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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.
5 days ago · 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.
Berry Gordy. Born in 1929, Berry Gordy, Jr. was the seventh of Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy’s eight children. He tried many careers—boxing, record store ownership, assembly line worker and a tour in the U. S. Army during the Korean War—until he found a niche in the world of entertainment.
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. Published on. November...
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....
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...
Dec 2, 2021 · By Robin Givhan. 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...
