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- Members:
- Smokey Robinson, Boyz II Men, The Commodores, DeBarge, Diana Ross, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Teena Marie, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Mary Wells, The Miracles and many more.
- Genre:
- R&B, Pop, Soul
- Hometown:
- Detroit
- Record label:
- Motown Records
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Motown Records November 30: Motown lifts “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” from Marvin Gaye’s In The Groove LP and ships the track as a single in 1968. It becomes the company’s biggest-selling hit to date. On the same day in 1960, Motown issues “Shop Around” by the Miracles, the company’s first million-seller.
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Motown Records Just a heads up, you'll be able to get the medley here!
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"HEAT WAVE" HAL LINTON "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE" MELANIE FIONA "I'LL BE THERE" SHONTELLE "AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH" KEM "HIGHER GROUND" FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS "DANCING IN THE STREET"
Motown Records Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you're all watching the Detroit Lions/Green Bay Packers game for the Motown 50 tribute that is just moments away at halftime!
Motown Records November 25: In 1967 Motown has no fewer than 11 titles on the U.S. album charts, including Greatest Hits by Four Tops and Diana Ross & the Supremes. The latter, Motown’s first 2-LP set, is No. 1.
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Motown Records November 24: Diana Ross & the Supremes climax a three-week string of U.K. dates with two shows at the London Palladium in 1968.
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Motown Records November 23: “Sugar Daddy” by the Jackson 5 is released 1971. Three years later the group plays the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, during a two-week stint in the Nevada gambling resort.
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Motown Records November 20: Marvin Gaye performs “Can I Get A Witness” on the U.K.’s Ready Steady Go television show in 1964, one of the last times he would travel to London until his 1976 tour. In ’65 on this date, the Miracles perform three songs on the U.S. teen dance show Hollywood A Go Go.
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Motown Records November 19: Happy Birthdays to Funk Brothers Joe Hunter (1927) and Robert White (1936), and the Miracles’ Warren “Pete” Moore (1939). On this day in 1965 the Supremes have a Christmas single, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me,” to accompany their Merry Christmas LP. The album includes one of Jimmy Webb’s first recorded songs.
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(November 5, 2009 – New York, NY) The most quintessential of American holidays, Thanksgiving, is the setting for a special celebration of a quintessentially American musical treasure: the classic songs of Motown. ...
Motown Records What is your favorite holiday song? Is it holiday classics such as "This Christmas", "Silver Bells", "White Christmas", "Silent Night"? Tell us your favorite holiday song and we'll put together a Imeem playlist with renditions from your favorite Motown artists!
Motown Records November 17: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, the story of the Funk Brothers, is in released in U.S. cinemas (2002), bringing long-overdue recognition to the company’s in-house musicians.
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Motown Records November 16: In 1981, Stevie Wonder announces plans for his second march on Washington, D.C., to persuade Congress to designate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday. They do, five years later.
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Motown Records November 13: The Four Tops play their first-ever U.K. concert, selling out London’s Saville Theatre in 1966. Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein is the show promoter. Happy Birthday Leonard Caston (1943).
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Motown Records In honor of the Jackson 5 I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, Michael Jackson's Hello World 3-Disc solo collection is on sale at Hip-O Select for $45 plus free shipping this week only! Limited edition! There is a lot of great Motown stuff on Hip-O Select so take a look around!
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As we mourn the passing of Michael Jackson, we celebrate the great music he left us.
