Barrett Strong

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Barrett Strong (born February 5, 1941, West Point, Mississippi1) is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was the first artist to record a hit for Motown, although he is best remembered for his work as a songwriter, particularly in association with producer Norman Whitfield.2

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Career

Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation, and is the performer on the company's first hit, "Money (That's What I Want)" (#2 U.S. R&B in 1960, on the Tamla record label, but it was leased to the Anna label as it was getting airplay and it was on that Anna label that it was a hit). It gave Strong his only major hit as a vocalist1

In the mid 1960s, Strong became a Motown staff lyricist, teaming with producer Norman Whitfield. Together, Strong and Whitfield wrote some of the most successful and critically acclaimed soul songs ever to be released by Motown, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips, "War" by Edwin Starr, "Smiling Faces Sometimes" by The Undisputed Truth, and the long line of "psychedelic soul" records by The Temptations, including "Cloud Nine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "Psychedelic Shack", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", amongst others. Strong received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1973 for co-writing "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".

After Motown moved its operations base from Detroit, Michigan to Los Angeles, California, Strong left the label and resumed his singing career. In 1972 he signed with Epic, but after one failed single Strong moved on, recording two albums for Capitol Records in the mid 1970s.1

Strong continued into the 1980s, recording "Rock It Easy" for an independent label and writing and arranging "You Can Depend on Me," which was included on The Dells' The Second Time album in 1988.1 He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.3

Strong has re-released his last album Stronghold II co-written with rocker / songwriter Eliza Neals in 2008 in digital format only.

See also

Discography

Albums

References

  1. ^ a b c d e All Music Guide biography - accessed January 2008
  2. ^ Oldies.com biography - accessed January 2008
  3. ^ IMDb.com data - accessed January 2008

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