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)"...
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and Barrett Strong won the songwriting Grammy for Best R&B Song. After "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", Whitfield stopped working with Barrett Strong, and...
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groups Nolan Strong & the Diablos and Billy Ward and his Dominoes on the radio. He has cited Barrett Strong, a Detroit native, as a strong vocal influence...
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released...
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Money (That's What I Want) (category Barrett Strong songs)
Bradford, which was the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise. Barrett Strong recorded it in 1959 as a single for the Tamla label, distributed nationally...
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"Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was...
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Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used to anchor the Temptations' 1970 Greatest Hits II...
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done by the famous producer Norman Whitfield with a little help from Barrett Strong, a longtime collaborator of Whitfield. All tracks composed by Norman...
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Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
100. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1971. Whitfield produced the original Undisputed Truth version, which...
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Smiling Faces Sometimes (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label. It was originally recorded by the Temptations...
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