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..."become a young woman now"

OK, i was just in a B&N/*bucks where they played " (You Betta') Shop Aroun' ". The soloist was female, but did'n' use (excuse me for spelling out what everyone should already know) the lines

"... you've become a young wom'n now

"... that you don' un'erstan' now..."

(which i feel confident i'd have noticed, had they been there in place of the more strongly rhymed -- specifically, "feminine [sic!] -rhymed" lines

"... you've become a young man now

"... that you don' un'erstan' now ..."

of the original writ-for-a-guy version). Apparently only a few females sing it with that change in the lyrics (Tenniel of Captain & Tenniel is the most visible female headliner in a group performing the first-person-male lyrics, and i didn' research whether she's silent on that line). It might be of interest (since there seem to be recordings of a first-person-female version) to report on that aspect of the song. Of course, someone would need to do the research....
--Jerzy•t 23:38, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Original version by The Miracles: Who played the piano part?

I can see the personnel list for this version having the potential to become a full list. Like virtually all songs by the Miracles, it was Marv Tarplin who played guitar. Already listed here are Ron Wakefield on tenor saxophone and Mike Terry on baritone saxophone. It's well documented that James Jamerson played bass and Benny Benjamin played drums. The only thing in question is the musician who performed the piano part, where sources seem to differ. Gerald Posner's book Motown says it was Berry Gordy, while Joe Hunter is mentioned in his article and in his obituary as having played on this. Richard "Popcorn" Wylie is mentioned in his article as having played the song's piano part. The only source that indicates Gordy is aforementioned book Motown. The following statement is original research, but I'd imagine that Gordy only played on the "regional version". Considering the descriptions of Wylie as simply a "pianist" and Hunter as a "keyboardist" in their respective articles, it's entirely possible that on the re-recorded "national hit version", Wylie played piano, while Hunter played another keyboard (e.g. organ, electric piano), so I don't see why we can't find sources for Jamerson and Benjamin, adding them to the list, and then make a note about the uncertainty of who played the piano part, using the sources that differ. As with all pre-1971 Motown recordings (Motown Records didn't start listing the credits until 1971) it's difficult to find out with certainty about who played what, as the musicians are uncredited.--2601:153:901:60C0:4030:5257:78E8:CB2E (talk) 18:42, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]