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Way too short!!!
You sound like my wife.
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Whoever thinks it's very clever to write something like "he is the great black man in U.S history" should be reminded that Wikipedia is no place to jerk around. Deleted and replaced with the previous categories and links. Regards, Sven PS: Thx for editing the quote - nice one. Sven
WillieHowardCO67 ( talk) 17:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
needs to mention his film career moves as well. Like Berry Gordy's Last Dragon, Mahogany, and Lady Sings the Blues
The Motown story is in NO way related to the Dreamgirls story. There was a formal apology from Dreamworks stating the insignificance of this movie from the actual Motown story. One must learn to differentiate between what one sees in a movie and reality. Don't believe everything you see in movies.
"meow meow meow" May somebody explain these interesting facts in the third-last paragraf? THX. <eg>
There is a wiki on bootie meat record which is the Motown offices museum in Detroit. I think there should be a link from here, but am not sure where to put it. There is a lack of context in the article as it stands. Advice? Thanks. -- Packrat1 21:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)packrat1
Little is there about his dictatorship control over artists and producers. While I don't know much on the issue, it seems he wasn't a man with his eye on creative genius, just a man with his eye on money. Can't blame him, but the article doesn't give both sides of the story Early Q 18:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Concerning the payola allegations, Smokey Robinson has refuted it. There is absolutely no proff--whatsoever--that Gordy took money or paid money. This is why "Dreamgirls" is a false movie.
In 1994 interviews, Mr. Gordy denied the allegations that he cheated artists out of their rightful income (salary, royalties) and said that he had painstakingly modelled Motown's standard contracts after that of United Artists. 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 07:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Here is the source. [1] and another source is his autobiography, where he says that he modelled the contracts after United Artists, and another articles from the same period. [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 04:59, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
References
To prevent the back-and-forth I've seen here lately, can we settle this issue this way:
Let's address Gordy by the name he was actually called, with no mention of the "Berry Gordy III" mess. -- FuriousFreddy ( talk) 01:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it's significant that Berry Gordy is distantly related to President Carter and very distantly related to Elvis Presley. Why is this trivia in a top paragraph? NWeber ( talk) 16:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Is Berry Gordy related to Elvis Presley and Jimmy Carter? Is there a source or anything that proves it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.224.248.125 ( talk) 02:15, 15 September 2009 (UTC) Well, there is Lillian Gordy Carter's Wiki page!
Can this page be locked for a bit to stop the bit about Louis Walsh thinking he's dead being consistantly added then reverted? I don't know how to go about it myself. BananaNoodle ( talk) 21:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Why would you need to remove this? Smurfmeister ( talk) 16:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
There is nothing wrong with this page Thebookworm123455789123456789 ( talk) 20:09, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I didn't know he was a boxer until I saw the external link. It seems worth a mention and would nicely add to the personal section about him (or maybe the "early years" section). Children and marriages are interesting but the boxing also says something meaningful about him. Calan ( talk) 03:54, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
What is with the quick mention of the successful Black acts out of Motown, and the comparatively lengthy focus on the obscure White artists? Racism cloaked in trivia. Also, this is written as though the Blacks had to be carefully watched and groomed, whilst the White acts had no need of such scrutiny and control. Give me a break. So obvious,...and it made an article that could have been interesting boooring!
A response:I think the best part of wiki is mentioning the obscure and the mind-blowing sides of things. Not a whole lot of rocker knew of the White Shadow side of Motown. But what I can appreciate is that less and less people in these newer generation know anything about Berry Gordy III's success in music, in the military, and in the film industry. Expand on it, don't let out a jealous whine. A Black owned business producing White artists when it did is an important happening in so many ways. I just want to celebrate!
The autobiographical musical, for which Berry Gordy wrote the book, is an enormous hit. I saw it this afternoon. It has caught the wave of the Baby Boom's turn to nostalgic theater in older age, which began with Jersey Boys. The entire audience was Baby Boomers, willing to pay sixty dollars for a balcony seat and up to 200 for orchestra. African American, about ten percent. And this is San Francisco, the sticks. It's still running on Broadway for bigger prices than that. It will gross more than anything Gordy ever did before; though I have to question if it will revive interest in the music, since I saw almost nobody there who was under fifty. It's Berry Gordy getting to tell his side of things, and might as well have been titled, "Ode to Berry Gordy." Best line: Diana Ross, about 22, realizing Berry is in love with her, says to Berry, 36, "I'm the luckiest girl in the world! Why me???" Whole show is like that, but his music is unbeatable. Profhum ( talk) 05:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
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Way too short!!!
You sound like my wife.
71.193.225.92 (
talk)
Whoever thinks it's very clever to write something like "he is the great black man in U.S history" should be reminded that Wikipedia is no place to jerk around. Deleted and replaced with the previous categories and links. Regards, Sven PS: Thx for editing the quote - nice one. Sven
WillieHowardCO67 ( talk) 17:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
needs to mention his film career moves as well. Like Berry Gordy's Last Dragon, Mahogany, and Lady Sings the Blues
The Motown story is in NO way related to the Dreamgirls story. There was a formal apology from Dreamworks stating the insignificance of this movie from the actual Motown story. One must learn to differentiate between what one sees in a movie and reality. Don't believe everything you see in movies.
"meow meow meow" May somebody explain these interesting facts in the third-last paragraf? THX. <eg>
There is a wiki on bootie meat record which is the Motown offices museum in Detroit. I think there should be a link from here, but am not sure where to put it. There is a lack of context in the article as it stands. Advice? Thanks. -- Packrat1 21:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)packrat1
Little is there about his dictatorship control over artists and producers. While I don't know much on the issue, it seems he wasn't a man with his eye on creative genius, just a man with his eye on money. Can't blame him, but the article doesn't give both sides of the story Early Q 18:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Concerning the payola allegations, Smokey Robinson has refuted it. There is absolutely no proff--whatsoever--that Gordy took money or paid money. This is why "Dreamgirls" is a false movie.
In 1994 interviews, Mr. Gordy denied the allegations that he cheated artists out of their rightful income (salary, royalties) and said that he had painstakingly modelled Motown's standard contracts after that of United Artists. 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 07:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Here is the source. [1] and another source is his autobiography, where he says that he modelled the contracts after United Artists, and another articles from the same period. [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.69.217.3 ( talk) 04:59, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
References
To prevent the back-and-forth I've seen here lately, can we settle this issue this way:
Let's address Gordy by the name he was actually called, with no mention of the "Berry Gordy III" mess. -- FuriousFreddy ( talk) 01:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it's significant that Berry Gordy is distantly related to President Carter and very distantly related to Elvis Presley. Why is this trivia in a top paragraph? NWeber ( talk) 16:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Is Berry Gordy related to Elvis Presley and Jimmy Carter? Is there a source or anything that proves it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.224.248.125 ( talk) 02:15, 15 September 2009 (UTC) Well, there is Lillian Gordy Carter's Wiki page!
Can this page be locked for a bit to stop the bit about Louis Walsh thinking he's dead being consistantly added then reverted? I don't know how to go about it myself. BananaNoodle ( talk) 21:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Why would you need to remove this? Smurfmeister ( talk) 16:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
There is nothing wrong with this page Thebookworm123455789123456789 ( talk) 20:09, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I didn't know he was a boxer until I saw the external link. It seems worth a mention and would nicely add to the personal section about him (or maybe the "early years" section). Children and marriages are interesting but the boxing also says something meaningful about him. Calan ( talk) 03:54, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
What is with the quick mention of the successful Black acts out of Motown, and the comparatively lengthy focus on the obscure White artists? Racism cloaked in trivia. Also, this is written as though the Blacks had to be carefully watched and groomed, whilst the White acts had no need of such scrutiny and control. Give me a break. So obvious,...and it made an article that could have been interesting boooring!
A response:I think the best part of wiki is mentioning the obscure and the mind-blowing sides of things. Not a whole lot of rocker knew of the White Shadow side of Motown. But what I can appreciate is that less and less people in these newer generation know anything about Berry Gordy III's success in music, in the military, and in the film industry. Expand on it, don't let out a jealous whine. A Black owned business producing White artists when it did is an important happening in so many ways. I just want to celebrate!
The autobiographical musical, for which Berry Gordy wrote the book, is an enormous hit. I saw it this afternoon. It has caught the wave of the Baby Boom's turn to nostalgic theater in older age, which began with Jersey Boys. The entire audience was Baby Boomers, willing to pay sixty dollars for a balcony seat and up to 200 for orchestra. African American, about ten percent. And this is San Francisco, the sticks. It's still running on Broadway for bigger prices than that. It will gross more than anything Gordy ever did before; though I have to question if it will revive interest in the music, since I saw almost nobody there who was under fifty. It's Berry Gordy getting to tell his side of things, and might as well have been titled, "Ode to Berry Gordy." Best line: Diana Ross, about 22, realizing Berry is in love with her, says to Berry, 36, "I'm the luckiest girl in the world! Why me???" Whole show is like that, but his music is unbeatable. Profhum ( talk) 05:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
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