The Complete Duets
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The Complete Duets is a two-disc compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of duet recordings 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...

 artists 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....

 and 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...

, recorded between 1965 and 1969. The set compiles all of the tracks from the duo's three albums - 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"...

,
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...

and 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...

- as well as several of Tammi Terrell's solo recordings and other previously unissued material.

Tracklisting

Superscripts identify the following: tracks marked (a) are Tammi Terrell solo tracks with Gaye's vocals overdubbed to create duet versions, tracks marked (b) feature Valerie Simpson substituting for Tammi Terrell, tracks marked (c) are Tammi Terrell solo recordings, and tracks marked (d) are previously unreleased.

Disc one

  1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough
    Ain't No Mountain High Enough
    "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes...

    " (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
    Ashford & Simpson
    Nickolas Ashford , and Valerie Simpson , were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists....

    )
  2. "You Got What It Takes" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo)
  3. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
    If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
    "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" is a popular song recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967 and released in December 1967. Written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, and Vernon Bullock, the single was Gaye & Terrell's third single together and the second to go Top Ten on both the...

    " (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...

    , Vernon Bullock)
  4. "Somethin' Stupid
    Somethin' Stupid
    "Somethin' Stupid" is a song written by C. Carson Parks and originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as "Carson and Gaile". It is best known in the hit version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter, Nancy Sinatra....

    " (C. Carson Parks)
  5. "Your Precious Love
    Your Precious Love
    "Your Precious Love" is a popular song that was a 1967 hit for Motown singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, the doo-wop styled recording features background vocals by Fuqua, Gaye, Terrell and Bristol,...

    " (Ashford, Simpson)
  6. "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (Fuqua) a
  7. "Two Can Have a Party" (Bristol, Fuqua, Thomas Kemp) a
  8. "Little Ole Boy Little Ole Girl" (Fuqua, Etta James
    Etta James
    Etta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...

    , Brook Benton
    Brook Benton
    Brook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.He made a comeback in 1970...

    )
  9. "If This World Were Mine
    If This World Were Mine
    "If This World Were Mine" is a 1967 song by soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell from their album United. Written solely by Gaye, it was one of the few songs they recorded without Ashford & Simpson writing or producing...

    " (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....

    )
  10. "Sad Wedding" (Bristol, Jackey Beavers)
  11. "Give a Little Love" (Bristol, Fuqua, Clyde Wilson)
  12. "Oh How I'd Miss You" (Hal Davis
    Hal Davis
    Harold Edward "Hal" Davis was an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as the key figure in the latter part of the Motown career of The Jackson 5....

    , Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson (musician)
    Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...

    , Vance Wilson)
  13. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
    Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
    -Marcella Detroit & Elton John version:"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" was recorded by Elton John as a duet with Marcella Detroit, and featured on his 1993 album Duets. It was also later included on Detroit's 1994 album Jewel. Released as a two-part CD single single in May 1994, it peaked at...

    " (Ashford, Simpson)
  14. "Keep On Loving Me Honey" (Ashford, Simpson)
  15. "You're All I Need to Get By
    You're All I Need to Get By
    "You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" from Method Man and Mary J...

    " (Ashford, Simpson)
  16. "Baby Doncha Worry" (Bristol, Beavers) a
  17. "You Ain't Livin' 'Til You're Lovin'" (Ashford, Simpson)
  18. "Give In, You Just Can't Win" (Fuqua, Bristol) a
  19. "When Love Comes Knocking At Your Heart" (Fuqua, Bristol, Gladys Knight
    Gladys Knight
    Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...

    , Bullock)
    a
  20. "Come On and See Me" (Fuqua, Bristol)
  21. "I Can't Help But Love You" (Robert Gordy, Kemp, Gaye)
  22. "That's How It Is (Since You've Been Gone)" (Fuqua, Bristol, Bullock) a
  23. "I'll Never Stop Loving You Baby" (Fuqua, Bristol, Beatrice Verdi)
  24. "Memory Chest" (Fuqua, Bristol) a
  25. "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" (Alternate Take) (Ashford, Simpson) d
  26. "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (Alternate Vocal) (Ashford, Simpson) d
  27. "We'll Be Satisfied" (F. Wilson, Marc Gordon) d

Disc two

  1. "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  2. "California Soul" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  3. "Love Woke Me Up This Morning" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  4. "This Poor Heart of Mine" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  5. "I'm Your Puppet" (Spooner Oldham
    Spooner Oldham
    Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha...

    , Dan Penn
    Dan Penn
    Dan Penn is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and sometime guitar player who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s including "Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Out of Left Field" & "Cry Like A Baby"...

    )
    b
  6. "The Onion Song" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  7. "What You Gave Me" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  8. "Baby I Need Your Loving
    Baby I Need Your Loving
    "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot...

    " (Holland-Dozier-Holland
    Holland-Dozier-Holland
    Holland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music...

    )
    b
  9. "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (Fuqua, Bristol) a
  10. "How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  11. "More, More, More" (Fuqua, Bristol, C. Wilson) a
  12. "Satisfied Feelin'" (Ashford, Simpson) b
  13. "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (Single Version) c
  14. "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (Single Version) c
  15. "Come On And See Me" (Single Version) c
  16. "Baby Don'tcha Worry" (Single Version) c
  17. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Ashford, Simpson) c, d
  18. "Two Can Have A Party" (Bristol, Fuqua, Kemp) c, d
  19. "Oh How I'd Miss You" (Demo) (Davis, F. Wilson, V. Wilson) c, d
  20. "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" (Ashford, Simpson) c, d
  21. "Give In You Just Can't Win" (Fuqua, Bristol, C. Wilson) c, d
  22. "When Love Comes Knocking At My Heart" (Fuqua, Bristol, Knight, Bullock) c, d
  23. "Memory Chest" (Fuqua, Bristol) c, d
  24. "That's How It Is (Since You've Been Gone)" (Fuqua, Bristol, Bullock) c, d
  25. "More, More, More" (Fuqua, Bristol, C. Wilson) c, d

Credits

  • Lead (and additional background) vocals by 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....

     and 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 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...

    , 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...

    , Hal Davis
    Hal Davis
    Harold Edward "Hal" Davis was an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as the key figure in the latter part of the Motown career of The Jackson 5....

    , Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, 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...

    , The Originals
    The Originals
    The Originals were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real", "The Bells" and the disco classic, "Down to Love Town"...

     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
    Instrumentation (music)
    In music, instrumentation refers to the particular combination of musical instruments employed in a composition, and to the properties of those instruments individually...

     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...

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