Truly Yours (The Spinners song)

"Truly Yours"
Single by The Spinners
from the album The Original Spinners
B-side "Where Is That Girl"
Released March 24, 1966
Format 45 RPM 7"
Recorded 1966; Hitsville USA (Studio A)
(Detroit, Michigan)
Genre Soul, R&B, Pop
Length 3:07
Label Motown Records
M 1093
Writer(s) William "Mickey" Stevenson
Ivy Jo Hunter
Producer(s) William "Mickey" Stevenson
Ivy Jo Hunter
The Spinners singles chronology
"I'll Always Love You"
(1965)		 "Truly Yours"
(1966)		 "For All We Know"
(1967)
"Truly Yours"
Song by The Temptations
Released October 17, 1986
Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A);
1967
Genre Soul, R&B, Pop
Length 3:11
Label Gordy
Writer(s) William "Mickey" Stevenson
Ivy Jo Hunter
Producer(s) Ivy Jo Hunter

"Truly Yours" is a 1966 song and single by The Spinners for the Motown label. Co-written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter, the single became the Detroit-reared group's second to chart on the company label, and the fourth to chart altogether. It was also the last to chart in the 1960s and last to chart for the group until "It's a Shame". The single peaked at 11 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts.[1][2] However, on the Billboard R&B singles chart, "Truly Yours" was a Top 20 hit, peaking at number 16.[3][4][5]

During this period, as Motown treated the group as a second-tier signing, the label released one single a year from 1964 to 1969 only. Thus commercial success would elude the group until 1970.

The song was later covered in 1967 by the Temptations and Hunter himself. The Temptations version would unreleased until 1986, while Hunter version, backed by The Temptations, would be released on January 12, 2005.[6]

Personnel

The Spinners version

The Temptations version

Ivy Jo Hunter version

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart 111
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart 11
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 16

References

  1. ↑ Carolina Beach Music
  2. ↑ American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today
  3. ↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6: 1966 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
  4. ↑ "US Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ↑ Billboard - Jun 11, 1966 - Page 48
  6. ↑ Motown Sings Motown Treasures Volumes 1 & 2 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records


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