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Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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David Ruffin
David Ruffin
American singer
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
3
Maxine Brown
Maxine Brown
American soul and R&B singer
4
Paul Riser
Paul Riser
American musician
5
The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol
American musician, songwriter and record producer
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Kim Weston
Kim Weston
singer
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Mary Wells
Mary Wells
American pop/soul singer
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Anna Gordy Gaye
Anna Gordy Gaye
American businesswoman, music executive and songwriter
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Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua
American musician, record producer
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Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
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The Temptations
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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The Originals
The Originals
band
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
15
Pam Sawyer
Pam Sawyer
British-born American lyricist and songwriter
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Blinky
Blinky
American singer
17
The Supremes
The Supremes
American female singing group
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Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
American Music Executive, Record Producer
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
Tammi Terrell
American singer–songwriter

Tammi Terrell

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Tammi Terrell (born Thomasina Winifred Montgomery; April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970) was an American singer–songwriter, widely known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer Marvin Gaye.

Terrell's career began as a teenager, first recording for Scepter/Wand Records, before spending nearly 9 months as a member of James Brown's Revue, recording for Brown's Try Me label. After a period attending college, Terrell recorded briefly for Checker Records, before signing with Motown in 1965. With Gaye, Terrell scored seven Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By". Terrell's career was interrupted when she collapsed into Gaye's arms as the two performed at a concert at Hampden–Sydney College on October 14, 1967, with Terrell later being diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had eight unsuccessful surgeries before dying of the illness on March 16, 1970, at the age of 24.