The Elgins 1966 - Heaven Must Have Sent You | 60s Around Sounds Music

On this day in 1966, Motown's V.I.P. label released The Elgins' hit single, "Heaven Must Have Sent You." Originally intended for the Supremes, the song was recorded by The Elgins as a follow-up to "Put Yourself in My Place" and "Darling Baby." Written by the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland, it became a top-10 R&B tune. Five years later, the song regained popularity on the British charts, prompting the label to re-release it in the US. The diddy was again revived in 1979, this time by Bonnie Poi

The Elgins were an American vocal group on the Motown label, active from the late 1950s to 1967. Their most successful record was "Heaven Must Have Sent You", written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland team, which was a hit in the US in 1966, and in the UK when reissued in 1971. | Mark Hall

The Elgins: "Heaven Must Have Sent You" live on Swingin' Time: (Sep 10th 1966) "Heaven Must Have Sent You" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland when at Motown, and first recorded by The Elgins in 1966. The version by the Elgins, released on the Motown subsidiary V.I.P. Records label in 1966, reached #9 on the Billboard R&B chart and #50 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Popular on the Northern soul scene in the UK, it was reissued in by Tamla Motown in 1971, and reache