Berry Gordy

Billboard Hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1969. One of the most famous Motown artists was Smokey Robinson. He was born in Detroit in 1940. Robinson founded The Miracles while still in high school. The group was Berry Gordy’s first vocal group, and it was at Robinson’s suggestion that Gordy started the Motown Record dynasty. Their single of Robinson’s “Shop Around” became Motown’s first #1 hit on the R&B singles chart. The Miracles dominated the R&B scene throughout the 1960’s and early…

The Supremes were originally known as the Primettes. The group consisted of three group members. For example, the members of the Supremes were Diana Ross the leader of the group, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard. Berry Gordy rejected them when they auditioned because they were too young. He finally signed them in 1961. Ten of their first fourteen hits went to number one on the charts. They changed the face of music because they inspired the world that anyone can sing…

A search for a steady income and a better life with equal rights and opportunities led to the Great Migration, a term coined to describe the mass migration of more than one million black Americans from the South to the North. It allowed black Americans to gain better representation in politics such that it brought to light the numerous regional and equality problems that plagued black Americans in the United States. This led to a growing generation of black leaders who fought for the rights of…

Gordy signed the child prodigy with no hesitation. Stevie was teamed with producer and songwriter Clarence Paul, and he started going by Little Stevie Wonder. He released his first two albums when he was only twelve years old. “Tribute to Uncle Ray” was…

(prominently) black style that showed the positive side of African Americans. For example, the Caucasian view of African Americans (at least up to this time) were generally that of a servant or as someone of a lower class. The creator of the Motown label, Berry Gordy Jr, wanted to demonstrate to all musical…

wanted to show how a theory of the text and its spectator, based on the psychoanalytic concept of sexual difference, is unequipped to deal with a film which is about racial difference and sexuality. “The Diana Ross star vehicle Mahogany (directed by Berry Gordy, 1975) immediately suggests a psychoanalytic approach because the narrative is organized around the connections between voyeurism and photographic acts, because it exemplifies the classical cinema which has been so fully theorized in…

Russell Simmons coming from a black community and have been exposed to ganger and drug dealing. Who would have expected that he will be a successful innovator like Ted Turner, who was brought up from a wealthy and educated family, to become a Broadway producer. Simmons does not have an invention mindset to begin with, but he was from an entrepreneurship and with his ability to create opportunity that leads him to innovate on hip hop. Simmons idea was able to bring a change to the racism and…

“People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into to it. It’s like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song” (Jackson). This shows that he was a natural at making music and it wasn’t hard for him. Michael Jackson changed the way of music because of his voice, dancing, and fashion. Since Michael Jackson was so good at music he didn’t realize that he was changing the way of the world and he used his voiced to become a global icon. Few people…

authentic selves. Despite this, Valentino’s version did not resonate with or reach the disco crowds as anticipated, yet this was not the end of the potency within the lyrics and harmonies of “I Was Born This Way.” Years later, Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder and Gwen Gordy, his sister and an executive at the label, agreed to re-release “I Was Born This Way” with Carl Bean singing lead after hearing his vocal abilities on another record. Now recognizing the need for monetary and advertising…

Munzher Rana Mr. Peter Amies The 1960’s 10/6/18 1960’s Essay: Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye The 1960’s were a period full of social revolution as well as conflict between various demographics. One of the most prominent happenings of this time period were related to American Civil Rights and the treatment of black people in America. In a time period where Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made their presence known and a movement began to take flight, other figures began to make their voices…