# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barrett-strong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:11:14.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barrett-strong"
name: "Barrett Strong"
slug: "barrett-strong"
description: "Barrett Strong Jr. was an American singer and songwriter known for his recording of \"Money \", which was the first hit single for the Motown record label. He is also known for his songwriting work in association with producer Norman Whitfield; together, they penned such songs as \"I Heard It Through the Grapevine\", \"War\", \"Just My Imagination \", and \"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone\"."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1941–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barrett_Strong.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-02-05"
deathDate: "2023-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.757752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump