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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.
The album features Carpenters' "original vocal and instrumental tracks" accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard Carpenter served as the album's producer, arranger and conductor. [4] The Target store exclusive CD and the Japanese release has "Please Mr. Postman" as a bonus track. [citation needed]
This is a comprehensive list of songs written or performed by pop duo the Carpenters, featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter. This list includes official studio albums, live albums, solo albums, and notable compilations that feature rare or unreleased material.
The Carpenters' version of this song leaves out lyrics included in the original. "Desperado" was originally recorded by Eagles in 1973 for the album of the same name. Several others have recorded this song, including Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, and Kenny Rogers. Because the song was already well-known, A&M decided not to release the song as a ...
Richard Carpenter also changed the bridge and chord structure, changes Williams felt detracted from the song and he believed that The Carpenters would have greater success if they had recorded the song unchanged. [2] The song was recorded as a tract for The Carpenters' album A Song for You, and was released two years later as a single in the US ...
The Singles: 1969–1981 is a compilation of the Carpenters' music released by Richard Carpenter in 2000. [2]The album contains all of the tracks from The Singles: 1969–1973.
In 1975, the Carpenters had a hit with a remake of the Marvelettes' chart-topping 1961 single, "Please Mr. Postman". The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January and became the duo's third and final No. 1 pop single. [97] It also earned Karen and Richard their record-setting twelfth million-selling gold single in the US. [75]
The duo also returns to the Marvelettes' songbag, which brought its most recent gold single, "Please Mr. Postman," for "Beechwood 4- 5789." Daryl Dragon of the Captain & Tenille, once the Carpenters' chief rival for the MOR crown, contributes the synthesizer programming to "(Want You) Back In My Life Again," a punchy, midtempo Doobie-esque ...