Norman Whitfield RIP

This is also from the Bob Corritore blues news email.

• RIP Historic Motown Composer Norman Whitfield 5/12/40-9/16/08: Norman Whitfield is best known for his string of hit compositions performed by Motown Artists. Among some his most memorable songs are "Heard It Through The Grapevine", "Papa Was A Rolling Stone", "War:, "Car Wash", "Just My Imagination", "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", "Ball Of Confusion", and many others. He often co-wrote with Barrett Strong, and that collaboration created Whitfield two Grammy® winning songs. Norman Whitfield was 67. To see the CNN Story, click here. To see a video of Marvin Gaye doing an a cappella version of "Heard It Through The Grapevine", click here, or with accompaniment, click here. Thank you, Norman. Your beautiful songs will live on forever.