MOTOWN MONDAYS: PRESENTING MOTOWN’S 4 TOPS!

MOTOWN MONDAYS! ’66 4 TOPS NEWS PRINT FEATURE

Friday, August 19, 1966

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

The Detroit Free Press: ‘Motown Mondays on the Radio’

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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK ’64

—THE FOUR TOPS—

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Released August 15, “Baby I Need Your Loving” peaked at #4 (14 total weeks R&B overall) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1964. B-side: “Call On Me”

MOTOWN 1062 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’64

BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING (INSTRUMENTAL; AUDIO ENHANCED) * THE 4 TOPS * 1964

THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * DECEMBER 21-DECEMBER 27, 1969

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING December 27, 1969

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— NUMBER ONE FOR 1969 —

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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Someday We’ll Be Together” by the Supremes peaked this month at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending December 20 through December 27, 1969. (Source: Billboard)

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MOTOWN MONDAY! JACKSON 5 CHRISTMAS LP: 1970

JACKSON 5 CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1970

—JACKSON 5 CHRISTMAS ALBUM—

Jackson 5 Christmas Album is the first Christmas studio album (and fourth overall) by Motown family quintet the Jackson 5, released in October 1970. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jackson 5’s hit single version of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”. The Jackson 5’s versions of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” remain frequent radio requests during the Christmas season. The album spent all four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine’s special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling Christmas album of that year, and, would repeat also in 1972.

(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK ’65

—CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS SONG—

“Children’s Christmas Song” was written by Isabelle Freeman, co-written by Harvey Fuqua and was released on Motown Records in November 1965. Two originals, taken from the ‘Supremes Merry Christmas” album,”Children’s Christmas Song” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”, were issued as the sides of a late 1965 Supremes holiday single. The former was thought to feature background vocals by Berry Gordy’s children — Joy, Berry and Terry — the inspiration for Motown’s publishing division JoBeTe — as well as Diana’s youngest brother, Chico. Background by the Andantes.

(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

THE SUPREMES * DECEMBER 1965

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’65

MY FAVORITE THINGS (INSTRUMENTAL) * THE SUPREMES * 1965

TEMPTATIONS CHRISTMAS LP COVER FLASHBACK! 1970

**THE TEMPTATIONS** ‘CHRISTMAS CARD‘ ALBUM 1970

—ABOUT THIS ALBUM—

The Temptations Christmas Card is a 1970 Christmas album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was released on October 30, 1970. It’s also the group’s first holiday release, it features each Temptation leading on various popular Christmas standards and original Christmas songs.