Tuesday, April 18, 2017

"Jimmy Mack" #10 4/15/1967

A #1 R&B tune and the last Top 10 pop hit for Martha and the Vandellas - the billing didn't yet include Ms. Reeves' surname. It languished in the Motown vaults for a couple of years before being issued as a single; the label did that occasionally. Motown management felt the line "when are you coming back" could be taken as some sort of anti-Vietnam War sentiment. Another Holland-Dozier-Holland hit.


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