Berry Gordy is calling time on a legendary career
Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, speaks during the groundbreaking of phase one of the Motown Museum’s highly anticipated expansion.The Motown founder was feted during a Hitsville Honors ceremony on Sunday night at Orchestra Hall in his home town of Detroit, where he started Motown 60 years ago with an $800 loan from his family trust.
After a response of laughter and then a warm ovation, Gordy -- who started the label in 1959 -- continued that, "For years I have dreamt about it, talked about it, threatened it and tried to do it. In fact, this has gone on for so many years that those trying to help me retire retired themselves. It is time for me to spend my next 60 years reflection on how fortunate I am, how much I appreciate and love all of you and how wonderful my life has been, and will continue to be.
Gordy and his vision were certainly the stars of the entire three-and-a-half hour love-fest, which was part of a 60th anniversary weekend that brought scores of Motown alumni, all sporting special commemorative gold LP-shaped medallions, back to Detroit for a series of events.
Doug E Fresh -- who freestyled during the Hitsville Honors afterparty -- spun a mixtape style singalong medley focused on Motown's '70s hits from the Commodores, Rick James, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross, then lit up the room with a ferocious beat box jam with French harmonica ace Frederic Yonnet, joined later by gospel singer Tasha Page-Lockhart.
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