Harvey Fuqua 1929-2010 (Founder and Lead Singer of The Moonglows) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 07-07-2010, 12:26 AM

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DETROIT -- Singer, songwriter and record producer Harvey Fuqua, an early mentor of Marvin Gaye, has died. Fuqua was 80.

Ron Brewington of the Motown Alumni Association says Fuqua died of a heart attack Tuesday at a Detroit hospital.

The Louisville, Ky., native founded the R&B-doo-wop group the Moonglows, which signed with DJ Alan Freed. The group's first single was the 1954 hit "Sincerely."

Fuqua added Gaye and others in 1958 to a reconstituted group Fuqua called Harvey and the Moonglows. It had the 1958 hit "Ten Commandments of Love."

He started Tri-Phi and Harvey Records in 1961, recording the Spinners, Junior Walker & the All Stars, and Shorty Long.

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy later hired Fuqua to develop recording talent.

catlover79 · 07-07-2010, 12:37 AM

He was also married at one time to Berry Gordy's niece, Gwen.

Marvo301 · 07-07-2010, 01:10 AM

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MickeyMac · 07-07-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

He was also married at one time to Berry Gordy's niece, Gwen.

You mean his sister Gwen.

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