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Berry Gordy hands off CEO duties to longtime attorney and adviser Carol Perrin
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBerry Gordy Jr. has appointed a veteran Hollywood attorney to oversee his day-to-day business...
Motown Music Exec Robert Gordy, Brother Of Berry Gordy, Dead At 91
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Louis Gordy Sr., the youngest brother of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., has passed...
Motown stars celebrate completion of museum expansion phases
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe historic section of Detroit where Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. built his music empire...
Today in History: JAN 12, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday is Thursday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2023. On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit. In 1910, at a White House dinner hosted by President ...
Claudette Robinson, one of Motown's original Miracles, is star of nostalgic new exhibit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHer voice has appeared on an array of hits, heard by millions around the world. While Claudette...
7 must-see historic Detroit music landmarks
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMore than a century's worth of Detroit's rich musical heritage can be absorbed at these milestone spots across the city. 1. Hitsville, U.S.A.: The Motown...
Smokey Robinson on love, Motown and sex at 83: 'I feel as good as I felt when I was 40'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSmokey Robinson: "As a songwriter, I've always wanted to write 'I love you' different than anybody's...
Motown Museum unveils first interior renderings of expansion space; work to start in spring
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoConstruction on the third, final and biggest phase of the Motown Museum’s $65 million expansion is...
Mable John Dies: First Female Solo Artist Signed By Motown Records Founder Was 91
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMable John, who recorded for Motown and Stax and later worked with Ray Charles, died Aug. 25 at her...
For Motown’s tight-knit early Detroit family, Sunday night brings the end of an era
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Motown alumni gather Sunday in Los Angeles for their annual get-together, there will be plenty...
