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LYNNE RANDELL
Forever (Brian Holland - Freddie Gorman - Lamont Dozier) Australia 1965 #28 Melbourne Lynne Randell (1950-2007) was a former Melbourne hairdresser, born in Liverpool UK, who toured the US on the same bill as The Monkees and Jimi Hendrix. See the Lynne Randell page at Milesago. Single on HMV label, double-sided hit with Be Sure.
MARVIN GAYE
Forever (Brian Holland - Freddie Gorman - Lamont Dozier) USA 1964 Single on Tamla label, B-side of How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You.
THE FOUR CHEVELLES
Darling Forever (Brian Holland - Freddie Gorman - Lamont Dozier) USA 1964 Single on Delft #357, B-side of This Is Our Wedding Day, also issued on Bandbox #357. A version of The Marvelettes' Forever which includes the phrase 'darling, forever'. Group from Denver, Colorado.  
Discographies dating the Bandbox single as 1957 and claiming it was the original version are in error: (1) The earliest Bandbox 45 was #201 in 1959, and #393 was issued in 1969. (2) It is unlikely that future Motown team Dozier-Holland-Gorman would have been collaborating on a song by a Denver band, on a Denver label, as long ago as 1957. (3) The original copyright for the song was lodged with the US Copyright Office in June 1962. The Bandbox single may show the artists' name as simply 'The Chevelles', the Delft single as 'The Four Chevelles'.
THE MARVELETTES
Forever (Brian Holland - Freddie Gorman - Lamont Dozier) USA 1963 Original version Single on Tamla label. Co-writer Freddie Gorman was leader of Motown group The Originals. He also co-wrote the Marvelettes' 1961 hit Please Mr Postman and the Reflections' Just Like Romeo And Juliet (1964). Many thanks to Davie Gordon. Later versions:
CARLA THOMAS
Forever (Brian Holland - Freddie Gorman - Lamont Dozier) USA 1966 Later version On 1966 album on Stax label, Comfort Me. Corrections or comments? Contact the writer. |