MY GIRL

Created on 14/07/2001
Latest update on 30/01/2022

Artist: Temptations
Author: Smokey Robinson/Ronald White
Label: Gordy
Year: 1964

N°1 R&B & US. Coauthor Smokey Robinson had written My Guy the year before (for Mary Wells). This was in fact the follow-up. His Miracles were supposed to record it first. Also in German as Mein Girl.

Covers:

1965:

Otis Redding

1965:

Rolling Stones

1965:

William Bell [hit NL]

1965:

Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers [instrumental]

1965:

Cannibal & The Headhunters

1965:

Prince Buster [as Sunshine With My Girl]

1966:

Georgie Fame

1966:

Capitols

1967:

Mamas And Papas

1967:

Stevie Wonder

1967:

Geralldo [as Ma fille]

1967:

American Breed

1968:

Bobby Vee

1968:

Georges Thurston [as Jeune ville]

1968:

Jackson 5 [on Steeltown]

1968:

Muddy Waters [final part of She's Alright]

1968:

Donnie Elbert

1968:

Jackie Wilson & Count Basie

1969:

Al Green

1969:

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles [author]

1969:

Johnny Tillotson

1969:

Little Johnny Osmond

1970:

Eddie Floyd

1972:

Michael Jackson

1973:

King Floyd

1973:

Wolfman Jack

1973:

Major Lance

1974:

Herbie Mann

1974:

Oscar Toney Jr.

1974:

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

1975:

Glen Campbell

1975:

Elvin Bishop

1975:

Tommy Hunt

1977:

Doug Sahm

1977:

Dolly Parton [as My Girl (My Love)]

1980:

Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol [als My Guy, My Girl]

1984:

Herman Brood

1985:

Hall & Oates [with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks from The Temptations]

1987:

John Hiatt & Loudon Wainwright III

1988:

Spoonie G

1988:

Suave

1997:

C.C. Campbell

1997:

Alabama

2001:

Westlife

2006:

Aaron Neville

2018:

Helmut Lotti

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