The Way You Do the Things You Do
Rita Coolidge
1978
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1977
Release: 1977Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Reviewed original album/single year. Later chart placement and reissues do not reset the first release; exact mix and worldwide day remain unspecified.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1978.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Rita Coolidge - Anytime... Anywhere, licensed A&M album
Original 1977 A&M studio album containing Higher and Higher, Were All Alone, and The Way You Do the Things You Do. Year precision does not assume normalized day metadata.
uDiscover Music / UMG - Rita Coolidge album history
1977 album and singles, David Anderle production, Booker T. Jones arrangement source for Higher and Higher, and alternate title wording.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
This cover version was inspired by The Temptations' original 1964 recording.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1978.html, song-list position 97
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1978.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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