Berry Gordy Jr. Biography

Berry Gordy Jr. American businessman founder of 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 rhythm-and-blues (R&B) performers of the 1960s and ’70s including Diana Ross and the Supremes Smokey Robinson and the Miracles the Marvelettes Stevie Wonder Marvin Gaye the Temptations and Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five. Gordy was said to have masterminded the popular “Motown sound” a ballad-based blend of traditional black harmony and gospel music with the lively beat of R&B.
Gordy dropped out of Northeastern High School in Detroit Michigan and pursued a featherweight boxing career before joining the U.S. Army. Shortly thereafter he returned to Detroit to open a record store and begin producing recordings of his own compositions.
By the time Gordy founded Motown he was at the apex of Detroit’s black music scene and had already discovered Smokey Robinson. During the early 1960s Motown produced a string of hits that included Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” and the Temptations’ “My Girl.” Also about this time Gordy developed the Supremes Motown’s first superstar act. Powered by Diana Ross’s sweet voice and quiet grace the group went on to become one of the most successful female singing trios of all time.

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