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Barrett Strong

Index Barrett Strong

Barrett Strong (born February 5, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter. [1]

53 relations: Anna Records, Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today), Berry Gordy, Billboard (magazine), Buddy Guy, Capitol Records, Cloud Nine (The Temptations album), Edwin Starr, Epic Records, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Hit single, I Can't Get Next to You, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Independent record label, Janie Bradford, Jerry Lee Lewis, Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), List of one-hit wonders in the United States, Marvin Gaye, Money (That's What I Want), Motown, Music recording certification, Norman Whitfield, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, Paul Young, Psychedelic Shack, Psychedelic soul, Record chart, Recording Industry Association of America, Rhythm and blues, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, Smiling Faces Sometimes, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Soul music, Sound recording and reproduction, Stay in My Corner, The Beatles, The Dells, The Flying Lizards, The Kingsmen, The New York Times, The Rolling Stones, The Searchers (band), The Sonics, The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, United States Copyright Office, War (The Temptations song), ..., West Point, Mississippi, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home), 15th Annual Grammy Awards. Expand index (3 more) »

Anna Records

Anna Records was a short-lived record label, known as a forerunner of Motown, founded by sisters Anna and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Billy Davis in 1959 and located in Detroit, Michigan.

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Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Buddy Guy

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Cloud Nine (The Temptations album)

Cloud Nine is the ninth studio album by American musical group The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1969.

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Edwin Starr

Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher; January 21, 1942April 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969.

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Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular.

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I Can't Get Next to You

"I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy (Motown) label.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966.

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Independent record label

An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding of or outside major record labels.

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Janie Bradford

Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer.

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Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group The Temptations.

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List of one-hit wonders in the United States

A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Money (That's What I Want)

"Money (That's What I Want)" is a song written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford that became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Norman Whitfield

Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.

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Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a psychedelic soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971.

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Paul Young

Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Psychedelic Shack

Psychedelic Shack is the twelfth studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1970, which represents the Temptations' full-blown submergence into psychedelia.

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Psychedelic soul

Psychedelic soul, sometimes called black rock, is a music genre that emerged in the late 1960s which saw soul musicians embrace elements of psychedelic rock, including its production techniques, instrumentation, effects units (wah-wah, phaser, etc.) and drug influences.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richard "Popcorn" Wylie

Richard Wayne Wylie (June 6, 1939 – September 7, 2008), often known as Popcorn Wylie, was an African-American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, occasional singer, and record producer who was influential in the early years of Motown Records and was later known for his work on many records in the Northern soul genre.

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Smiling Faces Sometimes

"Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents and maintains the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Stay in My Corner

"Stay in My Corner" is a 1965 soul song by The Dells.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Dells

The Dells were an American R&B vocal group.

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The Flying Lizards

The Flying Lizards were an experimental English new wave band, formed in 1976.

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The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen are a 1960s beat/garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Searchers (band)

The Searchers are an English beat group, which emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with the Beatles, the Hollies, the Fourmost, the Merseybeats, the Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

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The Sonics

The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington that formed in 1960.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Undisputed Truth

The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques.

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

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United States Copyright Office

The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States, including a Copyright Catalog.

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War (The Temptations song)

"War" is a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969.

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West Point, Mississippi

West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, in the Golden Triangle region of the state.

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Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

"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.

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15th Annual Grammy Awards

The 15th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 3, 1973, and were the first to be broadcast live on CBS, after the first two ceremonies were on ABC.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_Strong

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