Today we feature one of the top soundtracks from Blaxploitation! All songs were written by Norman Whitfield. Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score. Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong Week
Norman Whitfield
Thursday Afternoon Thread: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong Week
Friction arose during the recording of "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" for a number of reasons. The Temptations did not like the fact that Whitfield's instrumentation had been getting more emphasis than their vocals on their songs at the time, and that they had to press Whitfield to get him to produce ballads for the group. Norman Whitfield forced Dennis Edwards to re-record his … [Read more...] about Thursday Afternoon Thread: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong Week
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