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The Gordys are an African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives.They were born to Georgia-reared parents Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr. (born Berry Gordy II) and Bertha (née Fuller) Gordy and raised in Detroit, where most of the siblings played a pivotal role in the international acceptance of rhythm and blues music as a crossover phenomenon in the 1960s.
"Pops, We Love You" is a 1978 single recorded and released by Motown stars Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, as a tribute to Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr. (father of Motown founder Berry Gordy), who had died that year from cancer.
"Pops We Love You"...The Album is a 1979 compilation album by various Motown Records artists, including Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Jermaine Jackson, the Commodores, and Táta Vega. The title song is a tribute to Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr., father of Motown founder Berry Gordy. It was released on April 26, 1979. [1]
Robert Louis Gordy Sr., brother of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, died at 91 from natural causes Friday.
Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), also known as Berry Gordy Jr., [5] is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.
Robert Louis Gordy (July 15, 1931 – October 21, 2022) was an American songwriter, music publishing executive, and recording artist under the stage name Bob Kayli. He released the minor hit song "Everyone Was There" in 1958.
Prince Jackson is remembering his late father, Michael Jackson, on the 15th anniversary of the pop star's death.The 27-year-old took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday to post a photo from his ...
In 1957, Ruffin met Berry Gordy Jr., then a songwriter with ambitions of running his own label. [6] Ruffin lived with Gordy's father, a contractor, and helped "Pops" Gordy do construction work on the building that would become Hitsville USA, the headquarters for Gordy's Tamla Records (later Motown Records) label.