Clay McMurray

Born: July 4, 1943

Died: September 6, 2019.

Detroit based soul songwriter, producer, and recording engineer who was in charge of the quality control department for [l1723] Records in the 1970's. Founded the publishing company [l526577], and likely founded the Detroit soul label [l295116].

After successfully producing the hit single “Stand By Me” for [a144313] in 1971, Clay worked in promotions for [l391882] in Detroit. Hired by Motown’s quality control department three years later, Clay’s job was to listen to every song that the label recorded. Within two years, he was bumped up to Producer and worked with [a30135] to produce their first hit single. “[m=478206]”, which he co-wrote with [a728556] and [a360451]. It peaked at #1 on the R&B chart in January 1971 before breaking the top ten on the Pop chart the following month. Other highlights of his illustrious career include work with [a30148], [a185662], [a17966] and [a28332], among others.