Berry Gordy Jr.
Born November 28, 1929Detroit, Michigan
Music industry business manager;founder of Motown Records
Berry Gordy Jr. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.
In 1959, thirty...
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Gordy, Berry (1929—)
Founder of the Motown music empire, Berry Gordy was for many years America's most successful black businessman.
Gordy was one of eight children from a middle-class f...
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Berry Gordy, Jr. (born 1929), founded Motown, the fledgling record company of 1959 that grew into the most successful African American enterprise in the United States and was responsible for a new sou...
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The studios that released "Dreamgirls" have apologized to Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. for any confusion the film generated about the label's early days. DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures offered...
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Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.Miller died Monday of cardiac arrest at Santa Monica UCLA M...
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The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday admonished those who question her biracial husband's credentials as a black man, calling the issue "nonsense.""We're still playing...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton pursued votes Friday in the Los Angeles area's historical black heartland with basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson at her side. Less than a week ago, her rival Barack Ob...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1:Nov. 25: Actor Ricardo Montalban is 87. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 74. Singer Percy Sledge is 67. Singer Bob Lind is 63. Actor-game show host Ben S...
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___August GiustiNEW YORK (AP) _ August "Augie" Giusti, a Pearl Harbor veteran who helped get wounded crewmates to safety, died Wednesday. He was 84.Giusti, of Ardsley, died at White Plains Hospital...
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Robert BernsteinAUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Dr. Robert Bernstein, an Army physician who served as commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Texas Commissioner of Health, has died. He was 87.Ber...
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When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.Yet many younger ...
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Robert BernsteinAUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Dr. Robert Bernstein, an Army physician who served as commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Texas Commissioner of Health, died Monday. He was 87....
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Gordy Jr., Berry
Gordy, Berry (1929—)
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Motown honcho makes up with 'Dreamgirls'
