“Extremely special to me”: The classic Motown hit Berry Gordy couldn’t live without
On Desert Island Discs, the former Motown Records boss Berry Gordy selected the one track he couldn't live without, which had been a hit for his label in 1965.
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Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...
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Music pioneer Berry Gordy celebrates ’95 years of LOVE’
Gordy was a 28-year-old former boxer and Korean War veteran armed with a GED when he co-wrote Jackie Wilson’s “Reet Petite,” the first in a string of hit songs to follow. Investing his ...
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Jimmy Carter and Motown Founder Berry Gordy’s Surprising Connection
That company — and Mr. Gordy — went on to become American icons, though until the 1960s, when Motown songs dominated the pop charts, the Detroit Gordys may well have been unknown to the Carters.