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The Spinners singles chronology. "Sadie". (1975) " Games People Play ". (1975) "Love or Leave". (1975) " 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 ...
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).
Release. "Games People Play" is a protest song whose lyrics speak against various forms of hatred, hypocrisy, inhumanity, intolerance, and irresponsibility, in both interpersonal and social interactions between people. [citation needed] Billboard favorably reviewed the song some three months after its release and eight weeks before it finally ...
Pick of the Litter is generally considered the last of the quartet of classic Bell-produced studio albums the Spinners released between 1973 and 1975, and to mark the end of the most creative phase of the group’s career – while future releases would have memorable moments, contemporary critical opinion is that none of the group’s later material matches the enduring quality and top-notch ...
Thom Bell. The Spinners chronology. Happiness Is Being with the Spinners. (1976) Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow. (1977) 8. (1977) Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow is a studio album by American soul vocal group the Spinners, released in 1977.
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love. " Could It Be I'm Falling in Love " is a 1972 song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK). It was co-written by Melvin and Mervin Steals, two songwriter brothers working for Atlantic, who were sometimes credited as "Mystro and Lyric." [2]
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Joe South. Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose Garden".