Covered: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Volume 2: 1964

Earlier today, I posted Volume One of my Covered songwriting series for the Motown team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, commonly referred to as Holland-Dozier-Holland. I explained quite a bit about them in my write-up for that volume, so I suggest you read that to learn more. They were such successful hit makers that this and the next three volumes in the series will cover just one year. This one showcases their hits from 1964.

As you can see from all the classic songs in the song list, Holland-Dozier-Holland were really hitting their stride in 1964. Three of the songs here made it to Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 songs of all time: "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby I Need Your Loving," and "Baby Love." I'm surprised "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" didn't make that list too.

As with most of the other albums in this series, I went the extra mile, and tried to order the songs chronologically not just by year of release, as I usually do with Covered albums, but also putting them in the exact order they were released. I couldn't manage that for all the songs, because a few were album tracks where I couldn't accurately figure out release dates.

Pretty much all the versions here are the original hit versions, by Motown artists. However, "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" is by the Action, a non-Motown band from Britain. 

Also, note that two of the songs here, "Just Ain't Enough Love" and "Candy to Me," were performed by Eddie Holland, a member of Holland-Dozier-Holland. As I mentioned in Volume One, he had some early singles, including a hit in 1961. But this was the last gasp of his 1964 recording career, since he suffered from stage fright and found being a songwriter and producer worked much better for him. 

This album is 40 minutes long.

01 Live Wire (Martha & the Vandellas)
02 Run, Run, Run (Supremes)
03 You're a Wonderful One (Marvin Gaye)
04 In My Lonely Room (Martha & the Vandellas)
05 Just Ain't Enough Love (Eddie Holland)
06 The Girl's Alright with Me (Temptations)
07 Where Did Our Love Go (Supremes)
08 Baby I Need Your Loving (Four Tops)
09 Candy to Me (Eddie Holland)
10 Girl [Why You Wanna Make Me Blue] (Action)
11 Baby Don't You Do It [Don't Do It] (Marvin Gaye)
12 Baby Love (Supremes)
13 Come See about Me (Supremes)
14 How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved by You] (Marvin Gaye)
15 He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Velvelettes)

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Of all the cover photos I made for this series, this is probably the one I manipulated the least. Unlike most of the others, the original had them in these exact poses. But it was in black and white, so I colorized it with the help of the Palette and Photoshop programs. I also ran it through the Krea AI program to help with the detail. I don't know when the photo was taken, but I'm guessing it was in the mid-1960s, based on the short haircuts and clothing styles and such.