Berry Gordy's Motown label took over Tri-Phi in 1965, but the group struggled to make a big impact on the charts.
And given the marketing potential of being associated with Berry Gordy Jr.
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Motown legend Berry Gordy recalled recruiting the young singer and his brothers.
Richards was leader of "The Corporation, " Motown's songwriting and producing team that was also made up of Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell and Freddie Perren.
Based on that glamorous imp Diana Ross, she allows the Berry Gordy figure (Jamie Foxx) to dress her up as a swank mannequin but finally breaks free.
The hit-stuffed "Motown: The Musical, " about Motown Records under founder Berry Gordy, earned four nominations, including Valisia LeKae as Diana Ross and Charl Brown as Smokey Robinson.
Redfoo, the son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, is a keen tennis player himself and has entered in regional qualifying playoffs for this year's U.S. Open.
"That was Berry Gordy's strategy, too -- taking his black singing groups and getting them to a white audience, " Covach says, referring to the Motown Records founder.
The 37-year-old rapper, dancer and DJ, whose father Berry Gordy founded the Motown record label, played tennis as a junior and has attended some of the Grand Slam tournaments.
The Corporation, which comprised of Motown label head Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren and Richards, was assembled in 1969 to create hit records for the label's new act, The Jackson 5.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Tarplin first came to Berry Gordy Jr's Motown label in the late 1950s as a guitar player for the Primettes, a teenage girl group that later became the Supremes.
Motown founder Berry Gordy was impressed and made them "the last big stars to come off my assembly line, " according to a biography on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Web site.
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