Harvey Fuqua
Rhythm and blues, Composer
1929 – 2010
Who was Harvey Fuqua?
Harvey Fuqua was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.
Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s. He is noted for later having been one of the key figures in the development of the Motown label in Detroit, Michigan: his group gave Marvin Gaye's musical career a start, and Fuqua and his wife at the time, Gwen Gordy, distributed the very first Motown hit single, Barrett Strong's "Money", 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. He is the nephew of Charlie Fuqua of The Ink Spots and is the uncle of filmmaker Antoine Fuqua.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1929
Louisville - Also known as
- Fuqua, Harvey
- Harvey
- The Moonglows
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 6, 2010
Detroit
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on July 23, 2013
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