The Original Spinners
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| The Original Spinners | ||||
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Studio album by The Spinners | ||||
| Released | August 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1961 - Summer 1967 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 32:24 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Harvey Fuqua, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy | |||
The Spinners chronology | ||||
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The Original Spinners (released in the UK as The Detroit Spinners) is the 1967 debut album by The Spinners for Motown Records. The LP includes the group's earliest singles on the label (such as Top 20 R&B hits "I'll Always Love You" and "Truly Yours"), as well as their first ever single "That's What Girls Are Made For" (which was released on the already defunct Tri-Phi Record label). None of the group's other material from Tri-Phi appear on this album.
The lineup on the cover features Bobby Smith, Edgar "Chico" Edwards, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, and Pervis Jackson. Former member George Dixon (who is not pictured on the album because of his departure back in 1963) actually only appears on "That's What Girls Are Made For", The other tracks all feature Edwards. This is both Dixon's and Edwards' only appearance on an Spinners studio album (Edwards would leave the group soon after this production of this album was completed).
The album notes state that members Bobby Smith and Edgar "Chico" Edwards shares most of the lead vocals on stage. However other than "Tomorrow May Never Come", where he does the lead vocal in unison with Smith (who also leads all the remaining tracks on this album) and Henry Fambrough, Edwards does not have any other leads on this album.
Contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 References
5 External links
Track listing[edit]
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "That's What Girls Are Made For" | Harvey Fuqua, Gwen Gordy Fuqua | 2:57 |
| 2. | "I'll Always Love You" | William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter | 2:43 |
| 3. | "Truly Yours" | Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson | 2:58 |
| 4. | "For All We Know" | Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots | 2:53 |
| 5. | "It Hurts To Be in Love" | Berry Gordy, Jr., Robert Gordy | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Tomorrow May Never Come" | Harvey Fuqua, Thomas Kemp | 2:27 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 7. | "Sweet Thing" | William "Mickey" Stevenson | 2:40 |
| 8. | "I Cross My Heart" | Ivy Jo Hunter | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Where Is That Girl" | Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Like a Good Man Should" | William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore | 2:15 |
| 11. | "How Can I" | Harvey Fuqua, Gwen Gordy Fuqua | 2:38 |
| 12. | "I Just Can't Help But Feel the Pain" | Clyde Wilson, Harvey Fuqua | 2:35 |
Personnel[edit]
Bobby Smith: lead and background vocals
Henry Fambrough: lead ("Tomorrow May Never Come") and background vocals
Billy Henderson: background vocals
Pervis Jackson: background vocals- Edgar "Chico" Edwards: lead ("Tomorrow May Never Come") and background vocals (all tracks except "That's What Girls Are Made For")
George Dixon: background vocals ("That's What Girls Are Made For" only)
The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps): background vocals (some tracks)
Harvey Fuqua: producer, album producer
Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson: producer, album producer
Berry Gordy, Jr.: producer
Smokey Robinson: producer
The Funk Brothers: instrumentation
Charts[edit]
- Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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US [2] | US R&B [2] | ||
| 1961 | "That's What Girls Are For" | 27 | 5 |
| 1965 | "I'll Always Love You" | 35 | 8 |
| 1966 | "Truly Yours" | 111 | 16 |
References[edit]
^ Hamilton, Andrew. "The Original Spinners". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-20..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ab "US Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
External links[edit]
The Original Spinners at Discogs (list of releases)
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