Life Berry Gordy’s 60-year Motown competition fueled American dreams, music and healing October 22, 2019October 23, 2019Richard Williams, Opinion contributorComments Off on Berry Gordy’s 60-year Motown competition fueled American dreams, music and healing Gordy created a friendly competition among artists and told them to innovate or stagnate. He modeled his music business on an auto assembly line.