Barrett Strong, a pivotal figure in the history of Motown Records, has died at the age of 81. He sang the label's first major hit, Money (That's What I Want), in 1959, and went on to co-write ...

Barrett Strong, a singer and songwriter who was a pioneering member of the Motown stable, has died at the age of 81. The news of Strong’s death was confirmed by the Motown Museum today (January 30).

Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. (Louis Lanzano/AP) NEW YORK ...

"Barrett is an original member of the Motown Family and will be missed by all of us." Strong was born in Mississippi and grew up in Detroit, where he sang and played piano with his four sisters in ...

Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company's breakthrough single "Money (That's What I Want)" and later collaborated with Norman ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later ...

FILE - Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. Strong, one of Motown’s ...