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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • "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. Barrett was...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • (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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    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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    Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (/ˈmeɪdʒəl/; born Majel Leigh Hudec; February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008) was an American actress. She was best known for...
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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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  • 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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    She sang the Beatles' rendition of "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" by the Four Tops. She was eliminated...
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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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    Justin Barrett (born 13 April 1971) is an Irish far-right politician, conspiracy theorist and anti-abortion activist. As of April 2024, he was the leader...
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    where he performs under the ring name Wade Barrett as a colour commentator on the SmackDown brand. Barrett won the first season of NXT in 2010 and made...
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  • Psychedelic Shack (song) (category Songs written by Barrett Strong)
    psychedelic soul Length 3:56 Label Gordy – G 7096 Songwriter(s) Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong Producer(s) Norman Whitfield The Temptations singles chronology...
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  • Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) 6:50 "What It Is?" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) 4:57 "Medley: Ungena Za...
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  • Graves "War" – Written by Norman Whitfield (as Norman J. Whitfield) and Barrett Strong "(I Keep On) Rising Up" – Written and Performed by Mike Doughty The...
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  • Streisand The Barbarians Barclay James Harvest The Bar-Kays Barney Kessel Barrett Strong The Barron Knights Barry & the Tamerlanes Barry McGuire Barry Ryan Barry...
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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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