Question: Who is considered North Carolina’s most famous Motown producer and songwriter?
Answer: Johnny Bristol, born in 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina, is considered the state’s most famous Motown producer and songwriter. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he collaborated with Harvey Fuqua on hits like Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (1967), Edwin Starr’s Twenty-Five Miles (1969), and David Ruffin’s My Whole World Ended (1969).
