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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Barrett_Strong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Barrett_Strong.jpg/220px-Barrett_Strong.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Barrett_Strong.jpg/330px-Barrett_Strong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Barrett_Strong.jpg/440px-Barrett_Strong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="895" data-file-height="998" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Strong in 1996</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Barrett Strong Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1941-02-05</span>)</span>February 5, 1941<br /><a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Mississippi" title="West Point, Mississippi">West Point, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Detroit, Michigan, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 28, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-01-28)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Singer</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1959–2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamla_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamla Records">Tamla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Records" title="Anna Records">Anna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouse</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Sandy White</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(died 2002)<wbr /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Barrett Strong Jr.</b> (February 5, 1941 – January 28, 2023) was an American singer and songwriter known for his recording of "<a href="/wiki/Money_(That%27s_What_I_Want)" title="Money (That's What I Want)">Money (That's What I Want)</a>", which was the first hit single for the <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a> record label.<sup id="cite_ref-Italie_2023_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italie_2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also known for his songwriting work in association with producer <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-oldies_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldies-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> together, they penned such songs as "<a href="/wiki/I_Heard_It_Through_the_Grapevine" title="I Heard It Through the Grapevine">I Heard It Through the Grapevine</a>", "<a href="/wiki/War_(The_Temptations_song)" title="War (The Temptations song)">War</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Just_My_Imagination_(Running_Away_with_Me)" title="Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)">Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Italie_2023_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italie_2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Strong was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> alongside Whitfield.<sup id="cite_ref-Genzlinger_2023_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genzlinger_2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strong was born in <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Mississippi" title="West Point, Mississippi">West Point, Mississippi</a>, on February 5, 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-amg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the only boy of six children born to Barrett Strong Sr., a minister. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when he was four years old, and his father bought him a piano soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strong began singing at Hutchins Intermediate School in Detroit, where his classmates included <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Dozier" title="Lamont Dozier">Lamont Dozier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamla_Records_and_Motown">Tamla Records and Motown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tamla Records and Motown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg/220px-Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg/330px-Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Barrett_Strong_publicity_shot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Publicity photo</figcaption></figure> <p>Strong was among the first artists signed to <a href="/wiki/Berry_Gordy" title="Berry Gordy">Berry Gordy</a>'s fledgling label, <a href="/wiki/Tamla" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamla">Tamla</a> Records, and was the performer (vocal and piano) on the company's first hit single, "<a href="/wiki/Money_(That%27s_What_I_Want)" title="Money (That's What I Want)">Money (That's What I Want)</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was recorded live at the music studio where other legendary artists would eventually record. The song reached No. 2 US <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> in 1960. Gordy later disputed claims that Barrett had part in writing this song, stating that Strong's name was only included because of a clerical error.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single was originally released on Tamla, Motown's first label, but was then leased to the <a href="/wiki/Anna_Records" title="Anna Records">Anna</a> label as it was getting airplay, and it was on the Anna label that it was a hit. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Money"<sup id="cite_ref-amg_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was later recorded by a number of acts, including <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsmen" title="The Kingsmen">the Kingsmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_%22Popcorn%22_Wylie" title="Richard "Popcorn" Wylie">Richard Wylie and His Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Searchers_(band)" title="The Searchers (band)">the Searchers</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Lizards" title="The Flying Lizards">the Flying Lizards</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Sonics" title="The Sonics">the Sonics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a>. Strong expressed that he co-wrote "Money" with Gordy and <a href="/wiki/Janie_Bradford" title="Janie Bradford">Janie Bradford</a>; and his name appears on the song's original copyright registration with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office">United States Copyright Office</a>. </p><p>In the mid-1960s, Strong became a Motown writer lyricist, teaming with producer <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, they wrote some of the most successful and critically acclaimed soul songs ever to be released by Motown, including "<a href="/wiki/I_Heard_It_Through_the_Grapevine" title="I Heard It Through the Grapevine">I Heard It Through the Grapevine</a>" by both <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips" title="Gladys Knight & the Pips">Gladys Knight & the Pips</a>; "<a href="/wiki/War_(Edwin_Starr_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="War (Edwin Starr song)">War</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Starr" title="Edwin Starr">Edwin Starr</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Wherever_I_Lay_My_Hat_(That%27s_My_Home)" title="Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)">Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>; "<a href="/wiki/Smiling_Faces_Sometimes" title="Smiling Faces Sometimes">Smiling Faces Sometimes</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Undisputed_Truth" title="The Undisputed Truth">the Undisputed Truth</a>; and the long line of "<a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_soul" title="Psychedelic soul">psychedelic soul</a>" records by <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">the Temptations</a>, including "<a href="/wiki/Cloud_Nine_(The_Temptations_album)" title="Cloud Nine (The Temptations album)">Cloud Nine</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Get_Next_to_You" title="I Can't Get Next to You">I Can't Get Next to You</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_Shack_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychedelic Shack (album)">Psychedelic Shack</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Ball_of_Confusion_(That%27s_What_the_World_Is_Today)" title="Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)">Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>", amongst others.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Strong received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Song">Grammy Award for Best R&B Song</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1973" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1973">1973</a> for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". Strong and Whitfield also co-wrote the ballad "<a href="/wiki/Just_My_Imagination_(Running_Away_with_Me)" title="Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)">Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a 1971 <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> No. 1 that also marked the last Temptations single to feature original members <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kendricks" title="Eddie Kendricks">Eddie Kendricks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(The_Temptations_singer)" title="Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)">Paul Williams</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums_and_founding_Blarritt_Records">Albums and founding Blarritt Records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Albums and founding Blarritt Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Motown moved its operations base from Detroit, Michigan, to Los Angeles, California, Strong left the label and resumed his singing career.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He signed with <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strong left the label for <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinSM_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinSM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">recorded</a> two albums in the 1970s:<sup id="cite_ref-amg_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Stronghold</i> (1975) and <i>Live & Love</i> (1976).<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former reached No. 47 on <i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Black Albums</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-Stronghold_on_US_R&B_chart_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stronghold_on_US_R&B_chart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, Strong recorded "Rock It Easy" on an <a href="/wiki/Independent_label" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent label">independent label</a>, and wrote "You Can Depend on Me", which appeared on <a href="/wiki/The_Dells" title="The Dells">the Dells</a>' <i>The Second Time</i> album (1988).<sup id="cite_ref-amg_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, Strong founded the record label Blarritt Records.<sup id="cite_ref-Genzlinger_2023_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genzlinger_2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCollum_2001_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCollum_2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He founded the company as a means of providing opportunity and support for aspiring musicians in Detroit;<sup id="cite_ref-McCollum_2001_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCollum_2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he stated, "Young people were always coming to me: 'Can you help us get something going?' I thought, 'Wow, there's still so much talent here. They just don't have anywhere to go.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-McCollum_2001_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCollum_2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, he released the album <i>Stronghold II</i>, which he wrote and composed in collaboration with vocalist <a href="/wiki/Eliza_Neals" title="Eliza Neals">Eliza Neals</a>, through Blarritt.<sup id="cite_ref-Genzlinger_2023_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genzlinger_2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCollum_2001_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCollum_2001-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album would later be re-released in 2008 for digital distribution on <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alongside Whitfield, Strong was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Genzlinger_2023_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genzlinger_2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Strong appeared in "Misery", his first music video in his fifty years of recording music, co-produced by Eliza Neals and Martin "Tino" Gross with Strong at the helm.<sup id="cite_ref-Misery_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Misery-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strong died at home in the <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla" title="La Jolla">La Jolla</a> district of San Diego, California, on January 28, 2023, aged 81.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was survived by seven children and ten grandchildren. His wife of 35 years, Sandy White, died in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th rowspan="2">Album details </th> <th colspan="2">Peak chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference(s)">Ref(s)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">US R&B</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Stronghold</i> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Released: 1975</li> <li>Label: <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a> <small>(ST-11376)</small></li> <li>Format: <a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>— </td> <td>47 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Stronghold_on_US_R&B_chart_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stronghold_on_US_R&B_chart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Live & Love</i> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Released: 1976</li> <li>Label: Capitol <small>(ST-11490)</small></li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Love Is You</i> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Released: 1987</li> <li>Label: Cherie <small>(CR-LP-2007)</small></li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Italie_2023_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italie_2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Stronghold II</i> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Released: 2001</li> <li>Label: Blarritt <small>(1310)</small></li> <li>Format: CD</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Genzlinger_2023_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genzlinger_2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th colspan="5">Peak chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference(s)">Ref(s)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">US R&B</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">FRA</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td>"Let's Rock" / "Do the Very Best You Can" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Money_(That%27s_What_I_Want)" title="Money (That's What I Want)">Money (That's What I Want)</a>" / "Oh I Apologize" </td> <td>23 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroven2010336_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroven2010336-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>"Yes, No, Maybe So" / "You Knows What to Do" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroven2010335_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroven2010335-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>"Whirlwind" <small>(with the Rayber Voices)</small> / "I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me)" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td>"Money and Me" / "<a href="/wiki/You_Got_What_It_Takes" title="You Got What It Takes">You Got What It Takes</a>" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Waller_1985_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waller_1985-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td>"Misery" / "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Waller_1985_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waller_1985-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td>"Seven Sins" / "What Went Wrong" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td>"Make Up Your Mind" / "I Better Run" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Heard_It_Through_the_Grapevine" title="I Heard It Through the Grapevine">I Heard It Through the Grapevine</a>"<br /><small>Recorded by <a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips" title="Gladys Knight & the Pips">Gladys Knight & the Pips</a><br />Co-written with <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a></small> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>47 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Whitburn_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"<br /><small>Recorded by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a><br />Co-written with Whitfield</small> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>8 </td> <td>88 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UK_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Just_My_Imagination" class="mw-redirect" title="Just My Imagination">Just My Imagination</a>"<br /><small>Recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">the Temptations</a><br />Co-written with Whitfield</small> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>— </td> <td>8 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Whitburn_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>"<br /><small>Recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Undisputed_Truth" title="The Undisputed Truth">the Undisputed Truth</a><br />Co-written with Whitfield</small> </td> <td>63 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td>"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"<br /><small>Recorded by the Temptations<br />Co-written with Whitfield</small> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>12 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td>"Stand Up and Cheer for the Preacher" / (Instrumental version) </td> <td>— </td> <td>82 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>"Surrender" / "There's Something About You" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>"Is It True" / "Anywhere" </td> <td>— </td> <td>45 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td>"Man Up in the Sky" / "Gonna Make It Right" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>"Love Is You" / "You Make Me Feel the Way I Do" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>"Rock It Easy" / "Love Will Make It Alright" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov_&_Woodstra_&_Erlewine_2002-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barrett_Strong&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_1960s_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States">List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 3,</span> 2023</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Omaha+World-Herald&rft.atitle=New+Sounds+%7C+Silver+Service&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1976-03-26&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Will&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F117881178%2Fomaha-world-herald%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarrett+Strong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarshBernard1994" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Dave; Bernard, James (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_dEddefiYx0C&pg=PA52"><i>The New Book of Rock Lists</i></a>. 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Scribner. p. 228. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0684182933" title="Special:BookSources/978-0684182933"><bdi>978-0684182933</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Motown+Story&rft.pages=228&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0684182933&rft.aulast=Waller&rft.aufirst=Don&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarrett+Strong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FRcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39">"Reviews of New Singles"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>. 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Krause Publications. p. 317. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0873492867" title="Special:BookSources/978-0873492867"><bdi>978-0873492867</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Motown%3A+The+Golden+Years&rft.pages=317&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0873492867&rft.aulast=Dahl&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarrett+Strong" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitburn-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Whitburn_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whitburn_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990</i> – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89820-089-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-89820-089-X">0-89820-089-X</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150517/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5870&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3">"I heard it through the grapevine in Canadian Top Singles Chart"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Library_and_Archives_Canada" title="Library and Archives Canada">Library and Archives Canada</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5870&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3">the original</a> on February 8, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. July 17, 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_G.php">the original</a> on July 3, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 17,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=I+heard+it+through+the+grapevine+in+French+Chart&rft.pub=Dominic+DURAND+%2F+InfoDisc&rft.date=2013-07-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infodisc.fr%2FBilan_G.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABarrett+Strong" class="Z3988"></span> You have to use the index at the top of the page and search "Marvin Gaye"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UK-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-UK_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/marvin%20gaye/">"Marvin Gaye"</a>. Official Charts Company<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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