My Baby Must Be a Magician [SEP] record label
Motown - Teena Marie repeats the hookline from "My Baby Must Be a Magician": "My baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch", as her song's outro. (Melvin Franklin's original intro is also included in this song.)
Personnel.
- Lead vocals by Wanda Rogers
- Background vocals by The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
- Introduction by Melvin Franklin
- Guitar by Marv Tarplin
- Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
lover to a magician admitting his lack of the expected paraphernalia (e.g. "No rabbits in his hat/ No pigeons up his sleeve...No special gear like Aladdin's lamp and such") but maintaining "My baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch".
Released in November 1967, "My Baby Must Be a Magician" reached #17 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in February 1968, also peaking at #8 on the R&B chart. As the Marvelettes' third consecutive Top