Anna Gordy Gaye

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businesswoman human record executive songwriter

Anna Gordy Gaye was an American businesswoman, songwriter, and record executive who co-founded Motown's Anna Records and played a key role in the early careers of several soul and R&B artists.

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Label Occurrences
Anna Gordy Gaye canonical 5
Anna Ruby Gordy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businesswoman ⓘ
human ⓘ
record executive ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYears 1950s–1970s ⓘ
birthDate 1922-01-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Oconee, Georgia, United States ⓘ
child Marvin Gaye III ⓘ
coFounded Anna Records ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWriterOf “Baby, I’m for Real” ⓘ
Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) ⓘ
surface form: “Flying High (In the Friendly Sky)”

“God Is Love” ⓘ
Just to Keep You Satisfied ⓘ
surface form: “Just to Keep You Satisfied”

“The Bells” ⓘ
deathDate 2014-01-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
employer Anna Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Gordy ⓘ
fullName Anna Gordy Gaye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anna Ruby Gordy
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Anna ⓘ
marriageEnd 1977 ⓘ
marriageStart 1963 ⓘ
notableAssociatedAct Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Motown Records artists ⓘ
The Originals ⓘ
notableFor influencing early careers of soul and R&B artists ⓘ
notableRole co-founder of Anna Records ⓘ
early Motown business executive ⓘ
notableWork co-writing songs for Marvin Gaye ⓘ
occupation businesswoman ⓘ
record executive ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
parentOfAdopted Marvin Gaye III ⓘ
partOf Gordy family ⓘ
recordLabelFounded Anna Records ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sibling Berry Gordy ⓘ
Esther Gordy Edwards ⓘ
George Gordy ⓘ
Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
Louise Gordy ⓘ
spouse Marvin Gaye ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marvin Gaye → spouse → Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
Gordy family → hasNotableMember → Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
Esther Gordy Edwards → sibling → Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. → spouse → Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Anna Gordy Gaye → fullName → Anna Gordy Gaye self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anna Ruby Gordy
Gwen Gordy Fuqua → sibling → Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ