BARRETT STRONG PASSED AWAY

I just heard tonight that Barrett Strong passed away on January 30th. (Shit, I gotta pull my head out of the sand.) Most people would recognize the name as the writer and singer of "Money (That's What I Want", the first big hit for Motown in 1959. He also co-wrote a mess of hits for the Temptations in their Norman Whitfield produced psychedelic soul era; “Cloud Nine,” “I Wish it Would Rain,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Psychedelic Shack,” “Ball of Confusion,” “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”. Shit, I checked out "Money" tonight for the first time in a long while. I forgot how powerful it was. "Misery" is great one too, with a down tempo spooky thing going on.

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Listen:
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) mp3 at Internet Archive
Barrett Strong - Misery (streaming) at YouTube
Co-written by Barrett Strong:
The Temptations - Can't Get Next to You mp3 at Box.net (?)
The Temptations - Cloud Nine mp3 at Box.net (?)
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion mp3 at Snuthing Anything
The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack mp3 at AM Then FM With spoken intro
The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (7 minute version) mp3 at Lots of Fish