10 Facts About Barrett Strong

In 2004, Strong was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Whitfield.

Barrett Strong's family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when he was four years old, and his father bought him a piano soon after.

Barrett Strong began singing at Hutchins Intermediate School in Detroit, where his classmates included Aretha Franklin and Lamont Dozier.

Barrett Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry Gordy's fledgling label, Tamla Records, and was the performer on the company's first hit single, "Money ", which was recorded live at the music studio where other legendary artists would eventually record.

Gordy later disputed claims that Barrett had part in writing this song, stating that Strong's name was only included because of a clerical error.

Barrett Strong expressed that he co-wrote "Money" with Gordy and Janie Bradford; and his name appears on the song's original copyright registration with the United States Copyright Office.

Alongside Whitfield, Barrett Strong was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.

In 2010, Barrett Strong appeared in "Misery", his first music video in his fifty years of recording music, co-produced by Eliza Neals and Martin "Tino" Gross with Barrett Strong at the helm.

Barrett Strong died at home in the La Jolla district of San Diego, California, on January 28,2023, aged 81.

Barrett Strong was survived by seven children and ten grandchildren.