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Playboy (The Marvelettes album)

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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
The Marvelettes

Label
  
Tamla

Recorded
  
Hitsville USA; 1962

Release date
  
1962

Genres
  
Pop music, Rhythm and blues

Producers
  
William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Robert Bateman

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The marvelettes mix it up


Playboy is the third album by Motown girl group, The Marvelettes, released to capitalize on their hit singles "Playboy" and "Beechwood 4-5789", in 1962. It also includes the single "Someday, Someway" and "Forever", a heartfelt standard that would be released the following year as the B-side of the single "Locking Up My Heart" and join the A-side on the charts. Other compositions include "Goddess of Love", "Cry Over You", and "Mix It Up". George Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Marvin Gaye, who had produced "Beechwood 4-5789" all did some work on the Playboy LP as well.

Contents

Track listing

Superscript denotes lead singer: (a) Gladys Horton, (b) Wanda Young

Side 1
  1. "Playboy" (Gladys Horton, Brian Holland, William Stevenson, Robert Bateman) a
  2. "Mix It Up" (William Stevenson) a
  3. "Beechwood 4-5789" (Marvin Gaye, George Gordy) a
  4. "I'm Hooked" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) a
  5. "I Think I Can Change You" (William Robinson) a
Side 2
  1. "Forever" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Freddie Gorman) b
  2. "Someday, Someway" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Freddie Gorman) a
  3. "Goddess of Love" (Lamont Dozier) b
  4. "You Should Know" (Brian Holland, Janie Bradford, Stanley Ossman) a
  5. "(I've Got To) Cry Over You" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) a

Personnel

  • Gladys Horton - Lead and background vocals
  • Wanda Young - Lead and background vocals
  • Georgeanna Tillman - Background vocals
  • Katherine Anderson - Background vocals
  • Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart - Background vocals
  • Marvin Gaye - Producer
  • William "Mickey" Stevenson - Producer
  • George Gordy - Producer
  • The Funk Brothers - Instrumentals

    • Songs

    1Playboy2:48
    2Mix It Up2:56
    3Beechwood 4-57892:14

    References

    Playboy (The Marvelettes album) Wikipedia
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