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'''George Ivy Hunter''' (born August 28, 1940),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG_LAwAAQBAJ&q=%22george+ivy+hunter%22&pg=PT243|title= Graham Betts, ''Motown Encyclopedia'', AC Publishing, 2014|isbn= 9781311441546|access-date=30 November 2014|last1= Betts|first1= Graham|date= 2 June 2014}}</ref> known as '''Ivy Jo Hunter''', is an American former [[R&B]] [[songwriter]], [[record producer]] and singer, most associated with his work for [[Motown]] in the 1960s.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ivy-hunter-p88710/biography|title=Ivy Hunter|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref>
'''George Ivy Hunter''' (August 28, 1940 – October 6, 2022),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG_LAwAAQBAJ&q=%22george+ivy+hunter%22&pg=PT243 |title=''Motown Encyclopedia'' |publisher=AC Publishing |isbn=9781311441546 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |last=Betts |first=Graham |date=June 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="udm">{{cite web |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/ivy-jo-hunter-motown-writer-producer-dies-at-82/ |title=Ivy Jo Hunter, Writer-Producer and Stalwart of Classic Motown Era, Dies at 82 |date=October 9, 2022 |first=Paul |last=Sexton |website=uDiscoverMusic.com |publisher=[[Universal Music Group]] |access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref> known as '''Ivy Jo Hunter''', was an American [[R&B]] songwriter, record producer and singer, most associated with his work for [[Motown]] in the 1960s.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ivy-hunter-p88710/biography|title=Ivy Hunter|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Raised in [[Detroit]], Michigan, Hunter was trained in orchestral music — primarily trumpet and keyboards. After a stint in the [[United States Army]], Hunter began performing as a singer in the proto-soul venues around Detroit, where he became friends with songwriter [[Henry Cosby|Hank Cosby]]. Cosby introduced him to Motown's first [[A&R]] man, [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]. He played keyboards on Motown sessions before Stevenson began working with him as a songwriter. He became a principal in the Motown Records house band and began to write some of the most significant hits of the early Motown years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=ASCAP&cae=14605809&keyID=164138&keyname=HUNTER+IVY&querytype=WriterID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112170236/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=ASCAP&cae=14605809&keyID=164138&keyname=HUNTER+IVY&querytype=WriterID|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2016|title=Ivy Hunter songwriting credits|publisher=Repertoire.bmi.com|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> as The [[The Spinners (American R&B group)|Spinners]]' "[[Truly Yours (The Spinners song)|Truly Yours]]" and "Sweet Thing", [[The Temptations]]' "[[All I Need (The Temptations song)|Sorry Is a Sorry Word]]", [[The Isley Brothers]]' "[[Behind a Painted Smile]]" and "My Love Is Your Love (Forever)", and "[[Ask the Lonely]]" and "[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" for the [[Four Tops]]. With [[Marvin Gaye]] and Stevenson, he cowrote the [[Martha and the Vandellas]] hit "[[Dancing in the Street]]" which, in the fall of 1964, provided an American counterpart to the [[British Invasion]]. Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like [[The Velvelettes]] (their single "That's a Funny Way"), [[The Contours]] (their 1964 hit, "[[Can You Jerk Like Me]]"), [[The Marvelettes]] (their hits "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" and "[[I'll Keep Holding On]]"), [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] (the album track "The Stranger") and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "[[You (Marvin Gaye song)|You]]" in 1968.<ref name=allmusic/>
Raised in [[Detroit]], Michigan, Hunter was trained in orchestral music — primarily trumpet and keyboards. After a stint in the [[United States Army]], Hunter began performing as a singer in the proto-soul venues around Detroit, where he became friends with songwriter [[Hank Cosby]]. Cosby introduced him to Motown's first [[A&R]] man, [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]. Hunter played keyboards on Motown sessions before Stevenson began working with him as a songwriter. He became a principal in the Motown Records house band, and began to write some of the most significant hits of the early Motown years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=ASCAP&cae=14605809&keyID=164138&keyname=HUNTER+IVY&querytype=WriterID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112170236/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=ASCAP&cae=14605809&keyID=164138&keyname=HUNTER+IVY&querytype=WriterID|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2016|title=Ivy Hunter songwriting credits|publisher=Repertoire.bmi.com|access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref>


Hunter's songs included The [[The Spinners (American R&B group)|Spinners]]' "[[Truly Yours (The Spinners song)|Truly Yours]]" and "Sweet Thing"; [[The Temptations]]' "[[All I Need (The Temptations song)|Sorry Is a Sorry Word]]"; [[The Isley Brothers]]' "[[Behind a Painted Smile]]" and "My Love Is Your Love (Forever)"; and "[[Ask the Lonely (Four Tops song)|Ask the Lonely]]" and "[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" for the [[Four Tops]]. With [[Marvin Gaye]] and Stevenson, he co-wrote the [[Martha and the Vandellas]] hit "[[Dancing in the Street]]" which, in the fall of 1964, provided an American counterpart to the [[British Invasion]]. Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like [[The Velvelettes]] (their single "That's a Funny Way"), [[The Contours]] (their 1964 hit, "[[Can You Jerk Like Me]]"), [[The Marvelettes]] (their hits "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" and "[[I'll Keep Holding On]]"), [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] (the album track "The Stranger") and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "[[You (Marvin Gaye song)|You]]" in 1968.<ref name=allmusic/>
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He continued to write, produce, serve as session musician and perform throughout the 1960s. As a vocalist he recorded a great deal of material with Motown during the 1960s, including demos of his own compositions, but nothing was released until 1970. In 1970, Motown issued an Ivy Jo single on their soon to be discontinued [[V.I.P. Records|VIP]] label entitled "I Remember When (Dedicated to Beverly)". The following year another single on VIP was issued entitled "I'd Still Love You". An album was also planned with the title ''Ivy Jo is in this Bag'', but was shelved. Shortly after this he left Motown.<ref name=allmusic/>


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Hunter continued to write, produce, serve as session musician, and perform. As a vocalist he recorded a great deal of material with Motown during the 1960s, including demos of his own compositions, but nothing was released until 1970, when Motown issued an Ivy Jo single on their soon to be discontinued [[V.I.P. Records|VIP]] label entitled "I Remember When (Dedicated to Beverly)". The following year another single on VIP was issued entitled "I'd Still Love You". An album was also planned with the title ''Ivy Jo is in this Bag'', but was shelved. Shortly after this he left Motown.<ref name=allmusic/>
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In 1970, he contributed to [[Funkadelic]]'s "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?" on that band's eponymous first album. He also co-produced an album for Wee Gee (William Howard), the former lead singer of [[The Dramatics]], which included the mega-hit "Hold On (To Your Dream)", which has become a favorite in graduation ceremonies.<ref name=allmusic/> In 2009, he took part in celebrations to mark Motown's 50th anniversary.<ref>[http://www.amusicexperience.com/home/view.php?id=235] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425060527/http://www.amusicexperience.com/home/view.php?id=235 |date=April 25, 2012 }}</ref>


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In 1970, he contributed to [[Funkadelic]]'s "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?" on that band's eponymous first album. He also co-produced an album for Wee Gee (William Howard), the former lead singer of [[The Dramatics]], which included the hit "Hold On (To Your Dream)", which has become a favorite in graduation ceremonies.<ref name=allmusic/> In 2009, he took part in celebrations to mark Motown's 50th anniversary.<ref>[http://www.amusicexperience.com/home/view.php?id=235] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425060527/http://www.amusicexperience.com/home/view.php?id=235 |date=April 25, 2012 }}</ref>
Hunter should not be confused with either blues singer and pianist [[Ivory Joe Hunter]] (1914&ndash;1974), or Motown pianist [[Joe Hunter (musician)|Joe Hunter]] who was leader of the label's houseband [[The Funk Brothers]] from 1959 to 1964.

Hunter died on October 6, 2022, at the age of 82.<ref name="udm" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Ivy Jo Hunter obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/17/ivy-jo-hunter-obituary |access-date=17 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=17 October 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140829084039/http://www.soul-source.co.uk/_/soul-news/the-ivy-jo-hunter-story-by-rob-moss-r2789 Rob Moss, "The Ivy Jo Hunter Story"]
* [https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/the-ivy-jo-hunter-story-by-rob-moss-r2789/ Rob Moss, "The Ivy Jo Hunter Story"]
* {{discogs artist|Ivy Jo Hunter}}
* {{imdb name|1145511}}

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For the football player, see Ivy Joe Hunter. For the blues singer and pianist (1914-1974), see Ivory Joe Hunter.

Ivy Jo Hunter
Birth nameGeorge Ivy Hunter
Born(1940-08-28)August 28, 1940
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedOctober 6, 2022(2022-10-06) (aged 82)
GenresR&B
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer, singer

George Ivy Hunter (August 28, 1940 – October 6, 2022),[1][2] known as Ivy Jo Hunter, was an American R&B songwriter, record producer and singer, most associated with his work for Motown in the 1960s.[3]

Life and career

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Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Hunter was trained in orchestral music — primarily trumpet and keyboards. After a stint in the United States Army, Hunter began performing as a singer in the proto-soul venues around Detroit, where he became friends with songwriter Hank Cosby. Cosby introduced him to Motown's first A&R man, William "Mickey" Stevenson. Hunter played keyboards on Motown sessions before Stevenson began working with him as a songwriter. He became a principal in the Motown Records house band, and began to write some of the most significant hits of the early Motown years.[4]

Hunter's songs included The Spinners' "Truly Yours" and "Sweet Thing"; The Temptations' "Sorry Is a Sorry Word"; The Isley Brothers' "Behind a Painted Smile" and "My Love Is Your Love (Forever)"; and "Ask the Lonely" and "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" for the Four Tops. With Marvin Gaye and Stevenson, he co-wrote the Martha and the Vandellas hit "Dancing in the Street" which, in the fall of 1964, provided an American counterpart to the British Invasion. Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like The Velvelettes (their single "That's a Funny Way"), The Contours (their 1964 hit, "Can You Jerk Like Me"), The Marvelettes (their hits "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" and "I'll Keep Holding On"), Gladys Knight & the Pips (the album track "The Stranger") and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "You" in 1968.[3]

Hunter continued to write, produce, serve as session musician, and perform. As a vocalist he recorded a great deal of material with Motown during the 1960s, including demos of his own compositions, but nothing was released until 1970, when Motown issued an Ivy Jo single on their soon to be discontinued VIP label entitled "I Remember When (Dedicated to Beverly)". The following year another single on VIP was issued entitled "I'd Still Love You". An album was also planned with the title Ivy Jo is in this Bag, but was shelved. Shortly after this he left Motown.[3]

In 1970, he contributed to Funkadelic's "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?" on that band's eponymous first album. He also co-produced an album for Wee Gee (William Howard), the former lead singer of The Dramatics, which included the hit "Hold On (To Your Dream)", which has become a favorite in graduation ceremonies.[3] In 2009, he took part in celebrations to mark Motown's 50th anniversary.[5]

Hunter died on October 6, 2022, at the age of 82.[2][6]

References

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  1. ^ Betts, Graham (June 2, 2014). Motown Encyclopedia. AC Publishing. ISBN 9781311441546. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Sexton, Paul (October 9, 2022). "Ivy Jo Hunter, Writer-Producer and Stalwart of Classic Motown Era, Dies at 82". uDiscoverMusic.com. Universal Music Group. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Hamilton, Andrew. "Ivy Hunter". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Ivy Hunter songwriting credits". Repertoire.bmi.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  5. ^ [1] Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Williams, Richard (October 17, 2022). "Ivy Jo Hunter obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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