Photo: James J. Kriegsmann; distributed by Motown Records / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Tammi Terrell was a singer, songwriter and recording artist, born on April 29, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Death is recorded on March 16, 1970, at the age of 24. Tammi Terrell was educated at Germantown High School and University of Pennsylvania.
My Take
Tammi Terrell's voice is one of the great what-ifs of soul music. Her duets with Marvin Gaye during Motown's golden run are still impossibly tender, the kind of chemistry that can't be manufactured in a studio. She died at just 24, and that fact haunts every listen. I find her catalog almost unbearably poignant precisely because it's so short. There's no late-career decline, no comeback tour, only a young artist caught forever at her radiant peak. Some legacies are measured in decades; hers is measured in a handful of perfect recordings that still ache half a century on.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tammi Terrell
- Name (Japanese)
- タミー・テレル
- Reading
- たみー・てれる
- Born
- April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / recording artist / musician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
2. Background
- High school
- Germantown High School
- University
- University of Pennsylvania
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammi%20Terrell
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260918
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tammi Terrell born?
Tammi Terrell was born on April 29, 1945.
When did Tammi Terrell die?
Tammi Terrell died on March 16, 1970, aged 24.
Where was Tammi Terrell from?
Tammi Terrell was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
What did Tammi Terrell do?
Tammi Terrell worked as singer, songwriter, recording artist, musician.
Where did Tammi Terrell study?
Tammi Terrell attended University of Pennsylvania.
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