I Promise to Wait My Love
"I Promise to Wait My Love" is a 1968 single recorded by girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas), released on the Gordy label.[1] The third release from the group's Ridin' High, it was another single given to them by producer Richard Morris. Produced under a Memphis soul sound similar to soul singer Aretha Franklin, the song has the narrator (lead singer Martha Reeves) promising to wait for her love as he fights in Vietnam, although the song does not overtly reference the war, disguising it as the war being another woman saying that she will love him "even though (he does her) wrong".
""I Promise to Wait My Love"" | ||||
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Single by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | ||||
from the album Riding High | ||||
B-side | "Forget Me Not" | |||
Released | April 4, 1968 | |||
Recorded | Hitsville USA; 1967-1968 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Gordy | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billie-Jean Brown George Gordy Margaret Johnson Gordy Allen Story | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Morris Billie-Jean Brown Henry Cosby | |||
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas singles chronology | ||||
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Credits
- Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
- Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Sandra "Lois" Reeves and The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
- Produced by Richard Morris
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
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References
- The Complete Motown Singles Vol 8: 1968 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
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