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  1. "Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by #GeorgiaDobbins, William Garrett, #FreddieGorman, #BrianHolland and #RobertBateman. It was the debut single by #girlGroup #theMarvelettes for the #Tamla (#Motown) label and is famous for being the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the #RAndBChart as well. The song has been #covered several times.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jNn_UoI97GU

  2. "Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by #GeorgiaDobbins, William Garrett, #FreddieGorman, #BrianHolland and #RobertBateman. It was the debut single by #girlGroup #theMarvelettes for the #Tamla (#Motown) label and is famous for being the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the #RAndBChart as well. The song has been #covered several times.
    youtube.com/watch?v=DxT9MPINMRM

  3. "Mickey's Monkey" is a 1963 song recorded by the R&B group #theMiracles on #Motown Records' #Tamla label. It was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of #BrianHolland, #LamontDozier, and #EddieHolland, who later went on to write two more Miracles hit singles, the Top 40 "#IGottaDanceToKeepFromCrying", and the Top 20 "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need". This was an unusual writing situation for the Miracles.
    youtube.com/watch?v=GS_Q7B6f1zQ

  4. "How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)" is a song by the American #soul singer #MarvinGaye. #Motown issued the song as a single on its #Tamla label in November 1964, and in January 1965 it appeared as the title track of Gaye's fifth studio album. The song was written in 1964 by the Motown songwriting team of #HollandDozierHolland, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier.
    youtube.com/watch?v=MEI1FIXstqw

  5. "Feel It Still" is a song by American #rock band #PortugalTheMan. The song draws on the melody from #theMarvelettes' 1961 hit "#PleaseMrPostman"; written by the band along with producers #JohnHill and #AsaTaccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for #Motown songwriter #BrianHolland. It serves as the second single and first radio single off their eighth studio album, #Woodstock. The song reached number one on the US #AlternativeSongs, Mexican.
    youtube.com/watch?v=932n5qEyOsk

  6. "Feel It Still" is a song by American #rock band #PortugalTheMan. The song draws on the melody from #theMarvelettes' 1961 hit "#PleaseMrPostman"; written by the band along with producers #JohnHill and #AsaTaccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for #Motown songwriter #BrianHolland. It serves as the second single and first radio single off their eighth studio album, #Woodstock. The song reached number one on the US #AlternativeSongs, Mexican.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8

  7. "Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the #FourTops for the #Motown label. The song was written and composed by #HollandDozierHolland, Motown's main songwriting team, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier. #Billboard described the song as a "hard-driving rocker" with an "outstanding performance by the group." #CashBox called the single a "pulsating Detroit lid underscored by that steady, danceable rhythm." The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
    youtube.com/watch?v=G9KEycAFI3M

  8. "Mickey's Monkey" is a 1963 song recorded by the R&B group #theMiracles on #Motown Records' #Tamla label. It was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of #BrianHolland, #LamontDozier, and #EddieHolland, who later went on to write two more Miracles hit singles, the Top 40 "#IGottaDanceToKeepFromCrying", and the Top 20 "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need". This was an unusual writing situation for the Miracles.
    youtube.com/watch?v=9zsP1eezaCA

  9. Ted Tocks Covers

    Stop! In the Name of Love

    Originally posted on January 5, 2022

    On this day 60 years ago, The Supremes began recording this classic song in Studio A at Hitsville U.S.A

    I’ve tried so hard, hard to be patient
    Hoping you'd stop this infatuation
    But each time you are together
    I'm so afraid I'll be losing you forever

    #dianarossandthesupremes #marywilson #LamontDozier #brianholland #BillyPreston #thehollies #LaToyaJackson #Globe #MichaelDesBarres

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2

  10. Ted Tocks Covers

    Stop! In the Name of Love

    Originally posted on January 5, 2022

    On this day 60 years ago, The Supremes began recording this classic song in Studio A at Hitsville U.S.A

    I’ve tried so hard, hard to be patient
    Hoping you'd stop this infatuation
    But each time you are together
    I'm so afraid I'll be losing you forever

    #dianarossandthesupremes #marywilson #LamontDozier #brianholland #BillyPreston #thehollies #LaToyaJackson #Globe #MichaelDesBarres

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2

  11. Ted Tocks Covers

    Stop! In the Name of Love

    Originally posted on January 5, 2022

    On this day 60 years ago, The Supremes began recording this classic song in Studio A at Hitsville U.S.A

    I’ve tried so hard, hard to be patient
    Hoping you'd stop this infatuation
    But each time you are together
    I'm so afraid I'll be losing you forever

    #dianarossandthesupremes #marywilson #LamontDozier #brianholland #BillyPreston #thehollies #LaToyaJackson #Globe #MichaelDesBarres

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2

  12. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" is a song recorded by American #soul singer #MarvinGaye from his fifth studio album of the same name (1965). It was written in 1964 by the #Motown songwriting team of #HollandDozierHolland, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier. The song title was inspired by one of the actor and comedian #JackieGleason's signature phrases, "How Sweet It Is!"
    youtube.com/watch?v=-A2nQsYLp30

  13. "Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by #GeorgiaDobbins, William Garrett, #FreddieGorman, #BrianHolland and #RobertBateman. It is the debut single by #theMarvelettes for the #Tamla (#Motown) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the #RAndBChart as well.
    youtube.com/watch?v=wZDbthv3xT

  14. Ted Tocks Covers - Year 6 - Day 129

    Baby Love

    On this day in 1964, the Supremes were at #1 with ‘Baby Love’. The song, which was penned by the great Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team was their second of five consecutive chart topping hits.

    #TheSupremes #DianaRoss #FlorenceBallard #MaryWilson #BrianHolland #LamontDozier #EddieHolland #BerryGordy #TimCurry #LaToyaJackson #Erasure #DonnyOsmond #GrahamNash

    tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2