Chalky Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Yesterday radio 2 did a motown at 50 special. The top 30 all time biggest selling Motown singles in the UK to date. I was a little surprised when I saw the chart at some of the entrants with many I would have thought being there missing You can listen again HERE THE CHART 1 I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder 2 Hello - Lionel Richie 3 One Day In Your Life - Michael Jackson 4 Three Times A Lady - Commodores 5 Being With You - Smokey Robinson 6 All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie 7 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 8 Baby Love - Supremes 9 I Want You Back - Jackson Five 10 Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder 11 Upside Down - Diana Ross 12 End Of The Road - Boyz II Men 13 Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder 14 The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 15 Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops 16 What Becomes Of The Brokenheated - Jimmy Ruffin 17 Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis 18 I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross 19 Lately - Stevie Wonder 20 Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 21 Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder 22 Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes 23 I'll Be There - Jackson Five 24 I've Never Been To Me - Charlene 25 Nightshift - Commodores 26 Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder 27 Stoned Love - The Supremes 28 With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta 29 Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor 30 Easy - Commodores Edited January 2, 2009 by chalky
Our Kid Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Was a touch surprised meself! Knew the 60's motown stuff was underground at the time, but on those figures it must've been bloody sub - terranean!! Paul
Chalky Posted January 2, 2009 Author Posted January 2, 2009 Was a touch surprised meself! Knew the 60's motown stuff was underground at the time, but on those figures it must've been bloody sub - terranean!! Paul what surprised me the most was there wasn't one record from the Temptations, one of, if not the greatest group of all time (IMO of course)
Zed1 Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 29 Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor Everytime I hear this I think is this realy Motown...
Guest Bicks Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I have to say that this list is an absolute travesty.......Charlene only number 24?????????
Kev Moore Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I have to say that this list is an absolute travesty.......Charlene only number 24????????? Just wondering how many Motown fans have all these records in their collections??? C'mon hands up. Ok I'll go first. Kev
Drew3 Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Just listening to this on iplayer whist at work. Disappointing that some classics don't make the Top 30 but it's on sales I understand. Just goes to show that many of the Motown tunes loved on the Northern Soul/Soul scene were not best sellers, which is pretty much in line with everything else we love!!!!!! KTF. Drew.
Chalky Posted January 2, 2009 Author Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Tonight on Radio 2 at 7pm Richard Allinson and Steve Levine celebrate the 50th anniversary of Motown with a look at the individuals and teams who helped to establish the record label as 'The Hit Factory'. Richard Allinson is standing in for Ken Bruce this week and he said this morning that during tonight's show he will be playing some tracks from Motown that have never been on the radio before From listening to radio 2 this month there will be plenty of shows which celebrate the history of Motown to coincide with the 50th birthday celebrations. Edited January 2, 2009 by chalky
Guest Matt Male Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Can't say i'm surprised. The top 5 are all crappy ballads that always do well in the charts. Just goes to show how commercial Motown really was at the end of the day. It was always a business aimed at producing 'hits' from day one and nothing wrong with that. The Hit Factory has been used since to describe a similar outfit...
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