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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.
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 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]
The Last Dragon (sometimes listed as Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon) is a 1985 American Martial arts film directed by Michael Schultz, written by Louis Venosta, and produced by Rupert Hitzig for Berry Gordy. [4] The film stars Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carry, Christopher Murney, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Faith Prince.
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 song was originally recorded by Barrett Strong and released on Tamla in August 1959. [6] Anna Records was operated by Gwen Gordy, Anna Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis.Gwen and Anna's brother Berry Gordy had just established his Tamla label (soon Motown would follow) and licensed the song to the Anna label in 1960, which was distributed nationwide by Chicago-based Chess Records in order to ...
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]
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.