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Released on Tamla Motown, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Got to Be There (Michael Jackson) and What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Written by Norman Whitfield, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Rebel's Hop (Bob Marley & The Wailers) and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Produced by Norman Whitfield, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone and Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
Part of Puzzle People, also I Can’t Get Next to You, Running Away (Ain’t Gonna Help You) and Slave
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Norman Whitfield produced 5 of The Temptations’s top 10 songs
Norman Whitfield wrote 5 of The Temptations’s top 10 songs
Norman Whitfield wrote 131 songs on fono
Barrett Strong wrote 54 songs on fono
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- Produced by
- Norman Whitfield
- Part of
- Puzzle People
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
- Written by
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- Produced by
- Norman Whitfield
- Part of
- Puzzle People
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Norman Whitfield
Same release: Puzzle People
Same writer: Norman Whitfield
Same producer: Norman Whitfield
Same label: Tamla Motown
Same release: Puzzle People
Same producer: Norman Whitfield
Same label: Tamla Motown
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Message From a Black Man was produced by Norman Whitfield
Message From a Black Man was produced by Norman Whitfield
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Message From a Black Man was written by Barrett Strong
Message From a Black Man was written by Barrett Strong
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Message From a Black Man was written by Norman Whitfield
Message From a Black Man was written by Norman Whitfield
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Message From a Black Man is part of the release Puzzle People
Message From a Black Man is part of the release Puzzle People
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Tamla Motown is the label of the song Message From a Black Man
Tamla Motown is the label of the song Message From a Black Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Message From a Black Man was released on 1969-09-23
Message From a Black Man was released on 1969-09-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026