http://www.metafilter.com/tags/NormanWhitfield Posts tagged with 'NormanWhitfield' at MetaFilter. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:26:51 -0800 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:26:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74963/I%2DHeard%2DIt%2DThrough%2DThe%2DGrapevine <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595048/20080917/story.jhtml">Legendary Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield dead at 65.</a> Whitfield co-wrote (often with <a href="http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C338">Barret Strong</a>) many of Motown's greatest songs, including <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyA_DNw2vyg">I Heard It Through The Grapevine</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk">War</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwUS9yjFYy8">Papa Was A Rolling Stone</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJOXopGW8g">Ball Of Confusion</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8i-eq8RXA">Cloud Nine</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNn361umypM">Just My Imagination</a>. He also worked as a producer for <a href="http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=52">The Temptations</a>, among others, and won a Grammy in 1976 for the score to the film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074281/">Car Wash</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74963 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:26:51 -0800 Motown NormanWhitfield producer songwriter Temptations The Card Cheat