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"Give Me Just a Little More Time" is the debut single for Chairmen of the Board, released in 1970 through Capitol Records on Holland–Dozier–Holland's Invictus Records label. The song was written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., and Ron Dunbar. Because of the then still-pending lawsuit against Holland-Dozier-Holland from their former employers, Motown, the trio credited themselves with the pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" for this song and many other early Invictus/Hot Wax releases. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" features Chairmen of the Board lead singer General Johnson as the narrator, begging a lover who rejected him to reconsider and give him "just a little more time". The song was very similar to a Motown recording in more ways than one. Not only was it written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, but the instrumental track was performed by members of The Funk Brothers, Motown's in-house band. "Give Me Just a Little More Time", backed with "Since the Days of Pigtails", peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States, making it the best-performing of the Chairmen's singles, and the first of the Chairmen's four Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 pop hits. The single also peaked at number-eight on the ''Billboard'' R&B Singles chart. It reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in September 1970, having already sold more than one million copies in the US. The first Chairmen of the Board LP, a self-titled release, included the single; after the single's success, the ''Chairmen of the Board'' album was reissued as ''Give Me Just a Little More Time''. In 1982, American R&B singer Angela Clemmons remade the song and it peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music\Club Play Singles chart. ==Credits and personnel== The Funk Brothers who played on "Give Me Just A Little More Time" included: * Bass: Bob Babbitt * Guitarists: Dennis Coffey, Eddie Willis, and Ray Monette * Keyboards: Johnny Griffith * Drums: Richard "Pistol" Allen * Percussion: Jack Ashford 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Give Me Just a Little More Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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