The following are all the songs that have reached number one by different artists on The Billboard Hot 100 charts:ġ. Postman” would be the duo’s third and final number one hit.
Postman” on their Horizon album and release it as the album’s first single. The brother and sister pop duo originally from New Haven, Connecticut took the advice of some music critics who said that Karen’s voice would be well-suited to covering pop hits. Postman” became the third song of the rock era to reach number one by two different artists when in 1975 The Carpenters made it into a chart-topper again. The debut single by The Marvelettes also reached number one on the R&B charts. Postman” was co-written and co-produced by Brian Holland, who along with his brother Eddie and Lamont Holland, would later go on to both write and produce countless hit songs for Motown acts such as The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, The Isley Brothers and more. However, on drums was a 22 year-old session drummer who was both eager and determined to break into the music industry the drummer’s name was Marvin Gaye. The famed Funk Brothers were the musicians on the recording. It took the longest time in chart history for a single on the Billboard Hot 100 to reach number one. The song, recorded by The Marvelettes, was actually the first ever number one hit for the Motown (Tamla) label, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1961. Berry Gordy, Jr., the founder of the Motown label who also co-wrote “Money (That’s What I Want)” was thrilled that the most popular band in the UK, then unknown in the U.S., was covering three of Motown’s biggest hits thus far. They did covers of three Motown hits for With the Beatles: “Money (That’s What I Want)”, “You Really Got a Hold on Me”, and “Please Mr. It was recorded on 30 July 1963, and released as a single in the UK on 22 November 1963. It took a bit of practice to bring it up to par. The band had started playing it in 1962 in their act at The Cavern Club, but had not played it in a long while at the time of the recording. Postman” was recorded by The Beatles for their With the Beatles album.