo: 13 2 - "I'll Be Satisfied" Jackie Wilson Tyran Carlo: 20 6 - 1982: Shakin' Stevens, #10 UK "Bad Girl" The Miracles: Smokey Robinson: 93 - - "You Got What It Takes" Marv Johnson Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo, Marv ...
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.
Written by Berry Gordy Jr., [6] Gwendolyn Gordy (Berry's sister) and Roquel "Billy" Davis, going under the pseudonym Tyran Carlo, the single, alongside Wilson's debuting five consecutive singles between 1957–58, turned Wilson into an R&B superstar and influenced the later careers of Davis, who joined the staff of Chess Records while Gordy used the money from the song's success to form Motown ...
Motown: The Musical is a jukebox musical that premiered on Broadway in April 2013. The musical is based on Berry Gordy's autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown (1994), [1] and on the history of his founding and running of the Motown record label, and his personal and professional relationships with Motown artists such as Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye ...
The Motown Years (also known as The Motown Years 50) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson 5, released on September 9, 2008, by Motown Records and Universal Music Group to celebrate Jackson's 50th birthday.