Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Hits List: Marvelettes

You know them for the original "Please Mr. Postman", which by the way became the first #1 song ever on Motown Records.  The Marvelettes also had another two Top 10 songs and several popular songs on the much-smaller R&B genre.  Here is their complete Hits List:

1961:  "Please Mr. Postman" (#1, #1 R&B)
          "Twistin' Postman" (#34, #13 R&B)
1962:  "Playboy" (#7, #4 R&B)
          "Beechwood 4-5789" (#17, #7 R&B)
          "Someday, Someway" (#8 R&B)
          "Strange I Know" (#49, #10 R&B)
1963:  "Locking Up My Heart" (#44, #25)
          "Forever" (#44, #24 R&B)
          "My Daddy Knows Best" (#67)
          "As Long as I Know He's Mine" (#47)
          "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye"
1964:  "He's a Good Guy (Yes He Is)" (#55)
          "You're My Remedy" (#48)
          "Too Many Fish in the Sea" (#25, #15 R&B)
1965:  "I'll Keep Holding On" (#34, #11 R&B)
1966:  "Don't Mess With Bill" (#7, #3 R&B)
          "You're the One" (#48, #20 R&B)

1967:  "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (#13, #2 R&B)
          "When You're Young and in Love" (#23, #9 R&B, #13 U.K.)
1968:  "My Baby Must Be a Magician" (#17, #8 R&B)
          "Here I am Baby" (#44, #14 R&B)
          "Destination:  Anywhere" (#63, #28 R&B)
          "What's Easy for Two Is So Hard for One"
1969:  "I'm Gonna' Hold on as Long as I Can" (#76)
          "That's How Heartaches are Made" (#97)
1970:  "Marionette"
1971:  "A Breath-Taking Guy"

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