- male, 68 years old
- Lamont Dozier was born and raised in Detroit, and was surrounded by music as a child. He began writing lyrics and music before he was a teenager....
- male, deceased (1984)
- Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained...
- male, 59 years old
- Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris), is an American singer, songwriter,...
- male, 79 years old
- Berry Gordy, Jr. (b. November 28 1929, Detroit, Michigan) is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label and its many...
- male, 69 years old
- William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an R&B and soul singer and songwriter. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary...
- male, 66 years old
- Norman Jesse Whitfield (born in Harlem, New York in 1943) is an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown...
- male, 68 years old
- Barrett Strong (born 5 February 1941 in West Point, Mississippi) is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was among the first artists signed to...
- male, 68 years old
- Brian Holland (born February 15 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of...
- female
- Sylvia Moy is an acclaimed former Motown songwriter and record producer, notable for being one of the few women at the Detroit-based music label to...
- male, 80 years old
- Harvey Fuqua, born July 27 1929 in Louisville, Kentucky, is an African-American soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label...
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