Motown In Memoriam: Barrett Strong
Jan. 31st, 2023 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oursinRecently deceased, Barrett Strong, known for his work for Motown. Most famed for this - his writing contribution overlooked and contested - I prefer this stonking version by Smokey and the Miracles:
This is much less well known, but I like it:
He moved mostly to writing for other artists:
Notably, for the Temptations:
andwhich was part of the Vietnam War-era politically-infused songs, like this for Edwin Starr:
But also:
And for Marvin Gaye (among other things):
no subject
Date: 2023-01-31 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-31 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-01 07:04 am (UTC)