Berry gordy

With $800 and a crazy dream, Berry Gordy built one of the most successful record labels of all time: Motown. Meet the genius behind The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross.

Berry Gordy's Motown record label became a form of diplomacy that crossed racial boundaries: “I felt that people were way more alike than different.”

Inside Motown Records: How Berry Gordy Jr., writers, producers, performers – including Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye – crafted their songs.

Berry Gordy, American businessman who founded (1959) the Motown Record Corporation, which became the most successful Black-owned music company in the United States. Through Motown, he developed the majority of the great R&B performers of the 1960s and ’70s. Learn more about his life and accomplishments.

Motown Records wasn't just a record label - it was a sound. Thanks to their success, we had stars like Michael Jackson, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder & Marvin Gaye.

Tracee Ellis Ross, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, Berry Gordy and Chudney Ross

Diana Ross & Berry Gordy

Tracee Ellis Ross, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, Berry Gordy and Chudney Ross

Diana Ross & Berry Gordy