Don’t Mess With Bill

~ Recording by The Marvelettes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Don’t Mess With Bill2:50The MarvelettesDon’t Mess With Bill / Anything You Wanna DoThe MarvelettesSingle
  • US1965-11-26
TamlaT-54126
1.4Don't Mess With Bill2:49The MarvelettesMotown Memories Vol.1 (Where Were You When...)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)WD72627
1.10Don’t Mess With Bill2:50The MarvelettesSoul Classics, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation)PD 71765
4.2Don’t Mess With Bill2:50The MarvelettesThe Complete Motown AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MEI Digital
2.13Don’t Mess with Bill2:52The MarvelettesMalt Shop MemoriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-05-06
Time-Life
2.9Don't Mess With Bill2:51The MarvelettesPlaylist Plus: Motown 50th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MotownB0010953-02
4.7Don’t Mess With Bill2:53The MarvelettesThe Motown CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008
Time–Life Music, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
2.7Don’t Mess With Bill2:53The MarvelettesThe Motown Collection: Volume 2Various ArtistsCompilation
Time-Life, Universal Music Special Markets22190-D, B0010741-02
3.1Don’t Mess With Bill (stereo)2:51The MarvelettesForever: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 1The MarvelettesAlbum + Compilation
MotownB0011516-02
Bootleg
1.29Don’t Mess With Bill2:53The MarvelettesStanding in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James JamersonJames JamersonAlbum + Compilation
  • US1989-05-01

Relationships

recording engineer:Harold Taylor (Soul baritone singer, Motown Engineer)
Russ Terrana
producer:Smokey Robinson
mixer:Lawrence T. Horn
baritone saxophone:Mike Terry (60s US soul arranger/conductor) (in 1965-06)
bass:James Jamerson (in 1965-06)
congas:Eddie “Bongo” Brown (in 1965-06)
drums (drum set):Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1965-06)
guitar:Robert White (US funk/soul guitarist) (in 1965-06)
Eddie Willis (in 1965-06)
Hammond organ [B-3]:Johnny Griffith (in 1965-06)
tenor saxophone:Kasuku Mafia (Detroit saxophonist, a.k.a. Kasuku Mafia) (in 1965-06)
trombone:Paul Riser (in 1965-06)
Don White (trombonist) (in 1965-06)
trumpet:Floyd Jones (Soul trumpet player and arranger) (in 1965-06)
Johnny Trudell (Detroid Trumpeter) (in 1965-06)
vibraphone:Jack Ashford (American Label owner, producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger) (in 1965-06)
background vocals:Marlene Barrow (in 1965-06)
Louvain Demps (in 1965-06)
Jackie Hicks (in 1965-06)
lead vocals:Wanda Young (aka Wanda Young, singer in The Marvelettes) (in 1965-06)
recorded at:Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965-06)
recording of:Don’t Mess With Bill

Related works

Don’t Mess With Bill

lyricist and composer:Smokey Robinson