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Norman Whitfield RIP, Louris & Olson, Eugene McGuiness, Cat & Hen   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

NORMAN WHITFIELD, one of the creators of the Motown sound and the psychedlic soul sound of the late 60s, died Tuesday of complications from his long struggle with diabetes at age 67. He was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2004, with frequent collaborator Barrett Strong.  Whitfield had a hand in smash hits like "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and a string of Temptations classics, including "Ain't Too Proud to Beg,"  "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)," "Psychedelic Shack," "Ball of Confusion," and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," which was one of Whitfield's Motown Grammy winners (the other being "Cloud Nine" -- you can find a fuller list at Wikipedia).  Whitfield left Motown in 1973 to form his own label and produce songs like Rose Royce's "Car Wash"; the soundtrack to the movie would earn him another Grammy.  He returned to Motown in the 1980s.  In 2005, he pleaded guilty for failing to report royalty income and served six months of house arrest due to his health problems.  Whitfield is also immortalized in Billy Bragg's "Levi Stubbs' Tears."

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