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1-Jan

2-Jan

3-Jan

4-Jan

5-Jan

6-Jan

7-Jan

8-Jan

9-Jan

10-Jan

11-Jan 1967

"Love Is Here

and Now

You're Gone"

"The

Supremes

Sing

Holland–Dozi

er–Holland"

The

Supremes

R&B AND

Hot 100 1 11-Mar 1967

The second

consecutive #1 pop

single from this

album.

12-Jan

13-Jan

14-Jan

15-Jan

16-Jan 1964

"Castles In

The Sand"

"Stevie At

The Beach"

Little Stevie

Wonder Pop 52

The last song

released with Stevie

Wonder officially

classified as 'Little' on

the album label. Also

released on this date:

"Thank You (For

Loving Me All The

Way)" by Stevie

Wonder (did not

chart)

17-Jan 1964 "Live Wire"

Martha and

the Vandellas R&B 11

Also released on this

date: "Old Love (Let's

Try It Again)" by

Martha & The

Vandellas (did not

chart).

18-Jan

19-Jan

20-Jan

21-Jan 1964 "Shambles"

Gene

Henslee N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "Beautiful

Women" by Gene

Henslee (did not

chart). 1971 release:

“What’s Going On” by

Marvin Gaye (Hot

100 #2).

22-Jan

23-Jan 1964

"The Way

You Do The

Things You

Do"

"Meet The

Temptations"

The

Temptations R&B 1


date: "Just Let Me

Know" by The

Temptations (did not

chart) and "If Your

Heart Says Yes" and

"I'll Cry Tomorrow" by

The Serenaders (did

not chart).

24-Jan

25-Jan

26-Jan

27-Jan

28-Jan

29-Jan 1964

"He's A Good

Guy (Yes He

Is)"

The

Marvelettes R&B 18


date: "Goddess of

Love" by The

Marvelettes (did not

chart).

30-Jan

31-Jan 1964

"Better Late

Than Never" Bobby Breen N/A N/A N/A N/A

Features beach

sounds - surf

crashing, etc. -

similar to Stevie

Wonder's "Castles In

The Sand." Also


"How Can We Tell

Him" by Bobby Breen

(did not chart).

1-Feb

2-Feb

3-Feb

4-Feb

5-Feb

6-Feb

7-Feb 1966 "Get Ready"

"Gettin'

Ready"

The

Temptations R&B 1

1964 releases: The

Supremes' "Run,

Run, Run" (R&B #22)

and "I'm Giving You

Your Freedom" (did

not chart), and

Joanne & The

Triangles' "After The

Showers Came

Flowers" and "Don't

Be A Cry Baby" (did

not chart).

8-Feb 1965

“Stop in the

Name of

Love”

"More Hits By

The

Supremes"

The

Supremes Pop 1 27-Mar 1965

Held the number one

position on the

Billboard pop singles

chart from March 27,

1965 through April 3,

1965, and reached

number two on the

soul chart.

9-Feb

10-Feb

11-Feb

12-Feb

13-Feb 1965 "Shotgun" "Shotgun"

Junior Walker

and the All

Stars R&B 1

Reached number

one on R&B Singles

chart for four non-

consecutive weeks

and number four on

the Billboard Hot

100.

14-Feb 1964 "Only You"

Sammy

Turner N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "Right Now" by

Sammy Turner (did

not chart).

15-Feb

16-Feb

17-Feb

18-Feb

19-Feb 1964

"Give Me A

Kiss" The Hornets


date: "She's My

Baby" by The

Hornets (did not

chart).

20-Feb 1964

"You're A

Wonderful

One" Marvin Gaye R&B 3


date: "When I'm

Alone I Cry" by

Marvin Gaye (did not

chart). 1981 release -

"Give It To Me Baby"

by Rick James (Soul

#1, June 13, 1981).

21-Feb

22-Feb

23-Feb

24-Feb 1970 "ABC" "ABC"

The Jackson

5 R&B 1 12-Apr 1970

First song

alphabetically in the

list of #1 hits of the

Billboard Hot 100.

Michael Jackson was

11 years old at the

time he recorded

lead vocals for the

song.

25-Feb

26-Feb

27-Feb

28-Feb 1964

"Can You Do

It" The Contours R&B 16

The last hit featuring

the original members

of the group. Also


"I'll Stand By You" by

The Contours (did

not chart).

1-Mar

2-Mar

3-Mar

4-Mar

5-Mar

6-Mar

7-Mar

8-Mar

9-Mar

10-Mar

11-Mar 1964

"Midnight

Johnny" Liz Lands N/A N/A N/A N/A

Revived by the

Originals as a 1971

single. Also released

on this date: "Keep

Me" by Liz Lands (did

not chart).

12-Mar

13-Mar 1964 "My Guy"

"Mary Wells

Sings My

Guy" Mary Wells

R&B AND

Pop 1 16-May 1964

Was Mary Well's

biggest hit.

Succeeded on the

charts by The

Beatles' "Love Me

Do." Also released

on this date: "Oh

Little Boy (What Did

You Do To Me) by

Mary Wells (did not

chart).

14-Mar

15-Mar

16-Mar

17-Mar

18-Mar 1963

"I Want a

Love I Can

See"

"Meet The

Temptations"

The

Temptations N/A N/A N/A N/A

Although it did not

chart nationally, the

song was a regional

hit in some parts of

the country and

would continue to be

used as part of the

Temptations' on-

stage repertoir.

19-Mar

20-Mar 1967

“The

Happening”

"The

Happening"

The

Supremes Hot 100 1 May 1967

Theme song of the

1967 Columbia film

"The Happening",

and was released as

a single by Motown

at the time of the

film's release

21-Mar

22-Mar

23-Mar 1964

"In My Lonely

Room"

Martha and

The

Vandellas R&B 6

Started the dance

craze, "The 81."Also


"A Tear For The Girl"

by Martha and The

Vandellas (did not

chart), and "Devil

With The Blue Dress"

by Shorty Long (R&B

#26) and "Wind It Up"

by Shotry Long (did

not chart).

24-Mar

25-Mar

26-Mar 1964

"Every Little

Bit Hurts"

Brenda

Holloway R&B 3


date: "Land of a

Thousand Boys" by

Brenda Holloway (did

not chart), and

"Pretty Little Angel"

(first pressing) and

"Tears in Vain" by

Stevie Wonder (did

not chart).

27-Mar

28-Mar

29-Mar

30-Mar 1964

"Bringin' In

The Gold"

Howard

Crockett N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "I've Been A

Long Time Leaving"

by Howard Crockett

(did not chart), and

"Satisfied Mind" and

"That's What's

Happenin'" by Bruce

Channel (did not

chart)

31-Mar

1-Apr

2-Apr 1968

"The Futher

You Look,

The Less You

See" The Majestics N/A N/A N/A N/A

First issued by The

Temptations in 1963.

3-Apr

4-Apr

5-Apr

6-Apr

7-Apr

8-Apr

9-Apr

10-Apr

11-Apr

12-Apr

13-Apr

14-Apr 1964

"Once Upon

A Time"

Marvin Gaye

& Mary Wells R&B 3


date: "What's The

Matter With You

Baby" (R&B #2).

15-Apr

16-Apr

17-Apr

18-Apr

19-Apr

20-Apr

21-Apr

22-Apr

23-Apr 1965

"I Can't Help

Myself (Sugar

Pie Honey

Bunch)"

"Four Tops'

Second

Album"

The Four

Tops

R&B AND

Hot 100 1

June 12 AND

June 26 1965

Rolling Stone

magazine ranked the

song #415 on their

list of the 500

Greatest Songs of All

Time.

24-Apr 1964

"Just Ain't

Enough

Love" Eddie Holland R&B 31

Was given a reading

a couple years later

by the Isley Brothers.

25-Apr

26-Apr

27-Apr 1967

"Ain't No

Mountainn

High Enough" "Untitled"

Marvin Gaye

and Tammi

Terrell R&B 3

Terrell recorded her

vocals alone with

producers Harvey

Fuqua and Johnny

Bristol, who added

Gaye's vocal at a

later date.

28-Apr

29-Apr 1964

"I'll Be In

Trouble"

The

Temptations R&B 22


date: "The Girl's

Alright With Me"

(R&B #39) by The

Temptations.

30-Apr

1-May 1964

"Hey

Harmonica

Man"

"Stevie At

The Beach"

Stevie

Wonder N/A N/A N/A N/A

The first pressing

was not a hit, but

when it was re-issued

with a new mix a few

weeks later it made

the pop Top 30. Also


"This Little Girl" by

Stevie Wonder (did

not chart).

2-May

3-May 1966

"Ain't Too

Proud to Beg"

"Getting'

Ready"

The

Temptations R&B 1 18-Jun 1966

It replaced Sam &

Dave's "Hold On! I'm

a Comin'" as the R&B

number-one singlea

nd held the position

for four weeks until

being replaced by

Ray Charles' "Let's

Go Get Stoned"

during the week of

July 16. The following

week, it returned to

number-one, where it

remained for four

more weeks until

being replaced by

Stevie Wonder's

cover of Bob Dylan's

"Blowin' in the Wind".

4-May 1964 "Little Acorn"

Dorsey

Burnette N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "Cold As Usual"

by Dorsey Burnette

(did not chart).

5-May

6-May

7-May 1970

"Ball of

Confusion"

"Greatest Hits

II"

The

Temptations R&B 2

Bass singer Melvin

Franklin puncuates

each section of lyrics

with, "And the band

played on."

8-May 1962

"Your Heart

Belongs To

Me"

"Meet The

Supremes"

The

Supremes Hot 100 95

The Supremes' first

nationally charted hit.

Also the last single

they recorded as a

quartet, before

Barbara Martin left

the group to start a

family. 1964 release:

"You're Just Like

You" and "Here

Comes That

Heartache" by Bobby

Breen (did not chart).

9-May

10-May

11-May

12-May

13-May

14-May

15-May

16-May 1970

"The Love

You Save” "ABC"

The Jackson

5 Hot 100 1 27-Jun 1970

Held the number one

position on the

Billboard Hot 100

singles chart for two

weeks and was the

third of The Jackson

5's four number ones

in a row.

17-May

18-May

19-May

20-May

21-May 1964 "Try It Baby" Marvin Gaye R&B 6


date: "If My Heart

Could Sing" by


chart), and "Hey

Harmonica Man"

(alternate mix) by

Stevie Wonder (R&B

#5).

22-May

23-May

24-May

25-May

26-May

27-May

28-May

29-May

30-May

31-May

1-Jun

2-Jun

3-Jun 1964

"I Like It Like

That" The Miracles R&B 10


date: "You're So Fine

And Sweet" by The

Miracles (did not

chart). 1970 release:

“Signed, Sealed,

Delivered I’m Yours”

by Stevie Wonder

(R&B #1).

4-Jun

5-Jun

6-Jun

7-Jun 1970 “War”

"War &

Peace" Edwin Starr Pop 1 Aug 1970

A counterculture era

soul song first

produced with The

Temptations as the

original vocalists.

After Motown began

receiving requests to

release it as a single,

it was re-recorded

with Edwin Starr as

the vocalist

8-Jun 1964

"You're My

Remedy"

The

Marvelettes R&B 16


date : "A Little Bit Of

Sympathy, A Little Bit

Of Love" by The


chart).

9-Jun

10-Jun 1971

"Mercy,

Mercy Me

(The

Ecology)"

"What's

Going On" Marvin Gaye Soul 1 14-Aug 1971

Written solely by

Marvin Gaye. He also

plays piano on the

track.

11-Jun

12-Jun

13-Jun

14-Jun

15-Jun

16-Jun

17-Jun 1964

"Where Did

Our Love Go"

"Where Did

Our Love Go"

The

Supremes

Pop AND

R&B 1 16-Aug 1964

First single by The

Supremes to reach

#1, where it stayed

for two weeks. Also


"He Means The

World To Me" by The

Supremes (did not

chart).

18-Jun

19-Jun

20-Jun

21-Jun

22-Jun

23-Jun 1965

"Tracks of My

Tears"

"Going to a

Go Go" The Miracles R&B 2

It sold over one

million records within

two years and was

inducted into the

Grammy Hall of

Fame, and is listed

by Rolling Stone

magazine as #50 in

its listing of The 500

Greatest Songs of All

Time.

24-Jun 1964

"Jimmy

Brown"

Dorsey



date: "Everybody's

Angel" by Dorsey

Burnette" (did not

chart).

25-Jun

26-Jun

27-Jun

28-Jun

29-Jun 1962

"Do You Love

Me"

"Do You Love

Me (Now

That I Can

Dance)" The Contours R&B 1 20-Oct 1962

Written and produced

by Berry Gordy. The

Contours' only Top

40 single on the

Billboard Hot 100

chart.

30-Jun

1-Jul

2-Jul

3-Jul 1964

"I'll Always

Love You"

"Every Little

Bit Hurts"

Brenda

Holloway Pop 60


date: "Sad Song" by

Brenda Holloway (did

not chart).

4-Jul

5-Jul

6-Jul

7-Jul

8-Jul

9-Jul 1968

"You're All I

Need to Get

By"

"You're All I

Need" Marvin Gaye R&B 1

One of the longest-

running number one

R&B hits of 1968 and

the most successful

duet recording of

Marvin Gaye's entire

career.

10-Jul 1964

"Baby I Need

Your Lovin’” "Four Tops"

The Four

Tops R&B 4 1964

The Four Tops' first

Motown single, and

also their first million-

selling hit single. Also


"Call On Me" by The

Four Tops (did not

chart).1981 release:

“Super Freak” by

Rick James (R&B #3,

Hot 100 #16).

11-Jul

12-Jul 1963

"A

Breathtaking

Guy"

"Where Did

Our Love Go"

The

Supremes Hot 100 75

Originally released

under the title "A

Breath Taking, First

Sight Soul Shaking,

One Night Love

Making, Next Day

Heartbreaking Guy"

and shortened after

its release. Later

recorded by The

Marvelettes in 1971.

13-Jul

14-Jul

15-Jul

16-Jul 1970

"Ain't No

Mountain

High Enough" "Diana Ross" Diana Ross

Pop AND

R&B 1

Original version

released in 1967,

sung by Marvin Gaye

and Tammi Terrell.

Released in 1964:

"Since I've Lost You"

and "I Want Her

Love" by Jimmy

Ruffin (did not chart).

17-Jul

18-Jul

19-Jul

20-Jul

21-Jul

22-Jul

23-Jul 1962

“Stubborn

Kind of

Fellow”

“That

Stubborn

Kinda Fellow” Marvin Gaye R&B 8 Gaye's first hit single.

24-Jul 1961

"Oh, Mother

of Mine"

The

Temptations N/A N/A N/A N/A

The group's debut

single for Motown

25-Jul 1966

"You Can't

Hurry Love"

"The

Supremes A'

Go Go"

The

Supremes

R&B and Hot

100 1 17-Sep 1966

The single became

The Supremes'

seventh number-one

hit, topping the

Billboard Hot 100

singles chart for two

weeks

26-Jul

27-Jul

28-Jul

29-Jul 1964

"Candy To

Me" Eddie Holland R&B 29


date: "You Make Me

Happy" and "You

Never Looked Better"

by Bruce Channel

(Did not chart), and

"If You Don't Want

My Love" by Eddie

Holland (did not

chart).

30-Jul 1969

"I Can't Get

Next To You"

"Puzzle

People"

The

Temptations

Pop AND

R&B 1

October 11

AND October

4 1969

31-Jul 1964

"Dancing In

The Street" "Dance Party"

Martha and

The

Vandellas Pop 2

Released in the midst

of the 1964 Freedom

Summer project,

designed to draw the

nation’s attention to

the violent

oppression

experienced by

Mississippi blacks

who attempted to

exercise their

constitutional rights.


date: "There He Is

(At My Door)"by

Martha and The

Vandellas (did not

chart), and "Baby, I

Miss You" and

"Leaving Here" by

Tommy Good (did

not chart).

1-Aug

2-Aug

3-Aug

4-Aug 1964

"My Smile Is

Just A Frown

Turned

Upside

Down"

Carolyn

Crawford R&B 39

Carolyn Crawford's

only hit. Also


"I'll Come Running"

by Carolyn Crawford

(did not chart).

5-Aug

6-Aug

7-Aug 1964

"Looking for

the Right

Guy" Kim Weston N/A N/A N/A N/A

Also on this date:

"Feel Alright Tonight"

by Kim Weston (Did

not chart).

8-Aug

9-Aug

10-Aug

11-Aug

12-Aug

13-Aug

14-Aug

15-Aug

16-Aug

17-Aug

18-Aug 1966

"Reach Out

(I'll Be

There)" "Reach Out"

The Four

Tops

Hot 100 AND

R&B 1

October 15

AND October

29 1966

The single stayed at

#1 on each chart for

two weeks.

19-Aug

20-Aug 1964

"Girl (Why

You Wanna

Make Me

Blue)"

The

Temptations R&B 11


date: "Baby Baby I

Need You" by The


chart), and "My Lil's

Run Off" and

"Spanish Lace And

Memories" by

Howard Crockett (did

not chart).

21-Aug 1961

"Please Mr.

Postman"

"Please Mr.

Postman"

The

Marvelettes Pop 1 11-Dec 1961

The first Motown

song to reach the

number-one position

on the Billboard Hot

100 pop singles chart

22-Aug

23-Aug

24-Aug 1964

"Satan's

Blues"

Jr. Walker &

The All Stars N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "Monkey Jump"

by Jr. Walker & The

All Stars (did not

chart), and "Bread

Winner" and "You've

Got To Change" by

Sammy Ward (did

not chart), and "It's A

Crying Shame (The

Way You Treat A

Good Man Like Me)"

and "Out To Get

You" by Shorty Long

(did not chart).

25-Aug

26-Aug

27-Aug

28-Aug 1970 "I'll Be There" "Third Album"

The Jackson

5 Hot 100 1 17-Oct 1970

Written by "The

Corporation," a group

which included Berry

Gordy, and was the

group's first ballad. It

solidified their

careers beyond

"bubblegum pop."

Released in 1964 :

"That's What Love Is

Made Of" (R&B #9)

and "Would I Love

You" (did not chart)

by The Miracles.

29-Aug

30-Aug

31-Aug

1-Sep

2-Sep 1964

"Baby Don't

You Do It" Marvin Gaye R&B 14

Unusual for a

Motown song

because it is based

on a single chord and

mixes horns, a

female backing

chorus, drums,

James Jamerson's

bass. Also released

on this date" "Walk

On The Wild Side" by


chart).

3-Sep 1964

"Needle In A

Haystack"

The

Velvelettes R&B 31


date: "Should I Tell

Them" by The

Velvelettes (did not

chart).

4-Sep

5-Sep

6-Sep

7-Sep

8-Sep

9-Sep

10-Sep

11-Sep

12-Sep

13-Sep

14-Sep 1964

"Happy

Street"

"Stevie At

The Beach"

Stevie

Wonder N/A N/A N/A N/A

In the film "Muscle

Beach Party," Stevie

Wonder was featured

lip-syncing "Happy

Street" in front of

Dick Dale and The

Del-Tones. Also


"Sad Boy" by Stevie

Wonder (did not

chart).

15-Sep

16-Sep

17-Sep 1964 "Baby Love"

"Where Did

Our Love Go"

The

Supremes

Pop AND

R&B 1 31-Oct 1964

Beginning with "Baby

Love," The

Supremes became

the first Motown act

to have more than

one American #1

single, and by the

end of the decade,

would have more

number-one singles

than any other

Motown act (or

American pop music

group) with 12, a

record they continue

to hold. Also


"Ask Any Girl" by The

Supremes (did not

chart).

18-Sep

19-Sep

20-Sep

21-Sep

22-Sep

23-Sep

24-Sep 1970

"Tears of a

Clown"

"Make it

Happen"

Smokey

Robinson &

the Miracles

R&B AND

Hot 100 1

It is an international

multi-million seller

and a 2002 Grammy

Hall of Fame

inductee.

25-Sep

26-Sep

27-Sep 1960

“Who’s Lovin'

You”

"Hi, We're

The Miracles" The Miracles

Other versions have

been recorded by

The Temptations,

The Supremes,

Terence Trent-

D'arby, Brenda and

The Tabulations,

John Farnham,

Human Nature, En

Vogue, and Michael

Bublé. The most

famous version is

attributed to The

Jackson 5.

28-Sep

29-Sep

30-Sep 1964

"What Good

Am I Without

You"

Marvin Gaye

& Kim

Weston R&B 28

A lively number in

which Kim Weston

sings the entire first

chorus. Also released

on this date: "Soul

Stomp" and "Hot 'N'

Tot" by Earl Van

Dyke (did not chart),

and "I Want You

'Round" by Marvin

Gaye and Kim

Weston (did not

chart).

1-Oct

2-Oct

3-Oct

4-Oct

5-Oct

6-Oct 1965

"I Hear A

Symphony"

"I Hear A

Symphony"

The

Supremes Pop 1 14-Nov 1965

The Supreme's sixth

#1 Pop hit. Stayed in

that position for two

consecutive weeks.

7-Oct 1969

"I Want You

Back"

"Diana Ross

Presents the

Jackson 5"

The Jackson

5 Hot 100 1 31-Jan 1970

Also became

Billboard's Best

Selling Soul #1 single

from January

10–January 31,

1970. Released in

1964: "Who You

Gonna Run To" and

"Same Old Story"

(alternate mix) by

Mickey McCullers

(did not chart).

8-Oct

9-Oct 1964

"Sweet

Thing" The Spinners N/A N/A N/A N/A

Covers were done by

Marvin Gaye and The

Supremes, but not

released until the late

'80s and early '90s.


date: "How Can I" by

The Spinners (did not

chart), and "Tonight's

The Night" and

"You're Bad News"

by The Headliners

(did not chart).

10-Oct

11-Oct

12-Oct

13-Oct

14-Oct 1964

"Too Many

Fish In The

Sea"

The

Marvelettes R&B 5


date: "A Need For

Love" by The


chart).

15-Oct 1960

"Shop

Around"

"Hi... We're

the Miracles" The Miracles

The Tamla label's

first number 1 hit on

the Billboard R&B

singles chart, which it

held for 8

consecutive weeks.

16-Oct

17-Oct

18-Oct

19-Oct

20-Oct

21-Oct

22-Oct

23-Oct

24-Oct

25-Oct 1965 "Poor Girl"

R. Dean

Taylor N/A N/A N/A N/A

26-Oct

27-Oct 1964

"Come See

About Me"

"Where Did

Our Love Go"

The

Supremes Pop 1

December 13

AND January

10 1964; 1965

Became the third of

The Supremes' five

consecutively

released singles to

top the Billboard pop

singles chart. Faded

in while most pop

records faded out

and the technique

was used a few

months later by The

Beatles in "Eight

Days A Week." Also


"You're Gone (But

Always In My Heart)

a.k.a. Always In My

Heart" by The

Supremes (did not

chart).

28-Oct

29-Oct

30-Oct 1968

"I Heard It

Through the

Grapevine"

"In The

Groove" Marvin Gaye Pop 1 14-Dec 1968

Went to the top of the

Billboard Pop Singles

chart for seven

weeks from

December 1968 to

January 1969 and

became for a time

the biggest hit single

on the Motown label.

31-Oct

1-Nov

2-Nov 1966

"(I Know) I'm

Losing You"

"The

Temptations

with a Lot o'

Soul"

The

Temptations R&B 1 24-Dec 1966

The Temptations

performed the song

twice on The Ed

Sullivan Show - by

themselves on May

28, 1967, and in a

duet with Diana Ross

& the Supremes on

November 19, 1967.

3-Nov

4-Nov 1964

"How Sweet

It Is (To Be

Loved By

You)" Marvin Gaye R&B 3

Also on this date:

"Without The One

You Love (Life's Not

Worthwhile)" (R&B

#17) and "Love Has

Gone" by the Four

Tops, and "Forever"

(did not chart) by

Marvin Gaye.

5-Nov

6-Nov 1964

"A Little More

Love" Kim Weston N/A N/A N/A N/A

Also on this date:

"Go Ahead And

Laugh" by Kim

Weston (did not

chart).

7-Nov

8-Nov

9-Nov 1962

“You’ve

Really Got a

Hold on Me”

"The

Fabulous

Miracles" The Miracles R&B 1

One of the Miracles'

most covered songs,

received a 1998

Grammy Hall of

Fame Award, one of

the The Rock and

Roll Hall of Fame's

500 Songs that

Shaped Rock and

Roll, and was

covered by The

Beatles

10-Nov

11-Nov

12-Nov 1964

"When

Someone's

Good To

You"

Carolyn

Crawford N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "My Heart" by

Carolyn Crawford

(did not chart).

13-Nov 1964 "Wild One"

Martha and

The

Vandellas R&B 11

Backbeat mirrored

that of "Dancing In

The Street." Also


"Dancing Slow" by

Martha and The

Vandellas (did not

chart).

14-Nov

15-Nov

16-Nov 1964

"Can You

Jerk Like Me" The Contours R&B 15

Refers to 'The Jerk,'

a dance created in

hopes of starting a

new dance craze.


date: "That Day

When She Needed

Me" by The Contours

(R&B #37).

17-Nov 1958

"Lonely

Teardrops" Single Jackie Wilson R&B 1

The final song Jackie

Wilson performed in

public before his

death.

18-Nov

19-Nov

20-Nov 1964

"Come On Do

The Jerk"

"Greatest Hits

II" The Miracles R&B 22


date: "Baby Don't

You Go" by The

Miracles (did not

chart).

21-Nov

22-Nov

23-Nov

24-Nov

25-Nov 1964

"Randy, The

Newspaper

Boy" Ray Oddis N/A N/A N/A N/A

Also on released this

date: "Happy Ghoul

Tide" by Ray Oddis

(did not chart).

26-Nov

27-Nov 1964

"Talkin' To

Your Picture" Tony Martin N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "Our

Rhapsody" by Tony

Martin (did not chart).

28-Nov

29-Nov

30-Nov 1964

"Ever Since

The World

Began"

Dorsey



date: "Long Long

Time Ago" by Dorsey

Burnette (did not

chart).

1-Dec

2-Dec

3-Dec

4-Dec

5-Dec

6-Dec

7-Dec

8-Dec

9-Dec

10-Dec

11-Dec

12-Dec

13-Dec

14-Dec

15-Dec

16-Dec

17-Dec

18-Dec

19-Dec 1963

"Leaving

Herre" Eddie Holland R&B 27

Written by

songwriters

Holland–Dozier–Holl

at the beginning of

their partnership.

20-Dec

21-Dec 1964 "My Girl"

"The

Temptations

Sing

Smokey"

The

Temptations

R&B AND

Pop 1

The first #1 hit on the

reinstated Billboard

R&B Singles chart,

which had gone on a

fifteen-month hiatus

from 1963 to 1965.


date: "(Talkin' 'Bout)

Nobody But My

Baby" by The


chart), and "Come

See About Me" and

"Pride And Joy" by

Choker Campbell's

Big Band (did not

chart).

22-Dec 1964

"Put Me In

Your Pocket"

Howard

Crockett N/A N/A N/A N/A


date: "The Miles" by

Howard Crockett (did

not chart).

23-Dec

24-Dec

25-Dec

26-Dec

27-Dec

28-Dec 1964

"He Was

Really Sayin'

Something"

The

Velvelettes R&B 21

Wasn't a huge hit,

but influenced

generations. Also


"Throw A Farewell

Kiss" by The

Velvelettes (did not

chart).

29-Dec

30-Dec

31-Dec

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