Ach du Lieber und Stoller!

Herr Marvin Gaye singt das Lied “Wie Schon Das Ist.” Wunderbar!

Okay, it’s a Holland-Dozier-Holland tune and not by Lieber and Stoller. And it’s in German. Motown stars recorded their hit tunes in other languages, for export. Of course, so did The Beatles.

More:

“3 Motown Greats Who Recorded German Versions of Their Hits,” Arika Okrent, Mental Floss

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Tags: German, How Sweet It Is, Marvin Gaye, Motown, music, R&B, Sixties

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