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{{Infobox album
| Name = Greatest Hits
| Type = [[Greatest Hits]]
| name = Greatest Hits
| type = greatest hits
| Artist = [[Marvin Gaye]]
| artist = [[Marvin Gaye]]
| Background =
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| cover = Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits (1964).jpg
| Cover = Marvingreatest.jpg
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| Released = 1964
| Recorded = 1962 - 1963
| released = 1964
| recorded = 1961–1963 at [[Hitsville USA]], [[Detroit]]
| Genre = [[R&B]]
| venue =
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| Label = [[Motown|Tamla]]<br><small>T252</small>
| studio =
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| Producer = [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]], [[Brian Holland]], [[Lamont Dozier]]
| genre = [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]]
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| Last album = ''[[When I'm Alone I Cry]]'' <br>(1964)
| length = 30:58
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| This album = ''Greatest Hits'' <br>(1964)
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| label = [[Motown|Tamla]]<br><small>T252</small>
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| Next album = ''[[Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album)|Together]]'' <br>(1964)
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| producer = [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]], [[Brian Holland]], [[Lamont Dozier]]
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| prev_title = [[When I'm Alone I Cry]]
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| prev_year = 1964
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| next_title = [[Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album)|Together]]
| next_year = 1964
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'''''Greatest Hits''''' is a 1964 [[greatest hits]] album, the first for American [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]-[[soul music|soul]] singer [[Marvin Gaye]], released on the [[Motown|Tamla]] label.<ref name="o051">{{cite book | last=Betts | first=Graham | title=Motown Encyclopedia | publisher=AC Publishing | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-311-44154-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG_LAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155| page=155}}</ref> Released during Gaye's first period of success, it was also his first charted album as a solo artist after making his album chart debut with the [[Mary Wells]] duet album, ''[[Together (Marvin Gaye album)|Together]]'', the same year.


'''''Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits''''' is a 1964 compilation album, the first for [[United States|American]] [[R&B]] singer [[Marvin Gaye]], released on the [[Motown|Tamla]] label. Released during Gaye's first brand of success, it was also his first charted album as a solo artist after making his album chart debut with the [[Mary Wells]] duet album, ''[[Together (Marvin Gaye album)|Together]]'', the same year. Two of the singles, "[[Can I Get a Witness]]" (also featuring that song's [[b-side]], "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" and "[[You Are a Wonderful One]]" were non-album tracks that made it to release on this particular album.
Three of the singles, "Sandman", "[[Can I Get a Witness]]" (also featuring that song's [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], "I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby"), and "[[You're a Wonderful One]]", were non-album tracks that made it to release on this particular album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
===Side one===
# [[Can I Get a Witness|Can I Get A Witness]]
#"[[Can I Get a Witness]]" ([[Brian Holland]], [[Lamont Dozier]], [[Eddie Holland]]) – 2:46
# [[You Are a Wonderful One|You're a Wonderful One]]
#"[[You're a Wonderful One]]" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 2:48
# [[Stubborn Kind of Fellow]]
#"[[Stubborn Kind of Fellow]]" ([[Marvin Gaye]], George Gordy, [[Mickey Stevenson]]) – 2:45
# I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
#"I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby" (Stevenson) – 2:43
# [[Pride & Joy]]
#"[[Pride and Joy (Marvin Gaye song)|Pride and Joy]]" (Gaye, [[Norman Whitfield]], Stevenson) – 2:08
# [[Hitch Hike]]
#"[[Hitch Hike (song)|Hitch Hike]]" (Gaye, [[Clarence Paul]], Stevenson) – 2:30
# Sandman
# Hello There Angel
# One Of These Days
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# I'm Yours, You're Mine
# Taking My Time
# It Hurt Me Too


===Side two===
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[[Category:1964 albums|Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album)]]
#"Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:31
[[Category:Motown Records albums|Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album)]]
#"Hello There Angel" (Stevenson, [[Berry Gordy]]) – 2:44
[[Category:Marvin Gaye albums|Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album)]]
#"One of These Days" (Stevenson) – 2:59
[[Category:Greatest hits albums|Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album)]]
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#"I'm Yours, You're Mine" (Stevenson, Gordy) – 1:55
[[Category:Compilation albums|Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Marvin Gaye album)]]
#"Taking My Time" (Stevenson, Gordy) – 2:29
#"It Hurt Me Too" (Gaye, Stevenson, Ricardo) – 2:43

==Personnel==
*[[Marvin Gaye]] – lead vocals, piano, drums
*[[Martha and the Vandellas]] – background vocals
*[[The Temptations]] – background vocals
*[[The Supremes]] – background vocals
*[[Four Tops]] – background vocals
*[[Holland–Dozier–Holland]] – background vocals
*[[The Andantes]] – background vocals
*[[The Miracles]] – background vocals
*[[The Funk Brothers]] – instrumentation

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Marvin Gaye}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Brian Holland]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Lamont Dozier]]
[[Category:Albums produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson]]
[[Category:1964 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:Marvin Gaye compilation albums]]
[[Category:Tamla Records compilation albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A.]]

Latest revision as of 03:46, 18 November 2024

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Marvin Gaye
Released1964
Recorded1961–1963 at Hitsville USA, Detroit
GenreR&B, soul
Length30:58
LabelTamla
T252
ProducerWilliam "Mickey" Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Marvin Gaye chronology
When I'm Alone I Cry
(1964) 		Greatest Hits
(1964) 		Together
(1964)

Greatest Hits is a 1964 greatest hits album, the first for American R&B-soul singer Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label.[1] Released during Gaye's first period of success, it was also his first charted album as a solo artist after making his album chart debut with the Mary Wells duet album, Together, the same year.

Three of the singles, "Sandman", "Can I Get a Witness" (also featuring that song's B-side, "I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby"), and "You're a Wonderful One", were non-album tracks that made it to release on this particular album.

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Can I Get a Witness" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 2:46
  2. "You're a Wonderful One" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 2:48
  3. "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" (Marvin Gaye, George Gordy, Mickey Stevenson) – 2:45
  4. "I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby" (Stevenson) – 2:43
  5. "Pride and Joy" (Gaye, Norman Whitfield, Stevenson) – 2:08
  6. "Hitch Hike" (Gaye, Clarence Paul, Stevenson) – 2:30

Side two

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  1. "Sandman" (Pat Ballard) – 2:31
  2. "Hello There Angel" (Stevenson, Berry Gordy) – 2:44
  3. "One of These Days" (Stevenson) – 2:59
  4. "I'm Yours, You're Mine" (Stevenson, Gordy) – 1:55
  5. "Taking My Time" (Stevenson, Gordy) – 2:29
  6. "It Hurt Me Too" (Gaye, Stevenson, Ricardo) – 2:43

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Betts, Graham (2014). Motown Encyclopedia. AC Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-311-44154-6.
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