He was a voice.
Barrett Strong, historic pillar of the Motown label, has died at the age of 81, the Motown Museum announced on Sunday.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of legendary Motown singer and songwriter Barrett Strong,” the Detroit-based museum wrote on Twitter.
Born in Mississippi, he grew up in the American automobile capital and released
Money (That's What I Want)
in 1959 , the first hit of Motown, a major black record company that would acquire an immense influence on soul, rhythms and blues. and beyond.
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With another Motown Records producer, Norman Whitfield, he would help write other major label hits, including
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
, made famous by Marvin Gaye in 1968,
Papa was a Rollin'Stone
in 1972 , and Temptations tracks like
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
(1971).
His songs written with Norman Whitfield "were groundbreaking in their sound and embodied the spirit of that era," Motown founder Berry Gordy said Sunday, quoted by the trade magazine Billboard.
“Barrett was a founding member of the Motown family, and he will be greatly missed,” he added.
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