{"name":"Norman Whitfield","title":"Norman Whitfield","id":1246,"slug":"norman-whitfield","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1246/?format=json","bio_short":"(born in Harlem, New York in 1943, died September 16th, 2008, in Los Angeles) was an American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/songwriter\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">songwriter</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/producer\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">producer</a>, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/label/Motown/\" class=\"bbcode_label\">Motown</a> label during the 1960s. He is credited as being one of the creators of the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/motown%20sound\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">motown sound</a>, as well as one of the major instrumental figures in the late-60s sub-genre of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/psychedelic%20soul\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">psychedelic soul</a>.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/NormanWhitfieldn.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":789,"title":"I Heard It Through The Grapevine","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/"}]}