🔥The Undisputed Truth - Smokin’🔥
1979 German Vinyl Pressing
Norman Whitfield Funk
#NowPlaying
#NormanWhitfield #Vinyl
#TheUndisputedTruth #VinylAddict
#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #99 Motown & Temptations producer Norman Whitfield. Most celebrated moments: I Heard It Though The Gravevine (1968) + Papa Was A Rolling Stone ('72). Personal favourite: Psychedelic Shack ('69), all of which he also co-wrote #NormanWhitfield #PsychedelicSoul
"I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 #single recorded by #theTemptations and written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for the Gordy (#Motown) label. The song was a No. 1 single on the #Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969, from October 18 to October 25.
Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
For "Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone," Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong received the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1973. Their work helped define the transition of R&B into the funk-driven soul of the 70s. #NormanWhitfield #BarrettStrong #OneHitWondered
The Temptations might have been Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong’s primary ‘vehicle’ for experimentation. They cranked out classics like “Cloud Nine” (Motown’s first Grammy winner), “Just My Imagination,” & the iconic “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”. #NormanWhitfield #BarrettStrong #OneHitWondered
#NotYourFavourite (282/365)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
This is just for fun!
Spontaneously name a song by the artist/band pictured - but not your absolute favourite.
Enjoy the moment 🤗
▶️ Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
Written by:
#NormanWhitfield #BarrettStrong
Legendary songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield
“Theme Song From ‘Which Way Is Up’” was written by one of the creators of the Motown Sound, Norman Whitfield. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 & posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. May 12, 1940 ~ September 16, 2008. #NormanWhitfield #OneHitWondered
Masterpiece … robinbannks.com/2026/02/21/m... #thetemptations #masterpiece #thetemps #soul #rnb #psychedelicsoul #normanwhitfield #70smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #motown
The Temptations - Masterpiece, #onthisday 1973.
#temptations #normanwhitfield #70s #70smusic #soul #funk #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #recordcollection #onthisdayinmusic #vinylsky
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American #soul group #theTemptations, written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong. Released on the Gordy (#Motown) label, and #produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1971 album, #SkysTheLimit. When released as a single.
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a #Motown song written by #NormanWhitfield, #BarrettStrong, and #JanieBradford. The song was first recorded by #TheTemptations as a track on their 1966 album #GettinReady. #EddieKendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield.
🎵 "Through the windows of my eyes
Everyone can see
The loneliness inside me.
Why'd you have to go away?
Don't you know I miss you so?
I need your love..."🎶
#StrikesAgain #RoseRoyce #NormanWhitfield #GwenDickey
youtu.be/V5gFAiPJhvI
🎶 "Just think of all the moments
That we spent.
I just can't let you go,
For me, you were meant.
And I didn't mean to hurt you,
But I know
That in the game of 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲,
You reap what you sow..."🎵😌
#InFullBloom #RoseRoyce #NormanWhitfield #GwenDickey
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Ted Tocks Covers
Ball of Confusion
Originally posted on February 5, 2018
Remembering Barrett Strong!
“People moving out, people moving in. Why, because of the colour of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can’t hide.”
#TheTemptations #BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield #LoveandRockets
Today in 1988, the animated musical group The California Raisins peaked at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100 with their cover of the #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong 1966 Motown hit, #IHeardItThroughTheGrapevine. Singer Buddy Miles provides the lead vocals.
#CaliforniaRaisins #BuddyMiles
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a #Motown song written by #NormanWhitfield, #BarrettStrong, and #JanieBradford. The song was first recorded by #TheTemptations as a track on their 1966 album #GettinReady. #EddieKendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield.
A song a day sometimes.
#SongOfTheDay #MusicSky #TheTemptations #NormanWhitfield
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by #theTemptations for #MotownRecords' Gordy label, written by #NormanWhitfield and #EdwardHollandJr and produced by Whitfield. It peaked at number 13 on the #Billboard Pop Chart.
All 11-some-odd minutes of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone! Temptations! youtu.be/pJV2pWFyfn4?... #70sMusic #Temptations #NormanWhitfield #MusicSky #NowPlaying
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967.
🔥JR. Walker - Back Street Boogie🔥
1979 EU Pressing
>> Another great Norman Whitfield produced album!
Funky Sax…Background vocals by Stargard !
Also has a beautiful version of "Wishing On A Star"!
#NowPlaying #VinylAddict
#NormanWhitfield #Stargard
🔥Stargard - Back 2 Back 🔥
1981 USA Vinyl Pressing
…and then there were only two…but back with Norman Whitfield!
#NowPlaying #VinylAddict
#Stargard #NormanWhitfield
🔥Stargard🔥
1978 USA Vinyl Pressing
🔥Feat. The Theme From ‘Which Way is Up’ !
#NowPlaying #VinylAddict
#Stargard #NormanWhitfield
🔥Stargard - What You Waitin’ For 🔥
1978 USA Vinyl Pressing
#NowPlaying #VinylAddict
#Stargard #NormanWhitfield
#OnThisDay in 2008, #NormanWhitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), died at 68.
#RIP †
"Car Wash" is a song by the American #soul and #RAndB band #RoseRoyce. Written and arranged by the ex-#Motown producer #NormanWhitfield, the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s #disco era. "#CarWash", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash.
Sunday Read @MSN Shocking Omissions by the @RockHall HOF www.msn.com/en-us/music/...
“#Motown producer #NormanWhitfield was honored without his lyrical collaborator, #BarrettStrongJr.”
You can’t write a Hit song without great lyrics…
A close up image of a black vinyl record. The inner label is fuscia with yellow accent. Text reads “Solid Rock” The Temptations, with reflected light bringing a sense of depth and warmth.
What’s your favorite Temptations record? Peak groove and vibe here in the Whitfield era, I find myself prob returning to this one most. 🪨🪨🪨
#psychedelicsoul #thetemptations #normanwhitfield
#Interestingly The Undisputed Truth never really got the spotlight… But they were the ‘Frankenstein’s laboratory’ for Norman Whitfield’s wildest ideas… and in that lab, “Smiling Faces” was the lightning in the bottle. #TheUndisputedTruth #NormanWhitfield #OneHitWondered
"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by #theTemptations for the #Motown label (under the "Gordy" #imprint) and produced by #NormanWhitfield. The lyrics of this mournful song about a heartbroken man whose woman had just left him were penned by Motown staff writer #RodgerPenzabene.