Berry Gordy | search
Click here to view Berry Gordy news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Berry Gordy | Motown Museum | Home of Hitsville U.S.A.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.
- Motown: The music that changed America - BBCSixty 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...
- Berry Gordy - WikipediaBerry 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.
- Berry Gordy facts: Motown founder's age, wife, children and net worth ...Berry Gordy Jr found fame and fortune as a record executive, producer, songwriter, film producer and TV producer. He founded the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which became the highest-earning African-American business for several decades.
- Motown - WikipediaMotown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2][3] and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [4] . Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.
More
