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Marvin Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 [1] – May 16, 1993) [2] was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. He was influential in the development of the Motown style of music, primarily for the song "Come to Me," which was the first record issued by Tamla Records, the precursor to the famous label.
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MARE 27 - Darryl Pandy - "Put My Love on the Line" (1987) MARE 28 - The Velvelettes - "Needle in a Haystack" (1987) MARE 29 - Carol Jiani - "Turning My Back and Walking Away" (1987) MARE 30 - Marv Johnson and Carolyn Gill - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1987) MARE 31 - Evelyn Thomas - "Standing at the Crossroads" (1987)
After discovering Johnson, he convinced him to sign with Tamla and in February 1959, the 20-year-old Johnson co-wrote and recorded the song, "Come to Me". Gordy assembled several musicians, including bassist James Jamerson and drummer Benny Benjamin , and background vocalists the Rayber Voices, to contribute to the song with Johnson.
"You Got What It Takes" is a 1959 single by Marv Johnson. In the US it reached number 2 on the Black Singles chart, and number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1960. [2] [3] In the UK Singles Chart it reached a high of number 7. [4] The original recording of "You Got What It Takes" was by Bobby Parker on Vee-Jay 279 in 1958. Parker claims ...
It was the origin of the song “Roundball Rock,” which Tesh estimates was played 12,000 times during game coverage as the NBA on NBC theme from 1990 to 2002. ... “I was trying to put ideas ...
Part of the reason that films like “Red One” cost so much is that actors like Johnson weren’t just earning their standard $20 million fees for starring in the film, but they were adding ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (Marv Johnson song), 1959 "Come to Me" ... by Damien Leith from Night of My Life, 2006