We all know the Motown Story and how Berry started it all with eight hundred dollars. But this article is interesting and the casual fan may find one or two things in here that we did not know. And avid fans may dispute some of the facts listed here.

i never heard the story of how Diana recorded a song with a gobbeldegook title called “Doobedood’ndoobe, doobedood’ndoobe, doobedood’ndoo”

In the TAKING CONTROL section of the article, it says:

" Gordy owned the means of production. He owned the studio complex, pressing plants, distribution companies and a publishing arm, Jobete, that brought in millions of dollars. Motown didn’t have to rely on other companies to achieve success. "

Motown was distributed by independent distributors throughout the country. In NYC, he used Alpha Distributors, which distributed many independent labels. Maybe in later years with success, he may have bought out a few of these distributors in certain parts of the country. Anyone know?

And was Berry Gordy considering dropping Stevie Wonder from the label when he transformed from boyhood to manhood?

https://www.yahoo.com/video/berry-go...132515377.html