N.J. Whitfield
Real Name:
Norman Jesse Whitfield
Profile:
Norman Whitfield (born May 12th, 1940, in Harlem/New York - died September 16th, 2008, in Los Angeles) was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s.
He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figues in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul.
Whitfield left Motown in 1973 and created Whitfield Records, garnering chart success with Rose Royce, who started out as Edwin Starr's backing group. He won a Grammy Award in 1976 for his work on the "Car Wash" film soundtrack. He later retired from music in the late '80s.
The final months of his life were spent at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, undergoing treatment for diabetes and other ailments.
He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figues in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul.
Whitfield left Motown in 1973 and created Whitfield Records, garnering chart success with Rose Royce, who started out as Edwin Starr's backing group. He won a Grammy Award in 1976 for his work on the "Car Wash" film soundtrack. He later retired from music in the late '80s.
The final months of his life were spent at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, undergoing treatment for diabetes and other ailments.
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Norman Whitfield
| B Whitfield
| Н. Уитфилд
| J. Whitfield
| Jesse Norman Whitfield
| N Whitfield
| N, Whitfield
| N. A. Whitfield
| N. J. Whitfield
| N. Whitefield
| N. Whitfield
| N. Withfield
| N.J. Whitfield
| N.Whitfield
| Norman "Slam" Whitfield
| Norman "Slam" Whitfield, Jr.
| Norman J. Whitfield
| Norman J.Whitfield
| Norman Jesse Whitefield
| Norman Jesse Whitfield
| Norman Jessie Whitfield
| Norman Whitefield
| Norman Whitfeld
| Norman Witfield
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| Whitefield
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Discography
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| The Hitsound Of Motown (2xCD, Comp) | He Was Really Saying S... | Motown | 1994 | |
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| Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) | Cloud Nine | Columbia ... | 1975 | |
| Shakedown (12", Promo) | All My Love | RCA | 1981 | |
| The Hitsound Of Motown (2xCD, Comp) | He Was Really Saying S... | Motown | 1994 | |
Whitfields "recycling technique" - recording hits like Superstar or Papa Was A Rollin`Stone and many others - again and again in new versions with different bands, reveals him as one of the first producers using the mix as an instrument of interpretation as we know it today. His way to arrange and produce was unique. His introduction of using the beat box instead of drums not only on tracks like 1990 or Big John Is My Name is so much forward, that one has to look on the record sleeves again to believe when they were recorded. No doubt: "Produced By Norman Whitfield" was one of the best certificates of quality a record could get during this time.