Playboy (The Marvelettes album)

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.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Playboy" (Gladys Horton, Robert Bateman)
2. "Mix It Up"
3. "Beechwood 4-5789" (Marvin Gaye, George Gordy)
4. "I'm Hooked" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)
5. "I Think I Can Change You" (William Robinson)

Side 2

1. "Forever" (Lamont Dozier, Freddie Gorman)
2. "Someday, Someway" (Lamont Dozier, Freddie Gorman)
3. "Goddess of Love" (Lamont Dozier)
4. "You Should Know"
5. "(I've Got To) Cry Over You" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)

Personnel

• Gladys Horton - Lead and background vocals
• Wanda Young - Lead and background vocals
• Georgeanna Tillman - Background vocals
• Katherine Anderson - Background vocals
• Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart - Background vocals
• Marvin Gaye - Producer
• William "Mickey" Stevenson - Producer
• George Gordy - Producer
• The Funk Brothers - Instrumentals

References

• AOL Music Review