Interview with Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records

Title

Interview with Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records

Genre

Interview; Discussion; Music

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:27:26

Description

London News Talk. Interview with Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records, by Robbie Vincent and Paul Gambaccini. They talk about the law suit with The Supremes, his book, why he was so kind to his ex-wife, his relationship to Marvin Gaye in regard to Gaye’s marriage to his sister, how difficult Rick James was, his infatuation with Diana Ross, and his work with Martha Reeves and The Supremes. Speech interspersed with (pre-recorded) music.

Contributors

Robbie Vincent; Berry Gordy; Paul Gambaccini

Keywords

Music; Music industry; Berry Gordy; Motown Records; Diana Ross; Stevie Wonder; Marvin Gaye; The Supremes (vocal trio); Record labels (companies); Rick James; Martha Reeves

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