Feb 03
Joe Hunter Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 19:50 · 92 words · print
Joe Hunter, Motown's first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, has died. He was 79.
Hunter was a diabetic, but the cause of his death on Friday was not immediately known, his son, Joe Hunter Jr., told The Detroit News.
Hunter was Motown legend Berry Gordy Jr.'s first hire. He backed up acts such as
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on piano in the late 1950s, as Gordy mustered a staff for what would become Motown Records. Hunter also served as Motown's first bandleader in the early days.
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