Let's go 50 years ago and see the top 5 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 this week:
#1 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
... with his only transatlantic No 1 with a soul classic co-written by Norman Whitfield
#2 Tommy James & The Shondells -Crimson and Clover
Tommy James returned to the top with a self-penned slice of psychedelia
#3 Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations - I'm gonna make you love me
The two supergroups together once more. When the decade opened, they had worked together as the Primettes and the Primes. And here we have the repeat!
#4 Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut
Before his group The Chi-Lites started their run of pop hits, Eugene Record co-penned this instrumental combo's biggest hit.
#1 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
... with his only transatlantic No 1 with a soul classic co-written by Norman Whitfield
Tommy James returned to the top with a self-penned slice of psychedelia
The two supergroups together once more. When the decade opened, they had worked together as the Primettes and the Primes. And here we have the repeat!
Before his group The Chi-Lites started their run of pop hits, Eugene Record co-penned this instrumental combo's biggest hit.
#5 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
One of the few groups who appealed to both R&B and pop record buyers registered the first of their three R&B and pop chrt toppers with a Sly Stone Composition.
