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Johnson remained with Motown, working on sales and promotion, in the 1970s. [1] He also wrote songs for Tyrone Davis and Johnnie Taylor. [6] He co-wrote the Dells’ R&B hit "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation", which peaked at number 3 on the R&B chart and number 34 on the Hot 100 in 1973. Johnson continued to write songs at Motown way into the ...
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 ...
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.
Dicky Doo & The Don'ts released a version of the song on their 1960 album Teen Scene. [5] Mary Wells released a version of the song on her 1961 album Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance. Millie released a version of the song as a single in 1964 in the UK, but it did not chart. [6]
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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.
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.
Song title Artist Label and number Country A Side B Side January 1959 [1] "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"