Discography and Biography of Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell. Listen to all their hits.
Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell Songs

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell had a string of hits together in the mid to late sixties. In early 1967, Motown hired Terrell to sing duets with Marvin Gaye, who had achieved duet success with Mary Wells and Kim Weston. During recording sessions, Gaye would recall later that he didn't know how gifted Terrell was until they began singing together. At first the duets were recorded separately. For sessions of their first recording, the Ashford & Simpson composition, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", both Gaye and Terrell recorded separate versions. Motown remixed the vocals and edited out the background vocals, giving just Gaye and Terrell vocal dominance. The song became a crossover pop hit in the spring of 1967, reaching number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the R&B charts and making Terrell a star. Their follow-up, "Your Precious Love", became an even bigger hit, reaching number five on the pop chart and number two on the R&B chart. At the end of the year, the duo scored another top ten single with "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You", which peaked at number ten on the pop chart and number two on the R&B chart. The song's B-side, the Marvin Gaye composition "If This World Were Mine", became a modest hit on both charts (#68 pop, #27 R&B). Gaye would later cite the song as "one of Tammi's favorites". All four songs were included on Gaye and Terrell's first duet album, United, released in the late summer of 1967. Throughout that year, Gaye and Terrell began performing together and Terrell became a vocal and performance inspiration for the shy and laid-back Gaye, who hated live performing. The duo even performed together on TV shows to their hits.

Below is a list of Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Tamla 54169
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #19
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: You're All I Need / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You're All I Need to Get By
1968 Tamla
2 record label: Tamla 54156
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, US AC #37
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: United
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Your Precious Love
1967 Tamla
3 record label: Tamla 54163
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #34
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: You're All I Need / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
1968 Tamla
4 record label: Tamla 54161
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #41
written by: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol & Vernon Bullock
album: United / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
1967 Tamla
5 record label: Tamla 54192
chart position: RandB #18, US #50, UK #9
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Easy / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell The Onion Song
1969 Tamla
6 record label: Tamla 54149
chart position: RandB #3, US #19
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: United
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't No Mountain High Enough
1967 Tamla
7 record label: Tamla 54179
chart position: RandB #11, UK #26, US #30
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Easy
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By
1969 Tamla
8 record label: Tamla 54173
chart position: RandB #11, US #24
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: You're All I Need
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Keep On Lovin' Me Honey
1968 Tamla
9 record label: Tamla 54187
chart position: RandB #6, US #49
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Easy
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell What You Gave Me
1969 Tamla
10 record label: Tamla 54173
chart position: UK #21
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Keep On Lovin' Me Honey
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'
1969 Tamla
11 record label: Tamla 54161
chart position: RandB #27, US #68
written by: Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound] B side to If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell If This World Were Mine
1968 Tamla
12 record label: Tamla 54192
chart position: US #56
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Easy
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell California Soul
1970 Tamla
-- record label: Tamla 54149
written by: C. Wilson, H. Fuqua, J. Bristol
album: United
comments: [ballad]
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Give A Little Love
1967 Tamla




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