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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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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
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.
This was the first time an outside arranger was employed on a Motown release. Ironically, while Everybody's Got to Pay Some Dues was one of The Miracles' best early hits, it is also one of the least acclaimed: only one cover version is known...by fellow Motown artist, Marv Johnson , who recorded a version in 1967.
"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 ...
A Cellarful of Motown! is a series of compilation albums of Motown rarities, containing versions of known songs by alternative artists, as well as demos of songs that were not released at the time, but had been shelved for various reasons. Compiled by Paul Nixon the series ran for 4 volumes before being cancelled by Universal Records.
Marv Johnson "Mikaljon" (Mike Ossman, Al Abrams, John O'Den) 9 2 35 "All I Could Do Was Cry" Etta James: Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo: 33 2 - "Ain't Gonna Be That Way" Marv Johnson Marv Johnson: 74 - 50 "All the Love I Got" Marv Johnson Brian Holland, Janie Bradford: 63 - - "Who's the Fool" Singin' Sammy Ward: Smokey Robinson - 23 - "(You've Got to ...