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"Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland and Robert Bateman. It is the debut single by the Marvelettes for the Tamla ( Motown ) label, [ 3 ] notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Please Mr. Postman is the 1961 studio debut album from Motown girl group The Marvelettes and the sixth album ever released by the company. The focal track is the number-one hit single, " Please Mr. Postman ".
Before the end of 1961, Tamla issued the first Marvelettes album, also named Please Mr. Postman, but it failed to chart. [3] The group's next single, "Playboy", [3] marked the second time one of their singles was written by a band member, this time by Gladys Horton. Like "Postman", the song was retooled by other writers and upon its release in ...
Now That's What I Call Motown is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.)Now That's What I Call Music! series and was released on January 13, 2009. Released by Universal Motown Records to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Motown Records, the album is made up of songs exclusively from the original Motown label.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was one of the founding members of vocal group the Satintones in Detroit, Michigan, in 1957.Bateman was the bass singer. [2] In 1959, the group made their first recordings for Motown, and Bateman did additional work for the company as a backing singer and engineer. [3]
"Twistin' Postman" is a song recorded by Motown singing group The Marvelettes, who released it in 1961, and was the follow-up to their smash debut single, "Please Mr. Postman". Background [ edit ]
Most of his songs of the period were co-written and produced with Robert Bateman, who had previously been the co-writer and co-producer of the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" at Motown. [ 7 ] Courtney left Pop-Side in 1968 and released singles on various other labels including Verve ("Do the Horse", 1968), Buddah ("Let Me Turn You On", 1969 ...
"Feel It Still" is a song by American rock band Portugal. The Man.The song draws on the melody from the Marvelettes' 1961 hit "Please Mr. Postman"; [4] [5] written by the band along with producers John Hill and Asa Taccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for Motown songwriter Brian Holland.