Gordy family

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American family business family musical dynasty

The Gordy family is an influential American family best known for founding and leading Motown Records, which shaped the sound of popular music in the 20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Gordy family canonical	15

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American family ⓘ business family ⓘ musical dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Detroit ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown sound R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ soul music ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records
associatedWithState	Michigan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	key contributors to the Detroit music scene ⓘ symbol of Black entrepreneurship in the music industry ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African-American ⓘ
foundedOrganization	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records
hasNotableMember	Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ Berry Gordy ⓘ Esther Gordy Edwards ⓘ Fuller Gordy ⓘ Gwen Gordy Fuqua ⓘ Hazel Gordy ⓘ Iris Gordy ⓘ Kennedy William Gordy ⓘ Kennedy William Gordy ⓘ surface form: Kenneth Gordy Kerry Gordy ⓘ Redfoo ⓘ Rhonda Ross Kendrick ⓘ Robert Gordy ⓘ Rockwell ⓘ Sky Blu ⓘ Skyler Austen Gordy ⓘ Kennedy William Gordy ⓘ surface form: Stefan Kendal Gordy
historicalPeriodOfActivity	late 20th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
impactOn	development of crossover hits in the United States ⓘ racial integration of American popular music ⓘ
knownForWorkingWith	African-American recording artists ⓘ mainstream pop audiences ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to R&B music ⓘ contributions to pop music ⓘ contributions to soul music ⓘ founding Motown Records ⓘ influence on popular music in the 20th century ⓘ
primaryBusiness	music industry ⓘ music publishing ⓘ record production ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Kennedy William Gordy → partOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Esther Gordy Edwards → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Rhonda Ross Kendrick → notableFamily → Gordy family ⓘ

Sky Blu → partOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Hazel Gordy → notableFamily → Gordy family ⓘ

Anna Gordy Gaye → partOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Berry Gordy IV → notableFamily → Gordy family ⓘ

Gwen Gordy Fuqua → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Fuller Gordy → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Iris Gordy → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Kerry Gordy → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

Kerry Gordy → notableFamily → Gordy family ⓘ

George Gordy → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

George Edwards → relativeByMarriage → Gordy family ⓘ

George Edwards → memberOf → Gordy family ⓘ

subject surface form: Esther Gordy Edwards