Ervinna = 愛慧娜 - Please Mr. Postman (The Marvelettes Cover, in Chinese)

From ’’ 帶信的人 = Please Mr. Postman ’’ Label: White Cloud – EALP-144 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong Released: 1975 Tracklist A1 帶信的人 (Please Mr. Postman) A2 像輕烟的愛情 A3 離情 A4 愛你深深 A5 山歌 A6 風吹花 B1 燕飛翔 B2 白雲樹下 B3 如果你說不愛我 (If You Love Me) B4 盡在不言中 B5 愛情不是說笑話 B6 我要問問你 Accompanied By – The Stylers Distributed By – Man Chi Records Co. Distributed By – Victory Records Co. Record Company – White Cloud Record Co. Printed By – Robinson Offset Printing Co. (Pte) Ltd. Distributed By – Sima Records Sdn. Bhd. Sung in Chinese~Mandarin ------------------------ “Please Mr. Postman“ is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. The Marvelettes’ version appears in a bar fight scene in Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese. Cover versions “Please Mr. Postman“ became a number-one hit again in early 1975 when The Carpenters’ cover of the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100. “Please Mr. Postman“ has been covered frequently, including a version by The Beatles on their ’With the Beatles’ album. Sung by John Lennon, their version reverses the genders. The Beatles included “Please Mister Postman“ as part of their live act in 1962, performing it regularly at the Cavern Club. By the time it was recorded for their second album, With The Beatles, it had been dropped from their set, and required some work in the studio to bring it up to an acceptable standard. Ian MacDonald criticised their version for having a “wall of sound“ and for a “general airlessness The Pat Boone Family released their version of the song at approximately the same time, resulting in both versions appearing simultaneously on the South African Hit Parade. The Carpenters’ cover version was also sampled by rapper Juelz Santana for his single “Oh Yes“. It is used by the Rob, Arnie and Dawn Show to introduce their Listener Mail segment, and was sung by the presenters of British Saturday morning show SMTV Live to introduce the mailbag section. Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders (from Birmingham, England) recorded it as their 2nd single, released in Jan 1964, later released on LP on Birmingham Beat (1983). Their version has a slowed-down “skiffle-beat“ arrangement quite different from the original. Peggy Evers from Les Humphries Singers released a disco version in 1980. “Please Mr. Postman“ is part of “The Greatest Medley Ever Told“ sung by Whoopi Goldberg in the opening scene of the 1993 film, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. The Backbeat band covered the song for the 1994 film Backbeat. Uruguayan Rock BandEl Cuarteto de Nos recorded a cover version called in Spanish “Vo, cartero“, for their 1994 album Otra Navidad en las Trincheras. It is one of the most known songs by the band, even though it’s a cover version with the lyrics re-written to humorous effect. The China Dolls covered this song for their album Cover Girls in 2003 which also featured singers from GMM Grammy. Juelz Santana sampled the Carpenters’ version for the song “Oh Yes“ on his 2005 album What the Game’s Been Missing. The Saturdays performed a cover of the song on Celebrating The Carpenters. Lil Wayne sampled The Carpenters’ version of the song on a mixtape track called “Mr. Postman“. In this song was also features by the 2008 music simulation game Wii Music. Diana Ross and the Supremes also made a cover of “Mr Postman.“ In the T.V show Phineas and Ferb there is an episode where there is a parody of this song. The song is referenced in Layzie Bone’s opening verse for the 2003 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song “Home“. In 2009, the dubstep producer Cragga made a dubstep version of this song. Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans of Japan made an instrumental cover of this song Agnes Chan recorded a version of this song in the 70’s for a Japanese album.