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Barrett Strong Jr. (February 5, 1941 – January 28, 2023) was an American singer and songwriter known for his recording of "Money (That's What I Want)", which was ...
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. Strong, one of Motown’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
Barrett Strong: 1 1 13 1970: Al Green, #60 pop, #11 R&B "Message from a Black Man" The Temptations Barrett Strong - - - 1970: The Whatnauts, #99 pop, #19 R&B "That's the Way Love Is" Marvin Gaye Barrett Strong: 7 2 - "Friendship Train" Gladys Knight & the Pips Barrett Strong: 17 2 - "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me" The Four Tops: Barrett ...
With cowriter Barrett Strong, Whitfield’s body of work included “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” — which he turned into a hit with Gladys Knight & the Pips before reimagining it for ...
"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.
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield.