Motown Classic !! Beechwood 4-5789 is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla record label. Written by Marvin Gaye, William Mickey Stevenson and George Gordy, the lyrics are about the narrator wanting a man she just met to call her number in order to have a date, any ol time. Like all the Marvelettes singles during the first phase of the groups career, the lead vocal was by Gladys Horton. The songs co-writer Marvin Gaye played drums on the track, which William Stevenson produced. The songs title is derived from the now defunct use of telephone exchange names in telephone numbers. In this case, the significant portions of the exchange name were the first two letters of Beechwood (BE), and the remainder of the number. In conventional modern use, this telephone number would be 234-5789. Beechwood 4-5789 has become a signature hit of Motowns early period but was not one of the labels biggest hits, reaching #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the autumn of 1962. The track did reach the R&B Top Ten where in fact the single enjoyed double A-side status with Beechwood 4-5789 reaching #7 and the flip Someday, Someway #8;[1] the latter track was a ballad from the writing-&-production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Freddie Gorman and featured Berry Gordy Jrs wife Raynoma Liles as organist.
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