Richard Berry

Motown The Motown Museum in Detroit is truly a motivational part of America’s history; it stood for another way for African American voices to be heard on a much greater scale both national and even world wide. Motown has become America’s pop soul music for anyone and everyone.      The birth of Motown music came to be in a small recording studio aptly named Hitsville, U.S.A. Barry Gordy, who came from a large middle class family had borrowed money in order. The main stage of Motown music

When we finally arrived at Castro Valley, I could already feel the difference. The weather was much colder, and the neighborhoods were not the same as the ones in Los Angeles. It was as if I were in a whole other dimension. When we arrived at the new house, it felt different as well. The exterior of the house looked more modern, and the smell of the flowers surrounding it was delightful. It didn’t look as old as the house I lived in before. The neighbors greeted us and gave us a welcome basket full

Berry Gordy founded Motown records in 1959, and created one of the most famous recording companies to ever produce music. Motown had crossover success that helped promote the music of African Americans. Motown records helped the civil rights movement and helped the blacks in their fight for their rights. Berry Gordy really helped out the African American community by creating Motown records and showing the world that blacks could really make quality music. On January 12, 1959 a young man by the

Creedence Clearwater Revival or CCR, was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band comprised of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. "Fortunate Son" is a song that was released as a single in September 1969. This song was developed to This song reached #14 on the United States charts on November 22, 1969. Taking only just a little over two minutes in

The Agricultural Crisis by Wendell Berry In this novel by Wendell Berry, Berry’s describes in his thesis that modern culture is destroying the agricultural culture. He feels that technology is seen as the easy way to produce food faster and more efficiently. With this modern way of farming comes the idea that hard work is not needed to make a living. The goal is comfort and leisure. Berry feels that this is the reason for the deterioration of the agricultural culture. He believes that hard

Jacob Lucas Miss Sibbach AP English III 12 December, 2014 Oprah Winfrey and the Half-Made Movie In the film adaptation of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Oprah Winfrey fails to produce a film that remains authentic to the original work. Janie’s character converts into one that seems entirely different, and her relationships exhibit alterations. Oprah’s fabricated love story completely shadows Zora Neale Hurston’s original theme, as well as her literary devices. The film parades falsified information

these music production studios helped break down the racial segregation of black and white music, although they went about it in polar opposite ways. Motown Record Company (briefly name Tamala Records), located in Detroit, Michigan was birthed by Berry Gordy on January 12, 1959. His vision was for the company to produce black artists to bridge the gap between white and black segregated music markets and audiences. He dreamed about making an entity that would appeal to both the wider white pop music

On April, 2 1939 Alberta and Marvin Gay Sir gave birth to the famous R&B artist Marvin Gaye in Washington DC. He had two sisters and three brothers all lived with him. Marvin Gaye started singing at his father’s church when he was only four years old. When Gaye realized he could sing he fell in love with it and wanted to make music a career for him. The only down fall Marvin had was the brutal beating he had to take from his father and his mother would just watch he was to the point he wanted to

Barry Gordy did not feel as though it was the right time to put out this type of music. What was also interested is that all Motown artist had to attend a finishing school in order to learn how to avoid all topics that seemed to be controversial. “Berry Gordy tried to block its release, calling it

The environment pays a big price for this, as these corporations do not find it important to put aside some funds to take care of it. This has caused people like Mr. Wendell Berry to speak out. In this essay, we analyze his interview with Bill Moyers and examine how this impacts us from a Christian perspective. Mr. Wendell Berry, an 82 year old from Kentucky, is an environmentalist who dedicated his life to fight for this planet.