Barrett Strong
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American singer and songwriter (1941–2023)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-02-05
- Active to
- 2023-01-29
early r&bmotownr&brhythm & bluessoul
Discography
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Barrett Strong (born in West Point, Mississippi, on 5 February 1941 ; died 29 January 2023) was an American singer and songwriter. Amongst the first artists signed to Berry Gordy's Motown label, he is remembered as having the label's first hit (with "Money (That's What I Want)" in 1960) and for co-writing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", and many other hit songs. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Strong
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- West Point
- Place of death
- La Jolla
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Barrett Strong.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-02-05
- Commons category
- Barrett Strong
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- date of death
- 2023-01-29
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- name in native language
- Barrett Strong
- birth name
- Barrett Strong Jr
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