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berry gordy
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Berry Gordy Jr. ...
Berry and Bertha Gordy would instill in Berry Jr. ... Berry Sr. ... Gordy Sr. ... Berry Gordy Jr. ... Berry was an average student who earned decent grades. ... Berry always enjoyed listening to records in his basement and he had a great love of music. Berry always hung around Detroits popular nightspots to hear the bebop jazz sounds. ...
Gordy soon found himself working at Fords Mercury plant, earning $85 a week. ... Berry would hum melodies and make up song lyrics in his head to break the monotony of everyday work. Berry soon began to get serious about song writing and he got his big break when he won a talent contest. ... Gordy continued to dabble in freelance songwriting and he found success with "Lonely Teardrops," and "To Be Loved," which were two other hits that he wrote for Jackie Wilson. ... " This gave Berry a strong reputation as an accomplished songwriter in the music world. Berry was an outstanding writer despite the fact that he was unable to read music. Gordy had no musical talent at all, as far as singing or playing music was concerned. ...
The first star that Gordy would discover would be William Smokey Robinson, a Detroit high schooler with a soothing falsetto voice and an ear for sweet lyrics. ... They auditioned unsuccessfully for Jackie Wilsons manager, but Gordy who was instrumental in Wilsons earlier success happened to be present at the audition. ...
Berry persuaded Smokey and the Matadors to change their names to the Miracles and work with him. Berry Gordy began recording Robinsons group, The Miracles, for New York based End Records. ... " Gordy then established Jobete Publishing company and began Motown Records. ... " Smokey Robinson convinced Gordy to start his own recording company because although Gordy was very successful as an independent songwriter he remained on the fringes of the popular music business, making very little money. ... Gordy was the CEO and president for Motown and he named Robinson as its Vice President. ... All of these numerous changes in American society paved the way for someone like Berry Gordy to form a company like Motown. ... This played a major role in the success of Motown Records because the majority of Berry Gordys acts came out of the Detroit Public School system, which had one of the nations top musical programs at the time. ... Motown records had some of the best songwriters in the business, besides Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy there was the famous team of Holland and Dozier. ... Gordy and his huge songwriting staff created what is known as the "Motown sound," a ballad based blend of traditional black harmony and gospel music with the lively beat of rhythm and blues.
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Title: berry gordy
Words: 2200
Rating: None
Pages: 8.8
submitted by: lilwarren
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