The Original Spinners

The Original Spinners
Studio album by The Spinners
Released August 1967
Recorded Spring 1961 - Summer 1967
Genre R&B
Length 32:24
Label Motown
MS 639
Producer Paul Davis, Harvey Fuqua, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Smokey Robinson, and Berry Gordy
The Spinners chronology
The Original Spinners
(1967)		 2nd Time Around
(1970)
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The Original Spinners (released in the UK as The Detroit Spinners) is the 1967 debut album by The Spinners for Motown Records. The LP includes the group's earliest singles on the label (such as Top 20 R&B hits "I'll Always Love You" and "Truly Yours"), as well as their first ever single "That's What Girls Are Made For" (which was released on the already defunct Tri-Phi Record label). None of the group's other material from Tri-Phi appear on this album.

The lineup on the cover features Bobbie Smith, Edgar "Chico" Edwards, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, and Pervis Jackson. Former member George Dixon (who is not pictured on the album because of his departure back in 1963) actually only appears on "That's What Girls Are Made For", The other tracks all feature Edwards. This is both Dixon's and Edwards' only appearance on an Spinners studio album (Edwards would leave the group soon after this production of this album was completed).

The album notes state that members Bobby Smith and Edgar "Chico" Edwards shares most of the lead vocals on stage. However other than "Tomorrow May Never Come", where he does the lead vocal in unison with Smith (who also leads all the remaining tracks on this album) and Henry Fambrough, Edwards does not have any other leads on this album.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "That's What Girls Are Made For"   Harvey Fuqua, Gwen Gordy Fuqua 2:57
2. "I'll Always Love You"   William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter 2:43
3. "Truly Yours"   Hunter, Stevenson 2:58
4. "For All We Know"   Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots 2:53
5. "It Hurts To Be in Love"   Berry Gordy, Jr., Robert Gordy 2:22
6. "Tomorrow May Never Come"   Fuqua, Thomas Kemp 2:27
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "Sweet Thing"   Stevenson 2:40
8. "I Cross My Heart"   Hunter 2:57
9. "Where Is That Girl"   Fuqua, Johnny Bristol 2:59
10. "Like a Good Man Should"   William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore 2:15
11. "How Can I"   Fuqua, Gordy Fuqua 2:38
12. "I Just Can't Help But Feel the Pain"   Clyde Wilson, Fuqua 2:35

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
1967 The Original Spinners — —

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
1961 "That's What Girls Are For" 27 5
1965 "I'll Always Love You" 35 8
1966 "Truly Yours" 111 16

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "The Original Spinners". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r18632/review. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  2. ^ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5499/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-09-24. 
  3. ^ "US Singles Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5499/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-09-24. 

External links

Henry Fambrough · Bobbie Smith · Charlton Washington · Marvin Taylor · Jessie Robert Peck

Billy Henderson · Pervis Jackson · C.P. Spencer · James Edwards · George Dixon · Joe Stubbs · Edgar "Chico" Edwards · G. C. Cameron · Philippé Wynne · Jonathan Edwards · Frank Washington · Harold "Spike" Bonhart
Studio albums
The Original Spinners · 2nd Time Around · Spinners · Mighty Love · New and Improved · Pick of the Litter · Happiness Is Being With the Spinners · Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow · Spinners/8 · From Here to Eternally · Dancin' and Lovin' · Love Trippin' · Labor of Love · Can't Shake This Feelin' · Grand Slam · Cross Fire · Lovin' Feelings · Down to Business
Live albums
Live! (1975) · In Concert · Live! (2007)
Compilation albums
The Best of the Spinners (1973) · Smash Hits · The Best of the Spinners (1978) · A One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology · The Very Best of the Spinners · The Very Best of the Spinners, Vol. 2 · The Spinners: Their Early Years · Essential Collection · The Essentials · The Chrome Collection · The Definitive Soul Collection · The Platinum Collection · Are You Ready for Love? The Very Best of the Detroit Spinners
Singles
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