Category: MCRFB Flashback Record ’45

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

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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * The Four Tops * WEEK OF 6/13 – 6/19/65

FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I Can’t Help Myself” by The Four Tops peaked No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100 week of June 13 through June 19, 1965. (source: Billboard).

 MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.

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THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’65 DEFINED!

EDWIN STARR * 1965

— BILLBOARD: Peaked #21 October 2, 1965 —

 A MCRFB Note: When Ric-Tic Records first released “Agent Double-O-Soul” in Detroit in the fall of 1965, many thought this was another Motown single. While it was not — in a sense — it was.

Notice the distinct Motown sound.  At time not obligated nor legally bound solely to Gordy’s Motown stable, the Funk Brothers, the likes of James Jamerson (bassist), Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin (drummer) Robert White (guitarist), et al, would “moonlight” their talents inside the recording studios of Golden World and Ric-Tic Records.

Hence, outside the boundaries that was confined Hitsville, U.S.A., that “Motown sound,” in essence, had been produced for this label’s Edwin Starr release. The Funk Brothers plied their trade as well, at several other independently-owned recording studios in the 1960s. Such as D-Back Records and the Detroit United Sound Studio.  

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THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’66 DEFINED!

EDWIN STARR * 1966

— BILLBOARD: Peaked #48 March 26, 1966 —

A MCRFB Note: When Ric-Tic Records first released “Stop Her On Sight” in Detroit in early-1966, many thought this was another Motown single. While it was not — in a sense — it was.

Notice the distinct Motown sound.  At time not obligated nor legally bound solely to Gordy’s Motown stable, the Funk Brothers, the likes of James Jamerson (bassist), Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin (drummer) Robert White (guitarist), et al, would “moonlight” their talents inside the recording studios of Golden World and Ric-Tic Records.

Hence, outside the boundaries that was confined Hitsville, U.S.A., that “Motown sound,” in essence, had been produced on this label’s Edwin Starr release. The Funk Brothers plied their trade as well, at several other independently-owned recording studios in the 1960s. Such as D-Back Records and the Detroit United Sound Studio.

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

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 NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * The Supremes * WEEK OF 6/6 – 6/12/65

ELEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Back In My Arms Again” by The Supremes peaked No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100 week of June 6 through June 12, 1965. (source: Billboard).

 MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.

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