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  2. Please Mr. Postman - Wikipedia

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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 label, [3] notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

  3. Please Mr. Postman (album) - Wikipedia

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    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 ".

  4. Feel It Still - Wikipedia

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    "Feel It Still" is a song by American rock band Portugal. The Man.The song draws on the melody from the Marvelettes' 1961 hit "Please Mr. Postman"; [4] [5] written by the band along with producers John Hill and Asa Taccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for Motown songwriter Brian Holland.

  5. The Marvelettes - Wikipedia

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    To follow up on this success, Motown had the group record "Twistin' Postman" to take advantage of the twist dance craze and the re-release of Chubby Checker's "The Twist". [3] The song eventually peaked at number 34 on the pop chart in early 1962. Before the end of 1961, Tamla issued the first Marvelettes album, also named Please Mr. Postman ...

  6. Mashed Potato Time - Wikipedia

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    The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move, which was a fad. It was one of several songs that at that time that referenced the dance, another being James Brown's "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." [1] The Marvelettes song "Please Mr. Postman" is mentioned in the lyrics and is copied in the

  7. The Originals (group) - Wikipedia

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    The latter disc, from 1970s Portrait of the Originals, sold more than one million copies and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. [3] Both songs became seminal soul music recordings, and both have since been covered: 1990s R&B group After 7 re-recorded "Baby, I'm for Real" and made it a hit again in 1992, while another 1990s R&B group ...

  8. Robert Bateman (songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. The Singles: 1969–1981 - Wikipedia

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    "Please Mr. Postman" (1991 Remix) (from Horizon) – 2:47 "I Need to Be in Love" (1990 Remix) (from A Kind of Hush) – 3:49 "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (from A Song for You) – 4:29 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1991 Remix) (from Close to You) – 3:40 "For All We Know" (Reprise) (from the TV special Tom Jones London Bridge Special ...