That's What Girls Are Made For
{{Infobox song
| name = That's What Girls Are Made For
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Spinners
| album = The Spinners: Their Early Years & The Original Spinners
| B-side = Heebie Jeebies
| released = August 1961
| format =
| recorded = May, 1961, Tri-Phi Studios,
Detroit, Michigan
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:52
| label = Tri-Phi Records
TP 1001
| writer = Harvey Fuqua
Gwen Gordy Fuqua
| producer = Harvey Fuqua
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Love (I'm So Glad I Found You)
| next_year = 1961
}}
"That's What Girls Are Made For" is the debuting single for the American 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[https://books.google.com/books?id=zm-hSHQfBfAC&dq=billboard+1965+I%27ll+Always+Love+You+%28The+Spinners+song%29&pg=PA156 Carolina Beach Music] and number 5 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, starting a long successful run for the group, who later found success with neighboring Detroit label Motown Records in the mid-1960s and Philadelphia soul-based records with Atlantic Records in the 1970s.{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5499/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > The Spinners|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2012-11-18}}{{cite book |title= Hot R&B Songs 1942-2010: 6th Edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2010 |publisher=Record Research }}
Credits
- Lead vocals by Bobby Smith{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/19/spinners-lead-singer-bobby-smith-dies/2000219/|title=Bobby Smith, lead singer of The Spinners, dies|website=USA TODAY|access-date=2016-06-09}}
- Background vocals by Bobby Smith, George Dixon, Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough and Billy Henderson
- Drums by Marvin Gaye
- Other Instrumentation by Various session artists (including possibly The Funk Brothers)
Chart history
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!align="left"|Chart (1961) !align="center"|Peak |
align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart
|align="center"|27 |
align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles
|align="center"|5 |
References
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{{The Spinners (American band)}}
Category:The Spinners (American group) songs
Category:Songs written by Harvey Fuqua
Category:Song recordings produced by Harvey Fuqua
Category:Songs written by Gwen Gordy Fuqua
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