Friday, August 22, 2014
"Where Did Our Love Go?" 8/22/1964
Well everybody; TODAY is the day, August 22, 1964--50 years ago--that The Supremes had their first #1 hit when "Where Did Our Love Go?" took over the #1 spot which would be the beginning of 11 more #1's to follow over the next 5 years! Congratulations to Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard & Diana Ross (& Cindy Birdsong) for giving us over 40 Top 40 wonderful hits. They are the greatest.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
50 Years today, 8/1/1964 The Supremes were at #5...
...with their highest charting record yet! After 8 previous 'flops', with only "A Breath Taking Guy" that managed to hit #75 in the summer of 1963, The Supremes began their incredible career of hits as "Where Did Our Love Go" (which had already been turned down by The Marvelettes & Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) broke the Top 5 with The Beatles holding down the #1 spot with their "A Hard Day's Night" that held #1 for two weeks. "Where Did Our Love Go" didn't fade, however, as Frank Sinatra then took over from The Beatles for one week with "Everybody Loves Somebody". Then The Supremes took over #1 for two weeks with the first of their 12 #1 Hits on August 22, 1964--50 years ago this month! The rest was history in the making as everything in their life, & Motown's, changed. They had just begun to chart & break records that are still unsurpassed to this very day. The original release has Mary & Flo singing "Baby, Baby" 54 times throughout the song!
Friday, August 1, 2014
"You Keep Me Hangin' On", The Supremes, 1966
On this day in 1966, the Supremes recorded vocals for “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.”
Billboard Magazine states that "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was recorded on JUNE 30, 1966 & I'd tend to believe their date. It entered the Top 100 at #68 on October 29 & 'moved like lightning: 68-27-7-to number one!'
Billboard states that this was the first time in the history of the Hot 100 that all five positions were filled by songs that either had been or would be number one!
Like The Supremes' previous hit, "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hanin' On" help the Number One Spot for two consecutive weeks.
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