Bob Crewe (born Stanley Robert Crewe in Newark, New Jersey)

                  (November 12, 1931 – September 11, 2014)

Songwriter, dancer, singer,manager, and record producer, Bob
Crewe passed away today in a nursing home in Maine. He was
known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of
Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons and equally known for his
hit recordings with The Rays, Diane Renay, Mitch Ryder and the
Detroit Wheels, Freddy Cannon, Lesley Gore, Oliver, Michael
Jackson,Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, and his own The Bob
Crewe Generation.

     Gerald "Gerry" Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014)

NEW YORK  (AP) –  Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist
who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits
as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural
Woman," "Up on the Roof" and "The Loco-Motion," died early Thursday
at his home in Los Angeles.

Carole King with Gerry Goffin

Record producer, and songwriter Berry Gordy, Jr.

Berry Gordy started Tamala Records, with an $800 loan
from his family along with royalties received from writing
for singer Jackie Wilson. He originally wanted to name
the new label “Tammy” Records, after the hit song by
Debbie Reynolds, but discovered it was already taken.

Tamala’s first release in 1959, in the Detroit area, was
”Come to Me” by Marv Johnson. It was released on the
United Artists label nationally. Tamala’s first hit was a
Barrett Strong number called “Money (That’s What I
Want)”, which went to number-two on the Billboard
R&B charts.

Marvin Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993)

  

           Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002)

Lee was a jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and
actress with a career spanning six decades. She began as a  singer
on local radio to performing with the big band of Benny Goodman. 

Peggy wrote music for films, and acted as well, receiving three Grammy
Awards including the Lifetime Achievement  Award, an Academy Award
nomination  and a ASCAP Award. Lee was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1999.

   Clint Ballard, Jr. (May 24, 1931 – December 23, 2008)

Ballard was a songwriter who wrote two Billboard Hot 100 number
one hits. The first was “Game of Love” by Wayne Fontana and
The Mindbenders in 1965. The second song was the 1975 hit,
”You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt, originally sung by “Dee
Dee” Warwick.