All I Need (The Temptations song)
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Hitsville USA (Studio B/Golden World); 1967 | ||||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Gordy G 7061 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Frank Wilson Eddie Holland R. Dean Taylor | |||
| Producer(s) | Frank Wilson | |||
| The Temptations singles chronology | ||||
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| The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul track listing | ||||
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"All I Need" is a 1967 hit single recorded by
Holland-Dozier-Holland
, Motown's main songwriting team (of which Holland was a part).
The single is the first not to be produced by the group's main producer
Diana Ross and the Supremes
in 1968.
Backed with the Ivy Jo Hunter production "Sorry is a Sorry Word" (co-written by Holland with Hunter), the single would be their second one from the group's 1967 album The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul. The Temptations performed the song live on the CBS variety show The Ed Sullivan Show on May 28, 1967,[3] and the flip side was also performed, as part of a documentary, in 1967.
Cash Box called the single a "pulsing, driving, thumping, melodic reading" that is a "sure-to-please item."[4]
Fellow Motown group
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers recorded the song in 1968 but it remained unreleased until Bobby Taylor's Motown Anthology album came out in 2006. The Supremes
recorded a slower version of the song (in 1971) with Jean Terrell on lead vocals. Their cover first appeared on the Motown Sings Motown Treasures album in 2005.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Personnel
- Lead vocals by David Ruffin
- Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams, and The Andantes (Louvain Demps, Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks)
- Guitar: Cornelius Grant
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
Notes
- ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.
- ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
- ^ "The Ed Sullivan Show Episode 918: May 28, 1967: The Temptations, Robert Goulet, Jane Morgan, Pickle Brothers". Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 29, 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/17/67". Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 23, 1967". Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
External links
- The Temptations - All I Need on YouTube
