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Gwen Gordy Fuqua

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Gwen Gordy Fuqua is known for The Week Elvis Died (1997), Full Force: 4-U (1989) and Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite (1986).
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    • Known for

    The Week Elvis Died
    Short
    • Music Department(as Gordy/Gordy Jr./Carlo)
    • 1997
    Full Force: 4-U
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1989
    Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite (1986)
    Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite
    6.5
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1986

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Full Force: 4-U
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1989
    • Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite (1986)
      Jackie Wilson: Reet Petite
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1986

    Music Department

    • The Week Elvis Died
      Short
      • music by: "You've Got What it Takes"
      • words by: "You've Got What it Takes" (as Gordy/Gordy Jr./Carlo, as Gordy/Gordy Jr./Carlo)
      • 1997

    Soundtrack

    • Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer in Kaos (2024)
      Kaos
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "Reet Petite"
      • 2024
    • My Music: Doo Wop, Pop & Soul Generations
      8.7
      TV Special
      • writer: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • 2022
    • Jennifer Hudson in Respect (2021)
      Respect
      6.6
      • writer: "Anyway You Wannta"
      • writer: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • 2021
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • 2021
    • James Earl Jones, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Paul Bates, Shari Headley, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Clint Smith, Akiley Love, Bella Murphy, Jermaine Fowler, Teyana Taylor, Rotimi, Nomzamo Mbatha, and KiKi Layne in Coming 2 America (2021)
      Coming 2 America
      5.3
      • writer: "To Be Loved"
      • 2021
    • Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, and Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami... (2020)
      One Night in Miami...
      7.1
      • writer: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • 2020
    • Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha in Sylvie's Love (2020)
      Sylvie's Love
      6.8
      • writer: "To Be Loved"
      • 2020
    • I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2016)
      I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp
      2.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
      The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
      8.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "I'll Be Satisified"
      • 2018
    • Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, and Allison Williams in Girls (2012)
      Girls
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "You and I" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Shaheen Jafargholi, Francine Lewis, Tobias Mead, Kieran Gaffney, Kevin Cruise, Connected, Lorna Bliss, Ronan Parke, Steven Hall, Jack Carroll, Dennis Egel, Sam Kelly, Ashley Elliott, Loveable Rogues, Chica Latina, Kai & Natalia, Molly Rainford, Richard & Adam, Asanda Jezile, and Pre-Skool in Britain's Got Talent (2007)
      Britain's Got Talent
      5.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
      The Cosmopolitans
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "To Be Loved" (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Dermot O'Leary, Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger, Simon Cowell, and Louis Walsh in The X Factor UK (2004)
      The X Factor UK
      4.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "All I Could Do Was Cry"
      • 2012
    • Deborah Mailman, Chris O'Dowd, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, and Shari Sebbens in The Sapphires (2012)
      The Sapphires
      7.1
      • lyrics: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • music: "Lonely Teardrops"
      • 2012
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "Reet Petite"
      • 2009

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Gordy/Gordy Jr./Carlo
    • Parents
        Berry Gordy II
    • Relatives
        Fuller Gordy(Sibling)

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    • Trivia
      Sister of Berry Gordy, Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy, and Robert L. Gordy.

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