Berry Gordy: Cultural Influences In The 1950s-1960's

Throughout history their has been a cultural divide between class, race and social status within communities all over the world. Berry Gordy was a man of significant influence in the 20th Century who began to change some of the stereotypical opinions through the Country and eventually the world. The importance of people like him brings out some key factors of the entertainment era that changed history, slowly entering into a new phase. While the social and cultural impacts through the 1950s - 1960s were limited, Gordy still took on new challenges to break down barriers of this cultural divide. While forging his way through the music industry his management technique remained to be both powerful and nurturing. Following the social normality at the time it was soon going to be a significant turning point through America and all over the world. The stereotype was slowing fading and soulful African American music was set to become a global trend without limits on the demographic to whom solely listened to it.

In the music industry, Motown records had a profound influence on up and coming artists and those who listened to them. Created on the 12 January 1959 by one Berry Gordy. It became not only a record corporation that created African American soul music, it was the birth of …show more content…
I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh."-Berry Gordy After the Korean war where Gordy jumped back into doing what he loved, it was hard to tell whether the end of the war had changed the worlds perspective on culture. The barriers were lifted and Pop music was more popular than ever. Motown remained socially relevant and continued to put out number one hits that continued to conform to the genre that Berry had called “The sound of the young American” By taking away African from the word you can see where Berry was coming from. He did not see colour or race. People were what mattered and making extraordinary soul