American R&B singer and record producer (1929–2010)
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Harvey Fuqua
Fuqua in 2000
Background information
Born
(1929-07-27)July 27, 1929 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
July 6, 2010(2010-07-06) (aged 80) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
R&B
doo-wop
soul
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter, record producer, record label executive
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1951–2000
Labels
Chess
Motown
RCA
Fantasy
Musical artist
Harvey Fuqua (July 27, 1929 – July 6, 2010) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.
Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s. He is notable as one of the key figures in the development of the Motown label in Detroit, Michigan. His group gave Marvin Gaye a start in his music career. Fuqua and his wife at the time, Gwen Gordy, distributed the first Motown hit single, Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)", on their record label, Anna Records. Fuqua later sold Anna Records to Gwen's brother Berry Gordy and became a songwriter and executive at Motown.
HarveyFuqua (July 27, 1929 – July 6, 2010) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive. Fuqua founded the seminal...
Cry" and "Distant Lover". She acquired her full name after marrying HarveyFuqua and kept the name after their divorce. Gwen Gordy was born to Berry Gordy...
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with Chess fostered closer dealings with HarveyFuqua, nephew of Charlie Fuqua of the Ink Spots. HarveyFuqua later married Gwen Gordy in 1961. Gordy looked...
by Motown. In 1961, Gwen married The Moonglows' HarveyFuqua and the two presided over the labels Harvey Records and Tri-Phi Records; the latter label represented...
Moonglows co-founder HarveyFuqua later hired The Marquees as employees. Under Fuqua's direction, the group changed its name to Harvey and the New Moonglows...
one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs. Etta James and HarveyFuqua had a pop and R&B record chart hit with their duet cover of "Spoonful"...
of the decade, without much further success. After beginning to date HarveyFuqua, a singer for the Moonglows, James signed with Argo Records, a subsidiary...
Around this time, she became involved in a relationship with the singer HarveyFuqua, the founder of the doo-wop group the Moonglows. Musician Bobby Murray...
Diddley. But it was his 1958 meeting with HarveyFuqua, which led to a spot singing first tenor in Fuqua's smooth-harmony rhythm and blues group the Moonglows...
producers such as HarveyFuqua, Johnny Bristol, Paul Riser and Ivy Jo Hunter. Side One "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" (HarveyFuqua, Jimmy Roach...
Writer(s) Album Length 1. "Twenty-Five Miles (1987 Remix)" Johnny Bristol, HarveyFuqua, Edwin Starr New release 3:27 2. "Dancing Machine (1987 Remix)" Hal Davis...
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