How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
1965 studio album by Marvin Gaye
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You | ||||
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Studio album by Marvin Gaye | ||||
Released | January 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Studio | Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan | |||
Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
Length | 33:24 | |||
Label | Tamla TS-258 | |||
Producer | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Berry Gordy William "Mickey" Stevenson | |||
Marvin Gaye chronology | ||||
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Singles from How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You | ||||
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How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You is the fifth studio album released by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye, released in 1965.[1] The album features the successful title track, which at the time was his best-selling single and was famously covered by James Taylor in 1975. Other hits include "Try It Baby" (which features The Temptations) and "Baby Don't You Do It" (with backing vocals provided by The Andantes). Inspired by Jackie Gleason’s trademark expression. [citation needed]
Track listing
Side one
- "You're a Wonderful One" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:45
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:58
- "Try It Baby" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) - 2:51
- "Baby Don't You Do It" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:38
- "Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back)" (Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul) - 2:15
- "One of These Days" (William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 3:00
Side two
- "No Good Without You" (William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:43
- "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (Marvin Gaye, Harvey Fuqua) - 2:43
- "Need Somebody" (Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:51
- "Me and My Lonely Room" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 2:52
- "Now That You've Won Me" (Smokey Robinson) - 2:40
- "Forever" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Freddie Gorman) - 2:20
Personnel
- Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
- The Spinners – backing vocals (side 1, tracks 5 and 6; side 2, tracks 1–4)
- The Andantes – backing vocals (side 1, tracks 2, 4, and 6; side 2, tracks 4 and 6)
- The Supremes – backing vocals (side 1, track 1)
- The Temptations – backing vocals (side 1, track 3)
- Martha and the Vandellas – backing vocals (side 2, track 5)
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation [2]
- Maurice Davis – trumpet solo (side 1, track 3)
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (side 1, track 1)
- Russell Conway – trumpet (side 1, track 1)
- Paul Riser – trombone (side 1, track 1)
- Patrick Lanier – trombone (side 1, track 1)
- Henry Cosby – tenor saxophone (side 1, track 1)
- Mike Terry – baritone saxophone (side 1, tracks 1, 2 and 4)
- George Fowler – organ (side 1, tracks 1 and 2)
- Johnny Griffith – piano (side 1, track 1)
- Earl Van Dyke – piano (side 1, track 2)
- Clarence Isabell – bass (side 1, track 1)
- James Jamerson – bass (side 1, track 2)
- Benny Benjamin – drums (side 1, track 1)
- Richard "Pistol" Allen – drums (side 1, track 2)
- Eddie Willis – guitar (side 1, track 1)
- Robert White – guitar (side 1, track 2)
- Jack Ashford – tambourine (side 1, tracks 1 and 2)
References
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- The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961)
- That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1962)
- When I'm Alone I Cry (1964)
- Hello Broadway (1964)
- How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965)
- A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965)
- Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966)
- In the Groove (1968)
- M.P.G. (1969)
- That's the Way Love Is (1970)
- What's Going On (1971)
- Trouble Man (1972)
- Let's Get It On (1973)
- I Want You (1976)
- Here, My Dear (1978)
- In Our Lifetime (1981)
- Midnight Love (1982)
- Dream of a Lifetime (1985)
- Romantically Yours (1985)
- Vulnerable (1997)
- You're the Man (2019)
- Together (with Mary Wells, 1964)
- Take Two (with Kim Weston, 1966)
- United (with Tammi Terrell, 1967)
- You're All I Need (with Tammi Terrell, 1968)
- Easy (with Tammi Terrell, 1969)
- Diana & Marvin (with Diana Ross, 1973)
- Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage (1963)
- Marvin Gaye Live! (1974)
- Live at the London Palladium (1977)
- Marvin Gaye at the Copa (2005)
- What's Going On Live (2019)
- Greatest Hits (1964)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1967)
- Marvin Gaye and His Girls (1969)
- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Greatest Hits (1970)
- Super Hits (1970)
- Anthology (1974)
- Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (1976)
- Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters (1986)
- The Marvin Gaye Collection (1990)
- The Norman Whitfield Sessions (1994)
- Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased (1994)
- The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (1994)
- The Master (1961–1984) (1995)
- Marvin Gaye: The Love Songs (2000)
- The Complete Duets (2001)
- The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (2001)
- The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981) (2006)
- "Pride and Joy"
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
- "I'll Be Doggone"
- "Ain't That Peculiar"
- "Your Precious Love"
- "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
- "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
- "You're All I Need to Get By"
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
- "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
- "That's the Way Love Is"
- "Abraham, Martin and John"
- "The Onion Song"
- "What's Going On"
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
- "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
- "Trouble Man"
- "Let's Get It On"
- "You Are Everything"
- "Got to Give It Up"
- "Sexual Healing"
- Marvin Gay Sr. (father)
- Alberta Gay (mother)
- Anna Gordy Gaye (first wife)
- Denise Gordy (son's birth mother)
- Nona Gaye (daughter)
- Frankie Gaye (brother)
- Gordon Banks (brother-in-law)
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