Fuqua, Harvey
Complete Recordings (lp+cd+7")
Harvey Fuqua left his indelible mark on North American music.... Continuing the family tradition, young Harvey, a trained pianist, saw his fate definitively sealed in 1951 when the early Moonglows (at that time "Crazy Sound") first formed and settled in Cleveland, Ohio . From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, Fuqua stepped behind the console. With Anna Gordy (he's married with Gwen, another Gordy sister) and Billy Davis, he recorded Lamont Dozier (future hitmaker for Tamla Motown) and Johnny Bristol.At the same time and still for Chess Records, he pursued his collaboration with the very popular Etta James. With his entrepreneurial skills seducing Berry Gordy Jr., he was named head of the Artist & Repertoire department at Tamla Motown, His genius struck gold yet again when he produced Midnight Love including the hit single Sexual Healing by his old buddy Marvin Gaye..