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The Best of Marv Johnson: You Got What it Takes

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Tracks:
# 1. Come To Me
# 2. Whisper
# 3. I'm Coming Home
# 4. You Got What It Takes
# 5. Don't Leave Me
# 6. I Love The Way You Love
# 7. Let Me Love You
# 8. Ain't Gonna Be That Way
# 9. All The Love I've Got
# 10. Move Two Mountains (You've Got To) - (single version)
# 11. Happy Days
# 12. Baby, Baby
# 13. Merry-Go-Round
# 14. Tell Me That You Love Me
# 15. How Can We Tell Him
# 16. I've Got A Notion
# 17. Oh Mary
# 18. Easier Said Than Done - (single version)
# 19. Magic Mirror
# 20. Keep Tellin' Yourself
# 21. Another Tear Falls
# 22. Congratulations, You've Hurt Me Again
# 23. The Man Who Don't Believe In Love
# 24. That's All I Want - (previously unreleased)

For the three years between 1959 to 1961, Marv Johnson had 9 songs on the pop chart.
All of them are here, plus 5 b-sides.
There were 7 b-sides total, as one release was a 2-sided hit.

His hits and b-sides that are here are:
1. "Come to me" b/w "Whisper" -- 1959 pop top 40, r&b top 10.
2. "I'm coming home" b/w (missing, "River of tears") -- 1959 pop top 100, r&b almost made the top 20.
3. "You got what it takes" b/w "Don't leave me" -- 1959 pop top 10, r&b top 10.
4. "I love the way you love" b/w "Let me love you" -- 1960 pop top 10, r&b top 10.
5. "All the love I've got" (b-side is #6) -- 1960 top 100, didn't make r&b.
6. "Ain't gonna be that way" -- 1960 top 100, didn't make r&b.
7. ("You've got to) move two mountains" b/w (missing "I need you") -- 1960 pop top 20, r&b nearly a top 10.
8. "Happy days" b/w "Baby baby" -- 1960, pop top 100, r&b top 10.
9. "Merry-go-round" b/w "Tell me that you love me" -- 1961 pop top 100, r&b top 40.
(Johnson had one additional song make the top 40 r&b in 1966, --
"I miss you baby (how I miss you)" b/w "Just the way you are", neither side of that record is here.)

There's not much to be found of Johnson's 3 year singing career,
but in that time he had some very good music.
This is a great compilation of original recordings which includes all nine charted songs,
5 of the 7 b-sides, 9 albums tracks, and the last song "Thats all I want", previously unreleased.

If you like the rock and roll -- rhythm and blues sound of the early sixties,
you're sure to like this anthology collection.
It comes with a 6 page booklet with details of Johnson's career, and his discography.
Marv Johnson is recognized as a co-creator of the Motown sound with Berry Gordy.

This compilation is EMI Legends of Rhythm and Blues Series, in 1992.
Manufactured by Capitol Records, a subsidiary of Capitol/EMI Music.
Hollywood, California.