2016.05.22 制片人贝瑞-戈迪

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Kirsty Young's castaway is the producer Berry Gordy.

He founded the Motown record label and his musical empire made worldwide stars of Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson 5 and Marvin Gaye.

The second youngest of eight children, he was brought up in Detroit. He left school at sixteen to become a Featherweight boxer, and served as a soldier in the Korean war before making music his career. His first foray into the music business was a jazz record store in Detroit but he was out of step with popular taste and he became bankrupt.

It was whilst working on a a car production line that he came up with the idea of setting up a record label. The combination of his song-writing skills and entrepreneurial spirit took Motown music to the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and to the centre of American culture during a pivotal moment in America's civil rights history. He was friends with Dr Martin Luther King and recorded some of his speeches on the Motown label.



制片人贝瑞-戈迪

他创立了摩城唱片公司，他的音乐帝国使斯莫基-罗宾逊、史蒂夫-旺德、戴安娜-罗斯和超音速乐队、杰克逊五人组和马文-盖伊成为世界明星。

他是八个孩子中的老二，在底特律长大。他16岁时离开学校，成为一名羽量级拳击手，并在朝鲜战争中当过兵，然后以音乐为职业。他第一次涉足音乐行业是在底特律的一家爵士乐唱片店，但他与大众的口味格格不入，他破产了。

正是在汽车生产线上工作时，他想到了建立一个唱片公司的想法。他的写歌技巧和创业精神相结合，使摩城音乐在大西洋两岸的排行榜上名列前茅，并在美国民权历史上的关键时刻成为美国文化的中心。他与马丁-路德-金博士是朋友，并在摩城唱片公司录制了他的一些演讲。