Pretty Little Baby

"Pretty Little Baby" is a 1965 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.[1]

"Pretty Little Baby"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album Anthology
B-side"Now That You've Won Me"
ReleasedJune 18, 1965
RecordedNovember 5, 7, & 17 and December 22, 1964
Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan
GenrePop/soul
Length2:37
LabelTamla
T 54117
Songwriter(s)Marvin Gaye
David Hamilton
Clarence Paul
Producer(s)Clarence Paul
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"I'll Be Doggone"
(1965)		 "Pretty Little Baby"
(1965)		 "Ain't That Peculiar"
(1965)

Co-written by Gaye, Clarence Paul and David Hamilton and produced by Paul, the song described the narrator's longing and pleading to his woman to not leave his side after the two had an argument.

The song was originally written and recorded as a psychedelic holiday song called Purple Snowflakes. This version was eventually shelved and would not be released until 1992, when it was released on the Motown Christmas compilation Christmas In the City.

The song was Marvin's second Top 40 single of 1965 after the success of his first number-one Billboard hit, "I'll Be Doggone".[1][2][3]

A non-album track until the release of his Anthology album nearly ten years later, this song was a top forty success for Gaye peaking at number sixteen on the R&B chart and number twenty-five pop. Cash Box described it as "a lyrical, chorus-backed funky romancer soulfully rendered by the songster."[4]

Personnel

References
  1. The Complete Motown Singles Vol 4: 1964 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.
  4. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.


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