Irresistible (Tammi Terrell album)
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Irresistible was the only solo album
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A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 for Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell
Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...

, which was released in January 1969 by Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

. Due to complications with a malignant
Malignant
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 brain tumor
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...

 in 1968 which caused her death in March 1970, Terrell did not record a subsequent solo album; this album compiles solo recordings Terrell made for Motown between 1965 and 1968. Two of the tracks included on this album were dubbed
Overdubbing
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 with vocals from Terrell's frequent singing partner Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

 to create album tracks for the duo's joint albums. These tracks were "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (on 1967's United
United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album)
United is a studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released August 29, 1967 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album, with the exception of "You Got What It Takes" and "Oh How I'd Miss You"...

) and "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (on 1969's Easy
Easy (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell album)
Easy is an album recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and released by Motown Records on September 16, 1969 under the Tamla Records label. One song on the album, "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By", was a hit single and remains popular to this day. Terrell had been ill, suffering from...

). A re-recorded version of "Come On and See Me" appears on the 1968 Gaye/Terrell album You're All I Need
You're All I Need
You're All I Need is the second studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released in August of 1968 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records...

. "This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You)
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
"This Old Heart of Mine " is an Isley Brothers song from 1966 that was a hit for them during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label...

" is a remake of the 1966 Isley Brothers' hit by the same name.

Thirty years later, Terrell's singles from Irresistible and other unreleased songs were re-released on compact disc
Compact Disc
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 entitled Tammi Terrell: The Essential Collection by Motown in 2001.

Side one

  1. "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...

    , Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

    )
  2. "That's What Boys Are Made For" (Fuqua, Gwen Gordy)
  3. "Come On and See Me" (Fuqua, Bristol)
  4. "What a Good Man He Is" (Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson
    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

    , Al Cleveland
    Al Cleveland
    Al Cleveland is a former American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most popular co-compositions are 1967's "I Second That Emotion" performed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and 1971's "What's Going On" performed by Marvin Gaye.Cleveland was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United...

    )
  5. "Tears at the End of a Love Affair" (Fuqua, Bristol, Sylvia Moy
    Sylvia Moy
    Sylvia Moy is a songwriter and record producer, formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts, she is probably best known for her songs written for Stevie Wonder....

    )
  6. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
    This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
    "This Old Heart of Mine " is an Isley Brothers song from 1966 that was a hit for them during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label...

    " (Holland–Dozier–Holland)

Side two

  1. "He's the One I Love" (Robinson)
  2. "Can't Stop Now (Love Is Calling)" (James Dean, Stanley McMullen, William Weatherspoon)
  3. "Just Too Much to Hope For" (Fuqua, Bristol, Clyde Wilson, Wilbur Jackson)
  4. "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (Fuqua)
  5. "I Can't Go on Without You" (Fuqua, Bristol, Moy)

Credits

  • Lead (and additional background) vocals by Tammi Terrell
    Tammi Terrell
    Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...

  • Background vocals by The Andantes
    The Andantes
    The Andantes were a prolific female sessions group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Temptations, Stevie...

     and The Spinners
    The Spinners (U.S. band)
    The Spinners is a soul music vocal group, active for over 50 years, and with a long run of pop and R&B hits especially during the 1970s. The group, originating from Detroit, still tours regularly ....

  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
    The Funk Brothers
    The Funk Brothers was the nickname of Detroit, Michigan, session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972...


Singles

  • 1966: "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (#72 US, #27 US R&B)
  • 1966: "Come On and See Me" (#80 US, #25 US R&B)
  • 1967: "What a Good Man He Is" (single release canceled)
  • 1969: "This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)" (#67 US)

Further reading

  • Montgomery, Ludie. My Sister Tommie: the Real Tammi Terrell (2005, ISBN 1-904408-16-8)

External links

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