“Sloopy” was a bigger hit for the McCoys but the Vibrations got there first
The Supremes
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Ken Shane
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The New Birth was an ever-shifting assemblage that scored a big hit in 1974
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Ken Shane
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When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1968 the team needed new hitmakers. They found them in 100 PROOF.
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Ken Shane
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In 1969 two of Motown’s greatest groups teamed up for a smash single
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Ken Shane
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Ruby and the Romantics set the charts on fire with a bossa nova flavored hit in 1963
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Ken Shane
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Known primarily as background singers, the Originals got some help from Marvin Gaye and had their own hits
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Ken Shane
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2016 was a bad year for musicians, but a good year for music books
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Ken Shane
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A splendid new visual history of the legendary soul label
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Ken Shane
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Best known as a songwriter/producer, Lamont Dozier also had hits on his own
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Ken Shane
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The one single that Frank Wilson released is one of the most collectible records in history
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Ken Shane
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Norman Whitfield and the Velvelettes were a match made in soul music heaven
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Ken Shane
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The Brothers Johnson ruled the funk world in the ’70s
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Ken Shane
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Tonight’s the Night was a small hit at the beginning of a Hall of Fame career
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Ken Shane
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David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success
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Ken Shane
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The legendary songwriters had a smash of their own in ’84
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Ken Shane
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1961 was a big year for the Shirelles, and many other artists
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Ken Shane
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Martha & the Vandellas had their first hit with their second Gordy single
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Michael Parr
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It’s the last Friday Five of 2012! Join in with five random tracks of your own.
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J.A. Bartlett
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Over the years, certain television programs became iconic because of their historical value—the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley’s 1968 “comeback” special, Nirvana on MTV Unplugged. Others have…
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Ken Shane
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In 1964 Joe Hinton broke out with his hit cover of a Willie Nelson song. Four years later he was gone in the prime of his career.
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J.A. Bartlett
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I quit buying 45s when I was 13 years old. After that, I considered myself an album consumer, but that sometimes created an economic conundrum: when a cool new song…
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Popdose Staff
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Say what you want about the Guess Who and Three Dog Night… because you may be talking about the other band anyway.
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Popdose Staff
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1969 –The year Hair dominated the American airwaves. The first of several Hair cover songs debuts on AM Gold this week.
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And thus ends another year on our trolley ride through the land of Time-Life’s “AM Gold: 1967.”
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We’re one week away from the end of AM Gold: 1966, and for the Popdose staff it seems it couldn’t come fast enough.
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Popdose Staff
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We bid adieu to 1965 and take up a debate on the merits of Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger.”
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AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
Ken Shane
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The Marvelettes were Motown’s first successful female group, and they scored the company’s first number one pop hit. In all they scored 21 hits in eight years.
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