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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.
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 Gordys are an African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives.They were born to Georgia-reared parents Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr. (born Berry Gordy II) and Bertha (née Fuller) Gordy and raised in Detroit, where most of the siblings played a pivotal role in the international acceptance of rhythm and blues music as a crossover phenomenon in the 1960s.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced on Wednesday their Lifetime Achievement award honorees and an iconic... View Article The post Motown founder Berry Gordy to receive ...
Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson will be honored as next year’s MusiCares Persons of the Year, celebrating the legacy of The post Gordy, Robinson named MusiCares’ 2023 Person of the Year ...
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] Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally ...
The four members of The Corporation—Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards [3] —were responsible for the writing, production and arranging of The Jackson 5 number-one hit singles "I Want You Back" (), "ABC", "The Love You Save" (both 1970); as well as "Mama's Pearl" and "Maybe Tomorrow" (both 1971). [1]
On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the duo will lead NBC’s star-studded “A Motown Christmas” special, an evening celebrating the music and artists that helped make Berry Gordy and Quincy Jones’ label ...