Category: Motown

MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS: SPINNERS LP! 1970

 

 

THE SPINNERS RELEASED their second and their final album for Motown Records, in October, 1970. Appropriately titled, ‘2nd Time Around,’ the album would comprise of various tracks the Spinners recorded from 1968 through 1970. The LP included what would be their biggest single (pop #14; soul#3) with Motown, “It’s A Shame.” “2nd Time Around” would be the only album with G. C. Cameron with the group. By the time they released their third LP, 1973, they were under contract with Atlantic Records.

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(Source: Spinners; Wikipedia)

 

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

 NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * The Supremes * WEEK OF 03/05/67 – 03/11/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING MARCH 04, 1967

(click on chart image 2x for detailed view)

NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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ELEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone” by The Supremes peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week March 5 through March 11, 1967. (source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOTS! THE FOUR TOPS, LEVI STUBBS ’70

THE FOUR TOPS‘ LP, ‘STILL WATERS RUN DEEP‘ was released this month 47 years ago. The 11th of 18 albums by Levi Stubbs and the Tops for Motown, the 1970 LP produced two singles,“It’s All In The Game“ and “Still Water (Love).” The album would hit #21 on the Billboard LP chart in the United States that year. Another track off the album, “Still Water (Peace),” found its way on the back-side of the single, “Still Water (Love).”
LEVI STUBBS of the Four Tops, as he appeared in 1970, London.
(Getty images: Michael Putland)

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MOTOWN MUSEUM SNAPSHOTS: HITSVILLE U.S.A.! 2016

THE MOTOWN MUSEUM. 12/25/2016. Click on image 2x for largest detailed view. (Photo by: Jim Feliciano; 20161225 08:07:00 A.M.)
THE MOTOWN MUSEUM. 12/25/2016. Click on image 2x for largest detailed view. (Photo by: Jim Feliciano; 20161225 08:06:41 A.M.)
THE MOTOWN MUSEUM. 12/25/2016. Click on image 2x for largest detailed view. (Photo by: Jim Feliciano; 20161225 08:06:24 A.M.)

 

THE MOTOWN MUSEUM. 12/25/2016.  Click on image 2x for largest detailed view. (Photo by: Jim Feliciano; 20161225 08:06:14 A.M.)
THE MOTOWN MUSEUM. 12/25/2016. Click on image 2x for largest detailed view. (Photo by: Jim Feliciano; 20161225 08:06:47 A.M.)

“AINT NO PLACE LIKE MOTOWN . . . “

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A brief note on the photographs presented here. I was on my way home having completed my shift, Christmas Day (overnights) at the Detroit Medical Center. Going west on W. Grand Boulevard off the Lodge Fwy., I was drawn immediately to the beautifully decorated window at the Motown Museum. Its golden radiance stood out lit brightly from the boulevard under intense grey, wintry skies, much evident that very morning. WOW! I had to stop. Cut a quick U-turn around the center medium. Parked the car. Jumped out with my LG4 in hand to capture the view standing there right before me. Eerily silent, traffic, nowhere in sight. Nobody around but I. After all this was Christmas morning. “Not a creature was stirring . . . ” . . . a most beautiful sight.

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On this Motown Monday, I thought I’d share a few of these Motown Museum holiday images I captured on Christmas Day, 2016, with you today. As did I, hope you’ll enjoy these captivating views.

Jim Feliciano

On your mobile device? Tap any of the 5 images. Open to second window. “Stretch” across each featured images for largest detailed view.

AIN’T NO PLACE LIKE MOTOWN * A Cellar Full Of Motown * THE VELVELETTES

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