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THE SUPREMES! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS, ’67

THE SUPREMES NINTH NO. 1 SINGLE! “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone” was another Holland-Dozier-Holland composition from the Supremes 1967 album, ‘The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland.’ The album would be the last collaboration with the Supremes with Holland-Dozier-Holland, by 1967’s end the famous composer/songwriters would depart Motown Records. The single peaked (one week) at No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart, week-ending March 11, 1967.
THE SUPREMES became the most successful recording girl group act in pop (and R&B) music history. The Motown trio pulled a string of twelve number one singles on the Billboard chart during a five-year span from 1964 through 1969.

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A CKLW-AM 800 DETROIT NEWSPAPER ’67 FLASHBACK!

Sunday, August 13, 1967

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: CKLW-AM ‘Dave Shafer: An Ear for Big Hits’ 

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THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’65

THE FOUR TOPS ‘SECOND ALBUM‘ produced three Motown singles on the R&B and pop charts by the time the LP was released, November 1965. Two of the singles, “I Can’t Help Myself“ (No. 1 pop) and “It’s The Same ‘Ole Song” (No. 5 pop) made top 10 prior the album’s release. The third single from the album,“Something About You” peaked No. 19 on the pop chart (No. 9; R&B) by year’s end. The Tops’ ‘Second Album’ peaked No. 20 on the pop LP chart (early-1966) while hitting No. 3 on the R&B LP chart, according to Billboard.
THE FOUR TOPS circa 1965

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK ’69! DAVID RUFFIN

BY THE END OF JUNE 1968 DAVID RUFFIN had been dropped as the Temptations’ front-man due to personal indifferences alleged with Berry Gordy and members in the group. But by year’s end, Ruffin, by then vigorously still pursuing his talents as a solo artist with Motown, was awarded his first single, ‘My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me).’  The single, written and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, was released by Motown Records, January 1969. The album above, titled as same as Ruffin’s first solo single, was to be released later in May of that year.

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A DETROIT ‘CZY-FM 95.5 NEWSPAPER 1988 FLASHBACK

Saturday, June 17, 1989

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCZY-FM ‘Kim Carson Joins Rank of the Ex-WCZY Army’ 

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HUDSON’S: A DETROIT 1963 RADIO DJ AD FLASHBACK!

Sunday, May 12, 1963

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “See Celebrities All Week Hudson’s Music Store”

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A DETROIT ‘WAY-BACK’ RADIO PROGRAM: 09/01/1945

Saturday, September 1, 1945

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO STATIONS GUIDE

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