" Not Too Proud for Beg " is a 1966 song and hit single by Gordy label for Motown Records' Gordy, produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and was the number one hit on the Billboard R & B for eight consecutive weeks. The success of the song, in the wake of a relatively less performance than the previous Temptations single, "Get Ready", resulted in Norman Whitfield replacing Smokey Robinson, the producer of "Get Ready", as the main producer of The Temptations. In 2004 it finished # 94 on AFI 100 Years... 100 Poll songs thanks to its inclusion in the The Big Chill soundtrack.
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Motown has a policy that the producer who has the greatest hits on a particular artist is assigned as the main producer for the artist, and is given a preference when singles are selected for release by the Motown Quality Control department. In 1966, Motown artist, songwriter, and producer Smokey Robinson with that standard gained creative control over The Temptations, after a series of songs such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", and "Since I Lost Baby I ".
Norman Whitfield, a rising songwriter and producer at Motown who has had success with Marvin Gaye and The Velvelettes, has worked with Temptations on singles such as "Girl (Why You Want Make Me Blue)" (1964), and the role of Robinson who is coveted as their producer. Finally creating an instrumental song that he thought would make it, Whitfield asked the lyricist Edward Holland, Jr. (Holland-Dozier-Holland fame) to write lyrics for Whitfield instrumental. Although the Dutch did not think Whitfield had a chance to steal Robinson's actions (especially since Robinson was Motown CEO best friend Berry Gordy), he donated his serve for the song, which resulted in "Not Too Proud to Begging".
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Composition
The lyrics of the song featured his narrator pleading for a second chance with his beloved lover, opening with the prescribed statement "I know you want to leave me/but I refuse to let you go." The narrator goes on to state that he is "not too proud to plead" or "beg" his lover to stay. The Temptations are pleased with this composition, feeling that the melody of a blues-inspired song and James Brown-esque horn prick will help to update their voices. David Ruffin was tapped to sing the song, and Whitfield sent the mixture to the Motown Quality Control department.
Personnel
- David RuffinÃ, - main vocal
- Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams - backing vocals
- The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
Production
On Friday morning at Motown's Hitsville USA office, the creative team held a Quality Control meeting, in which a single release potential was chosen for or against liberation. To Whitfield's disappointment, "Not Too Proud to Ask" failed twice to make it through Quality Motown Friday morning meeting with Berry Gordy commented that the song was good, but "needed more stories". For the third recorded version of "Is not Too Proud", Whitfield has David Ruffin's main vocals set right above his true vocal range. As a result, the singer was forced to drain a number of shots to pull out all the high notes of the song. At the end of the recording session "Not Too Proud", recalls the temptation of Otis Williams, Ruffin "drowned in sweat and his glasses all over his face". [1]
At this point, both Temptations and Whitfield believe they have a big blow in their hands. However, both are "Not Too Proud" and "Prepare", a Temptations song produced by Smokey Robinson with Eddie Kendricks on lead, appearing at the same Quality Control meeting. Since Robinson was the main producer of Temptations, the song was released and Whitfield's ruled out. Cornelius Grant, guitarist, band director, and songwriter of The Temptations, recalled that after the decision was made, "as if the veins were jumping out of Norman's neck." Whitfield was unhappy at the decision of the Quality Control Department, and made it clear that "never again will I lose on such a release". [2] . As a compromise, Gordy promised Whitfield that "Is not Too Proud" would be the next single if "Get Ready" failed to reach the Top 20 on the Billboard Pop Chart.
Release
"Get ready" reached number one on the Billboard R & amp; B, but only number 29 on the pop charts. As promised, "Is not Too Proud To Beg" was released as the next single. It also reached number one on the R & amp charts. B, but made it into the top twenty at number thirteen. "Not Too Proud" replaced Sam & amp; Dave "Hold On! I'm a Comin '" as an R & amp; B number one during the week of June 18, 1966, and held the position for four weeks until it was replaced by Ray Charles "Let's Go Stoned" for the week of July 16th. The following week, Is not Too Proud returned to the number one position, where he stayed for four more weeks until being replaced on the week of August 20 by another Motown single, Stevie Wonder's cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin 'in the Wind".
The Temptations had been on tour during all the office politics involving the release of "Not Too Proud to Beg", and only learning about the record became a hit when they were contacted by Motown an hour before August 20, 1966, a performance on American Bandstand and ordered to do that. Temptation Paul Williams quickly devised a dance routine for the song, and the group synced songs for American Bandstand spectators .
Much of the success of the song, according to the Temptations itself, was due to Whitfield's production, which was leaner and hit harder than Robinson's more refined style, and also for sickly David Ruffin's vocalist. The tactics of having Ruffin records above the registers worked reasonably well so Whitfield went on to use them on the Temptations note later like "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You", and also did the same. to Marvin Gaye when he recorded the now famous version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
Renditions by other artists
The Rolling Stones recorded a song for their album It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974). They also released it as a single, which reached Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
Rick Astley closed the song for his 1988 album Hold Me In Your Arms and released it as a single in the US and Japan in the summer of 1989. The single reached number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 16 on the Adult Contemporary Ladder. This is Astley's last single with Stock Aitken & amp; Waterman.
Phil Collins covered the song on the last 25-song edition of the Going Back album, released in 2010.
Note
- ^ Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia, Temptation .
- ^ Weinger, Harry, "Sunshine on a Cloudy Day".
References
Bibliography
- Posner, Gerald (2002). Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power. New York: Random House. ISBNÃ, 0-375-50062-6.
- Weinger, Harry (1994). "Sunlight on a Cloudy Day". The Temptations: Emperors of Soul. New York: Motown Record Co., L.P.
- Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptation . Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBNÃ, 0-8154-1218-5.
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
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