By Robb_K (66.81.177.129) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 09:48 pm:

I Should Have Known Better
Your Cheating Ways
I'll Keep On Holding On
A Need For Love
That's How Heartaches Are Made

It was tough to keep "Too Many Fish In The Sea" and "Danger, Heartbreak, Dead Ahead" off.

By John Lester (81.129.170.204) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:05 pm:

The Boy From Crosstown
I'll Keep Holding On
I Should Have Known Better
The Day You Take One, You Have To Take The Other
Keep Off No Trespassing

Still debating whether I should replace one with "Poor Little Rich Girl" or "The Stranger" or "The Hunter .............

This one is hard..

By t (205.188.117.14) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:02 pm:

Marvelettes Top 5

1. Too Strong To Be Strung Along
2. Too Many Fish In The Sea (aka Mickey's Monkey's cousin)
3. That's How Heartaches Are Made
4. Forever
5. Need For Love

By Ron Murphy (68.42.90.140) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:10 pm:

1. Please Mr. Postman
2. Strange I Know
3. When You're Young And In Love
4. Too Many Fish In The Sea
5. As Long As I Know He's Mine

By boynextdoor (67.24.157.209) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:17 pm:

1. The Hunter Gets Captured.....
2. When You're Young and in Love.......
3. Message to Michael....
4. That's How Hearaches Are Made.....
5. Your Cheating Ways....

Anything off the "Pink Album" is a winner to me! I think it's their very best.

By john dixon (152.163.253.70) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 11:17 pm:

1.The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
2.I'll Keep Holding On
3.Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
4.My Baby Must Be a Magician
5.Too Many Fish in the Sea


Runners-up:
Here I Am (Wanda's sexiest vocal)
Don't Mess with Bill (one of Jamerson's best bass lines)

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:20 am:

1. Please Mr. Postman
2. Don't Mess With Bill
3. Thats How Heartaches Are Made
4. Here I am
5. When Your Young and In love

S.S.

By Flynny (213.122.68.210) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 05:06 am:

I'll Keep On Holding On (Automatic choice for #1!)
The Boy From Crosstown
Poor Little Rich Girl*
Your Cheating Ways
When You're Young And In Love

*-Seeing as John dismissed it so readily...shame on you! ;-)

Flynny
raresoulforum.com

By John Lester (62.49.61.57) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 07:02 am:

Flynny

Glad you liked it as much I did..in fact, more so!!


LOL

By roger (217.35.87.17) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 07:30 am:

Hello All

1 : "Hunter Gets Captured By The Game"

2 : "Don't Mess with Bill"

( I have a theory that all U.K. Soul D.Js should have a copy of this to hand in case of a police raid on the premises!! )

3 : "The Day You Take One Your Gonna Have to Take The Other"

( All three above are Smokey at his lyrical best!! )

4 : "Too Many Fish in The Sea"

( Personally I would say its the cousin of "A Bird In The Hand"!! )

5 : "I'll Keep Holding On"

( Probably the first record I heard by them .. still sounds great!! )

Roger

By Tony Russi (68.210.10.250) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 09:48 am:

1)Playboy 2)Don't Mess With Bill 3)Hunter Gets Captured By The Game 4)Beechwood 45789 5)all the rest

By John Lester (62.49.61.57) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 10:13 am:

Tony

Your answer to number 5 means that you selected

YOUR CHEATING WAYS!


LOL

By soulboy (213.105.224.5) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:33 pm:

Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
Finders Keepers
Keep off,No Tresspassing
No time for tears
Too many fish in the sea

By Handsome (170.118.158.14) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12:41 pm:

Hey!

1) Don't Mess With Bill
2) I Can't Turn Around
3) I Know Better
4) My Baby Must Be A Magician
5) I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can

Honorable Mentions:

Destination:Anywhere
Here I Am Baby
Fading Away
That's How Heartaches Are Made

Handsome

By Handsome (170.118.158.14) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 01:19 pm:

Here's another one...

Anything You Wanna Do (flipside of Don't Mess With Bill)

Handsome

By Reese (12.15.168.69) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 01:23 pm:

Locking Up My Heart
I'll Keep Holding On
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
My Baby Must Be A Magician
That's How Heartaches Are Made

By Don (68.75.61.76) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 02:53 pm:

Finders Keepers, Losers Wepers
The Boy From Crosstown
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
My Baby Must Be A Magician
Please, Mister Postman

By pholt (198.86.22.31) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 05:36 pm:

1.too many fish in the sea
2.playboy
3.beachwood 45789
4.locking up my heart
5.don't mess with bill

By TRI-PHI (68.5.143.49) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 04:34 am:

ALL MY FAVORORITE SONG FROM THE MARVELETTES ARE LEAD BY WANDA (SORRY GLADYS)

1. MY BABY MUST BE A MAGICIAN
2. THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME
3. GODDESS OF LOVE
4. ILL KEEP HOLDING ON
5. YOUR THE ONE

By STONEWALL (68.237.59.78) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 04:29 pm:

The Marvellous MARVELETTES:

01) "Danger Heartbreak: Dead Ahead"

02) "Don't Mess With Bill"

03) "Too Many Fish In The Sea"

04) "My Baby Must Be A Magician"

05) "Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye"

06) "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game"

07) "Playboy (Get Away From My Door)"

08) "Destination: Anywhere"

09) "I'll Keep Holding On (Oh, Yes I Will)"

10) "When You're Young And In Love"

bonus: "Someday We'll Be Together"


For more on The Marvelettes' songs, visit:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-8.htm

By SPOOKEY (198.81.26.103) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 04:45 pm:

Tri-Phi and Handsome are thee only ones with the best taste!! 'Cause they are badass Soulters!! Like ME!!

Here's my pick --

1. SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY (The late 60's title; with Wanda singing lead; A TRUE MARVELETTES FAN KNOWS THIS ONE!! NO, IT'S NOT THE EARLY 60'S ONE!!

2. YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME, BOBBY

3. TIE A STRING AROUND YOUR FINGER (featuring Gladys Horton)

4. YOU'RE THE ONE

5. DON'T MESS WITH BILL

By John Lester (81.132.167.15) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 05:08 pm:

Spookey

The last track on Sophisticated Soul is "Someway Somehow" and not "Someday, Someway"

By TRI-PHI (68.5.143.49) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 05:43 pm:

HEY SPOOKEY THATS "SOMEWAY SOMEHOW" FROM THE SOPHISTICATED SOUL LP THE LAST SONG ON SIDE 2, BUT THATS A BAD ASS SONG TOO,
I GOTTA ADD
1. DESTINATION ANYWHERE
2. I CANT TURN AROUND
3. HERE I AM BABY
4. EVERYBODY KNOWS BUT YOU (GOTTA GIVE ANN HER PROPS)
5. DONT MESS WITH BILL

By STONEWALL (68.237.59.78) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 08:18 pm:

U are "Spookey"!

No wonder U got "Someday, Someway" mixed up with "Someway, Somehow". Yeah, "You're The One" who wrote that all guy's things are 'salty'. See your entry on the "Buttered Popcorn" file (3/23).

By STONEWALL (68.237.59.78) on Saturday, April 03, 2004 - 08:30 pm:

Spookey's corrected date entry re: "Buttered Popcorn" and .....salty parts is here! Although he has mutiple entries on this subject, including two on March 23, it's actually his entry on March 25th. His sentence starts with: "This guy must be Gay...." In fact, holy smoke, Spookey is the one who opened the 'case' on "Popcorn".

Bi the way, I'm all for this deeper analysis of people and songs and etc. Really, everyone is -- butt everyone just don't acknowledge it.

By nycmotowner (205.188.117.14) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 03:12 am:

MY TOP 5 MARVELETTES:

1. Danger, Heartbreak Dead Ahead. I LIVE by the words that Wanda LaFaye Rodgers sang "...when there's nothing to be gained--don't KEEP holding on in vain..."

2. When I Needed You. From the "Marvelettes" LP.
Love when Wanda does a little "mmmmm-mmm-mmmm-mmm-mmmmmm..." during the bridge!!!!

3. Too Many Fish In The Sea

4. Barefootin. I like it better than the original! Great Gladys and Katherine background WITHOUT my beloved Andantes!!!!

5. My Baby Must Be A Magician. Once again, Wanda blows me away with her adlibs-" Presto chango Alacazam--I'm alright again--oh yes I am--all right--mmmm--mmmmmm...."

Tony Leong

By STONEWALL (68.237.107.94) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 03:20 pm:

"Barefootin'" with THE MARVELETTES.

It is song #1 on their pink-framed album entitled THE MARVELETTES in late 1966. The positioning of the song leads one to believe that Motown was considering it for single release. The original was a top hit earlier in the same year, but it was by a solo, unimpressive male singer, named Robert Parker (from New Orleans), who also wrote the song. The catchy song carried the day for him, not his voice. Interestingly, he was known in the 1940s for his saxophone work and instrumentals. As a singer, he was a one-hit wonder.

Wanda does the song in a breezy and compelling way that would have been a hit -- especially by a girl group. The song sounds like it was written for the girls. Plus, it's a fun and dance song. A missed opportunity for "M" and The M's. Ironically, many people thought -- and still do -- that "Barefootin'" had been released by The Marvelettes.

Definitely a favorite; thanx for reminding me.

For single-release songs of The Marvelettes, visit: www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-8.htm.

By Tony Russi (65.83.150.20) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 03:25 pm:

Stonewall, The Marvelettes used to open with that song around that time.When I saw Kat, Wanda & Gladys LIVE in '66 they came out doin "Barefootin'"(They were the co-stars of The Otis Redding Show).

By STONEWALL (68.161.203.40) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 07:39 pm:

Wow, Tony Russi. That is really great to hear. As I mentioned, that song seems tailor-made for THE MARVELETTES. Plus, I know a group of female impersonators, named THE MARIONETTES, who are going to do a tribute to THE MARVELETTES because of M-45, The Marvelettes' book, the Vocal Groups Hall of Fame and also as appreciation for ailing Wanda. Thanx to your valuable 411, I'm telling them to open up with "Barefootin'". Bi the way, they end their sequence with a song from "The Return of The Marvelettes": Someday!

Have U seen the following Marvelettes' weblink:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-8.htm