SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
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Released January 18, “Baby Baby Don’t Cry” peaked at #3 for two weeks (12 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1969. B-side: “Your Mother’s Only Daughter”
TAMLA 54178 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
Month: April 2019
A 1967 SMOKEY ROBINSON DETROIT SUNDAY FEATURE
Sunday, August 6, 1967
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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
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THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’66
“DON’T MESS WITH BILL” [EXT. INSTRUMENTAL; VOCAL] * THE MARVELETTES (SPECIAL TOM MOULTON MIX)
BEATLES TOP 14 SINGLES! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 4/11/64
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 APRIL 11-17, 1964
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ABOUT THIS BILLBOARD CHART
A week after the Beatles dominated the Top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, April 4, 1964, the Fab Four peppered the U.S. singles chart with 14 records on three different labels — Capitol, Vee-Jay, Tollie — in this April 11, 1964 Billboard chart presentation.
Can you spot all of them?
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THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’69 DEFINED!
THE ISLEY BROTHERS
— BILLBOARD Peaked #2 May 3, 1969 —
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’69 DEFINED!
CLARENCE CARTER
— BILLBOARD Peaked #31 April 19, 1969 —
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’69 DEFINED!
BETTYE SWANN
— BILLBOARD Peaked #38 April 19, 1969 —
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’69 DEFINED!
TYRONE DAVIS
— BILLBOARD Peaked #34 April 12, 1969 —
FRED WOLF: MAKES GETTING UP IN THE MORNING FUN!
A FRED WOLF radio publicity ad WXYZ 1270
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A special THANK YOU to Brian McIntosh of Midland, Michigan for recently sharing this WXYZ 1270 radio promotional ad poster (circa 1963) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
FRED WOLF: WXYZ DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD, ’65
Tuesday, August 31, 1965
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ
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