“When You’re Younger and in Love” is a track composed by Van McCoy which first grew to become a Prime 40 hit single for the Marvelettes in 1967: a remake by the Flying Pickets would attain the UK Prime Ten in 1984.
The track was coated in 1967 by the Marvelettes with the observe – produced by James Dean and William Weatherspoon – reaching #23 on the Scorching 100 that June; its R&B peak was #9. Though not one of many Marvelettes’ very greatest US hits, “When You’re Younger and in Love” grew to become the one file by the group to attain hit standing within the UK with a #13 peak in July 1967. The observe can also be one of many final Marvelettes’ singles to function Gladys Horton though the lead is by Wanda Younger; Horton would solely seem, and lead, on the next two B-Sides. Apart from Horton and veteran Marvelette Katherine Anderson, Rogers’ vocal backing on “When You’re Younger…” options Motown’s premier session singers the Andantes whereas the unique instrumental backing on the observe by the Funk Brothers was augmented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Wiki
