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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.
"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 ...
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.
"Shake Sherry" (sometimes spelled on record as "Shake Sherrie") was a 1962 R&B song by Motown Records group The Contours, issued on its Gordy subsidiary label (Gordy 7012). It was the follow-up to the group's million-selling top-5 hit single " Do You Love Me ", and was taken from their album of the same name .
"That's Why (I Love You So)" is a song written by Berry Gordy Jr. and Tyran Carlo and performed by Jackie Wilson. It reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart and #13 on the U.S. pop chart in 1959. [1] It was featured on his 1959 album Lonely Teardrops. [2] The song was arranged by Dick Jacobs. The song ranked #90 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles ...
"Do You Love Me" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by the Contours in 1962. Written and produced by Motown Records owner Berry Gordy Jr., it appeared twice on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching numbers three in 1962 and eleven in 1988.
American music critic Tom Hull noted the album is 'mostly songs by Berry Gordy Jr. or Smokey Robinson,' which 'spawned four singles that went nowhere, although "I Want a Guy" and "Let Me Go the Right Way" are catchy enough.' [4]