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	Berry Gordy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gordy was one of eight children born to the middle class family of Berry Gordy, Sr., and Bertha Gordy, who had relocated to Detroit from Milledgeville, Georgia in 1922.
		Gordy sold his interests in Motown Records to MCA and Boston Ventures in June 1988 for $61 million.
		Gordy has a daughter, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, by singer Diana Ross; and a son, Kennedy Gordy, better known as the Motown musician Rockwell.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berry_Gordy (700 words)

	Berry Gordy, Jr. - Biography - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy did what many people of his time believed could never be done: he brought Black music into millions of White Americans' homes, helping both Black artists and their culture gain acceptance, and opening the door for a multitude of sucessful Black record executives and producers.
		Gordy became their manager and together they co-wrote the hit "Got a Job." Two more hits and a distribution deal with United Artists followed, and a long creative partnership and friendship began between the two men.
		No fool to the ways of business, Gordy set up an environment of stiff competition at the label (sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly) where artists and producers were constantly trying to outdo one another and were, in the process, outdoing their own last releases.
	music.aol.com /artist/berry-gordy-jr/81151/biography (1248 words)

	Motown Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Therefore, in 1959, he started his own record label, Tamla Records with an $800 loan from his family; his first signed act was The Matadors, who changed their name to The Miracles.
		In addition to the songwriting prowess of the above individuals, one of the major factors in the widespread appeal of Motown's music was Gordy's practice of using a highly select and tight-knit group of studio musicians, collectively known as "The Funk Brothers", to record the instrumental or "band" tracks of the Motown songs.
		During the 1990s, Motown was home to successful recording artists such as Boyz II Men and ex-New Edition member Johnny Gill, although the comapny itself remained in a state of turmoil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motown (2616 words)

	Berry Gordy and Motown Records
		Assembling an industrious staff of songwriters, producers, and musicians, Motown Records built one of the most impressive rosters of artist in the history of pop music and became the largest and most successful independent record company in the United State by 1964.
		Gordy was the seventh child born to Berry and Bertha Gordy.
		In late 1957, Gordy had his first success with "Reet Petite," which was recorded by Detroit born Jackie Wilson, who had replaced Clyde McPhatter as lead singer of the Dominoes.
	www.history-of-rock.com /motown_records.htm (648 words)

	Do You Love Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berry Gordy wrote "Do You Love Me" with the intention that The Temptations, who at this time had no Top 40 hits to their name, would record it.
		However, when Gordy wanted to locate the group and record the song, they were nowhere to be found (the Temptations hadn't been made aware of Gordy's intentions, and had departed Motown's Hitsville USA studio for a local Detroit gospel music showcase).
		Two British groups who recorded their own versions of the song were Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and the Dave Clark Five.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Do_You_Love_Me (534 words)

	Motown Records - Gordy's Baby, Living in "Hitsville USA", Climbing the Charts
		Gordy's hometown of Detroit was known as the "Motor City," since it was the center of automobile manufacturing in the United States.
		Gordy and Smokey Robinson (1940-) had worked together for several years, and Robinson emerged as one of the label's early stars.
		By then, Gordy had moved his operations into a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Blvd. He called the new company headquarters "Hitsville." As Gordy wrote in his autobiography, he wanted "a hip name for a factory where hits are going to be built." The name was soon changed to Hitsville USA.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com /businesses/M-Z/Motown-Records.html (2051 words)

	MOTOWN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gordy encouraged and polished Robinson's songwriting in particular in the early days, in which the Miracles were one of many acts bridging the doo wop and early soul eras.
		Gordy withdrew the original single in favor of a faster, more fully produced version of the song; it made #2, doing much not only to establish the Miracles, but to establish the Motown label itself.
		He recorded frequently as a solo artist for Motown in the '70s and '80s, in a considerably mellower vein than his Miracles work, in keeping with the general shift of Motown and soul towards urban contemporary.
	campus.queens.edu /depts/english/motown.htm (6102 words)

	Berry Gordy and Motown Records: Lessons for B... [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		Gordy’s success is sometimes ascribed to his knack for writing and producing hit songs.
		Gordy so much wanted their music, and that of other Motown singers, to reach the larger white audience in America that the sign on his headquarters read, "Hitsville, U. The impact of Gordy’s remarkable accomplishment is worth pondering.
		Soon the demand for Gordy’s records swamped the record stores from Liverpool to London and forced the bureaucrats to permit Motown music to be heard on government stations.
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	Berry Gordy and Motown Records
		In November 1959, Gordy recorded "Bad Girl" by a young William "Smokey" Robinson and the Miracles that reached number ninety-three on the pop charts with the help of national distribution by Chess Records.
		In 1961 Reeves was hired as a secretary at Motown and by 1962 had convinced Gordy to record her group.
		Gordy the son of a fl entrepreneur who hoped for the upward mobility of fls, specifically groomed and cultivated streetwise teens from the streets of Detroit to make them acceptable to Mainstream America.
	www.history-of-rock.com /motown_recordstwo.htm (1055 words)

	MSU Today
		Gordy, son of Detroit, great-grandson of slaves, and founder of a musical movement that provided a soundtrack for our nation at a time of great social and cultural change, will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree.
		Simon noted that Gordy’s Motown Records and the world’s perception of Detroit as “Motown,” are intertwined in the nation’s consciousness.
		Motown Records developed what is considered by many to be the most impressive roster of artists in the history of pop music.
	msutoday.msu.edu /news/index.php3?article=14Apr2006-5 (720 words)

	Berry Gordy, Jr. \| 20th Century American Leaders Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gordy's Motown Records became the most successful African-American enterprise of its time with sales in the early 1970s of $50 million.
		Gordy's first gold record came just one year after the founding of Motown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 1960 hit "Shop Around." Diana Ross and the Supremes was Motown's most successful group in the 1960s, achieving record sales of over $12 million, second only to the Beatles.
		In the early 1970s, it was the Jackson Five that became Gordy's most lucrative find.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/327 (84 words)

	MOTOWN RECORDS
		Gordy was one of the four major Motown labels (Tamla, Motown, Gordy, Soul).
		The last Gordy record was released early 1987.
		The early releases were soul oriented but later records on the label were country.
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	Elijah McCoy and Berry Gordy: Ingenuity Overcomes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Gordy used well-crafted songs to capture not just first place on Billboard's Top 100, but the number two and three slots as well for the whole last month of 1968.
		Soon the demand for Gordy's records swamped record stores from Liverpool to London and forced the bureaucrats to permit the music to be heard on government stations.
		But, as the stories of Elijah McCoy and Berry Gordy suggest, the remedy for discrimination in the past is not reverse discrimination in the present, but the freedom to invent, create, and produce in a free market.
	www.libertyhaven.com /theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/economics/freeenterpriseandentrepreneurship/elijahmccoy.shtml (1310 words)

	Herman Griffin - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Gordy caught Herman's act at a club, liked his acrobatics, and vowed to record him.
		His next record felled on Tamla Records, October 1960, but "True Love"/"It's You" did nothing for Herman's career; it certainly didn't reflect his exciting performances where back flips, somersaults, and splits were as much a part of his act as his bluesy tenor.
		His next release on Motown Records didn't drop until 7/11/62, but "Sleep (Little One)" b/w "Uptight," stiffed before the labels were affixed to the box of copies Gordy had pressed.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,555735,00.html (486 words)

	The State News - www.statenews.com
		Gordy also gave the commencement speech, intertwining advice for new graduates with his music industry experiences.
		Gordy used this story to direct his advice to graduates — "Don't judge yourself by others' standards," he said.
		Gordy emphasized the importance of retaining individuality even when it goes against the grain of society.
	www.statenews.com /article.phtml?pk=36148 (640 words)

	News Release
		Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree.
		From “Hitsville U.S.A.” on West Grand Boulevard, Gordy launched the careers of many artists who became household names—Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, Lionel Ritchie, the Jackson Five, and many others.
		Over the years, Motown Records developed what is considered by many to be the most impressive roster of artists in the history of pop music.
	www.msu.edu /unit/acadevnt/commencement/speaker_convocation_spr06.htm (320 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Roquel "Billy" Davis who was Larry Payton's cousin, sometimes sang with the group as the fifth Aim and was later to be Berry Gordy's songwriting partner sent a demo tape to Chess Records in Chicago.
		They then went to Red Top and Riverside before they were signed by John Hammond to Columbia in 1960 where they recorded "Ain't That Love." This was the first of a string of supper club style flops that lasted for seven years on a number of labels.
		In 1981 they moved to Casablanca Records and had a hit with "When She Was My Girl" (#11 pop, #1 R&B).
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /artist_bio.asp?artistId=109 (744 words)

	TEENA MARIE FEATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After recording four successful albums for Motown, Teena left the label after a contractual dispute (despite this, she remains proud of her association with the label, as she remains its most successful white artist).
		Teena's most commercially-successful recording for Motown Records, it was also her last for the label.
		This record marked a departure from Teena's established "sound," and explored all of her musical influences.
	www.davidnathan.com /EYS-TeenaM.htm (1802 words)

	The Motown Story
		The record got some airplay, but then died a quick death, as did the Miracles follow-up on End titled "I Cry." In 1958, Berry produced a record by Eddie Holland titled "You," which was leased to Mercury records.
		Gordy decided to take total control of his songs, so on January 12, 1959, he borrowed $800 from his family's loan fund to start his own record label, called Tamla.
		Gordy knew that even the most successful jazz album sales would be minuscule compared to the numbers he could generate in the popular music field.
	www.bsnpubs.com /gordystory.html (5224 words)

	NPR : Berry Gordy
		Fresh Air from WHYY, September 3, 2001 · Berry Gordy, founder of Motown.
		Gordy and Motown made stars out of musicians and singers including Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson.
		In 1994 Gordy has published his autobiography, To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown: An Autobiography.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1128297 (127 words)

	All Things Deep - Articles - In Memoriam: Edwin Starr, Hank Ballard and Mongo Santamaria
		Born Charles Hatcher in 1942, Starr was one of the first to challenge Motown's dominance in Detroit with the mid-60s classics "Agent Double O Soul" and "Stop Her On Sight" on Ric-Tic Records.
		The peak of his popularity was between 1953 and 1961, so his music doesn't receive much attention these days, but back in the day his compositions "Sexy Ways," "Get It" and "Work With Me Annie" were notorious for their risqué content.
		You could say he was one of the first singers to bring raw fl sexuality to the mainstream, leaving a definite impact on rock music.
	www.allthingsdeep.com /articles/in_memoriam.htm (491 words)

	atl150
		Berry Gordy was born in Detroit on November 26,1929, the seventh of eight children born to Bertha and Berry "Pops" Gordy, Sr..
		Gordy had attended Northwestern High School and dropped out at the age of seventeen.
		One night while Gordy was at the club, Otis William and Gordy ran into each other in the bathroom.
	www.msu.edu /user/watnickb/atl150.htm (1573 words)

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		Gordy has recorded an experimental track with Geordie noiseniks Yourcodenameis:milo for the British equivalent of Queens Of The Stone Age's 'Desert Sessions'.
		Inspired by Josh Homme's experimental project where he regularly lures musicians into the Californian desert to record, Gordy laid down a song at the band's Newcastle HQ just before Christmas.
		Speaking about the recording sessions, he told NME.com: "We wrote and recorded a song in a day.
	www.blocparty.net /2006/02/gordy-records-track-with.html (282 words)

	Rare Vinyl Records at Craig Moerer ~ Records By Mail \| Used, Collectible, Vintage and Rare Vinyl Records, LPs and 45s
		In 1958 he met Berry Gordy Jr., and recorded as Lamont Anthony for Gordy's Anna Records label in 1961.
		They recorded as a duo in 1973, the year that the partnership ended.
		Lamont Dozier than pursued a solo recording career and had hits with "Trying to Hold on to My Woman," "Fish Ain't Biting," and "Let Me Start Tonight" on ABC Records in 1974.
	www.recordsbymail.com /hollandDozierHolland.php (532 words)

	Tamla Motown Records
		In 1966 he recorded "Function At The Junction" which became a chart hit.
		He went on to record four singles and two albums and remains a very under rated talent who died in a boating accident in June 1969.
		records were issued on a variety of labels, as we shall see in the continuing story in
	www.georgwa.demon.co.uk /tamla_motown_records.htm (338 words)

	NetRhythms: Book reviews
		By the time this book came to be written (2001), five out of the nine had died, and eight of the nine had been, or were in the process of being, rediscovered, although in all cases their music still obstinately remains the province of relatively small groups of enthusiasts.
		But his long list of seminal Witchseason record productions for the Elektra and Island labels in the late 60s (including Fairport, the ISB and Nick Drake) is staggering, and his contributions as head of music for Warner Brothers Films in the 70s no less impressive.
		Records by this accomplished Nashville-based singer-songwriter have been reviewed here on NetRhythms on a regular basis, with mention often being made of Doug's skilled use of conversational language and his distinct literary leanings.
	www.netrhythms.com /books.html (13175 words)

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