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Sung as a duet with Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith and the Spinners, who were one of the most popular groups of the decade, the song became Warwick's first ever single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 [2] and also became her highest-charting R&B record of the 1970s, reaching number two on that chart, behind Barry White's ...
The song also reached the Top 3 of Billboard′s R&B and Easy Listening charts. The Spinners hit the Top 10 twice in the next two years with the Smith and Jackson-led "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" (Billboard number 5) and the Wynne-led "The Rubberband Man" (Billboard number 2).
In 1995, rapper Rappin' 4-Tay released his own version of the song as the second single from his second album. This rendition replaced the song's original lyrics with those written by Rappin' 4-Tay, though it sampled the original and retained the chorus, for which The Spinners were credited as featured artists.
"Games People Play", also known as " ' They Just Can't Stop It' The (Games People Play)", is a song recorded by American R&B vocal group The Spinners. Released in 1975 from their Pick of the Litter album, featuring lead vocals by Bobby Smith , it was a crossover success, spending a week at number one on the US Hot Soul Singles chart and peaking ...
The song was written and produced by Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons. Recorded at Philly's Sigma Sound Studios and released as the third single from their 1974 New and Improved album on Atlantic Records , "Sadie" would chart at number #7 on the U.S. R&B Singles Chart , [ 1 ] their 10th consecutive Top 10 Atlantic single on ...
The song was recorded for inclusion on the group's 1972 self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records. It was also the A-side of the group's first single release on Atlantic in July 1972. It was the first Spinners hit to feature lead vocals by Philippé Wynne (with Henry Fambrough on close harmony, [1] both of their vocals were multitracked).
The Best of the Spinners: 124 37 — Motown: 1977 Smash Hits — — 37 Atlantic: 1978 The Best of the Spinners: 115 56 — 1991 A One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology — — — 1993 The Very Best of the Spinners — — — Rhino: 1997 The Very Best of the Spinners, Vol. 2 — — — 2000 Their Early Years — — — Tri-Phi 2001 ...
"Truly Yours" is a 1966 song and single by the Spinners for the Motown label. Co-written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter, the single became the Detroit-reared group's second to chart on the company label, and the fourth to chart altogether.