Motown’s Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson have been chosen as the 2023 MusiCares Persons of the Year, the organization announced Thursday. Gordy and Robinson, close friends who propelled Motown to the ...

The fusion of gospel, pop, R&B, and soul contributed greatly to the success of Motown Records. It allowed its writers and artists to create songs that were catchy and appealing to younger listeners, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Motown Records founder Berry Gordy looked out at the audience at a 60th anniversary tribute to his groundbreaking record label and saw his dream of making music for "all people" in ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Esther Gordy Edwards, founder of Detroit's Motown Museum, has died at the age of 91. Her younger brother Berry Gordy started Motown Records in 1959. After Motown became established, ...

*Detroit, MI – The Friends of Fuller Gordy Strikefest (FOF) event was a hit for Detroiters. On September 20, 2019, at Thunderbowl Lanes, the unique Gordy family legacy entertainment extravaganza ...

The former auto worker, who founded Motown Records in 1959 with a loan and a prayer, has decided to step down from the company that transformed American culture Berry Gordy, who founded Motown Records ...

He may be the son of Motown’s Berry Gordy — but one of his most memorable moments with a musician came on a basketball court with a high-heels-wearing Prince. Kerry Gordy told Page Six that he once ...

If we can believe him, Berry Gordy danced his way into retirement Sunday night at Orchestra Hall, bopping to Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” after accepting the Hitsville Honor “Legacy ...

Smokey Robinson and Barry Gordy attend the Premiere Of Showtime’s “Hitsville: The Making Of Motown” at Harmony Gold on August 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Aug. 7, 2019 – Source: Leon ...

The Chairman has stepped down – and likely taken his final bow in Detroit. Berry Gordy, the Detroit native who built Motown Records from a shoestring operation into a music, film and television empire ...

We’re accustomed to seeing Berry Gordy’s big smile, but his grin on the occasion of the Kennedy Honors ceremony Dec. 5 was so broad that his face was in imminent danger of splitting in two. The Motown ...

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy looked out at the audience at a 60th anniversary tribute to his groundbreaking record label and saw his dream of making music for “all people” in the world fulfilled ...