![]() ![]() Richard "Popcorn" Wylie – piano on "Please Mr.The Funk Brothers – other instrumentation:.Raynoma Liles Gordy – Musitron and Ondioline on "I Want a Guy" Postman Song by The Marvelettes from the English album Motown: Ladies First.Brian Holland and Robert Bateman – producers.Wanda Young – lead and background vocals.Gladys Horton – lead and background vocals."Oh I Apologize" (Berry Gordy, William Robinson) a Postman spent almost half a year on the US chart, hitting No.1 in December 1961 an impressive result for a girl group from Inkster, Michigan, on its first visit to a recording."Whisper" (Berry Gordy, Marv Johnson) b."All the Love I Got" (Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford) a."You Don't Want Me No More" (Berry Gordy) a." Way Over There" (Berry Gordy, William Robinson) a."I Know How It Feels" ( Janie Bradford, Robert Bateman, Richard Wylie) b."So Long Baby" (James Young, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) b.Postman" ( Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) a " I Want a Guy" ( Brian Holland, Freddie Gorman, Berry Gordy) b."Angel" ( Sonny Sanders, Robert Bateman) b.Superscript identifies lead singer: (a) Gladys Horton, or (b) Wanda Young Side 1 Each additional print is 4. All of the tracks from the album can be found on the Hip-O Select deluxe compilation CD Forever: The Complete Motown Albums. Postman By The Marvelettes - Digital Sheet Music Price: 5.79 Includes 1 print + interactive copy. Postman received mainly negative reviews as it was believed to have been "too rushed" so that the focal track's success could be capitalized. Postman" did not contain any images of The Marvelettes, because including African-American artists on album covers did not become customary until around 1963. Other songs on the album include "Oh I Apologize", produced by Smokey Robinson, who would produce much of the group's later material, and "Angel," an early lead for Wanda Young who would later take Gladys Horton's place as the group's main lead singer. Postman." Although the original version by The Supremes flopped, The Marvelettes' cover became a regional hit. The album notably features cover versions of label mates The Miracles' " Way Over There" and " I Want a Guy", which was the debut single for fellow Motown girl group The Supremes the same year, and their cover had served as the b-side to " Twistin' Postman" the less successful follow-up to "Please Mr. The focal track is the number-one hit single, " Please Mr. Postman is the 1961 studio debut album from Motown girl group The Marvelettes and the sixth album ever released by the company. ![]()
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