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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.
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]
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.Founded by Berry Gordy Jr. and Quincy Jones as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2] [3] it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [4]
The Motown founder connected with coach Dan Campbell, general manager Brad Holmes and owner Sheila Ford Hamp on Sunday ahead of the Lions-49ers game. Berry Gordy connects with Dan Campbell and ...
Motown founder Berry Gordy had a galaxy of star executives helping him build the company into the powerhouse it became, but not many of them shone as brightly as Suzanne de Passe. Joining the ...
Raynoma Mayberry Liles Gordy Singleton (March 8, 1937 – November 11, 2016) was an American R&B producer, songwriter, and vocalist perhaps best known for her association with ex-husband, Berry Gordy during the early days of Motown when she was often known as Miss Ray.
Berry Gordy, 89, who built Motown Records into a multimedia empire in the 1960s and 1970s, has announced his retirement.
When Motown was sold, she partnered with her mentor in Gordy/de Passe Productions and subsequently established de Passe Entertainment in 1992. De Passe's association with Gordy was featured in the December 2008 issue of Vanity Fair: Motown the Untold Story, The Labels Greatest Legends, In Their Own Words with photography by Annie Leibovitz.