Barrett Strong

We kicked off the first set with “Money” by Barrett Strong.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

We kicked off the first set with “Money” by Barrett Strong.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

We kicked off the first set with “Money” by Barrett Strong.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

He tried to sell his songs (his very first song, “You Are You,” was written for, and sent blindly to, “Doris Day, Hollywood,” who years later told Berry she never received it) and, eventually, he wrote hits for Barrett Strong (“Money”) and Jackie Wilson (“Lonely Teardrops”).

It Happened in Hitsville Robinson, Lisa 2008

The latter category included an air-tight run through Barrett Strong's "Money That's What I Want'' as an intro to "Billionaire'' that saw Mars giddily channeling his inner Chuck Berry on the solo.

Boston.com Top Stories 2011

We were in a recession in 1959 when Barrett Strong first sang

Film | guardian.co.uk 2010

Barrett Strong was the stable force about whom less is written.

NPR Topics: News 2010

'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, rocked the charts in the sixties and became a landmark song for Motown Records.

unknown title 2009

That same year, Motown scored their first hit with "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong, which made it to #2 on Billboard's R&B charts.

Quicken Loans Blog 2009

At over six minutes, with strings arranged by Charles Stepney and production by Bobby Miller, who had co-written it with Wade Flemons and Motown defector Barrett Strong, the expanded "Stay in My Corner" broke the R&B mould yet topped the R&B charts in 1968.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009