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Interestingly, during Petey's first day at his radio job, he called Berry Gordy a pimp, for which he was forced to "apologize" on air by his stuffy, white "boss man", Mr. E.
Archive 2007-08-01 Anxious Black Woman 2007
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Interestingly, during Petey's first day at his radio job, he called Berry Gordy a pimp, for which he was forced to "apologize" on air by his stuffy, white "boss man", Mr. E.
The Women Behind "Talk to Me" (Spoiler Alert) Anxious Black Woman 2007
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But, according to Motown veterans and those who worked behind the scenes for the label (who still call Berry Gordy “The Chairman” or Mr. Gordy), including Gordy himself, the reality of Motown from 1958 to the end of the 1960s is different from the myth.
It Happened in Hitsville Robinson, Lisa 2008
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Though "The Chairman" known as Berry Gordy has sold Motown for $61 million dollars in 1988, he hasn't slowed down.
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A Berry Gordy is my best friend, and he has been almost from the day I met him.
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(who still call Berry Gordy "The Chairman" or Mr. Gordy), including Gordy himself, the reality of Motown from 1958 to the end of the 1960s is different from the myth.
Expecting Rain 2008
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(who still call Berry Gordy "The Chairman" or Mr. Gordy), including Gordy himself, the reality of Motown from 1958 to the end of the 1960s is different from the myth.
The Latest From VanityFair.com Lisa Robinson 2008
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(who still call Berry Gordy "The Chairman" or Mr. Gordy), including Gordy himself, the reality of Motown from 1958 to the end of the 1960s is different from the myth.
VF Daily 2008
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He had the energy and enterprise to be a kind of Berry Gordy himself, except that he could never take himself one bit as seriously, let alone treat his friends and hirelings as peons.
One Nation Under a Groove Sante, Luc 2003
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There were moments that genuinely felt like the best sort of memorial, such as Berry Gordy's speech, full of recollections about family baseball games and 10-year-old Michael out-Smokey-ing Smokey Robinson.
NewTeeVee 2009
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