# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Here Come the Girls | Ernie K‐Doe | | 3:06 |
2 | Son of a Preacherman | Dusty Springfield | 4.25 | 2:24 |
3 | California Soul | Marlena Shaw | 5 | 2:56 |
4 | Mad About the Boy | Dinah Washington | 5 | 2:46 |
5 | I Just Wanna Make Love to You | Etta James | | 3:05 |
6 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | 3.9 | 2:22 |
7 | Rescue Me | Fontella Bass | 4.5 | 2:53 |
8 | Nathan Jones | The Supremes | | 3:02 |
9 | Heat Wave | Martha and the Vandellas | 4 | 2:42 |
10 | Please Mr Postman- bass:
- James Jamerson (in 1961-04)
- drums (drum set):
- Benny Benjamin (in 1961-04) and Marvin Gaye (in 1961-04)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (in 1961-04)
- percussion:
- Eddie “Bongo” Brown (in 1961-04)
- piano:
- Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie (in 1961-04)
- background vocals:
- Katherine Anderson (in 1961-04), Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart (in 1961-04), Gladys Horton (in 1961-04), Georgeanna Tillman (in 1961-04) and Wanda Young (in 1961-04)
- lead vocals:
- Gladys Horton (in 1961-04)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1961-04)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 10) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 331)
- recording of:
- Please Mr. Postman (in 1961-04)
- writer:
- Robert Bateman (in 1961), Georgia Dobbins (in 1961), William Garrett (in 1961), Freddie Gorman (in 1961) and Brian Holland (in 1961)
- publisher:
- Dominion Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
| The Marvelettes | 4.45 | 2:27 |
11 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers | 5 | 3:15 |
12 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Diana Ross | | 4:09 |
13 | Stoned Love | The Supremes | 5 | 2:55 |
14 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 3.35 | 2:54 |
15 | Jimmy Mack | Martha and the Vandellas | 1 | 2:51 |
16 | Too Many Fish in the Sea | The Marvelettes | 5 | 2:28 |
17 | He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' | The Velvelettes | 4 | 2:31 |
18 | My Guy | Mary Wells | 4.2 | 2:45 |
19 | Fire | Etta James | 3.5 | 2:25 |
20 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | The Supremes | 3.75 | 2:42 |