Paul Williams leads

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Hi Paul

Here's the list from DFTMC, I hope it's readable. I think the singer notes came from the long-gone and much-missed "Yesterday-Today-Forever" magazine, but can't recall who compiled it. The first date is the first release, the second date is the [[last) recording date.

Best
Keith

No Man Can Love Her Like I Do;29-Apr-68;27-Dec-66;lead Paul Williams, odb on the Marvelettes

Interesting to see the recording notes on "No Man Can Love Her Like I Do". When I first heard it, I thought it sounded like it could have been a cousin to The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish In The Sea"- it was the sax break that cemented that thought. Now I see I may not have been far off the mark.

[SatansBlues]

Interesting to see the recording notes on "No Man Can Love Her Like I Do". When I first heard it, I thought it sounded like it could have been a cousin to The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish In The Sea"- it was the sax break that cemented that thought. Now I see I may not have been far off the mark.

The notes to that entry lists the Marvelette's track as being called No Girl [[Can Love Him Like I Do). Written by Kendricks/E. Holland/Whitfield. While Too Many Fish is written by just E. Holland and Whitfield. There are some similarities between the two songs, but it does make me wonder if the Marvalettes did a version of the song.

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

The notes to that entry lists the Marvelette's track as being called No Girl [[Can Love Him Like I Do). Written by Kendricks/E. Holland/Whitfield. While Too Many Fish is written by just E. Holland and Whitfield. There are some similarities between the two songs, but it does make me wonder if the Marvalettes did a version of the song.

Thank you for that info. Wouldn't that be great if somehow that turned up [[if they did indeed record a version!)

[paul_nixon]

Thank you for that info. Wouldn't that be great if somehow that turned up [[if they did indeed record a version!)

Although assigned to the Marvelettes there do not seem to be any vocals from them just The Temptations

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Although assigned to the Marvelettes there do not seem to be any vocals from them just The Temptations

OK, thank you. I appreciate the closure you and SatansBlues gave on this one. It's one I've wondered about for years. Nice to find out I was kinda right about this sounding like a Marvelettes song all those years ago.

[jboy88]

Interesting to see the recording notes on "No Man Can Love Her Like I Do". When I first heard it, I thought it sounded like it could have been a cousin to The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish In The Sea"- it was the sax break that cemented that thought. Now I see I may not have been far off the mark.

The song’s lyrics were originally written for Jimmy Ruffin’s “I Know How To Love Her”, which eventually evolved into “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”! “No Man…” I’m sure was thrown together solely to be used as a filler track and was never meant to be a true contender. Nevertheless, it’s one of Paul’s best leads IMO. Norman could have given him “This Ole Man” and he still would have killed it with his forceful baritone.

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

The song’s lyrics were originally written for Jimmy Ruffin’s “I Know How To Love Her”, which eventually evolved into “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby”! “No Man…” I’m sure was thrown together solely to be used as a filler track and was never meant to be a true contender. Nevertheless, it’s one of Paul’s best leads IMO. Norman could have given him “This Ole Man” and he still would have killed it with his forceful baritone.

Interesting! Thank you, jboy88. See, all of this is pretty thrilling to read. Norman seemed to do this a lot; starting one song and putting it to that music track, THEN switching those lyrics to this music track. He definitely was very fluid with this mix-and-match method. And it worked very well.