How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You is the fifth studio album released by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye, released in 1965.[1] The album features the successful title track, which at the time was his best-selling single and was famously covered by James Taylor in 1975. Other hits include "Try It Baby" (which features The Temptations) and "Baby Don't You Do It" (with backing vocals provided by The Andantes). Inspired by Jackie Gleason’s trademark expression.

How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
Studio album by Marvin Gaye
Released	January 1965
Recorded	1964
Studio	Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Soul, R&B
Label	Tamla TS-258
Producer	Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Berry Gordy William "Mickey" Stevenson
Marvin Gaye chronology
Hello Broadway (1964) How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965) A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965)
Singles from How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
"You're a Wonderful One" Released: February 20, 1964 "Try It Baby" Released: May 21, 1964 "Baby Don't You Do It" Released: September 2, 1964 "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" Released: November 4, 1964

Track listing

Side one

1. "You're a Wonderful One" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:45
2. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:58
3. "Try It Baby" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) - 2:51
4. "Baby Don't You Do It" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 2:38
5. "Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back)" (Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul) - 2:15
6. "One of These Days" (William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 3:00

Side two

1. "No Good Without You" (William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:43
2. "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (Marvin Gaye, Harvey Fuqua) - 2:43
3. "Need Somebody" (Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 2:51
4. "Me and My Lonely Room" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 2:52
5. "Now That You've Won Me" (Smokey Robinson) - 2:40
6. "Forever" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Freddie Gorman) - 2:20

Personnel

• Marvin Gaye – lead vocals
• The Spinners – backing vocals (side 1, tracks 5 and 6; side 2, tracks 1–4)
• The Andantes – backing vocals (side 1, tracks 2, 4, and 6; side 2, tracks 4 and 6)
• The Supremes – backing vocals (side 1, track 1)
• The Temptations – backing vocals (side 1, track 3)
• Martha and the Vandellas – backing vocals (side 2, track 5)
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation [2]
  • Maurice Davis – trumpet solo (side 1, track 3)
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (side 1, track 1)
  • Russell Conway – trumpet (side 1, track 1)
  • Paul Riser – trombone (side 1, track 1)
  • Patrick Lanier – trombone (side 1, track 1)
  • Henry Cosby – tenor saxophone (side 1, track 1)
  • Mike Terry – baritone saxophone (side 1, tracks 1, 2 and 4)
  • George Fowler – organ (side 1, tracks 1 and 2)
  • Johnny Griffith – piano (side 1, track 1)
  • Earl Van Dyke – piano (side 1, track 2)
  • Clarence Isabell – bass (side 1, track 1)
  • James Jamerson – bass (side 1, track 2)
  • Benny Benjamin – drums (side 1, track 1)
  • Richard "Pistol" Allen – drums (side 1, track 2)
  • Eddie Willis – guitar (side 1, track 1)
  • Robert White – guitar (side 1, track 2)
  • Jack Ashford – tambourine (side 1, tracks 1 and 2)

References