The Originals
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The Originals were a successful Motown
R&B
and soul
group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real
", "The Bells
" and the disco
classic, "Down to Love Town
". Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman former group member and songwriting partner of Brian Holland
and former songwriting partner of Lamont Dozier
as Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing team) before it became world famous Holland–Dozier–Holland.) Gorman (one of the writers of Motown's very first #1 pop hit Marvelettes
, Beatles
and Carpenters
hit "Please Mr. Postman
"), baritone
(and the group's founder) Walter Gaines, and tenor
s C.P. Spencer and Hank Dixon. Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups, C.P. having been an original member of the (Detroit) Spinners
and Ty having sung with Scherrie Payne
in the group Glass House
.
's (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
), Stevie Wonder
's (For Once In My Life
), (Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
) , David Ruffin
's (My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
, Marvin Gaye
's (Just to Keep You Satisfied
), Edwin Starr
's (War
) and (25 Miles) and many more. The Originals found their biggest success under the guidance of Motown legend Marvin Gaye
, who co-wrote and produced two of the group's biggest singles, "Baby, I'm for Real", and "The Bells". This latter disc
sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc
awarded by the R.I.A.A.
Both songs became seminal soul music recordings, and both songs have since been covered: 1990s R&B group After 7
re-recorded "Baby, I'm for Real" and made it a hit again in 1992, while another 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd
re-recorded "The Bells" for one of their albums. While the group went on to have more modest success in both the soul and disco
fields near the end of the decade, including "Down To Love Town," a #1 dance chart hit, the songs they made with Marvin Gaye are their most memorable and notable. Spencer returned briefly in the late 70s but after the death of Ty Hunter, on February 24, 1981, the group ceased recording and broke up about a year later.
Joe Stubbs, brother of Four Tops' lead, Levi Stubbs
, died on February 5, 1998. He had been with the group for about six months in the mid 1960s, as well as been a member of The Falcons
, The Contours
and 100 Proof (Aged In Soul)
. C.P. Spencer died on October 20, 2004 and Freddie Gorman followed on June 13, 2006.
("The Duke of Earl
").
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real
Baby I'm For Real
"Baby, I'm for Real" is a soul ballad written by Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye, produced by Marvin and recorded and released by American Motown vocal group The Originals for the Soul label issued in 1969.-The Originals version:...
", "The Bells
The Bells (The Originals song)
"The Bells" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown Records' Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover.-The Originals version:...
" and the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
classic, "Down to Love Town
Down to Love Town
Down to Love Town is a 1976 disco single by The Originals, a Motown Records group that peaked in popularity in late 1960s and early 1970s. Although the single reached the #1 spot on disco/dance chart for one week. The single peaked at #93 on the soul chart, where The Originals had found their...
". Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of bass singer Freddie Gorman former group member and songwriting partner of Brian Holland
Brian Holland
Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
and former songwriting partner of Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
as Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing team) before it became world famous Holland–Dozier–Holland.) Gorman (one of the writers of Motown's very first #1 pop hit Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes were an American singing girl group on the Tamla label. Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the company's first #1 Pop hit, "Please Mr...
, Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and Carpenters
The Carpenters
Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...
hit "Please Mr. Postman
Please Mr. Postman
"Please Mr. Postman" is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr...
"), baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
(and the group's founder) Walter Gaines, and tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
s C.P. Spencer and Hank Dixon. Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups, C.P. having been an original member of the (Detroit) Spinners
The Spinners (U.S. band)
The Spinners is a soul music vocal group, active for over 50 years, and with a long run of pop and R&B hits especially during the 1970s. The group, originating from Detroit, still tours regularly ....
and Ty having sung with Scherrie Payne
Scherrie Payne
Scherrie Payne is an American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead singer of The Supremes from 1973 to 1977, after Jean Terrell left the group in the fall of 1973...
in the group Glass House
Glass House
The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal...
.
History
The group found modest success in the latter half of the 60s, often working as backup singers for recordings by artists such as Jimmy RuffinJimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."-Life:...
's (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the brokenhearted, and their struggle to overcome their sadness so that they...
), Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
's (For Once In My Life
For Once in My Life
"For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song...
), (Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album My Cherie Amour. The song continued Wonder's success on the pop charts...
) , David Ruffin
David Ruffin
Davis Eli "David" Ruffin was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968...
's (My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
"My Whole World Ended " is the solo debut single for former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, released on Motown Records in early 1969 . The song was written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer, and James Roach, with its melody and intro based upon the classical music piece...
, Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
's (Just to Keep You Satisfied
Just to Keep You Satisfied
"Just to Keep You Satisfied" is a song by soul singer Marvin Gaye. The song was the b-side to Marvin's modest 1974 hit, "You Sure Love to Ball" and was the eighth and final song issued on the singer's 1973 album, Let's Get It On.-Background:...
), Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...
's (War
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
) and (25 Miles) and many more. The Originals found their biggest success under the guidance of Motown legend Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
, who co-wrote and produced two of the group's biggest singles, "Baby, I'm for Real", and "The Bells". This latter disc
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
awarded by the R.I.A.A.
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
Both songs became seminal soul music recordings, and both songs have since been covered: 1990s R&B group After 7
After 7
After 7 is an R&B group founded in 1988 by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell. The Edmonds brothers are the siblings of popular pop and R&B singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds"...
re-recorded "Baby, I'm for Real" and made it a hit again in 1992, while another 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams ; Mark Calderon ; Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton...
re-recorded "The Bells" for one of their albums. While the group went on to have more modest success in both the soul and disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
fields near the end of the decade, including "Down To Love Town," a #1 dance chart hit, the songs they made with Marvin Gaye are their most memorable and notable. Spencer returned briefly in the late 70s but after the death of Ty Hunter, on February 24, 1981, the group ceased recording and broke up about a year later.
Joe Stubbs, brother of Four Tops' lead, Levi Stubbs
Levi Stubbs
Levi Stubbles , better known by the stage name Levi Stubbs, was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Motown R&B group Four Tops...
, died on February 5, 1998. He had been with the group for about six months in the mid 1960s, as well as been a member of The Falcons
The Falcons
The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.The Falcons formed in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan on the Mercury Records imprint. After personnel changes in 1956, The Falcons had hits for the Lupine Records label with the...
, The Contours
The Contours
The Contours were one of the early African-American soul singing groups signed to Motown Records.The group is best known for its Billboard Top 10 hit, "Do You Love Me," a million-selling song that peaked twice in the Top 20....
and 100 Proof (Aged In Soul)
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
100 Proof was a funk/soul group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1969. Put together by Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, they signed to Hot Wax Records and went on to release several hit singles between 1969 and 1972. The biggest of these, "Somebody's Been Sleeping", reached #8 on the...
. C.P. Spencer died on October 20, 2004 and Freddie Gorman followed on June 13, 2006.
Reformation
Following the death of Freddie Gorman in 2006, founding member Hank Dixon and Hank's daughter Terrie Dixon reformed the Originals as a live touring act with Freddie's son Dillon Gorman and Defrantz Forrest, son of Gene ChandlerGene Chandler
Gene Chandler also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene...
("The Duke of Earl
Duke of Earl
"Duke of Earl" is a 1962 number-one song, originally by Gene Chandler. It is the best known of Chandler's songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself 'The Duke of Earl'. The song was penned by Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, and Earl Edwards....
").
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1969 | Green Grow the Lilacs 1 | 174 | 18 | Soul | ||
| 1970 | Portrait of the Originals | 198 | 47 | |||
| Naturally Together | — | 44 | ||||
| 1972 | Def·i·ni·tions | — | — | |||
| 1974 | Game Called Love | — | — | |||
| 1975 | California Sunset | — | 51 | Motown | ||
| 1976 | Communiqué | — | — | Soul | ||
| 1977 | Down to Love Town | — | — | |||
| 1978 | Another Time, Another Place | — | — | Fantasy Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label... |
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| 1979 | Come Away with Me | — | — | |||
| 1981 | Yesterday and Today | — | — | Phase II | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
- 1 later reissued as Baby, I'm for Real
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1990 | Baby, I'm for Real | — | — | Motown | ||
| 1999 | The Very Best of the Originals | — | — | |||
| 2002 | The Essential Collection | — | — | Spectrum | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance |
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| 1967 | "Good Night Irene" | — | — | — | |||
| 1969 | "We've Got a Way Out of Love" | — | — | — | |||
| "Green Grow the Lilacs" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Baby, I'm for Real" | 14 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1970 | "The Bells The Bells (The Originals song) "The Bells" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown Records' Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover.-The Originals version:... " |
12 | 4 | — | |||
| "We Can Make It Baby" (A-side) | 74 | 20 | — | ||||
| "I Like Your Style" (B-side) | — | 20 | — | ||||
| "God Bless Whoever Sent You" | 53 | 14 | — | ||||
| 1971 | "Keep Me" | — | — | — | |||
| 1972 | "I'm Someone Who Cares" | 113 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | "Be My Love" | — | — | — | |||
| "There's a Chance When You Love You'll Lose" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | "Supernatural Voodoo Woman (Part 1)" | — | — | — | |||
| "Game Called Love" | — | — | — | ||||
| "You're My Only World" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | "Good Lovin' Is Just a Dime Away" | — | 53 | — | |||
| "Fifty Years" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Everybody's Got to Do Something" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | "Touch" | — | — | — | |||
| "Down to Love Town Down to Love Town Down to Love Town is a 1976 disco single by The Originals, a Motown Records group that peaked in popularity in late 1960s and early 1970s. Although the single reached the #1 spot on disco/dance chart for one week. The single peaked at #93 on the soul chart, where The Originals had found their... " |
47 | 93 | 1 | ||||
| 1977 | "Call on Your Six-Million Dollar Man" | — | — | 6 | |||
| 1978 | "Temporarily Out of Order" | — | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "Blue Moon Blue Moon (song) "Blue Moon"'s first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1956. His cover version of the song was included on his self-titled debut album Elvis Presley.... " |
— | — | — | |||
| "J-E-A-L-O-U-S (Means I Love You)" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | "Waitin' on a Letter"/"Mr. Postman Please Mr. Postman "Please Mr. Postman" is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr... " (medley) |
— | 74 | — | |||
| 1982 | "Baby, I'm for Real - '82" (feat. Hank Dixon) | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||
As backing vocalists
- 1966: "Function at the Junction" (Shorty LongShorty LongFrederick Earl "Shorty" Long was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint...
; Tamla) - 1966: "What Becomes of the BrokenheartedWhat Becomes of the Brokenhearted"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the brokenhearted, and their struggle to overcome their sadness so that they...
" (Jimmy RuffinJimmy RuffinJimmy Ruffin is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."-Life:...
; Soul) - 1968: "Twenty-Five MilesTwenty-Five Miles"Twenty-Five Miles" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Edwin Starr for Starr's second album, 25 Miles . The song reached #6 on the US singles charts, and #36 in the UK...
" (Edwin StarrEdwin StarrEdwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...
; Gordy) - 1968: "Does Your Mama Know About Me" (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers; Gordy)
- 1968: "Malinda" (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers; Gordy)
- 1968: "For Once In My LifeFor Once in My Life"For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song...
" (Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
; Tamla) - 1968: "ChainedChained (Marvin Gaye song)"Chained" is a 1968 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.Written and produced by Frank Wilson, the song, much like his previous hit, "You", directed the singer towards a grittier and funkier musical element than his previous hits....
" (Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
; Tamla) - 1969: "Yester-Me, Yester-You, YesterdayYester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album My Cherie Amour. The song continued Wonder's success on the pop charts...
" (Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
; Tamla) - 1969: "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)"My Whole World Ended " is the solo debut single for former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, released on Motown Records in early 1969 . The song was written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer, and James Roach, with its melody and intro based upon the classical music piece...
" (David RuffinDavid RuffinDavis Eli "David" Ruffin was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968...
; Motown) - 1970: "War" (Edwin Star; Gordy)
- 1973: "Just to Keep You SatisfiedJust to Keep You Satisfied"Just to Keep You Satisfied" is a song by soul singer Marvin Gaye. The song was the b-side to Marvin's modest 1974 hit, "You Sure Love to Ball" and was the eighth and final song issued on the singer's 1973 album, Let's Get It On.-Background:...
" (from the album "Let's Get It OnLet's Get It OnLet's Get It On is the twelfth studio album by American soul musician Marvin Gaye, released August 28, 1973, on Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles...
"; Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
; Tamla)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
External links
- The Originals on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- The Originals on SoulExpress
- The Originals at SoulTracks
- The Originals at Yahoo! MusicYahoo! MusicYahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming...