Did you know? The Jacksons were nearly not signed to Motown Records! It was reported that Berry Gordy was reluctant to sign such a set of young musicians because he didn't want to be their babysitter!
is the grandson of Berry Gordy, founder of the Motown record label. Berry signed some of the biggest musicians of all time, including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, and the Supremes.
In January 1959, a little-known songwriter named Berry Gordy took $800 he scrounged together from family — along with meager royalties he earned writing "Lonely Teardrops" for Jackie Wilson ...
Smokey Robinson met and auditioned for pre-Motown Berry Gordy, who signed them as one of the first acts on Tamla in 1960, and their first song Shop Around was the label’s first million-selling ...
Get to know Diana Ross’ five kids: Rhonda, Tracee, Chudney, Ross and Evan Emily Weaver is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...