Please Mr. Postman

Name: Please Mr. Postman
Uploaded: 1961-01-01
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: Written by Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, and Brian Holland, this November 1961 debut single became the first Motown song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The Carpenters' 1975 cover also reached number one, making it a chart-topper in two different decades.

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1961 60s pop

Written by Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, and Brian Holland, this November 1961 debut single became the first Motown song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The Carpenters' 1975 cover also reached number one, making it a chart-topper in two different decades.