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Today's topic. Barry Gordy, Verry
Goody, Verry. Barry Gordy is multiple

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things. He's a retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer,

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and television producer. He is best
known as the founder of the Motown

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record label. His record label was
the highest earning African American business for decades.

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As a songwriter, Gordy composed or
co composed a number of hits,

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including Only Teardrops and That's Why,
Jackie Wilson, Shop Around, The Miracles,

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and Do You Love Me The Contours, all of which topped the US

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R and B charts. As part
of the corporation, he wrote many hit

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songs for the Jackson Five, including
I Want You Back and ABC. As

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a record producer, he launched The
Miracles and signed acts like The Supremes,

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Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The
Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips,

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and Stevie Wonder. Gordie was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of

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Fame in nineteen eighty eight. In
nineteen ninety three, he received the CBC

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Lifetime Achievement Award. He was inducted
into the Junior Achievement US Business Hall of

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Fame in nineteen eighty eight and the
Michigan Rock en Roll Legends Hall of Fame

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in two thousand and nine. When
Gordy received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Pioneer

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Award on June thirteenth, two thoy
thirteen, he was the first living individual

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to receive the honor. Wow,
and the list goes on. I'm Gail

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Nobles, thank you for listening,
and when there is nothing else to do,

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make a Motown playlist or pull out
some old Motown records. Motown is

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still loved today. Amazing, very
scoring, very sorry.