Can't argue there with regard to The Ronettes "You baby". John Holt's version saw no chart action. I do like a lot of reggae music - it was big here UK during my teen years and there have been some fantastic tracks.

Motown has only flirted with reggae with the single release of Bob and Marcia "Young, Gifted and Black"/"Peace of Mind" and they scheduled but didn't release their album which contains some Motown covers too [["The Onion Song" and "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"). Bob Andy had previously recorded a version of "Stay In My Lonely Arms" which is not on the album but was on a single in the UK.

As part of a deal with Tabu Records, Motown also issued the Lucky Dube album "Trinity" which contained the fantastic track "Serious Reggae Business" [[there's a great live YouTube video of him performing it) it was most unfortunate what happened to him later. Motown also issued albums by Alexander O'Neal, Cherelle, SOS Band and I think others as part of that deal.