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THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’66

IN JULY 1967 THE FOUR TOPS released their 6th LP, ‘Reach Out,’ for the Motown label. It would become the group’s most successful album of their career. The album produced 7 singles, including “Standing In The Shadows Of Love,” “Bernadette,” “Walk Away Renee,” “7-Rooms Of Gloom,” “I’ll Turn To Stone,” “If I Were A Carpenter,” (1968) and the album’s self-titled #1 single, “Reach Out.” It was also their last album produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland. The song-writing trio having left Motown in late-1967. The album was recorded at Hitsville Studio A between 1966 and 1967. ‘Reach Out,’ the album, peaked #11 on the Billboard LP chart, 1967.
THE FOUR TOPS performing live at the Detroit Roostertail Supper Club ‘The Upper Deck,’ 1966.

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WKNR DETROIT RADIO: ’65 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK

Monday, May 17, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “New On WKNR”

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Thursday, May 20, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’R’ Is For Regen”

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A DETROIT WKNR-AM 13 NEWSPAPER 1966 FLASHBACK

Monday, October 17, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Scott Regen: Sort Of ‘Hipburger” ’ 

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MOTOWN ARTISTS SNAPSHOT! BRENDA HOLLOWAY ’67

BRENDA HOLLOWAY circa 1967. A resident living in Los Angeles at the time, “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy“ was recorded at Nashville West Studio in L.A. “You’ve Made Me…” peaked at #39 on Billboard on November 4, 1967. Spending 10 weeks on the charts, the song would be the last single Brenda Holloway would record for Motown Records. Two years later, a cover version of this song was released by Blood, Sweat and Tears. And their version would become their first Top 10 chart-topper. It peaked on Billboard at the #2 spot, April 12, 1969.

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A 1960S MOTOR CITY MUSIC FEATURE RECALLED: 1965!

A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Revisited: 1965

ON TOUR WITH THE BEATLES: OUR BRENDA FILES HER REPORT

 

 

 

 

FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1965

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“THE BEATLES NEVER calm down, never relax. The whole trip was like a crazy, wild vacation. Ringo planned all the menus and we ate green beans every night for two weeks!”

“In Portland the kids caught up with us. They were pushing and screaming. You feel like you’re going to be killed.” (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .

— DETROIT FREE PRESS

DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, November 7, 1965

DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, November 7, 1965

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A DETROIT (1982) WHYT FM 96 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

Friday, September 03, 1982

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJR-FM / WHYT-FM 

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