King of Motown: Berry Gordy

Even with all the famous names associated with Motown, such as Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder, for many it is its founder, Berry Gordy, who sums up what the record label has been all about. From the late 1950s to 1988 (when he sold out to MCA), Berry Gordy was the controlling force behind a label that revolutionised the way black pop music was written, recorded, marketed and distributed all around the world.