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Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., [5] 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.
Fuller Berry Gordy. The eldest Gordy child, Fuller B. Gordy (September 9, 1918 – November 9, 1991), born in Georgia, was an executive alongside his younger siblings in their brother Berry's Motown music company. Fuller was also a professional in bowling. His daughter Iris was married to singer Johnny Bristol.
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.
Anna Ruby Gaye (née Gordy; January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy , she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s distributing records released on Checker and Gone Records before forming the Anna label with Billy Davis and her sister ...
Dec 25, 2018 · Berry Gordy: Timeless Hits from Hitsville, USA. By Molly McGuire, Intern, Catalog of American Portraits, National Portrait Gallery. Motown began in 1959 with an $800 loan. Berry Gordy Jr. took his idea of starting a record company to his family’s savings fund.
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Nov 28, 2023 · A uDiscover salute to a man who helped to shape the sound of the 20th century, Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr, born November 28, 1929.
