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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.
Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer and former actress.Kendrick is the daughter of singer and actress Diana Ross and the biological child of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy; however, her legal father is Robert Ellis Silberstein, as her mother was married to him before she was born and he is the father who raised her.
Berry Gordy I was the son of Georgia slave owner James Thomas Gordy and one of his female slaves, Esther Johnson. In addition, James Gordy had a son, James Jackson Gordy, with his legal wife; as the father of Lillian Gordy Carter, the younger James was the maternal grandfather of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, making Jimmy and Berry III and his siblings second half-cousins. [3]
Berry Gordy. Diana Ross shares her eldest child, daughter Rhonda, with Motown founder Berry Gordy, whom she began dating in 1965. Ross and the Supremes signed with the Motown record label in 1961.
However, Jermaine decided to stay with Motown Records, citing loyalty to the company as the reason. Others argue that Jermaine's marriage to Motown founder Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel, whom he married in 1973, was a deciding factor. [4] Jermaine split from the Jackson Five to start a solo career at Motown, and was replaced by his brother Randy ...
The band had left their longtime label Motown in 1975 (except for brother Jermaine Jackson who had stayed with Motown after he married Berry Gordy's daughter, Hazel Gordy), and after a few years of being with Philly International, the Jacksons set their sights on one of Columbia Records' most popular labels, Epic.
Jones will be recognized with an honorary Oscar later this month. Quincy Jones, the songwriter and music producer best known for manning the boards on Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, has died.He ...
Last month, the HGTV star, 40, shared a hilarious video of her and her husband Brett Roth revealing the name of their newborn daughter to their 4-year-old Hazel.