Friday, November 02, 2012

Record #0159: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me / A Place In the Sun – DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES & THE TEMPTATIONS



Tamla Motown 1137 (original) Canada, 1968
Words and Music by:  Side A – Kenneth Gamble, Jerry Ross; Side B – Ron Miller, B. Wells
Musicians:  Diana Ross (lead vocals), Mary Wilson (vocals), Cindy Birdsong (vocals),
Eddie Kendricks (co-lead), Otis Williams (vocals), Melvin Franklin (vocals), Paul Williams (vocals), Dennis Edwards (vocals), the Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Recording sessions:  Side A – Produced by Frank Wilson and Nickolas Ashford at Hitsville USA in May, June, August & September 1968; Side B – same details?
Highest chart positions: US #2, US R&B #2, US Cashbox #1, UK #3 (couldn’t find how this did in Canada)

The title song was originally released by Dee Dee Warwick in 1966. Producer Nickolas Ashford sang backing vocals on Warwick’s release.

List price:  Canadian releases are not listed in the price guides that I have

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