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"Jimmy Mack" is a pop/soul song that in 1967 became a hit single by Martha and the Vandellas for Motown's Gordy imprint. Written and produced by Motown's main creative team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Jimmy Mack" was the final Top 10 pop hit for the Vandellas in the United States, peaking at No.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 and at No.1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. [3]
The Pearls' first records were cover versions of the 1960s songs "Third Finger Left Hand" (a b-side from the Martha and the Vandellas hit single "Jimmy Mack"), The Ronettes "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" [3] and their take on the Stylistics track "You Are Everything ". They all made the UK top 50.
Third Finger, Left Hand is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas and Raymond Walburn.The screenplay concerns a woman who pretends to be married to fend off would-be suitors and jealous wives, then has to live with her deception when she meets an artist who pretends to be her husband.
Her best works were religious poems and simple lyrics. She wore a plain gold ring on the third finger of her left hand, the first piece of precious metal she received for one of her poems. Thayer was not only a writer of lyrical poetry, but occasionally wrote prose, and was also a fine musician.
This song has an appearance in the 1931 film Tarnished Lady by George Cukor starring Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook.. In the 1940 film Third Finger, Left Hand starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas, "Siboney" is played in the nightclub scene by the band.
Watchout! is the fourth studio album and fifth album overall by Martha and the Vandellas, released on the Gordy label in 1966.The album included the top 10 hit singles, "I'm Ready for Love" and "Jimmy Mack" and the ballad single, "What Am I Gonna Do Without Your Love?".
"Third Finger, Left Hand" Martha and the Vandellas - - - 1972: The Pearls, #31 UK "Bernadette" The Four Tops 4 3 8 1972: The Four Tops, #23 UK (reissue) "The Happening" The Supremes 1 12 6 Written by Holland, Dozier, Holland, and Frank De Vol 1967: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, #32 US "7 Rooms of Gloom" The Four Tops 14 10 12
"You Came, You Saw, You Conquered!" is a 1969 song by the Ronettes. It was their final charting U.S. hit, reaching #108 Billboard and #92 Cash Box. [1] In Canada, the song peaked at #73 for two weeks. [2]