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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.
It was featured on his 1960 album More Marv Johnson. [3] The song ranked #65 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960. [4] Other versions
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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 ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
Note - SZA's "Kill Bill" charted every week of 2023 through December 2, 2023, and most likely could have charted all 52 weeks despite Billboard's recurrent rules, due to holiday songs taking up much of the Hot 100 and pushing many non-holiday songs off the chart. Once the holiday season ended, "Kill Bill" returned to the Hot 100 in early 2024.
"Come to Me" (Berry Gordy, Jr. and Marv Johnson) "Whisper" (Gordy and Johnson) Marv Johnson: Tamla 101 United States "I Can't Concentrate" (Wade Jones) "Insane" (Gordy and William Robinson) Wade Jones: Rayber RA 1001 United States February 1959 "Merry-Go-Round" "It Moves Me" Eddie Holland: Tamla 102 United States April 1959 "Let's Rock" "Do the ...