Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield (født den12. mai 1940, død den 16. september 2008) er en amerikansk låtskriver og produsent som er mest kjent for sitt arbeid for Motown . Han var en av skaperne av Motown- lyden.
Han skrev og produserte mange hits i løpet av sin tjuefem år lange karriere, spesielt I Heard It Through the Grapevine , Ain't Too Proud to Beg , Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) , (I Know) I'm Losing Du , Cloud Nine , War and Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone .
Han har vært en del av Songwriters Hall of Fame siden 2004.
Produksjoner og komposisjoner
- 1963: Pride & Joy - Marvin Gaye
- 1964: For mange fisker i sjøen - Marvelettes
- 1964: Needle in a Haystack - The Velvelettes
- 1964: He Was Really Sayin 'Somethin' - The Velvelettes
- 1964: Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) - The Temptations
- 1966: Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
- 1966: Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations
- 1966: (Jeg vet) Jeg mister deg - fristelsene
- 1967: I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips , Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival , The Undisputed Truth
- 1967: You're My Everything - The Temptations
- 1967: I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
- 1968: I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - The Temptations
- 1968: The End of Our Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- 1968: Cloud Nine - The Temptations
- 1968: Er ikke sol siden du er borte - Diana Ross & The Supremes
- 1969: Vennskapstog - Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Undisputed Truth
- 1969: Runaway Child, Running Wild - The Temptations
- 1969: For opptatt med å tenke på babyen min - Marvin Gaye
- 1969: I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
- 1969: Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down - The Temptations
- 1970: You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- 1970: Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
- 1970: Hum Along and Dance - The Temptations, Rare Earth , The Jackson 5 )
- 1970: Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth
- 1970: Krig - Edwin Starr
- 1971: Smilende ansikter noen ganger - Fristelsene, den ubestridte sannheten, sjelden jord
- 1971: Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth
- 1972: Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone - The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth
- 1973: Masterpiece - The Temptations
- 1973: La håret gå ned - Fristelsene
- 1975: The Bitch Is Black - Yvonne Fair
- 1976: Bilvask - Rose Royce
- 1976: Jeg går ned - Rose Royce
- 1976: I Wanna Get Next to You - Rose Royce
- 1977: Ooh Boy - Rose Royce
- 1977: Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce
- 1978: Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Rose Royce
Referanser
-
(in) Bruce Eder, " Norman Whitfield - Artist Biography " på AllMusic (åpnet 17. oktober 2018 ) .
-
(i) " Norman Whitfield ," The Daily Telegraph ,18. september 2008( les online ).