DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’65!

**THE VELVELETTES * V.I.P. (Motown) 1965**

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’69

“TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY” (INSTRUMENTAL) * MARVIN GAYE * 1969

TODAY: FEBRUARY ’64! BEATLES CHART 1ST U.S. SINGLE

“PLEASE, PLEASE ME” * The Beatles * FEBRUARY 01, 1964

FEBRUARY 1964

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THE BEATLES first U.S. single debuts (#68) on the Billboard Hot 100, this month, 02/01/1964 on Vee-Jay Records. “Please, Please Me,” also noted, was released initially (and bombed due to dismal sales) by the Chicago-based label, coincidentally, one year earlier exactly to the date of the Beatles’ (1964) first visit to America, February 7, 1963. Re-released a year later due to the band’s surging popularity, the Beatles Vee-Jay 498 (misspelled Beattles) was introduced by Dick Biondi on its first U.S. radio airplay, WLS, Chicago, 02/08/1964.

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THIS MONTH IN POP MUSIC HISTORY

50TH! TOP 50 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 02/11/67

**BILLBOARD HOT 50 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY** *February 11, 1967 (click on chart 2x for largest view)*

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * FREDDY SCOTT**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * AARON NEVILLE**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * SPYDER TURNER**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * CANNONBALL ADDERLEY**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * THE FOUR TOPS**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

The ‘Top 5’ soul records also were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as other record selections off this chart, as tabulated nationally, week-ending 02/11/67.