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Nov 28, 2023 · Berry Gordy: The Visionary Who Made Motown. The founder of Motown Records was born in the city he helped make synonymous with soulfulness, Detroit, on November 28, 1929.
A man of vision, drive, talent, and determination, Berry Gordy became a boxer, songwriter, producer, director, entrepreneur, and founded Motown—the hit-making enterprise born in Detroit, Michigan. He discovered and nurtured the careers of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and The ...
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Berry Gordy Gifts $5 Million to Establish New Music Industry Center at UCLA
Music industry legend and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. has pledged $5 million to establish The UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center. The center — launched in affiliation with The ...
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$5M Gift Establishes Berry Gordy Music Industry Center at UCLA | KFI AM 640 | LA Local News
Motown founder Berry Gordy has pledged a $5 million gift to UCLA to establish the UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, it was announced Tuesday. The new center, launching in the 2024/25 academic ...
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Aug 23, 1990 · Berry Gordy, Motown's Founder, Talks about Hitsville USA's Stars. Music. Berry Gordy: Motown’s Founder Tells the Story of Hitsville, U.S.A. In his first in-depth interview in 20 years, the...
Dec 2, 2021 · December 2, 2021 at 8:58 a.m. EST. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, at his Los Angeles home in late October, is among this year's Kennedy Center honorees. (Jessica Pons for The Washington...
Jan 9, 2019 · Sixty years ago, Berry Gordy set up the hit factory of Motown. Arwa Haider looks at how an independent record label created one of the most influential sounds of the 20th Century. On 12 January...
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May 13, 1971 · The Motown Story: How Berry Gordy Jr. Created the Legendary Label. The label's best songs and how its writers, performers and producers created its singular sound. By Jon Landau. May 13, 1971...
Famed for founding Motown Records and all that followed, Berry Gordy first achieved success as a songwriter via compositions like Jackie Wilson's 1957 hit "Reet Petite," which he co-wrote with his sister Gwen and friend Billy Davis, other hits written for Wilson including "Lonely Teardrops," "To Be Loved" and "I'll Be Satisfied."
