Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company's breakthrough single 'Money (That's What I Want)' and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine,' 'War' and 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone,' has died. He was 81.
Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for the 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004.
While Gordy's "Sound of Young America" was criticized for being too slick and repetitive, the Whitfield-Strong team turned out hard-hitting and topical works, along with such timeless ballads as "I Wish It Would Rain" and "Just My Imagination .
Whitfield-Strong's other hits, mostly for the Temptations, included "I Can't Get Next to You," "That's the Way Love Is" and the Grammy-winning chart-topper "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" . Artists covering their songs ranged from the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin to Bruce Springsteen and Al Green .
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