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"That's What Girls Are Made For" is the debuting single for the
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R&B/Soul vocal group The Spinners, released on Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi Records label in 1961. The single featured most of the original members of the group including original lead singer Bobby Smith and featured a very young Marvin Gaye playing drums. Harvey Fuqua and his then-girlfriend Gwen Gordy made the song simply for them to record. Released nationally on Tri-Phi, the song reached number 27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 5 on the
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chart, starting a long successful run for the group, who later found success with neighboring Detroit label Motown Records in the mid-1960s and
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-based records with
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in the 1970s.


Credits

*Lead vocals by Bobby Smith *Background vocals by Bobby Smith, George Dixon,
Pervis Jackson Pervis Jackson (May 17, 1938 – August 18, 2008) was an American R&B singer, noted as the bass singer for The Spinners, and was one of the group's original members as well as their spokesman. His deep timbered voice and calm swagger garnered h ...
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Henry Fambrough Henry Lee Fambrough (born May 10, 1938) is an original vocalist and current member of the R&B quintet The Spinners (aka The Detroit Spinners and also The Motown Spinners). He is the last surviving original member of the Spinners. The group ...
and Billy Henderson *Drums by Marvin Gaye *Other Instrumentation by Various session artists (including possibly
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Chart history


References

1961 debut singles The Spinners (American group) songs Songs written by Harvey Fuqua Song recordings produced by Harvey Fuqua Songs written by Gwen Gordy Fuqua 1961 songs {{1960s-R&B-song-stub