![]() ![]() There is an uncanny resemblance between the piano work and the sound of the piano in this song and 'Mash Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp. John from Eugene, Or'Please Mr Postman' came out on Tamla records, not Motown.Veve from Lorain, OhI agree with you Ben!.Listen to Karen sing "Sheck and see" in their version on YouTube ! Just a little trivia. Jake from Birmingham, AlKaren and Richard Carpenter couldn't pronounce a hard "Ch" sound.The Beatles' studio recorded cover version would first appear on their second UK album, 'With the Beatles'. Their final song in their set was a covered version of "Please Mister Postman" three months earlier on December 11th, 1961 the original version of the song by the Marvelettes peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart. It was first full live performance by the 'Fab Four' that was recorded on tape. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 7th 1962, the Beatles appeared on the BBC radio show 'Teenager's Turn - Here We Go' “at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester.But both records were multi-million sellers. Was the Cameo-Parkway single really another version of the Marvelettes' single? I don't know. My 45 rpm single of "Mashed Potato Time" credits the songwriting to "Sheldon/Brianbert." And the publisher was Jobete Music, which was an organization related to Motown Records. A few months later, in spring '62, Cameo-Parkway Records released Dee Dee Sharp's 1st hit, "Mashed Potato Time" which sounded similar to "Postman." It went to #1 on the R&B charts and #2 on the Pop Charts. Me & my girls in high school loved doing the Mashed Potatoes to it. That arrangement with the drums & the choppy piano made it very danceable. Postman" was great to dance to back in '61-'62. ![]() Moanin' Lisa from Chillicothe Mo."Please Mr.I, on the other hand, have no appreciation for vanilla singing or singers. Postman" is better than The Marvelettes' version, are people who have no sense of, no appreciation for, true soulful singing. ![]()
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