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Title: Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 11, 2021, 11:50:41 PM

Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?


Written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland and Robert Bateman, it was the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label and notable as the first Motown song to reach the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart.  The single achieved this position in late 1961.  It hit number one on the R&B chart as well...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jZyAnp6O8Y# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jZyAnp6O8Y#)
1961



It was covered by The Beatles in 1963...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzy4R8EbWJ4# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzy4R8EbWJ4#)



And by The Carpenters in 1974...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ21rlIJIw# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ21rlIJIw#)

Which is your favorite version?

Title: Re: Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 11, 2021, 11:57:25 PM

Deliver de letter, the sooner de better!

;)

Title: Re: Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?
Post by: nimrod on November 12, 2021, 12:48:24 AM

In an American southern accent..

"Those black ladies sure got some nice moves that them white boys dont have..... but awwwe shucks a kinda love both."

Title: Re: Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on November 12, 2021, 01:14:15 AM

(https://i.scdn.co/image/191d689ef1230a37c0549470468a1e6eaadfcff9)


Those ladies were great, Kev.  They put MOTOWN on the map!

Title: Re: Which Is Your Favorite Version Of Please Mr. Postman?
Post by: Normandie on November 12, 2021, 10:17:51 AM

The Marvelettes were wonderful, but I have to go with the Fab Four's version of this one. Sacrilege, I know.  ;)