Gwen Gordy Fuqua

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businessperson human music executive record producer songwriter

Gwen Gordy Fuqua was an American songwriter, music executive, and key early figure in the development of Motown Records.

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Gwen Gordy Fuqua canonical 3
Gwen Gordy 2
Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
birthDate 1927-11-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1999-11-08 ⓘ
employer Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Gordy ⓘ
fullName Gwen Gordy Fuqua self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua
gender female ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Gwendolyn ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Gordy family ⓘ
notableAchievement helped recruit and develop early Motown talent ⓘ
key early figure in the development of Motown Records ⓘ
notableRole early Motown business and publishing operations organizer ⓘ
notableWork co-founding Anna Records ⓘ
co-founding Harvey Records ⓘ
co-founding Tri-Phi Records ⓘ
co-writing songs for Motown Records ⓘ
occupation businessperson in the music industry ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
parent Fuller Gordy ⓘ
surface form: Berry Gordy Sr.

Bertha Fuller Gordy ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
sibling Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
Berry Gordy ⓘ
Esther Gordy Edwards ⓘ
Fuller Gordy ⓘ
George Gordy ⓘ
Louise Gordy ⓘ
Robert Gordy ⓘ
spouse Harvey Fuqua ⓘ
workedWith Berry Gordy ⓘ
Harvey Fuqua ⓘ
Motown artists ⓘ

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Gordy family → hasNotableMember → Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
Esther Gordy Edwards → sibling → Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
All I Could Do Was Cry → composer → Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwen Gordy
All I Could Do Was Cry → lyricist → Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwen Gordy
Anna Gordy Gaye → sibling → Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ
Gwen Gordy Fuqua → fullName → Gwen Gordy Fuqua self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua