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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.
Please Mr. Postman is the 1961 studio debut album from Motown girl group The Marvelettes and the sixth album ever released by the company. The focal track is the number-one hit single, " Please Mr. Postman ".
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was one of the founding members of vocal group the Satintones in Detroit, Michigan, in 1957.Bateman was the bass singer. [2] In 1959, the group made their first recordings for Motown, and Bateman did additional work for the company as a backing singer and engineer. [3]
Dick and Dee Dee released a version of the song on their 1962 album Tell Me - The Mountain's High. [8]The Marvelettes, whose hit "Please Mr. Postman" was mentioned in the lyrics, covered this song on their 1962 album The Marvelettes Sing.
Spencer, Gaines, Hunter, and Dixon (at one time or another) were also members of the Voice Masters. As a member of the Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing-production team (before Holland–Dozier–Holland), Gorman (as a mailman) was one of the co-writers of Motown's first number 1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", recorded by the Marvelettes.
Among the recordings Willis performed on are "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by The Temptations, "You Keep Me Hanging On" by The Supremes, and "I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder. Influences for Willis included Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery, and Albert King.
"Please Mr. Please " is a song written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill , both members of British pop singer Cliff Richard 's backing band, The Shadows . [ 1 ] Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974 [ 2 ] with no commercial success.
"Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by the Marvelettes for Motown Records' Tamla label. [1] Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by Wanda Young.