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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 ...
"Games People Play" featured guest vocalist Evette L. Benton [13] (though producer Bell disputed this in a UK-based interview, claiming Evette's line was actually group member Henry Fambrough – his voice sped up), [14] and led to the nickname "Mister 12:45" for bass singer Jackson, after his signature vocal line on the song. Now at the height ...
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 ...
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 ...
Music. "Games People Play" (The Alan Parsons Project song), 1980. "Games People Play" (Joe South song), 1968; covered by Inner Circle, 1994. "Games People Play" (The Spinners song), also known as "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)", 1975. Games People Play (album), a 1993 album by Pink Cream 69. The Games People Play (Paul Lamb ...
Years active. 1954–2013. Robert Steel Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013), [1] professionally known as Bobby Smith, also spelled Bobbie, was an American R&B singer notable as the principal lead singer of the classic Motown /Philly group, The Spinners [2][3] (also known as the Detroit Spinners or the Motown Spinners), throughout its history.
The Spinners singles chronology. "I'm Coming Home". (1974) " Then Came You ". (1974) "Love Don't Love Nobody (Part 1)" " Then Came You " is a 1974 song recorded by American soul singer Dionne Warwick and American R&B group The Spinners. It was credited to Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners (from 1971 to 1975, Warwick added a final 'e' to her last ...