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Bookmark or Share- Berry Gordy - WikipediaBerry 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.
- 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.
- Berry Gordy | Biography, Diana Ross, Career, & FactsBerry Gordy, Jr. Born: November 28, 1929, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (age 94) Founder: Motown. Awards And Honors: Kennedy Center Honors (2021) National Medal of Arts (2016) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988) (Show more) On the Web: CSUN University Library - For the Love of Music: Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown Records (Mar. 29, 2024) (Show more)
- Berry Gordy Jr. - Classic MotownThe world knows Motown through the music of its stars, but in recent years, the world has learned more about the man who built the business behind the music, Berry Gordy Jr. Part of that is due to Motown The Musical, a theatrical smash at home and abroad, which tells how Gordy’s dreams and determination (plus a song or two) created what may be t...
- Berry Gordy Jr. - Son, Age & Songs - BiographyWho Is Berry Gordy Jr.? Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in 1959. The 1960s and '70s saw popular artists who Gordy developed — including the Supremes, the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder...
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