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"My Girl" climbed to the top of the U.S. pop charts on March 6, 1965, after its Christmas time 1964 release, making it the Temptations' first number 1 hit. The single was also the first number 1 hit on the reinstated Billboard R&B Singles chart, which had gone on a fifteen-month hiatus from 1963 to 1965. [ 14 ]
"Girl" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by John Lennon [3] [4] and credited to Lennon–McCartney. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album. [5] [6] "Girl" is considered to be one of the most melancholic and complex of the Beatles' earlier love songs. [7]
Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein, [1] May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song "It's My Party", a US number one in 1963.
(1965) " It's Growing " is a 1965 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy ( Motown ) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States , on which it peaked at number 18.
"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [ 2 ]
"My Baby" is a 1965 hit single recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson , Bobby Rogers , and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop hit in the United States , and a top 5 hit on the R&B charts.
In 1985, a live version (part of a medley with "My Girl") was released by Hall & Oates featuring David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks, reaching number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart, number 40 on the R&B chart, [14] and number 24 on the pop chart. [15] The single was nominated for a Grammy Award. [4]
When the song was first written, Lennon used "two-foot tall" to rhyme with the "wall" in the first verse, but mistakenly said "two-foot small" when he sang the line to McCartney, and decided to keep it this way.