The Chiffons: "Sweet Talkin' Guy" (1966)

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In a BILLBOARD interview, composer Doug Morris recalled:
"I was working in A&R for LAURIE Records, the label Dion was on, when I wrote 'Sweet Talkin' Guy.' I wrote it in the office. It was very heavily influenced by one of the Supremes songs, I forget which one. The song came pretty easily and I probably finished it in a week. At the time, I was about 24 or 26 and living in Seaford, Long Island.

"I was writing it for the Chiffons, so lyrically it would have to be something that they were interested in," he continued. "They loved it and did a great live take on it.

"I produced the session, which was at Allegro Sound Studios in New York, with Elliot Greenberg, who was one of the owners for Laurie Records, along with Gene and Bob Schwartz," Morris added. "I wrote it, but back then the owners of the record labels also got the writing credit so that's why Elliot Greenberg and Bob Schwartz and Barbara Baer got credit."


The Chiffons: Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett, Connie Harvey and Sylvia Peterson

Released April 1966 on styrene LAURIE 45 #3340 (T4km-4274-1)

Tech data: mastered with AVA triple filter© process (no Dolby)
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