Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities

Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960-1969 (Motown Lost & Found) is a 2-CD set of The Supremes music released by Hip-O Records on March 25, 2008.

Overview

This is a notable release as it includes many of the unreleased songs Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, Barbara Martin, and Cindy Birdsong recorded. This limited-edition collection contains 48 tracks, including "I Saw Him Standing There" (with Ballard on lead), "It's Not Unusual", and "MacArthur Park". Also included are rare, alternate versions of previously released singles, including "Someday We'll Be Together", "You Can't Hurry Love", and "Back in My Arms Again".

Track listings

Disc one

Hey! Baby

"Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, and recorded by Channel in 1961, first released on LeCam Records, a local Fort Worth, Texas label. After it hit, it was released on Smash Records for national distribution. He co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith (owner of LeCam) and released it on Mercury Records' Smash label. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting the week ending March 10, 1962.

The song features a prominent riff from well-known harmonica player Delbert McClinton, and drums played by Ray Torres. According to a CNN article<ref name=""The man who taught John Lennon harp" CNN article (2002)">"The man who taught John Lennon harp". Articles.cnn.com. 8 October 2002. Retrieved 2014-04-01. </ref> from 2002, while touring the UK in 1962 with The Beatles, McClinton met John Lennon and gave him some harmonica tips. Lennon put the lessons to use right away on "Love Me Do" and later "Please Please Me". Lennon included the song in his jukebox, and it is also featured on the related compilation album.

Hey Baby

"Hey! Baby" is a 1961 song by Bruce Channel, later covered by Anne Murray and DJ Ötzi.

Hey Baby may also refer to:

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