I read this book, one of the best autobiographies I've ever read - & Berry Gordy is one of the great men of the 20th century. Wonderful interview, thanks for posting.
I visited Mowtown in Detroit a few days ago. I expected to hear historical tales and some facts. What I also got was an incredible feeling of inspiration, and that feeling is staying with me so far. Places like Mowtown provide uplifting spirit that can help one pursue and achieve own potential.
I admire Berry Gordy so much. I joined the Motown museum many years ago when I visited for the first time and it was so exciting just to be in that building. This interview is interesting because you can tell he was just starting to come out of his “shell” sort of. He hadn’t had much training with these kinds of interviews until he wrote this book. So when Rose asked questions you can see him squirm a little. Now he’s much more at ease with these types of questions. “The Making Of Hitsville” is an incredible documentary fo anyone who hasn’t seen it yet…
Berry Gordy . GENIUS. Geniuses can talk about many, many things but Interviewer is Endlessly fascinated with the relationship between the Genius and Diana Ross like he was jealous or something!! How about exploring the genius ot Berry Gordy!!
I don't think the interviewer was the right person to conduct this interview. He seem to have a chip on his shoulder to me. Jealousy perhaps may be part of his problem. I thought he was pretending to be a fan.
That's because Dwight man is constantly fascinated with our people when we do great things, considering the odds they stack against us. You wanna see something really FUNNY??? Whatch the Phil Donahue episode (1989) when he interview the Jackson 5 family. The look of disbelief on his face of black royalty😂😂
Oh dear, the first thing an interviewer needs to do is get the name of their guest correct. He keeps referring to BARRY Gordy throughout the interview.
Wow. Charlie is such a bad interviewer. He goes from one thing to the other with choppy transitions. And bringing up Michael Jackson buying the Beatles had nothing to do with Gordy. .I'm sorry that Gordy was subjected to this.
Of all the people he dealt with you hardly ever heard of any artist talking negative about him as far as cheating them out of royalties, putting them in one sided contracts. At least i havent heard of anything significant. These new producers thats all you hear
Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas said he severely underpaid the groups and musicians saying it was to pay the system. But she said he wasn’t doing anything the other record companies were doing, which is just an excuse.
The Jackson 5 complained that they didn't get paid much that's why they left & went to Arista. But back then, it was more about loyalty, artists didn't sue & publicly bash an executive. They simply moved on. The Jackson 5 had to change their name to The Jackson's because it was under Motown's rights.
If u look at Jimmy Carter's mother u can see a resemblance with the Gordy's. Her father was a Gordy, her grandfather was a Gordy who slept with his slave & they had a child together
Glad he's setting the record straight. Tired of people cashing in by speaking for others. Why didn't Berry groom his sons to run the company? Rumors & gossip hurt his legacy that's a shame. Once you get into the bed with an artist/employee professionalism goes out the window. Diana loved Berry and he didn't want to marry her. She gave him the greatest honor a woman can give a man and he still didn't marry her. Berry was her baby Daddy. Sure would like to read something from Berry's first & second wives.
All he did was try to gloss over the fact that he cheated his recording artists. Even Diana Ross herself only had 200,000$ to her name in 1980 when she left Motown. 16 number one hits, and that's all she had to show for it. She took 20 million dollar advance from RCA and never looked back.
BERRY GORDY COULD NOT COMPETE WITH THE MAJORS THE WHITE CORPORATIONS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ..VIDEO MOTOWN RECORDS EXPLOITED ARTISTS BY RJ. ROGER.... 1988 MOTOWN/BG CEO MOTOWN WAS SOLD TO BOSTON VENTURES MCA RECORDS INC..FOR $61,000,000.00 2 YEARS LATER SOLD to POLYGRAM RECORDS CORP FOR $330,000,000.00 BOSTON VENTURES $. 61,000,000.00 MOTOWN BG/CEO $269,000,000.00 PROFIT TO BOSTON VENTURES MCA INC. (NOT TO BERRY GORDY/MOTOWN REALITY NOTES: BG/MOTOWN 60 YEARS ENTITY BUSTING HIS ARSE GOT $61,000,000.00 BOSTON VENTURES/MCA RECORDS INC 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP ASSET/MOTOWN PROFITING OFF MOTOWN $269,000,000.00 + $61,000,000.00 TOTAL $330,000,000.00 THEY WOULD NEVER LET BERRY BORDY/MOTOWN IN THIS GAME MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS IN THIS GAME..NOW GO TO TO WWW.BLOOMBERGBILLIONAIREINDEX.COM SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TILL YOUR FINGERS HURT... CAPITALISM AT BEST REMEMBER 60 YEARS A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS VS. 2 YEARS! JB.OK
@@riverlife2379 Hating Berry and Diana is a cottage industry. People have made money by dragging those two through the mud. They ain't checking for any of that trash.
I didn’t need to hear the interviewer asking all those personal questions. I am sure that guy interviewing Mr Gordy would not like those questions asked about him especially since he was accused of harassing women.
Charlie Rose is a horrible interviewer. First he finishes the sentences of his guests instead of letting them speak. Several times, he cut Berry Gordy off and finished the sentence as if he knew what Mr. Gordy was going to say. That is a bad habit that most women have. They ask a question and then answer. Most women are incapable of shutting up and listening but men should be able to master the art of effective listening. As an interviewer, ask the question and let your guest answer it fully. Second, Charlie jumps from one subject to another with no segue. Third, he never held up Mr. Gordy's book. Clearly Mr. Gordy was there to promote his book, so hold it up for the audience. On a scale of one to ten, I give Charlie's interviewing and hosting skills a five.[]
BERRY GORDY LISTEN UP EXPLAIN THIS ARTICLE BY NEW YORK TIMES TITLED: FOR A CLASSIC MOTOWN SONG ABOUT MONEY, CREDIT IS WHAT HE WANTS. BARRETT STRONG'S NAME STRUCK FROM A COPYRIGHT DOCUMENTS FOR THE HIT. MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) MOTOWN'S FIRST NATIONAL HIT..... YOUR SIDE THINGS BERRY GORDY!!! YOUR SIDE BREAKDOWN BERRY .. JB OK
When I hear how he spekes to Berry Gordy it sounds almost patronizing. Berry conducted himself professionally But, when he talks to this Black man. Ask him questions like. Why did you sell it.? Then he misspoke about his relationshs. Then he says something stupid to the man about his former artist Michael Jakson. Always looking for something racy to talk about..
MJ was a coward who meant to destroy the reputation of a black woman by writing a song called Dirty Diana. He then like a coward claimed it wasn't about her. He was furious with her because she wouldn't kiss his ass like LIz Taylor and Brooke Shields. Diana's reaction to the song was to play it before her shows...now that's real shade. Also Diana is a upstanding woman who has been lied about for 60 years.
Out of the Beautiful Talented lady was out Motown they Cheated all but Daina Ross you Girls that was there out Sing Daina anytime Barry was hung up on Daina thee Old Man was Sprung on Daina he was so in love with her he put the Money 💰 Backing her up in Every way Dam Everybody Else
Nobody would have heard of the young acts if it wasn't for Berry and to dismiss this Black man who did more for Black people then you know...to dismiss him as evil...wow
Excellent interview and excellent book
I read this book, one of the best autobiographies I've ever read - & Berry Gordy is one of the great men of the 20th century. Wonderful interview, thanks for posting.
Totally agree! Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed!
Motown changed the culture....Diana and the Supremes changed the culture...
Indeed!
I visited Mowtown in Detroit a few days ago. I expected to hear historical tales and some facts. What I also got was an incredible feeling of inspiration, and that feeling is staying with me so far. Places like Mowtown provide uplifting spirit that can help one pursue and achieve own potential.
Wow! That's awesome. Thanks so much for sharing!
I admire Berry Gordy so much. I joined the Motown museum many years ago when I visited for the first time and it was so exciting just to be in that building. This interview is interesting because you can tell he was just starting to come out of his “shell” sort of. He hadn’t had much training with these kinds of interviews until he wrote this book. So when Rose asked questions you can see him squirm a little. Now he’s much more at ease with these types of questions. “The Making Of Hitsville” is an incredible documentary fo anyone who hasn’t seen it yet…
Agreed, thanks for watching and for commenting!
Hitsville USA is a great documentary about Motown with Barry Gordy and Smokey Robinson telling the story...fabulous!
Thanks for commenting Dorothy! Please stay tuned!
Hello there how are you doing?
Diana was the "money". I love that 👍✔️👍
I recently saw a clip of Berry playing the piano which explained so much about his musicality and why his influence and opinion mattered.
Berry taught Smokey how to write a song with words that even Mr Gordy could ever imagine!!
Berry Gordy was like “damn she look fine”
I was always a Motown fan
Nearly 30 years ago...wow
Berry Gordy . GENIUS. Geniuses can talk about many, many things but Interviewer is Endlessly fascinated with the relationship between the Genius and Diana Ross like he was jealous or something!! How about exploring the genius ot Berry Gordy!!
They need to do a film on him
I don't think the interviewer was the right person to conduct this interview. He seem to have a chip on his shoulder to me. Jealousy perhaps may be part of his problem. I thought he was pretending to be a fan.
@@amorai7113 Pretending Indeed. Hard to imagine him popping his fingers to some Motown rhythms.
That's because Dwight man is constantly fascinated with our people when we do great things, considering the odds they stack against us. You wanna see something really FUNNY???
Whatch the Phil Donahue episode (1989) when he interview the Jackson 5 family. The look of disbelief on his face of black royalty😂😂
HES SO IN LOVE😭😭😭😭😭
THE BEST
Did he call him Barry? LOL!
Great interview 🎉
I can believe this was recorded the same year i was born and they were already writing their memoirs 😂. Talk about late to the party
Oh dear, the first thing an interviewer needs to do is get the name of their guest correct. He keeps referring to BARRY Gordy throughout the interview.
Wow. Charlie is such a bad interviewer. He goes from one thing to the other with choppy transitions. And bringing up Michael Jackson buying the Beatles had nothing to do with Gordy. .I'm sorry that Gordy was subjected to this.
The Charlie Rose show is two hours. Gordy's interview was over an hour it was edited for this video which is why the transitions are choppy.
@@ctruth6185Doesn't mean Gordy was the only guest.
Of all the people he dealt with you hardly ever heard of any artist talking negative about him as far as cheating them out of royalties, putting them in one sided contracts. At least i havent heard of anything significant. These new producers thats all you hear
Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas said he severely underpaid the groups and musicians saying it was to pay the system. But she said he wasn’t doing anything the other record companies were doing, which is just an excuse.
Florence Ballard talked about how she couldn't use her affiliation with the Supremes after she left
The Jackson 5 complained that they didn't get paid much that's why they left & went to Arista. But back then, it was more about loyalty, artists didn't sue & publicly bash an executive. They simply moved on. The Jackson 5 had to change their name to The Jackson's because it was under Motown's rights.
Do you see any resemblance of Jimmy Carter's face on Berry Gordy's face? They are only second cousins.
Can't see the resemblance but it might be there somewhere. Lol. Thanks for sharing, we've heard that before.
If u look at Jimmy Carter's mother u can see a resemblance with the Gordy's. Her father was a Gordy, her grandfather was a Gordy who slept with his slave & they had a child together
Who is the man interviewing him
Charlie Rose. Thanks for tuning in!
Glad he's setting the record straight. Tired of people cashing in by speaking for others. Why didn't Berry groom his sons to run the company? Rumors & gossip hurt his legacy that's a shame. Once you get into the bed with an artist/employee professionalism goes out the window. Diana loved Berry and he didn't want to marry her. She gave him the greatest honor a woman can give a man and he still didn't marry her. Berry was her baby Daddy. Sure would like to read something from Berry's first & second wives.
His legacy is only ruin by narrow minded people.
All he did was try to gloss over the fact that he cheated his recording artists. Even Diana Ross herself only had 200,000$ to her name in 1980 when she left Motown. 16 number one hits, and that's all she had to show for it. She took 20 million dollar advance from RCA and never looked back.
BERRY GORDY COULD NOT COMPETE WITH THE MAJORS THE WHITE CORPORATIONS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ..VIDEO MOTOWN RECORDS EXPLOITED ARTISTS BY RJ. ROGER....
1988 MOTOWN/BG CEO
MOTOWN WAS SOLD TO BOSTON VENTURES MCA RECORDS INC..FOR
$61,000,000.00 2 YEARS LATER SOLD to POLYGRAM RECORDS CORP FOR
$330,000,000.00 BOSTON VENTURES
$. 61,000,000.00 MOTOWN BG/CEO
$269,000,000.00 PROFIT TO BOSTON VENTURES MCA INC. (NOT TO BERRY GORDY/MOTOWN
REALITY NOTES: BG/MOTOWN 60 YEARS ENTITY BUSTING HIS ARSE GOT $61,000,000.00
BOSTON VENTURES/MCA RECORDS INC 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP ASSET/MOTOWN PROFITING OFF MOTOWN
$269,000,000.00 + $61,000,000.00
TOTAL $330,000,000.00
THEY WOULD NEVER LET BERRY BORDY/MOTOWN IN THIS GAME MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS IN THIS GAME..NOW GO TO TO
WWW.BLOOMBERGBILLIONAIREINDEX.COM SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TILL YOUR FINGERS HURT...
CAPITALISM AT BEST
REMEMBER 60 YEARS A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS VS. 2 YEARS!
JB.OK
@@riverlife2379 Hating Berry and Diana is a cottage industry. People have made money by dragging those two through the mud. They ain't checking for any of that trash.
One of his sons did work at Motown Records. I think he's Berry Gordy the 2nd.
The interviewer is VERY cringy.
Berry Gordy himself is very cringy
@@ilovebeinggay6794 Not as Much as Charlie Rose
@@funkkidmusic301 I don't know anything about charlie rose and I've never watched his show. I don't find him interesting
Really intrusive questions. Cannot happen today or he would get cussed out
Lol !!! B nice 2 Charlie Rose. Lol !!!
I didn’t need to hear the interviewer asking all those personal questions.
I am sure that guy interviewing Mr Gordy would not like those questions asked about him especially since he was accused of harassing women.
Agreed, but Berry Gordy dealt with them very graciously, didn't he?
@@appledoreman Of course Berry Gordy was a complete gentleman.
Charlie Rose is a horrible interviewer. First he finishes the sentences of his guests instead of letting them speak. Several times, he cut Berry Gordy off and finished the sentence as if he knew what Mr. Gordy was going to say. That is a bad habit that most women have. They ask a question and then answer. Most women are incapable of shutting up and listening but men should be able to master the art of effective listening. As an interviewer, ask the question and let your guest answer it fully. Second, Charlie jumps from one subject to another with no segue. Third, he never held up Mr. Gordy's book. Clearly Mr. Gordy was there to promote his book, so hold it up for the audience. On a scale of one to ten, I give Charlie's interviewing and hosting skills a five.[]
BERRY GORDY LISTEN UP
EXPLAIN THIS ARTICLE BY NEW YORK TIMES TITLED:
FOR A CLASSIC MOTOWN SONG ABOUT MONEY, CREDIT IS WHAT HE WANTS. BARRETT STRONG'S NAME STRUCK FROM A COPYRIGHT DOCUMENTS FOR THE HIT.
MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) MOTOWN'S FIRST NATIONAL HIT.....
YOUR SIDE THINGS BERRY GORDY!!!
YOUR SIDE BREAKDOWN BERRY ..
JB OK
When I hear how he spekes to Berry Gordy it sounds almost patronizing. Berry conducted himself professionally But, when he talks to this Black man. Ask him questions like. Why did you sell it.? Then he misspoke about his relationshs. Then he says something stupid to the man about his former artist Michael Jakson. Always looking for something racy to talk about..
Terrible interviewer
It was an honor show.... This is about 20 minutes. What do you expect?
yes at the beginning he called him Barry! and then named a handful of Motown Stars but missed out Stevie Wonder!!!
Berry: Diana, “ she wanted stardom in the worst way” “ if it’s about money she’ll do anything “ Michael: “Dirty Diana”
MJ was a coward who meant to destroy the reputation of a black woman by writing a song called Dirty Diana. He then like a coward claimed it wasn't about her. He was furious with her because she wouldn't kiss his ass like LIz Taylor and Brooke Shields. Diana's reaction to the song was to play it before her shows...now that's real shade. Also Diana is a upstanding woman who has been lied about for 60 years.
Didn't like the way Chris Wallace was asking certain questions .
This interviewer was so inappropriate.
Hello there, how are you doing?
He just looks mean, eh?
🤡 clown. He handed so many motown superstars bad contracts. It’s a shame
those stars are still making a living......
Out of the Beautiful Talented lady was out Motown they Cheated all but Daina Ross you Girls that was there out Sing Daina anytime Barry was hung up on Daina thee Old Man was Sprung on Daina he was so in love with her he put the Money 💰 Backing her up in Every way Dam Everybody Else
You wouldn’t know them without him. You Sir are The Clown
The same shit is go on today.
Berry was a businessman and about making money not giving it away and that's what he did right or wrong.
This man is disgusting touching young boys he is putrid for doing what he did to Michael Jackson as a kid 😢 everyone will find out the truth 2024
Ur a 🤡 wheres your proof? Lol
You are spreading lies. Why aren't you talking about the hundreds of little boys MJ ran through?
He should be in prison for what he did to all those young acts! I have no consideration for this man, as he's pure evil!
Nobody would have heard of the young acts if it wasn't for Berry and to dismiss this Black man who did more for Black people then you know...to dismiss him as evil...wow
Based on what?