MARVELETTES! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS 1967 THE MARVELETTES’ “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” was recorded and released by Motown Records, December 1966. The Tamla single peaked at #13, March 18, 1967 during its 11 week run on the Billboard Hot 100. The single peaked also at No. 2 on the Billboard soul chart for the year. The song was written and produced by William ‘Smokey’ Robinson. THE MARVELETTES, early-1967. Pictured from left to right, Katherine Anderson, Wanda Young and Gladys Horton.