Berry Gordy

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human record executive record producer songwriter

Berry Gordy is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter best known as the visionary founder of the Motown record label, which shaped the sound of popular music in the 1960s and beyond.

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Label	Occurrences
Berry Gordy canonical	80
Berry Gordy Jr.	3
Berry Gordy III	1
Motown founder Berry Gordy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ record executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Berry Gordy ⓘ surface form: Berry Gordy Jr.
awardYear	1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-11-28 ⓘ
ethnicity	African-American ⓘ
founded	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records Corporation Motown ⓘ surface form: Tamla Records
fullName	Berry Gordy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Berry Gordy III
genre	R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ soul ⓘ
headquarteredAt	Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
influenced	popular music of the 1960s ⓘ racial integration of popular music audiences ⓘ
movedCompanyTo	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
notableFor	creating a crossover soul-pop sound ⓘ
notableWork	Diana Ross & The Supremes career development ⓘ Marvin Gaye career development ⓘ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles career development ⓘ Stevie Wonder career development ⓘ The Jackson 5 career development ⓘ development of the Motown sound ⓘ
occupation	film producer ⓘ record executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ
parentOf	Berry Gordy IV ⓘ Hazel Gordy ⓘ Rhonda Ross Kendrick ⓘ
partner	Diana Ross ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
receivedAward	National Medal of Arts ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Diane Warren ⓘ surface form: Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
relative	Redfoo ⓘ Sky Blu ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
soldCompany	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records
soldCompanyYear	1988 ⓘ
wroteSong	Do You Love Me ⓘ Money (That's What I Want) ⓘ Shop Around ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

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Motown → foundedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Kennedy William Gordy → father → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown Museum → associatedWith → Berry Gordy ⓘ

The Jackson 5 → associatedAct → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Berry Gordy → fullName → Berry Gordy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berry Gordy III

Berry Gordy → alsoKnownAs → Berry Gordy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berry Gordy Jr.

Tamla → foundedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Tamla → founder → Berry Gordy ⓘ

The Temptations → associatedWith → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Gordy Records → foundedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Gordy Records → namedAfter → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Grammy Trustees Award → hasNotableRecipient → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Gordy family → hasNotableMember → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Hitsville U.S.A. → ownedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Hitsville U.S.A. → foundedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Esther Gordy Edwards → sibling → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

film "Lady Sings the Blues" → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues

Curtis Taylor Jr. → inspiredBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Curtis Taylor Jr. → basedOn → Berry Gordy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motown founder Berry Gordy

Florence Ballard → associatedAct → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) → filmDirectorOfAssociatedFilm → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Touch Me in the Morning (album) → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Mahogany (film) → director → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Mahogany (film) → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Rhonda Ross Kendrick → father → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Chudney Ross → notableRelative → Berry Gordy ⓘ

I Want You Back → songwriter → Berry Gordy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berry Gordy Jr.

I'll Be There → writer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

subject surface form: "I'll Be There"

The Love You Save → songwriter → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → creator → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → writer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → basedOnAuthor → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → subject → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → featuresCharacter → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Meet The Temptations → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Do You Love Me → writer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Do You Love Me → composer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Do You Love Me → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Money (That's What I Want) → composer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Money (That's What I Want) → lyricist → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Money (That's What I Want) → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Shop Around → writer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Shop Around → composer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Shop Around → producer → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan → foundedBy → Berry Gordy ⓘ

subject surface form: Hitsville U.S.A.

Redfoo → father → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Sky Blu → associatedAct → Berry Gordy ⓘ

Sky Blu → grandfather → Berry Gordy ⓘ