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  1. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IS0tZ95SaB8

  2. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IS0tZ95SaB8

  3. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IS0tZ95SaB8

  4. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IS0tZ95SaB8

  5. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IS0tZ95SaB8

  6. "Cruisin'" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by the American singer-songwriter #SmokeyRobinson for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. It was released in August 1979 as a single from his eighth album, #WhereTheresSmoke (1979). One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with #theMiracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the US Cash Box Top 100 and was also a US #Billboard #Hot100 hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Gx77P0VH6FA

  7. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by #JimmyRuffin and released on #MotownRecords' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a #ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls those who were jilted by romantic partners. The tune was written by #WilliamWeatherspoon, #PaulRiser, and #JamesDean, and the recording was produced by Weatherspoon and #WilliamMickeyStevenson.
    youtube.com/watch?v=2vf3ZE7CLg0

  8. "Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
    youtube.com/watch?v=gCjXXvb0AKk

  9. "Shotgun" is a song written and performed by American #soulMusician #JuniorWalker that the #singersongwriter recorded with his group the All Stars. Called a "dance tune", it was produced by #BerryGordyJr and #LawrenceHorn. Gordy's #SoulRecords, a #MotownRecords subsidiary, issued it as a single in 1965. It reached number 1 on the U.S. #RAndBSingles chart for four non-consecutive weeks and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada.
    youtube.com/watch?v=lc7I9NLPt9A

  10. "Midnight Train to Georgia" is a song most famously performed by #GladysKnightAndThePips, their second release after departing #MotownRecords for #BuddahRecords. Written by #JimWeatherly and included on the Pips' 1973 LP #Imagination, "Midnight Train to Georgia" became the group's first single to top the #Billboard #Hot100. It also won the 1974 #GrammyAwardForBestRAndBVocalPerformanceByADuoGroupOrChorus and has become Knight's #signatureSong.
    youtube.com/watch?v=rVAxJB3DkDE

  11. "Cruisin'" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by the American singer-songwriter #SmokeyRobinson for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. It was released in August 1979 as a single from his eighth album, #WhereTheresSmoke (1979). One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with #theMiracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the US Cash Box Top 100 and was also a US #Billboard #Hot100 hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980.
    youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ

  12. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  13. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  14. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  15. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  16. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  17. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by #theTemptations for #MotownRecords' Gordy label, written by #NormanWhitfield and #EdwardHollandJr and produced by Whitfield. It peaked at number 13 on the #Billboard Pop Chart, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B charts for eight non-consecutive weeks. The song's success, in the wake of the relative underperformance of the previous Temptations' single, "#GetReady".
    youtube.com/watch?v=3s0TkufXA38

  18. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  19. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  20. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  21. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  22. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  23. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE

  24. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE

  25. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE

  26. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE

  27. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE

  28. "Do It to Me" is a song by #American singer-songwriter #LionelRichie. The song was written by Richie, and produced by himself and #StewartLevine. It was released in 1992 by #MotownRecords as the first single from his first compilation album, #BackToFront (1992). The song spent one week at number one on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBSingles chart and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard #Hot100. "Do It to Me" also achieved some success in European countries.
    youtube.com/watch?v=cR0UjLGtFdU

  29. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" is the debut solo single of singer #DianaRoss, released in April 1970 as the first single from her solo self-titled debut 1970 album by #MotownRecords.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1DeirmRKd7M

  30. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY

  31. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY

  32. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY

  33. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY

  34. "I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
    youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY

  35. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" is the debut solo single of singer #DianaRoss, released in April 1970 as the first single from her solo self-titled debut 1970 album by #MotownRecords.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1DeirmRKd7M

  36. "Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
    youtube.com/watch?v=87AtdCG6KZA

  37. "Don't Mess with Bill" is a song recorded by #theMarvelettes for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. Written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by #WandaYoung. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's #RAndBSinglesChart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final top 10 single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dABWW58dR6U

  38. "Do It to Me" is a song by #American singer #LionelRichie. The song was written by Richie, and produced by himself and #StewartLevine. It was the first single from his first compilation album, #BackToFront and was released in 1992 by #MotownRecords. The song spent one week at number one on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBSingles chart and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard #Hot100. "Do It to Me" also achieved some success in European countries.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zhdoNHtrPUc

  39. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnrZnFSlWU

  40. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnrZnFSlWU

  41. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnrZnFSlWU

  42. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by #JimmyRuffin and released on #MotownRecords' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a #ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed. The tune was written by #WilliamWeatherspoon, #PaulRiser, and #JamesDean, and the recording was produced by Weatherspoon and #WilliamMickeyStevenson.
    youtube.com/watch?v=2vf3ZE7CLg0

  43. "The Love You Save" is a song recorded by #theJackson5 for #MotownRecords. It was released as a #single on May 13, 1970, and held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart in the US for six weeks and the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from June 27 to July 4, 1970 and sold over 2 million copies in the United States. In the #UKTop40 chart, it peaked at number 7 in August 1970.
    youtube.com/watch?v=OkuULWqF3AY

  44. "Cruisin'" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by the American singer-songwriter #SmokeyRobinson for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. It was released in August 1979 as a single from his eighth album, #WhereTheresSmoke (1979). One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with #theMiracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the US Cash Box Top 100 and was also a US #Billboard #Hot100 hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Gx77P0VH6FA

  45. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by #JimmyRuffin and released on #MotownRecords' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a #ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed. The tune was written by #WilliamWeatherspoon, #PaulRiser, and #JamesDean, and the recording was produced by Weatherspoon and #WilliamMickeyStevenson.
    youtube.com/watch?v=sIlKR6cl34I

  46. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ixqofv-Oi74

  47. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=YUzTr2P0AJo

  48. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
    youtube.com/watch?v=MqmS961An4c