A collection of 18 songs on one CD.

Full Track Listing

  Every Little Bit Hurts   
        Who’s Lovin’ You   
        When I’m Gone   
        Just Look What You’ve Done   
        You’ve Made Me So Very Happy   
        Hurt A Little Everyday   
        Starting The Hurt All Over Again   
        How Many Times Did You Mean It   
        Operator   
        I’ll Always Love You   
        Unchained Melody   
        I’ll Be Available   
        I’ve Been Good To You   
        Where Were You   
        You Can Cry On My Shoulder   
        A Favor For A Girl (With A Love Sick Heart)   
        I’ve Got To Find It   
        Together Till The End Of Time

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Brenda Holloway released the Smokey Robinson composition, When I’m Gone in 1965 and it soared to number 25 on the pop chart and number 12 on the R&B chart. This rare UK demo is in stunning condition.

The Andantes sang background vocals on When I’m Gone. A recommended CD is Brenda Holloway – Greatest Hits & Rare Classics. HERE

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Brenda Holloway signed to Motown in 1964 aged 17 and shot to fame with a string of hits including Every Little Bit Hurts, When I’m Gone, Operator and You Make Me So Very Happy.

Every Little Bit Hurts reached No’ 23 on the U.S. pop chart and No’3 on R&B later in 1964. The vinyl on this U.K. demo is in fine shape.

No stranger to life in the ghetto, Brenda Holloway has been poor and hungry. Living in the Watts area of Los Angeles, made her industrious and determined. In 1965 she recorded the Smokey Robinson composition When I’m Gone which reached number 25 on the Hot 100 and number 13 on the R&B chart.

Brenda explains the west coast recording… “We created our own sound. It was based on the original Motown sound but recorded not quite so hot. We recorded on four tracks in LA, whereas Detroit recordings were 3 track”.

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Born June 26, 1946 in Atascadero, California, the eldest of three children to Wade and Johnnie Maye (Fossett) Holloway. The family, including her brother Wade Jr. moved to Watts in 1948 and her sister Patrice was born in 1951.

Playing violin, flute and piano she was a talented musician from a young age. After singing in the church choir, she and her sister sang backing for several R&B acts, Brenda recorded Every Little Bit Hurts aged just 16. As Motown’s first West Coast signing, she famously told Berry Gordy “I either sing, or I’m your mistress but it’s one or the other”. A beautiful woman, she was never short of male admirers.