Soul, money, and exploitation: the dark side of Motown Records
Motown Records produced a wealth of groundbreaking hit soul singles back in the 1960s, but the management style of boss Berry ...
Five easy masterpieces: An introduction to Motown Records
Looking at five of the greatest albums released by Berry Gordy's Motown Records, including seminal records by Stevie Wonder, ...
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Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...
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Q&A: Music industry executives talk Berry Gordy’s legacy, Motown memories
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 7:54 p.m. At the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, the impact of Motown lives on at UCLA.
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How $800 Berry Gordy Borrowed From Family At Age 29 Led Him To Eventually Sell Motown For $61M ‘To Take The Legacy And Put It In Stronger Hands’
Berry Gordy became a music force thanks to an investment ... he decided to launch his own record label. Gordy would lean on ...
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Diana Ross Had A Secret Child With Her Record Label's Founder And Kept The Truth From Her Daughter
Ross was romantically involved with her label founder Berry Gordy and had a secret daughter together. Rhonda Ross Kendrick, the secret child, has maintained good relationships with both her parents.
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When Motown Records collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr.
In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like ...