TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Berry Gordy | PBS
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http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200901/20090109 Berry Gordy tells Tavis what it was like working with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson as children before they were famous.
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@mcoope15 Whatever you think about Berry Gordy, he was a visionary in a time when many from his background didn't even dare to dream of what Motown would go on to accomplish. I'm not excusing the negative aspects of his business dealings with his artists. However you can't not acknowledge the doors he opened. Many of his artists would never have recieved the opportunities he gave them. Also the artist development he set up for them, with legends like Cholly Aitkins, and the finishing school.
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His way of talking reminds me of his son - Redfoo from LMFO <3
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@mcoope15 Let it go already. Theres two sides to every story and even the artist that left him still respected him and thanked him for giving them there start. Also he ain't the first or last to get over on artist so why do people always attack him for doing it?
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Great music. Too bad Berry ripped off every artist he ever worked with.
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gary goldman could have played him in a movie would have ben great too
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Travis is a good interviewer--and posed an interesting question here. I'm curious if he pushed Gordy, though, about some of the mistakes at Motown, about Florence Ballard, about the artists (like Gladys Knight) who felt neglected. . . . .
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Berry Gordyis the father of Red Foo one of the members of LMFAO
1 year ago 3
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Motown Rokzz...
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Well, uuh thats kinda due to the fact that he is the father of diana ross' oldest daughter. . .
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wow diana ross' oldest daughter looks just like him.
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Berry Gordy comes off as a gentle person but what a stern and shrewd businessman he was. Regardless of all of the mess I've read about him he gave so many artists who were so young a chance to become somebody and he gave the world music that will last forever. I praise him for his work and I praise Motown for what they've incorporated not in just my life but everybody's life. great music. Long live Motown.
Vincent50 2 years ago 15
RIP MJ
Samsononey 2 years ago 12