Playboy | |
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Studio album by The Marvelettes | |
Released | 1962 |
Recorded | Hitsville USA; 1962 |
Genre | Pop, R&B |
Label | Tamla (Motown) |
Producer | George Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Robert Bateman |
Playboy is the third album by Motown girl group, The Marvelettes, released to capitalize on their hit singles "Playboy" and "Beechwood 4-5789", in 1962. It also includes the single "Someday, Someway" and "Forever", a heartfelt standard that would be released the following year as the B-side of the single "Locking Up My Heart" and join the A-side on the charts. Other compositions include "Goddess of Love", "Cry Over You", and "Mix It Up". George Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Marvin Gaye, who had produced "Beechwood 4-5789" all did some work on the Playboy LP as well.
Superscript denotes lead singer: (a) Gladys Horton, (b) Wanda Young