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A & R Recording discography
On July 1, 1972 in Blue Hill, Maine, Gordy married Jean Becton DeMeritt, a 1965 graduate of Vassar College and grandaughter of Maxwell Becton, co-founder of Becton Dickinson, a multinational medical device manufacturer. Gordy's father, Papa John Gordy (né John Thomas Gordy; 1904–1961), a dixieland jazz musician, was for more than 25 years, musical director of The Noon Show on station WSM, the NBC Radio Network affiliate in Nashville. At the time of their marriage, Gordy was President of Visual Sounds, Inc., the audio-visual subsiduary of A & R Recording in Manhattan.
- New York Times (The) (April 16, 1972). "John Gordy, Ex-Football Star, to Wed Mrs. Jean DeMeritt". Vol. 121, no. 41721 (Late City ed.). p. 63 – via TimesMachine (permalink).
112 West 48th Street[edit]
- You Are There, 10-inch acetate, 45 rpm