February 20TH at Hittsville, U.S.A.

February 20^TH  at  Hittsville, U.S.A.

 

1960: 

 

 The Miracles hit #1 on the R’n B Chart with "Shop Around”…

1961:

The Miracles hit #2 on the Pop Chart with "Shop Around"…

1962: 

The Marvelettes hit #4 on the R'nB chart (and #7 on the pop chart on 6/23) with "Playboy",

#7 on the R'nB chart (and #17 on the pop chart on 9-/22) with "Beechwood 4-5789", 

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February 12, 1958: The Silhouettes hit causes Barry Gordy to get rolling with Motown...

February 12, 1958:

The Silhouettes hit #1 with "Get a Job"…

In January 1958, knowing the Silhouettes tune was a major hit, Barry Gordy recorded the Five Chimes’ first recording, "Got a Job", as an answer song to the Silhouettes' tune...

 

Gordy shortly thereafter struck a deal with George Goldner's End Records to distribute the single…

Before the song was released, the Five Chimes changed their name to the Miracles, taking it from the moniker "Miracletones", with the "'Tones" taken out…

 After earning only $3.19 for his production success, Gordy was told by Robinson to form his own label, which Gordy did, forming Tamla Records in 1959…

The rest, as they say, 

is MOTOWN MAGIC…

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APRIL FIVE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

ON THE CHARTS ~ APRIL 5…

1969: "These Eyes" by The Guess Who enters the Billboard chart on its way to #6 a month later...

Guitarist Randy Bachman wrote the basic piano chords with an original title of "These Arms". Vocalist Burton Cummings changed the title to "These Eyes" and added the middle eight bars…

1970: "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)," credited to John Ono Lennon and produced by Phil Spector, hits #3 on the singles chart... 

The #1 album that week is "Let It Be," by the Beatles…  

1975: Minnie Ripperton hits #1 with

 "Lovin' You"…

1980: Kool and the Gang

hits #5

 with "Too Hot"…  

APRIL 5 BIRTHDAYS:

1928 - Tony Williams - vocalist for The Platters 
1932 - Billy Bland 

1939 - Ronald "Ronnie" White

(April 5, 1939 – August 26, 1995) was an American musician, best known as the co-founder of The Miracles and its only consistent original member. He also co-wrote MANY Motown hits for The Miracles, Mary Wells, The Temptations and others

—Including the Miracles’ 

FORK IN THE ROAD… 

1942 - Allan Clarke - lead vocalist for The Hollies ("Long Cool Woman")

A GREAT DATE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...

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