GORDY, BERRY, JR.Promoter/Record producer ( in Detroit, Michigan). He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Detroit, Michigan, and began songwriting at an early age. During the early 1950s he gave increasing attention to writing songs, went to New York to develop the necessary contacts, and produced a number of successful rhythm n
blues songs. His first music-business experience was as the proprietor of a record shop in Detroit (1953-55). He continued to...