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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.
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.
28 Nov 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.
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13 Mei 1971 · Inside Motown Records: How Berry Gordy Jr., writers, producers, performers – including Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye – crafted their songs.
Watch more of The Motown Story: • The Motown Story: Berry Gordy It’s been 60 years since the son of a plasterer, Berry Gordy Jr., began building what grew into an astonishing hit factory...
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.
9 Jan 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...
17 Feb 2016 · Berry Gordy now lives at the top of the world, in a Beverly Hills mansion. He is the greatest record man in American music history.
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.
Famed for founding Motown Records and all that followed, Berry Gordy first achieved success as a songwriter via compositions like Jackie Wilson's 1957 hit "Reet Petite," which he co-wrote with his sister Gwen and friend Billy Davis, other hits written for Wilson including "Lonely Teardrops," "To Be Loved" and "I'll Be Satisfied."
