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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domestically he represented Taranaki in the ITM Cup. Barrett made his Taranaki debut in 2010 and his strong performances saw him named in the Blues squad for...
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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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Beauden John Barrett (born 27 May 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a First five-eighth or Fullback for the Blues in Super Rugby...
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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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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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(That's What the World is Today)" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) 10:20 "Smiling Faces Sometimes" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) 3:05 "We've Got...
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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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War (The Temptations song) (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
"War" is a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – a...
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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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I Wish It Would Rain (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams Written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Rodger Penzabene Produced by Norman Whitfield Instrumentation by...
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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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The Temptations Christmas Card (category Albums produced by Barrett Strong)
Released October 30, 1970 Recorded 1968–70 Genre Soul Length 32:27 Label Gordy GS 951 Producer Clay McMurray, Barrett Strong The Temptations chronology...
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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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Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
American soul group the Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and produced by Norman Whitfield...
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Roger Keith "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...
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label released in 1970. Completely written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and produced by Whitfield, Psychedelic Shack almost completely abandoned...
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I Can't Get Next to You (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
single recorded by the Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy (Motown) label. The song was a No. 1 single on the Billboard...
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"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", which Whitfield and Barrett Strong had written in 1969 but shelved. "Just My Imagination" became the group's...
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Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and first recorded by Gaye in 1962. It was the...
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about two dozen singles between 1959 and 1960. The most popular was Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)", written by Gordy and a secretary named...
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Rose Royce hit "Car Wash". Alongside his Motown lyrical collaborator Barrett Strong, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. He wrote...
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in a repeating refrain, the song "I Wish It Would Rain", written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and performed by The Temptations, courtesy of...
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Stay in My Corner (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
needed]. The songwriters were Wade Flemons, Robert Eugene Miller, and Barrett Strong. Patti LaBelle recorded a cover of the song for her 1994 album, Gems...
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Reunion (The Temptations album) (category Albums produced by Barrett Strong)
Flye, Ann Fry and Michael Johnson. Track 2 produced by Iris Gordy and Barrett Strong. Recording and mix by Warren Woods. Track 4 produced by Ron Miller....
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"The Tracks of My Tears" (The Miracles) "Money (That's What I Want)" (Barrett Strong) "Easy" (The Commodores) "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder) "All...
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Runaway Child, Running Wild (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
"psychedelic soul" tracks penned by Whitfield and former Motown artist Barrett Strong. Featuring all five Temptations - Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul...
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- second tenor vocals with: Norman Whitfield - producer, songwriter Barrett Strong - lyricist The Funk Brothers - instrumentation List of Billboard number-one...
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Harry Warren and Al Dubin Gene Ween and Dean Ween Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong Brian Wilson and Mike Love Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook Scott Stapp...
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