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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 18 > Whitfield shaped era-defining hits for Motown acts

Whitfield shaped era-defining hits for Motown acts

By Randy Lewis / The Bulletin
September 18, 2008

Norman Whitfield, the Grammy-winning songwriter and forward-thinking producer who helped shape the direction of R&B and soul music at Motown Records in the 1960s and ’70s, died Tuesday. He was 67.

Whitfield, the co-writer of dozens of Motown hits, including Marvin Gaye’s....

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