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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 ( Motown ) label, [ 3 ] notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The album art for "Please Mr. Postman" did not contain any images of The Marvelettes, because including African-American artists on album covers did not become customary until around 1963. Please Mr. Postman received mainly negative reviews as it was believed to have been "too rushed" so that the focal track's success could be capitalized.
The album's first single, "Please Mr. Postman" (released some seven months earlier), became the album's biggest hit single and the Carpenters' biggest hit single worldwide. It reached no. 1 in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa, no. 2 in the UK and Ireland. [ 3 ]
The following month, the group recorded "Please Mr. Postman", which was polished by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman and Freddie Gorman, another songwriting partner of Holland (before Holland became part of the Holland–Dozier–Holland team), who moonlighted as a mailman, [2] as well as the song "So Long Baby", sung by Wanda. [3]
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]
In 1975, the Carpenters had a hit with a remake of the Marvelettes' chart-topping 1961 single, "Please Mr. Postman". The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January and became the duo's third and final No. 1 pop single. [97] It also earned Karen and Richard their record-setting twelfth million-selling gold single in the US. [75]
Spencer, Gaines, Hunter, and Dixon (at one time or another) were also members of the Voice Masters. As a member of the Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing-production team (before Holland–Dozier–Holland), Gorman (as a mailman) was one of the co-writers of Motown's first number 1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", recorded by the Marvelettes.
The Japanese release has "Please Mr. Postman" as a bonus track. [4] Richard Carpenter served as the album's arranger, conductor and co-producer. [5] The Royal Philharmonic recorded its portions at Abbey Road Studio. The album was completed at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.