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Today In Motown History (1/1-1/13)
January 13: Jr. Walker & The All Stars leap from the bars of Battle Creek, MI, when "Shotgun" is released, 1965.
January 12: Berry Gordy signs an $800 loan agreement with Ber-Berry, the Gordy family co-op fund, to incorporate his Motown Record Company, 1959.
January 11: Producers-songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland put the finishing touches on the Supremes’ “Stop! In The Name of Love,” which becomes their fourth consecutive Pop No. 1, 1965.
January 10: Martha Reeves records her lead vocal on the Vandellas’ single “I Promise To Wait My Love,” 1968.
January 9: The Temptations’ “The Way You Do The Things You Do,” their soon-to-be-breakout hit, is released 1964.
January 8: Juanita (Wyanetta) Cowart, an original member of the Marvelettes is born 1944.
January 7: Marvin Gaye performs “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” on ABC-TV’s Hollywood Palace in 1969. “Mama’ s Pearl” by the Jackson 5 is released 1971.
January 6: Marvin Gaye’s newest single of 1964 is “You’re A Wonderful One.” In 1969,
Diana Ross & the Supremes follow up the No. 1 “Love Child” with “I’m Livin’ In Shame,” which heads to the top 10.
January 5: Motown’s first single release of 1965: “Ask The Lonely” by the Four Tops.
January 4: Motown releases the classic Martha & the Vandellas ballad, “My Baby Loves Me,” in 1966.
January 3: With Marvin Gaye producing, the Originals finish recording “Baby, I’m For Real” in 1969.
January 2: “Twenty-Five Miles,” co-written by singer Edwin Starr, is released in 1969. A year later the Supremes record “Up The Ladder To The Roof,” their first hit with Jean Terrell singing lead.
January 1: “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” a Marvin Gaye album track, is now the hottest single in the country – the first Pop No. 1 of 1969.
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