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LastDodo number
1185025
Area
Vinyl records and CDs
Title
(You've Got to) Move two Mountians
Main artist / band
(Guest) Artist
Release number
UA 241
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Year
1960
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Marv Johnson - You got move two mountians Marv is best known for a few hits, including the top ten squatters "You Got What It Takes" and "I Love the Way You Love" Marv Johnson was also an influential figure in early Motown history. Marvin Earl Jansen was born in Detroit in 1938, and grew up in a musical environment of gospel music and the jump-band muzek Louis Jordan and his Tympany 5. During a recording session, he met record producer Berry Gordy, who later became Motown boss. After playing his self-penned song "Come To me" for Gordy and his future wife Raynoma, the pair decided to release it as the first record on the young record label, Tamla. Because the new label had no distribution outside of Detroit, "Come to me" is released nationally on the United Artists label. The song becomes No. 6 on the R&B hit list and No. 30 on the pop charts. Direct control over its first discovery. lost Gordy after Johnson signed to United Artists, but stayed on as the singer's manager. In 1959, Marv had a big top ten hit with “You've Got What It Takes,” which later became more poppy “You've Got to Move Two Mountains "made it into the Top 20.

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A : (You've Got to) Move Two Mountians

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B : I Need You

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