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Debut August July 2, 1966. Peaked #7 R&B, “That’s Enough” charts 13 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “One More Time”. Positioned #7 this week, Billboard R&B chart (week-ending August 20).
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
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Debut July 16, 1966. Peaked #6 R&B, “Your Good Thing (Is About To End)” charts 10 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “It’s Catching”. Positioned #6 this week, Billboard R&B chart (week-ending August 20).
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
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Debut July 9, 1966. Peaked #8 R&B (1 week). “(We’ll Be) United” charts 14 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “Up And Down The Ladder”. Positioned #19 this week, Billboard R&B chart (week-ending August 20).
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
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Debut July 30, 1966. Peaked #3 R&B (1 week), “Wade In The Water” charts 14 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “Ain’t That Peculiar”. Positioned #8 this week, Billboard R&B chart (week-ending August 20).
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
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‘COPA Proving Ground for Detroit’s Own Supremes
NEW YORK — Any doubts that the Supremes will be around a long time as a top adult act were erased at the Copacabana Thursday night (July 29) as the three Detroit girls put on a performance the likes of which the famed bistro has
seldom experienced.
The Motown beat was polished, refined and arranged to a fare-thee-well, particularly in “Come See About Me,” the group’s first chart topper.
But more important, Diana, the lead singer, emerged as a solo talent to be reckoned with, and the group’s treatment of pop material like “Queen Of The House” demonstrated that the girls have a sharp comic sense and a repertorial range worthy of a veteran group.
Opening number was a sprightly “From This Moment On,” followed by a song more generally associated with the group – “Baby Love.” Another of the Supremes’ stand-bys – “Stop in the Name of Love” – was delivered in typical Motown style.
“The Girl From Ipanema” was delivered in a cool, subdued style and provided a suitable change of pace after the two beat numbers. “Make Someone Happy” was the showcase for Diana’s solo talent. Her distinctive phrasing and amazing vocal range stamps her as one of the best in the business.
The girls can handle the old music hall song-and-dance bit. On “Rock-a-bye Your Rock-a-bye Baby” they came equipped with straw hats and canes and performed in typical vaudeville style.
A bit of nostalgia was introduced with selections from their “We Remember Sam Cooke” album (pre-selected audio tracks tagged to the image below), delivered with taste and class.
Closing was “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,” with Diana delivering the lyric, Mary and Florence cutting in with appropriate asides.
The program wound up with a standing ovation.
While the Supremes will probably keep their teen-age following for some time, there appears little question that the act will last a lot longer as staple adult fare, not too dependent on the chart position of their latest single.
They have all the equipment, poise, polish and a comic sense – and that equipment was working flawlessly Thursday night. END
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Credit source information (as published): Billboard, August 7, 1965
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From the pages of Record World, date noted. The featured 1966 Warner Bros. Records ad was digitally restored and re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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From the pages of Record World, date noted. The featured 1966 Soul City Records ad was digitally restored and re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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From the pages of Record World magazine, ads dated, as noted. The featured United Artists Records 1964 ads was digitally restored and re-imaged in it’s entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
The American version of the album was released on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records in both mono and stereo, the fourth Beatles album in the United States. The album went to number one on the Billboard album chart, spending 14 weeks there, the longest run of any album that year. United Artists rushed the album into stores over a month before the film’s US premiere; as a result, the Beatles had both the number-one album and number-one single in the country when A Hard Day’s Night opened on 11 August 1964.
All seven songs from the film, the first side of the UK album, were featured along with “I’ll Cry Instead”, which, although written for the film, was cut at the last minute. The American version also included four orchestral instrumental versions of Lennon and McCartney songs arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians: “I Should Have Known Better”, “And I Love Her”, “Ringo’s Theme”, and “A Hard Day’s Night”. After EMI acquired United Artists Records, this album was reissued in August 1980 on the Capitol label, catalogue SW-11921.
Credit Source: A Hard Day’s Night (Album) | Wikipedia
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