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Joe Stubbs
Joe Stubbs
musical artist
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Anna Gordy Gaye
Anna Gordy Gaye
American businesswoman, music executive and songwriter
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Paul Riser
Paul Riser
American musician
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William Stevenson
William Stevenson
American songwriter and record producer for Motown Records
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Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell
American singer–songwriter
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
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Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson
American R&B and soul singer
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Shorty Long
Shorty Long
American singer
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
American Music Executive, Record Producer
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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
1960s all-girl music group
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Mary Wells
Mary Wells
American pop/soul singer
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David Ruffin
David Ruffin
American singer
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The Contours
The Contours
American band
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David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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Sylvia Moy
Sylvia Moy
American songwriter and record producer (1938-2017)
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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The Miracles
The Miracles
American rhythm and blues vocal group
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The Supremes
The Supremes
American female singing group
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Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
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The Temptations
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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The Originals, often called "Motown's best-kept secret", were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby, I'm For Real", "The Bells", and the disco classic "Down To Love Town." Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of baritone singer Freddie Gorman, tenor/falsetto Walter Gaines, and tenors C. P. Spencer and Hank Dixon (and briefly Joe Stubbs). Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups, Spencer having been an original member of The (Detroit) Spinners and Hunter having sung with The Supremes member Scherrie Payne in the group Glass House. Spencer, Gaines, Hunter, and Dixon (at one time or another) were also members of The Voice Masters. As a member of the Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing-production team (before Holland–Dozier–Holland), Gorman (as a mailman) was one of the co-writers of Motown's first number 1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", recorded by The Marvelettes. In 1964 The Beatles released their version and in 1975 The Carpenters took it to number 1 again. This was the second time in pop history that a song had reached number 1 twice as "The Twist" by Chubby Checker, reached number 1 in both 1960 and 1961. In 2006, "Please Mr. Postman" was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.