Barry Gordy

BY TAMARA BECKONCE upon a time, Detroit’s assembly lines rolled out lots of big cars. In those days the Motor City was also home to a big sound that caught on across the nation and the world. You might say it had folks, as the title of the famous Martha Reeves and the Vandellas song goes, “Dancing In The Streets.”The reminiscences of those halcyon days by Motown record company founder Berry Gordy inform “Motown The Musical.” Based on his book, “To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories...Read Full Story

NEW YORK — Berry Gordy, the man who discovered Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells (and on and on), was a peerless record producer when it came to handpicking talent and building careers. But Berry Gordy, the genuinely confounding new Broadway show "Motown the Musical" reveals, is just about the worst person in the world to write the story of Berry Gordy: the founder of Motown records, a music giant he... | chicagotribune.comRead Full Story

Berry Gordy was "madly in love" with Diana Ross the Motown founder told CBS Sunday Morning yesterday as he prepares for the official Broadway opening April 14th of his Motown The Musical "She was the big star of my life" said Gordy who recalled a powerful connection with Ross during a Motown show in... | rollingstone.comRead Full Story

Aretha FranklinCast of Motown MusicalBerry GordyDoug Morris CEO Sony MusicClive DavisSmokey RobinsonJesse JacksonStar JacksonLA ReidHere are some great pics from the Motown Musical Premiere. I had a great time meeting some legends in entertainment. I'm looking forward to taking my family to see the show, the preview was amazing and Berry Gordy came out and introduced some scenes.Powered by Spate Media, Spate Radio, Spate TV, Spate Post, Music Marketing, Spate Digital, Hi Def Is Austin, Spate...Read Full Story

Aretha FranklinCast of Motown MusicalBerry GordyDoug Morris CEO Sony MusicClive DavisSmokey RobinsonJesse JacksonStar JacksonLA ReidHere are some great pics from the Motown Musical Premiere. I had a great time meeting some legends in entertainment. I'm looking forward to taking my family to see the show, the preview was amazing and Berry Gordy came out and introduced some scenes.Powered by Spate Media, Spate Radio, Spate Mag, Spate PostRead Full Story