Baby Love

At the insistence of Berry Gordy hoping for a follow-up chart-topper, Holland–Dozier–Holland produced "Baby Love" to sound like "Where Did Our Love Go". The song also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks before being dislodged by The Rolling Stones' "Little Red Rooster", "Baby Love" and Roy Orbison's "It's Over and "Oh, Pretty Woman" are the only American singles that topped the UK charts between 1963 and 1965. Cash Box described it as "a heartfelt, steady beat thumper...that the femmes deliver in ultra-commercial fashion." "Baby Love" was later included on the soundtrack to the 1975 feature film Cooley High. ==Personnel==

• Lead vocals by Diana Ross • Backing and ad-lib vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson • All instruments by the Funk Brothers • Earl Van Dyke – piano • Eddie Willis – guitar • James Jamerson – bass • Richard "Pistol" Allen – drums • Jack Ashford – vibraphone • Henry Cosby – tenor saxophone • Mike Terry – baritone saxophone solo • Footstomps by Mike Valvano ==Charts==

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• In 1981, British singer and actress Honey Bane covered the song with record label Zonophone (EMI). The single peaked at #58 on the UK music charts. • In 1986, Serbian and Yugoslav singer Bebi Dol released a cover of the song on the 12-inch single "Rudi". ==See also==