DECEMBER 1969 (45 YEARS AGO) The Chairmen of the Board: Give Me Just A Little More Time b/w Since The Days Of Pigtails (and Fairy Tales) (Invictus IS-9074) 45 single is released in the US. Give Me Just a Little More Time is the debut single by Chairmen of the Board, released in 1969 through Capitol Records on Holland–Dozier–Hollands Invictus Records label. Give Me Just a Little More Time, backed with Since the Days of Pigtails, peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the best-performing of the Chairmens singles, and the first of the Chairmens four Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 pop hits. The single also peaked at number-eight on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in September 1970, having already sold more than one million copies in the US. The song was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., and Ron Dunbar. Because of then still pending lawsuit against Holland-Dozier-Holland from their former employers, Motown, the trio credited themselves with the pseudonym Edythe Wayne for this song and many other early Invictus/Hot Wax releases. Give Me Just a Little More Time features Chairmen of the Board lead singer General Johnson as the narrator, begging a lover who rejected him to reconsider and give him just a little more time. The song was very similar to a Motown recording in more ways than one. Not only was it written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, but the instrumental track was performed by members of The Funk Brothers, Motowns in-house band. The Funk Brothers who played on Give Me Just A Little More Time included: Bass: Bob Babbitt Guitarists: Dennis Coffey, Eddie Willis, and Ray Monette Keyboards: Johnny Griffith Drums: Richard Pistol Allen Percussion: Jack Ashford The first Chairmen of the Board LP, a self-titled release, included the single; after the singles success, the Chairmen of the Board album was reissued as Give Me Just a Little More Time.
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