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Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929) known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer 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.
Mar 29, 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. Learn more about his life and accomplishments.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Musicians. Black History. 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...
By Jon Landau. May 13, 1971. Motown boss Berry Gordy in his office, circa 1970. RB/Redferns/Getty Images. A s surely as Atlantic was the greatest independent record company of the Fifties,...
THE CHAIRMAN. After years at the helm of Motown Records, Berry took the role of board chairman, allowing the younger generation an opportunity to lead the company into a new era. He sold the company in 1988, but his connection to the “Sound of Young America” is unbreakable and eternal.
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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 ...
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.
