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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...
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  • as Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon) is a 1985 American martial arts comedy film written by Louis Venosta, produced by Rupert Hitzig for Berry Gordy and...
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  • The Gordys are an African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives. They were born to Georgia-reared parents Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr...
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  • Denise Georgette Gordy is an American former film and television actress and singer. She is a niece of Motown founder Berry Gordy and the mother of actress...
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  • (née Gordy; January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, she...
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  • Motown (redirect from Gordy Records)
    American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown...
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  • Me", which features Michael Jackson on chorus vocals. Gordy is the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy. Other relatives include half-siblings Redfoo, Rhonda...
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  • Kerry Ashby Gordy (born June 25, 1959) is a career music executive, and fourth eldest child of the founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy. Kerry is the...
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  • and vocalist perhaps best known for her association with ex-husband, Berry Gordy during the early days of Motown when she was often known as Miss Ray...
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    near the New Center area of the city. Motown founder Berry Gordy bought the house in 1959. Gordy converted the house to use it as the record label's administrative...
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    as its songwriting and production team. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with...
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  • Esther Gordy Edwards (née Gordy; April 25, 1920 – August 24, 2011) was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label...
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  • divorce. Gwen Gordy was born to Berry Gordy Sr. and Bertha Ida (née Fuller) Gordy in Detroit, Michigan. She was the youngest of the four Gordy sisters (Esther...
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  • This is a list of songs written by Berry Gordy, in most cases with other songwriters. Songs written by Berry Gordy, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 21 September...
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    family act The Jacksons, Jermaine, who had just married Motown founder Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel, stayed at Motown and was replaced in The Jacksons by...
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    and "Alright" was not as successful. After receiving an offer from Berry Gordy to sign with Motown Records, the Distants got out of their contract with...
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    Tony Richardson, was fired during production, and Berry Gordy assumed the director's chair himself. Gordy and Ross clashed during filming, with Ross leaving...
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    niece of Berry Gordy I, who was the paternal half-brother of James Jackson Gordy and the grandfather of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. She volunteered...
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    Records founder Berry Gordy and Nancy Leiviska. Sky Blu is Gordy's grandson and the son of Redfoo's half-brother, Berry Gordy IV, Gordy's son with his first...
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    Redfoo (redirect from Stefan Gordy)
    debut solo album, Party Rock Mansion in 2016. Gordy was born in Los Angeles, California, to Berry Gordy, the founder of the Motown record label, and writer-producer...
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    8ky 6ordy (pronounced Sky Gordy) in 2016. Gordy is the grandson of Motown founder Berry Gordy. He is the son of Berry Gordy IV and Valerie Robeson. He...
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  • American romantic drama film directed by Berry Gordy and produced by Motown Productions. The Motown founder Gordy took over the film direction after British...
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    wanted to stay fired. "I said I want to become a Berry Gordy, I don't want to just work for a Berry Gordy. And he says I can, I can dig that. So he was nice...
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  • Logan McIntyre as young Jackie Kat Graham as Diana Ross Larenz Tate as Berry Gordy Jessica Sula as La Toya Jackson Liv Symone as Gladys Knight Kevin Shinick...
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    was being developed by Motown. The project was shelved, but label boss Berry Gordy, impressed with her singing but having no need for a musical group, decided...
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  • Motown label head Berry Gordy to create hit records for the label's new act, The Jackson 5. The four members of The Corporation—Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell...
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  • musical that premiered on Broadway in April 2013. The musical is based on Berry Gordy's autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown...
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  • content. The company was founded by Berry Gordy Jr., in 1968, as Motown Productions, the film and television arm of Gordy's Motown Records label. It became...
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  • Serenaders, in the mid-1950s. He was discovered by Berry Gordy while performing at a carnival; Gordy had already decided to form his first record label...
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  • Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (category Albums produced by Berry Gordy)
    group, especially grooming young Michael Jackson as a star. Motown CEO Berry Gordy brought the group to Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. studio in Detroit, Michigan...
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