Mahogany
1976
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Berry Gordy House, known as the Motown mansion, in Detroit's Boston-Edison Historic District. Gordy's gift for identifying and bringing together musical talent, along with the careful management of his artists' public image, made Motown a major national and then international success.
May 10, 2024 · Berry Gordy, American businessman who founded (1959) the Motown Record Corporation, which became the most successful Black-owned music company in the United States. Through Motown, he developed the majority of the great R&B performers of the 1960s and ’70s.
Apr 2, 2014 · Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records, which propelled groups like the Supremes to success and became the largest Black-owned company in the United States in the 1960s.
Their performance “uniforms” and choreography were the envy of street-corner singers and competing vocal groups everywhere. No one could out-Motown a member of the Motown clan! The same vision that conceived of Motown Records led Berry Gordy, Jr., into the movie industry in the 1970s.
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May 13, 1971 · Inside Motown Records: How Berry Gordy Jr., writers, producers, performers – including Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye – crafted their songs.
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.
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Aug 23, 1990 · On a bright Los Angeles day, Berry Gordy Jr., the man who founded Motown Records and made stars of Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Diana Ross and...
Aug 26, 2019 · Berry Gordy's Motown Story. Subscribe to Motown and ring the bell to never miss an update: http://classicmotown.lnk.to/YouTubeSu... It all began here.
Nov 12, 2012 · Gordy moved Motown from Detroit to Los Angeles, California in 1972. Expanding his enterprise to films, Gordy released Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Mahogany (1975) and The Wiz (1978), all featuring Diana Ross.
