Norman Whitfield

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Motown artist human record producer songwriter

Norman Whitfield was an influential American songwriter and producer best known for shaping the Motown sound with his psychedelic soul productions for artists like The Temptations.

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Norman Whitfield canonical 35
Norman Jesse Whitfield 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Motown artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Edwin Starr ⓘ
Gladys Knight & the Pips ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Rose Royce ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
The Undisputed Truth ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
basedIn Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath complications of diabetes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-05-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-09-16 ⓘ
employer Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
founded Whitfield Records ⓘ
fullName Norman Whitfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Norman Jesse Whitfield
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
influenced development of 1970s funk and soul production ⓘ
knownFor developing the psychedelic soul sound at Motown ⓘ
producing hit records for The Temptations in the late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
notableWork (I Know) I'm Losing You ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) ⓘ
Car Wash ⓘ
Cloud Nine ⓘ
I Can't Get Next to You ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine ⓘ
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Masterpiece ⓘ
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Psychedelic Shack ⓘ
Runaway Child, Running Wild ⓘ
Smiling Faces Sometimes ⓘ
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby ⓘ
War ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Whitfield Records ⓘ

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Car Wash → musicBy → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Car Wash → soundtrackProducer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
The Temptations → associatedWith → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
California Love → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → composer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Norman Whitfield → fullName → Norman Whitfield self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman Jesse Whitfield
Car Wash (soundtrack) → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Car Wash (soundtrack) → associatedAct → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Rose Royce → associatedAct → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Edwin Starr → associatedAct → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg → songwriter → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) → composer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
I Can't Get Next to You → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
I Can't Get Next to You → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Cloud Nine → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Cloud Nine → songwriter → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) → songwriter → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Meet The Temptations → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Psychedelic Shack → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
All Directions → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
All Directions → notableProducer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
All Directions → featuresSongwriter → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Masterpiece → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Masterpiece → primaryComposer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Masterpiece → hasArranger → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
M.P.G. → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
In the Groove → producer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Someone to Call My Lover → writer → Norman Whitfield ⓘ