The Essential Collection

~ Release by The Marvelettes (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1I Just Can’t Let Him Down
3:02
2On the Other Side of Town
2:18
3Maybe I Dried My Tears for the Last Time
2:54
4Because I Love Him
2:41
5When I Need You
3:13
6Reachin’ for Something I Can’t Have
recording of:
Reachin’ for Something I Can’t Have
writer:
James Dean (US soul songwriter), Cato Weatherspoon and William Weatherspoon
2:45
7When You’re Young and in Love
recording of:
When You’re Young and in Love
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co.
2:39
8Our Lips Seem to Rhyme Every Time
3:13
9Caught You Puttin’ the Game on Love
2:42
10I Have Someone (Who Loves Me Too)
2:58
11I Need Someone
2:42
12Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
recording of:
Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter, Clarence Paul and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music
2:24
13Please Mr Postman
producer:
Robert Bateman (R&B singer/songwriter/record producer) and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
bass:
James Jamerson (in 1961-04)
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961-04) and Marvin Gaye (in 1961-04)
guitar:
Eddie Willis (in 1961-04)
handclaps:
Katherine Anderson (United States motown singer) (in 1961-04), Wyanetta “Juanita” Cowart (in 1961-04), Georgeanna Tillman (in 1961-04) and Wanda Young (aka Wanda Young, singer in The Marvelettes) (in 1961-04)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1961-04)
percussion:
Eddie “Bongo” Brown (in 1961-04)
piano:
Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie (Pianist, singer, producer, band director and songwriter) (in 1961-04)
background vocals:
Katherine Anderson (United States motown singer) (in 1961-04), Wyanetta “Juanita” Cowart (in 1961-04), Gladys Horton (in 1961-04), Georgeanna Tillman (in 1961-04) and Wanda Young (aka Wanda Young, singer in The Marvelettes) (in 1961-04)
lead vocals:
Gladys Horton (in 1961-04)
recorded at and mixed at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1961-04)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 10), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 331) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 410)
recording of:
Please Mr. Postman (in 1961-04)
writer:
Robert Bateman (R&B singer/songwriter/record producer) (in 1961), Georgia Dobbins (in 1961), William Garrett (in 1961), Freddie Gorman (in 1961) and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) (in 1961)
publisher:
Dominion Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
4.62:29
14Sugar’s Never Been as Sweet as You
3:06
15The Boy From Crosstown
2:50
16Your Cheating Ways
recording of:
Your Cheating Ways
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:58
17Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye
recording of:
Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
2:17
18Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
recording of:
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:25

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Release

ASIN:US: B00004NJNI [info]