The cold ending features all four group members in signature harmony. Cass's vocals are more prominent on these, as is the piano accompaniment. In them, Michelle's voice is double-tracked, but mixed down into the 'sound' of one voice. The mono single and mono album versions are identical.However, there are differing versions of the song available. While the song mixes of the group's singles differ significantly from their album counterparts with some frequency ("Words of Love" and "Creeque Alley," in particular, feature overdubbed instruments that don't appear on the album versions of the songs), "Dedicated To The One I Love" used the same mix for both single and album. The song was also included on the group's 1967 album The Mamas & The Papas Deliver. It was the first time that Phillips was given the lead over Cass Elliot. The lead singer on the Mamas & the Papas version was Michelle Phillips. This version also reached number 2 on the UK's Record Retailer chart. In 1967, a subsequent and slightly more popular cover version by the Mamas & the Papas released on the Dunhill label went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, kept from number 1 by " Happy Together" by The Turtles. November 26, 1966, Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood CA The Mamas & The Papas version "Dedicated To The One I Love"įrom the album The Mamas & The Papas Deliver The song was subsequently included on their 1961 album Tonight's the Night. This version was re-released in 1961 and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on Billboard 's Hot R&B Sides. The Shirelles version Ī cover version recorded by American girl group the Shirelles reached number 83 in 1959. Their version was re-released in 1961 and charted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. Pauling was the guitarist of the "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of the song, produced by Bass, in 1957. " Dedicated To The One I Love" is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass that was a hit for the "5" Royales, the Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas and Bitty McLean.
1959 single by The Shirelles "Dedicated To The One I Love"
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