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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.
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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 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]
Berry Gordy, 89, who built Motown Records into a multimedia empire in the 1960s and 1970s, has announced his retirement.
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.
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 ...
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 ...