Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson Named 2023 MusiCares Persons Of The Year
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The Recording Academy’s charitable wing, MusiCares, has chosen not one but two people to be feted as their 2023 MusiCares Person of the Year; Motown founder Berry Gordy and singing legend Smokey Robinson.
“MusiCares is thrilled to be honoring Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson at the 2023 Persons of the Year gala, which will be the first time we are honoring two legends together,” MusiCares executive director Laura Segura shares. “With Mr. Gordy as the creator of the Motown Sound, and Mr. Robinson as his first writer and artist, their music, along with the many others who joined Motown, reached out across a racially divided country to transform popular music, creating a musical legacy like no other.”
The 32nd annual MusiCares Persons of the Year benefit gala will take place February 3rd, two nights before the GRAMMYs, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Proceeds from the event support MusiCares, which provides relief to music professionals in need.
Source: Variety
