Scottie137Jan 30, 2023
Jay Jaffe

RIP to a musician and writer with credits on a veritable murderer's row of great ones.

Money
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
I Can't Get Next to You
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Cloud Nine
Ball of Confusion
Just My Imagination
War

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Barrett Strong, the Motown artist who sang the label’s first major hit “Money (That’s What I Want)” and wrote for the Temptations and others, has died at age 81 https://trib.al/6H5eGWa

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1619864660781449216

Barrett Strong, Motown Artist and Temptations Songwriter, Dead at 81

Artist sang Motown’s first major hit “Money (That’s What I Want)”

Rolling Stone
Jan 30, 2023 at 1:57amWeb
Show threadMartha HowellJan 30, 2023
@jay_jaffe
Wow, think of bringing that to the world. People worldwide can sing along, every word, to your music, it's the center of major parts of their lives.
Show threadstephen judkinsJan 30, 2023
@jay_jaffe wow, what a bunch of bangers. RIP
Show threadTradeshowGuyJan 30, 2023
@jay_jaffe he was a badass songwriter.
Show threadGrandpa DonJan 30, 2023
@jay_jaffe
Some of the greatest of the great.
Just My Imagination is an automatic stop whatever you are doing and just listen. So is Papa was a Rolling Stone. The Temptations have always been best in my mind of an incredible assemblage of talent by Smokey et al.
Maybe because I saw them live multiple times when the songs were new.
Thank you, Barret Strong! RIP!
Show threadSandy JohnsonJan 31, 2023
@jay_jaffe Losing so many of the Motown greats. Sucks getting old and watching your peers pass on.
Show threadAprilFeb 3, 2023
@jay_jaffe RIP Barett, may your wings bring you to new heights and amazing joys