Motown Legends: Just My Imagination/Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

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

Tracklist

1CD
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1Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
producer:
Norman Whitfield
lead vocals:
Eddie Kendricks (from 1970-01-24 until 1970-12-03)
vocals:
The Temptations (Motown soul vocal group) (from 1970-11-24 until 1970-12-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1971), Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1971), Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1971) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Golden World in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1970-11-24 until 1970-12-03)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 233) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 389)
recording of:
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) (from 1970-11-24 until 1970-12-03)
lyricist:
Barrett Strong
composer:
Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music
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2Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
producer:
Norman Whitfield
lead vocals:
David Ruffin (soul singer, member of The Temptations)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966)
recording of:
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
writer:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team) and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Stone Agate Music
32:22
3What You Need Most (I Do Best of All)
arranger:
James Carmichael
recording of:
What You Need Most (I Do Best of All)
writer:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Damon Harris, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
publisher:
Stone Diamond Music Corporation
3:22
4A Song for You
executive producer:
Berry Gordy
producer:
Jeffrey Bowen
lead vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer)
horn arranger and strings arranger:
James Carmichael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1975)
recorded at and mixed at:
Motown Recording Studio (recording and mastering studios in West Hollywood, CA) in West Hollywood, California, United States
cover recording of:
A Song for You
lyricist and composer:
Leon Russell
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music, Skyhill Pub. Co., Inc. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
24:38
5Darling, Stand by Me (Song for My Woman)
recording of:
Darling, Stand by Me (Song for My Woman)
writer:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
publisher:
Stone Diamond Music Corporation
3:47
6It’s Growing
producer:
Smokey Robinson
background vocals:
The Andantes
lead vocals:
David Ruffin (soul singer, member of The Temptations)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1965)
recording of:
It’s Growing
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore and Smokey Robinson
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
22:57
7I’m on Fire (Body Song)
recording of:
I’m on Fire (Body Song)
writer:
Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants) and Benjamin Wright
4:24
8There’s No Stopping (Till We Set the Whole World Rockin’)5:02
9For Once in My Life
cover recording of:
For Once in My Life
lyricist:
Ronald Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
composer:
Orlando Murden
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette Music (UK) Ltd., Stein & Van Stock, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
3:06
10Let Me Count the Ways (I Love You)
recording of:
Let Me Count the Ways (I Love You)
writer:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
3:57
11If I Don’t Love You This Way
cover recording of:
If I Don’t Love You This Way
writer:
Pam Sawyer (British‐born American lyricist and songwriter) and Leon Ware (US singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, keyboardist)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
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