Playboy is the third album by Motown girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

, The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes were an American singing girl group on the Tamla label. Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the company's first #1 Pop hit, "Please Mr...

, released to capitalize on their hit singles "Playboy

Playboy (The Marvelettes song)

"Playboy" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Mickey Stevenson and singer Gladys Horton, lead vocalist of the Motown singing group The Marvelettes, who recorded the song and released it as a single on Motown's Tamla imprint in 1962...

" and "Beechwood 4-5789

Beechwood 4-5789

"Beechwood 4-5789" is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla record label.-Original version:Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and George Gordy, the lyrics are about the narrator wanting a man she just met to call her number in order to "have a...

", in 1962. It also includes the single, "Someday, Someway", and heartfelt standard, "Forever", which would be released as a single the following year. Other compositions include "Goddess of Love", "Cry Over You", and "Mix It Up". George Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

, who had produced "Beechwood 4-5789" all did some work on the Playboy LP as well.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Playboy
   Playboy (The Marvelettes song)
   "Playboy" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Mickey Stevenson and singer Gladys Horton, lead vocalist of the Motown singing group The Marvelettes, who recorded the song and released it as a single on Motown's Tamla imprint in 1962...
   
   " (Gladys Horton, Robert Bateman)
2. "Mix It Up"
3. "Beechwood 4-5789
   Beechwood 4-5789
   "Beechwood 4-5789" is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla record label.-Original version:Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and George Gordy, the lyrics are about the narrator wanting a man she just met to call her number in order to "have a...
   
   " (Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
   
   , George Gordy)
4. "I'm Hooked" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)
5. "I Think I Can Change You" (William Robinson
   Smokey Robinson
   William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
   
   )

Side 2

1. "Forever" (Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
   
   , Freddie Gorman)
2. "Someday, Someway" (Lamont Dozier, Freddie Gorman)
3. "Goddess of Love" (Lamont Dozier)
4. "You Should Know"
5. "(I've Got To) Cry Over You" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)

Personnel

• Gladys Horton
  Gladys Horton
  Gladys Catherine Horton was an American R&B and pop singer, famous for being the founder and lead singer of the popular Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes.-Biography:...
  
   - Lead and background vocals
• Wanda Young
  Wanda Young
  Wanda Young is an American singer, famous for being the member and later lead singer of the popular Motown all-female singing group The Marvelettes.-Biography:Wanda was born in 1943 and raised in the western Detroit suburb of Inkster, Michigan...
  
   - Lead and background vocals
• Georgeanna Tillman
  Georgeanna Tillman
  Georgeanna Marie Tillman Gordon was an American R&B/Pop singer and an original member of the Motown girl group The Marvelettes....
  
   - Background vocals
• Katherine Anderson
  Katherine Anderson
  Katherine Anderson Schaffner is an American singer, famed for her tenure in the Motown all-female singing group The Marvelettes...
  
   - Background vocals
• Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart - Background vocals
• Marvin Gaye
  Marvin Gaye
  Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
  
   - Producer
• William "Mickey" Stevenson - Producer
• George Gordy - Producer
• The Funk Brothers
  The Funk Brothers
  The Funk Brothers was the nickname of Detroit, Michigan, session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972...
  
  - Instrumentals