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NINETEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5 peaked at #1 on January 31 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week beginning January 25 through week ending January 31. (Source: Billboard)
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * JANUARY 31, 1970
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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “The Love You Save” by The Jackson 5 peaked at #1 on June 27 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending June 27 through week ending July 11. (Source: Billboard)
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * JUNE 27-JULY 11, 1970
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “War” by Edwin Starr peaked at #1 on August 29 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 29 through September 12, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 12, 1970
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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson 5 peaked at #1 on October 17 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending October 17 through November 14, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * OCTOBER 17-NOVEMBER 14, 1970
— Friday, December 25, 1964 —
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THE MOTOR TOWN REVUE STARTS CHRISTMAS DAY!
SHOWTIMES: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:15 P.M.
FOX THEATER – 2211 WOODWARD
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— ABOUT THIS LP —
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Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27, 1967 by Motown Records under its Tamla imprint. It was his eighth studio album release. The title song was previously released as a single in 1966 and reached #24 on the Billboard Christmas singles chart that year.
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(Source: WiKipedia)
— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —
Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album
STEVIE WONDER * SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP) * 1967
“WINTER WONDERLAND” (INSTRUMENTAL) * FUNK BROTHERS
THE SUPREMES LIVE IN PERSON AT THE ROOSTERTAIL!
—DECEMBER 17-29, 1965—
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In December 1965, Motown Recording artists, The Supremes, booked a 13 day engagement at the popular Detroit nightclub venue, The Roostertail. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Supremes were scheduled beginning Friday, December 17 through Wednesday, December 29.
After their Detroit engagement, the group toured the south for several days with The Lovin’ Spoonful. The Detroit Free Press (Sunday, December 5, 1965) reported that The Supremes, “one of the hottest singing groups in the world” was close to completing their seventh album for Motown Records, ‘I Hear A Symphony‘.
The 1965 world famous Detroit girl group was also scheduled to tour the east, and they “will be the first entertainers (with Judy Garland) to appear in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, will go to Hollywood for their third appearance with Ed Sullivan, and will get as far as San Juan, Puerto Rico,” according to the newpaper.
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The Supremes/Roostertail ad below appeared in the Detroit Free Press — 55 years ago today — Thursday, December 9, 1965.
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