Motown Founding Artists Barrett Strong Passed Away At Age 81

One of Motown’s founding artists Barrett Strong, has died at the age of 81. Strong was also a songwriter and sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)”. Strong had yet to turn 20 when he agreed to let his friend Berry Gordy, in the early days of building a recording empire in Detroit, manage him and release his music. Within a year, he was a part of history as the piano player and vocalist for “Money,” a million-seller released early in 1960 and Motown’s first major hit. Stong later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,”. Click Here To Read More.

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