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American R&B and soul group

The Originals, often called "Motown's best kept secret", were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm for Real", "The Bells", and the disco classic "Down to Love Town." Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of baritone singer Freddie Gorman, tenor/falsetto Walter Gaines, and tenors C. P. Spencer and Hank Dixon (and briefly Joe Stubbs). Ty Hunter replaced Spencer when he left to go solo in the early 1970s. They had all previously sung in other Detroit groups, Spencer having been an original member of the (Detroit) Spinners and Hunter having sung with the Supremes member Scherrie Payne in the group Glass House. Spencer, Gaines, Hunter, and Dixon (at one time or another) were also members of the Voice Masters. As a member of the Holland–Dozier–Gorman writing production team (before Holland–Dozier–Holland), Gorman (as a mailman) was one of the co writers of Motown's first number 1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", recorded by the Marvelettes. In 1964 the Beatles released their version and in 1975 the Carpenters took it to number 1 again. This was the second time in pop history that a song had reached number 1 twice as "The Twist" by Chubby Checker, reached number 1 in both 1960 and 1961. In 2006, "Please Mr. Postman" was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The group found success in the latter half of the 1960s as background singers for recordings by artists such as Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life" and "Yester Me, Yester You, Yesterday", David Ruffin's "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)", Marvin Gaye's "Chained" and "Just to Keep You Satisfied", Edwin Starr's "War" and "25 Miles", and many more. Much like the Andantes, Motown's in house female backing group, they are on countless Motown recordings but were never credited. They recorded their own material for Motown but saw only one single release before 1969. A cover of Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene" was released in 1966, backed with "Need Your Lovin'" (both featuring Joe Stubbs on lead) but failed to chart. They recorded the song "Suspicion" in 1966, but it was never released as a single. Nevertheless, it has become a Northern soul classic. The track has since been featured on many of their compilation albums and many Northern Soul compilations. The group saw the release of two more singles, "We've Got a Way Out of Love" and "Green Grow the Lilacs", which failed to chart, in 1969. The group found their biggest commercial success under the guidance of Marvin Gaye, who co wrote and produced two of the group's hit singles, the doo wop influenced ballads "Baby, I'm for Real" and "The Bells". The former was such a hit that the group's debut album, 1969's Green Grow the Lilacs, was soon reissued as Baby, I'm for Real. Both songs became seminal soul music recordings, and both have since been covered: 1990s R&B group After 7 re recorded "Baby, I'm for Real" and made it a hit again in 1992, while another 1990s R&B group, Color Me Badd, re recorded "The Bells" for one of their albums. The release of their singles remained constant throughout the early 1970s, although chartings proved lower and more sporadic. The year 1970 saw two album releases and four singles, all of which were top 20 R&B Hits. Ballads like "We Can Make It, Baby" who died of lung cancer, the group ceased recording and disbanded the following year. He had been with the group for about six months in 1966, as well a member of the Falcons, the Contours, and 100 Proof (Aged In Soul). C. P. Spencer died on October 20, 2004, and the group's spokesman, Freddie Gorman, followed on June 13, 2006. Walter Gaines died January 17, 2012, after a long illness. Dixon is now the only surviving, and active, founding member of the original group.

Following the death of Freddie Gorman in 2006, longtime member Hank Dixon and Hank's daughter Terrie Dixon reformed the Originals as a live touring act, with Freddie's son songwriter and producer Dillon F. Gorman, plus the son of Gene Chandler, Defrantz Forrest, to complete the line up.

Year Album Chart positions Record label US USR&B USR&B USDance1967 "Good Night Irene"b/w "Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back)" — — —Non album tracks1969 "We've Got a Way Out Love"b/w "You're the One" — — —Green Grow the Lilacs "Green Grow the Lilacs"b/w "You're the One" — — — "Baby, I'm for Real"b/w "Moment of Truth" 14 1 —1970 "The Bells"b/w "I'll Wait for You" 12 4 —Portrait of the Originals "We Can Make It Baby" / 74 20 —Naturally Together "I Like Your Style" — 20 —Portrait of the Originals "God Bless Whoever Sent You"b/w "Desperate Young Man" (non album single) 53 14 —Naturally Together1971 "Keep Me"b/w "A Man Without Love" (from Naturally Together) — — —Definitions1972 "I'm Someone Who Cares"b/w "Once I Have You (I Will Never Let You Go)" (from Naturally Together) 113 — —1973 "Be My Love"b/w "Endlessly Love" — — —Game Called Love "There's a Chance When You Love You'll Lose"b/w "First Lady (Sweet Mother's Love)" — — —Non album tracks1974 "Supernatural Voodoo Woman" (Part 1)b/w Part 2 (Non album track) — — —Game Called Love "Game Called Love"b/w "Ooh You (Put a Crush on Me)" — — — "You're My Only World"b/w "So Near (And Yet So Far)" — — —1975 "Good Lovin' Is Just a Dime Away"b/w "Nothing Can Take the Place (Of Your Love)" — 53 —California Sunset "Fifty Years"b/w "Financial Affair"Unreleased — — — "Everybody's Got to Do Something"b/w Instrumental version of A side — — —Communique1976 "Touch"b/w "Ooh You (Put a Crush on Me)" (from Game of Love) — — — "Down To Love Town"b/w "Just to Be Closer to You" 47 93 11977 "Call on Your Six Million Dollar Man"b/w "Mother Nature's Best" — — 6Down to Love Town1978 "Temporarily Out of Order"b/w "It's Alright" — — —Another Time, Another Place1979 "Blue Moon"b/w "Ladies (We Need You)" (from Another Time, Another Place) — — —Come Away with Me "J E A L O U S (Means I Love You)"b/w "Jezebel (You Got Me Under Your Spell)" — — —1981 Medley: "Waitin' on a Letter"/"Mr. Postman"b/w "The Magic Is You" — 74 —Yesterday and Today "The Magic Is You"b/w "Let Me Dance" — — —1982 "Baby, I'm for Real '82"b/w "The Magic Is You" — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.