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Strong was born in West Point, Mississippi, on February 5, 1941, [4] the only boy of six children born to Barrett Strong Sr., a minister. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when he was four years old, and his father bought him a piano soon after. [ 5 ]
NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the The post Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81 ...
The song was originally recorded by Barrett Strong and released on Tamla in August 1959. [6] Anna Records was operated by Gwen Gordy, Anna Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis.Gwen and Anna's brother Berry Gordy had just established his Tamla label (soon Motown would follow) and licensed the song to the Anna label in 1960, which was distributed nationwide by Chicago-based Chess Records in order to ...
FILE - Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004.
(Tamla) Motown "Money" – Barrett Strong "Please Mr. Postman" – The Marvelettes "Fingertips Pt. 2" – Stevie Wonder "The Girl's Alright with Me" - The Temptations "My Guy" – Mary Wells "Come and Get These Memories" - Martha and the Vandellas "Where Did Our Love Go" – The Supremes "Baby I Need Your Loving" - The Four Tops "Baby Love ...
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. [2] The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967.
Alejandra Silva, 41, a Spanish socialite and activist, married the "Pretty Woman" actor in 2018, and six years later, the couple decide to relocate their family in Spain.
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1971. Whitfield produced the original Undisputed Truth version, which was released as a single in May 1972. This version of the song peaked at number 63 on the Pop Charts and number 24 on the R&B Charts.