SOUL SHOTS: BILLBOARD TOP 30 SOUL HITS! 06/29/1963

BILLBOARD TOP 30 R&B SINGLES June 29, 1963

 

WCHB 1440 DETROIT

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BILLBOARD WEEK OF 06/23/63 – 06/29/1963

 

 

The majority of the above Billboard designated ‘Top 30’ R&B records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s soul station 1440 WCHB on the AM dial.

As tabulated by Billboard, for the week-ending, June 29, 1963.

 

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A MCRFB Note: This week, you will note Motor City Radio Flashbacks selected (randomly) 6 R&B singles off this special Billboard Top 30 R&B Singles chart, June 29, 1963.

The six featured singles were as numbered: #3; #6; #14; #16; #25; #29.

 

 

 

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THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’63 DEFINED!

 

 

 

JAMES BROWN & THE FABULOUS FLAMES

— BILLBOARD R&B Peaked #6; debut date: MAY 11, 1963 —

(Source: Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Singles)

 

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MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN

 

THE MOTOWN SOUND

The Ed Sullivan Show

 

The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!

On June 12, came news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performance from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Since its premiere launch on June 12, several more videos have been added on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, still highlighting the Motown sound. As reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.

For more on this story, go HERE.

Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.

 

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THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW MOTOWN CLASSICS!

 

NEW! For this ‘Motown’ Monday, we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:

Martha & The Vandellas (1965), The Four Tops (1966), The Supremes & The Temptations (1967)

 

MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

 


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