Motown Chartbusters are a series of compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

s first released by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 under licence on the Tamla Motown label in Britain

United Kingdom

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. In total, 12 editions were released in the UK between 1967 and 1982. The first two (volume 1 and volume 2) were originally called British Motown Chartbusters; after this they used the title Motown Chartbusters.

Background

Early Motown Records releases in Britain were not on the Motown label, but were issued on the London

London

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, Fontana

Fontana

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, Oriole

Oriole

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 and EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

's Stateside

Stateside

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 labels. Motown's first number 1 in Britain was "Baby Love

Baby Love

"Baby Love" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland ,...

" by The Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

, released on the Stateside label. "Where Did Our Love Go

Where Did Our Love Go

"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart...

" by The Supremes, and "My Guy

My Guy

"My Guy" is a 1964 number-one hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's dedication to the goodness of her man .The single became the biggest hit ever for Wells, Motown's first female star, and reached the...

" by Mary Wells

Mary Wells

Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s...

 were amongst other big hits at the time, also released on the Stateside label. The first release on the Tamla Motown label was "Stop In The Name Of Love" by The Supremes, in March 1965.

By 1964, Motown had enough British hits under its belt for EMI to release a greatest hits album, A Collection of Tamla Motown Big Hits. Over the next few years, several more compilations were released, including six in the series 16 Original Big Hits. In 1967, the label issued the first of the Motown Chartbusters series. Although the series mainly comprised hit singles by various Motown artists, they also included other recordings that had not been hits in Britain. Many significant single hits were excluded from the series. Later albums in the series failed to include any of the top ten singles achieved by Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

, or any of his releases. Minor hits were sometimes included in place of bigger hits, most notably for the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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.

The original albums were made by EMI under licence from Motown. EMI also made 8 track recordings of the early releases. In total, 12 editions were released in the UK, spanning 15 years from 1967 to 1982. All 12 were Top 30 UK chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 entries, the second volume of British Motown Chartbusters hit No. 8 in January 1970, in the same year Volume 3 spent six weeks at the No. 2 position, before reaching No. 1. In 1971 Volume 5 went to No. 2 and, in 1973, Volume 8 went to No. 9. The series was the most successful set of compilation albums in terms of sales until the release of the Now That's What I Call Music series began in the mid-1980s. A compilation album, Now That's What I Call Motown

Now That's What I Call Motown

-Charts:...

was released on the Universal Motown label.

They were re-issued from 1997 by the budget label, Spectrum. The clear differences between the two releases are the logos on the disc and cover, the original release has the Tamla Motown logo; the re-release has the Motown logo.

After their success in the UK, Motown went on to release different variants in other counties such as the United States and Australia. There were also various other forms released on the same type of platform such as Motown Chartbusters, 150 Hits of Gold and boxed sets.

Motown Chartbusters Volume 1

First released in October 1967 as British Motown Chartbusters.
It was re-released on the Spectrum label, and renamed Motown Chartbusters Volume 1

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Blowin' In The Wind
   Blowin' in the Wind
   "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder
   Stevie Wonder
   Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
   
    #36
2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On
   You Keep Me Hangin' On
   Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...
   
   " - The Supremes
   The Supremes
   The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
   
    #8
3. "Standing in the Shadows of Love
   Standing in the Shadows of Love
   "Standing in the Shadows of Love" is a 1966 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s...
   
   " - The Four Tops #6
4. "It Takes Two
   It Takes Two (song)
   "It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered around a romantic lyric which...
   
   " - Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
   
    & Kim Weston
   Kim Weston
   Kim Weston is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms ".-Career:...
   
    #16
5. "When You're Young and in Love
   When You're Young and in Love
   "When You're Young and in Love" is a song composed by Van McCoy. The first recording of the song was by Ruby & the Romantics; like all the group's singles on Kapp Records the track was produced by label a&r head Allen Stanton...
   
   " - The Marvelettes
   The Marvelettes
   The Marvelettes were an American singing girl group on the Tamla label. Motown's first successful female vocal group, the Marvelettes are most notable for recording the company's first #1 Pop hit, "Please Mr...
   
    #13
6. "(I Know) I'm Losing You
   (I Know) I'm Losing You
   " I'm Losing You" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label and produced by Norman Whitfield.- History :...
   
   " - The Temptations
   The Temptations
   The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
   
    #19
7. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
   What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
   "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the brokenhearted, and their struggle to overcome their sadness so that they...
   
   " - Jimmy Ruffin
   Jimmy Ruffin
   Jimmy Ruffin is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."-Life:...
   
    #8
8. "The Happening
   The Happening (song)
   "The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. The song served as the 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 that spring...
   
   " - The Supremes #6
9. "7-Rooms of Gloom
   7-Rooms of Gloom
   "7-Rooms of Gloom" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is notable for matching lead singer Levi Stubbs' lamentations of heartache with a dramatic, Gothic-inspired musical arrangement...
   
   " - The Four Tops #12
10. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
    How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
    "How Sweet It Is " is a 1964 hit song written and produced by the Motown songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was originally recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and became one of his most popular songs...
    
    " - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
    Jr. Walker & the All Stars
    Junior Walker & the All Stars were signed to the Motown label in the 1960s, and became one of the label's signature acts.-Biography:...
    
     #22
11. "I'm Ready For Love
    I'm Ready For Love
    "I'm Ready for Love" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Scoring their biggest hit since "Nowhere to Run" peaked at #8 on the pop singles chart, this tune, which had the narrator longing to be in love with her object of affection, rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and...
    
    " - Martha & The Vandellas #28
12. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
    Love is Here and Now You're Gone
    "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland and...
    
    " - The Supremes #17
13. "Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got" - Jimmy Ruffin #26
14. "I Was Made To Love Her
    I Was Made to Love Her
    I Was Made to Love Her is the seventh studio album by Stevie Wonder, released in 1967 under Tamla Records, a Motown subsidiary.-Track listing:#"I Was Made to Love Her" – 2:36...
    
    " - Stevie Wonder #5
15. "Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
    Gladys Knight & the Pips
    Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...
    
     #13
16. "Jimmy Mack
    Jimmy Mack
    "Jimmy Mack" is a 1967 pop/soul single recorded by Martha and the Vandellas for Motown's Gordy imprint. Written and produced by Motown's main creative team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Jimmy Mack" was the final Top 10 hit for the Vandellas in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard...
    
    " - Martha & The Vandellas #21

Motown Chartbusters Volume 2

First released in November 1968 as British Motown Chartbusters Volume 2.
It was re-released on the Spectrum label, and renamed Motown Chartbusters Volume 2

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
   Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
   -Marcella Detroit & Elton John version:"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" was recorded by Elton John as a duet with Marcella Detroit, and featured on his 1993 album Duets. It was also later included on Detroit's 1994 album Jewel. Released as a two-part CD single single in May 1994, it peaked at...
   
   " - Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
   
    & Tammi Terrell
   Tammi Terrell
   Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...
   
    #34
2. "Reflections" - Diana Ross
   Diana Ross
   Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
   
    & the Supremes #5
3. "If You Can Want
   If You Can Want
   "If You Can Want" is a 1968 single recorded by R&B group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. Written and produced by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, "If You Can Want" was the most successful of the three singles included on the group's 1968 album Special Occasion....
   
   " - Smokey Robinson
   Smokey Robinson
   William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
   
    & The Miracles
   The Miracles
   The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...
   
    #50
4. "You Keep Running Away
   You Keep Running Away
   You Keep Running Away is a Holland-Dozier-Holland composition originally recorded in 1967 by the Four Tops. It is on their 1967 LP Greatest Hits....
   
   " - The Four Tops #26
5. "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
   I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
   "I Could Never Love Another " is a single recorded by The Temptations and released on Motown Records' Gordy label during the spring of 1968...
   
   " - The Temptations #47
6. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine
   I Heard It through the Grapevine
   "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles...
   
   " - Gladys Knight & the Pips #47
7. "I'm Wondering" - Stevie Wonder #22
8. "I've Passed This Way Before" - Jimmy Ruffin #33
9. "Some Things You Never Get Used To
   Some Things You Never Get Used To
   "Some Things You Never Get Used To" is a 1968 song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes by the Motown label.The single stalled for three weeks at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in July 1968...
   
   " - Diana Ross & the Supremes #34
10. "Gotta See Jane" - R. Dean Taylor
    R. Dean Taylor
    R. Dean Taylor is a Canadian singer, most famous as a recording artist, songwriter and record producer for Motown Records company during the 1960s and 1970s...
    
     #17
11. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
    Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
    "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" is a hit 1968 single released by American and Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder. The song, co-written by Wonder and produced by Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy, was the first to showcase Wonder's talents at the clavinet and was one of his first successful co-written...
    
    " - Stevie Wonder #46
12. "You're My Everything" - The Temptations #26
13. "Honey Chile
    Honey Chile
    For other uses of "Honey Chile", see Honey Chile "Honey Chile" is a 1967 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy label...
    
    " - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas #30
14. "If I Were A Carpenter" - The Four Tops #7
15. "I Second That Emotion
    I Second That Emotion
    "I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 song primarily composed by Smokey Robinson and originally released as a single from his band Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Motown label. The song peaked for three weeks in the United States at #4 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1967...
    
    " - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles #27
16. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
    If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
    "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" is a popular song recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967 and released in December 1967. Written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, and Vernon Bullock, the single was Gaye & Terrell's third single together and the second to go Top Ten on both the...
    
    " - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
    Tammi Terrell
    Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...
    
     #41

Motown Chartbusters Volume 3

First released in November 1969.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine
   I Heard It through the Grapevine
   "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles...
   
   " - Marvin Gaye #1
2. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
   I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
   "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations for the Motown label...
   
   " - Diana Ross & The Supremes And The Temptations #3
3. "My Cherie Amour" - Stevie Wonder #4
4. "This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
   This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
   "This Old Heart of Mine " is an Isley Brothers song from 1966 that was a hit for them during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label...
   
   " - The Isley Brothers
   The Isley Brothers
   The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...
   
    #3 (re-issue)
5. "I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose" - Marv Johnson
   Marv Johnson
   Marv Johnson was an American R&B and soul singer, most notable for performing on the first record to be issued from what became Motown.-Biography:...
   
    #10
6. "No Matter What Sign You Are
   No Matter What Sign You Are
   "No Matter What Sign You Are" is a song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes by the Motown label.-Background:Originally intended to be Diana Ross & the Supremes' final single before the departure of Diana Ross and penned by Berry Gordy, the song failed to fulfill Gordy's expectations as the...
   
   " - Diana Ross & The Supremes #37
7. "I'm in a Different World
   I'm In a Different World
   "I'm In a Different World" is a song written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and R Dean Taylor. It's noted as the final recording they did for The Four Tops before leaving the label due to royalty disputes with Motown. The label issued the song in 1968 as the follow-up single to...
   
   " - The Four Tops #27
8. "Dancing In The Street
   Dancing in the Street
   "Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.-Martha and the Vandellas original:...
   
   " - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas #4 (re-issue)
9. "For Once In My Life
   For Once in My Life
   "For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #3
10. "You're All I Need To Get By
    You're All I Need to Get By
    "You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" from Method Man and Mary J...
    
    " - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell #19
11. "Get Ready" - The Temptations #10
12. "Stop Her On The Sight (S.O.S)" - Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...
    
     #11 (re-issue)
13. "Love Child
    Love Child (song)
    "Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes, becoming the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States....
    
    " - Diana Ross & The Supremes #15
14. "Behind a Painted Smile
    Behind a Painted Smile
    "Behind a Painted Smile" is an Ivy Jo Hunter composition, originally recorded in 1967 by The Isley Brothers as a single that reached number five in the UK charts in May 1969....
    
    " - The Isley Brothers #5
15. "(I'm a) Road Runner
    (I'm a) Road Runner
    " Road Runner" is a hit song by Junior Walker & the Allstars. Written by the song-writing team of Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland it was released on the Tamla Motown label in 1966 and reached the top twenty in the U.S. and the U.K....
    
    " - Jr. Walker & The All Stars #12
16. "The Tracks Of My Tears
    The Tracks of My Tears
    "The Tracks of My Tears" is a much recorded love ballad introduced in 1965 by The Miracles on Motown's' Tamla label. This song is considered to be among the finest recordings of The Miracles, and it sold over one million records within two years, making it The Miracles' fourth million-selling...
    
    " - Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson
    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
    
     & The Miracles
    The Miracles
    The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...
    
     #9

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1970	1

Motown Chartbusters Volume 4

First released in October 1970.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "I Want You Back
   I Want You Back
   "I Want You Back" was released in 1969 and in early 1970s became a number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, along with a b-side cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You", was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross Presents...
   
   " - The Jackson 5
   The Jackson 5
   The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
   
    #2
2. "The Onion Song
   The Onion Song
   "The Onion Song" was a hit for soul singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1969. It reached the top ten overseas, and was a more modest hit in the U.S....
   
   " - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell #9
3. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - The Four Tops #10
4. "Up the Ladder to the Roof
   Up the Ladder to the Roof
   "Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two weeks before the recording of this song in January 1970...
   
   " - The Supremes #6
5. "I Can't Get Next To You
   I Can't Get Next to You
   "I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield for the Gordy label. The song was the number-one single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969, from October 11 to October 25, replacing "Sugar, Sugar" by The...
   
   " - The Temptations #13
6. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
   Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
   "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. Jimmy Ruffin...
   
   " - Marvin Gaye #5
7. "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
   Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
   "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album My Cherie Amour. The song continued Wonder's success on the pop charts...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #2
8. "Someday We'll Be Together
   Someday We'll Be Together
   "Someday We'll Be Together" is a song made popular as the last of twelve number-one singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. It is the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970...
   
   " - Diana Ross & The Supremes #13
9. "ABC
   ABC (song)
   "ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. "ABC" was written with the same design as "I Want You Back", and was first heard on American Bandstand in February 1970. "ABC" knocked The Beatles song "Let It Be" out of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970...
   
   " - The Jackson 5 #8
10. "Never Had A Dream Come True" - Stevie Wonder #6
11. "Farewell Is A Lonely Sound" - Jimmy Ruffin #8
12. "Do What You Gotta Do" - The Four Tops #11
13. "I Second That Emotion
    I Second That Emotion
    "I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 song primarily composed by Smokey Robinson and originally released as a single from his band Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Motown label. The song peaked for three weeks in the United States at #4 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1967...
    
    " - Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations #18
14. "Cloud Nine
    Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)
    "Cloud Nine" is a 1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label. It was the first of their singles to feature Dennis Edwards instead of David Ruffin in the lineup, was the first of producer Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul tracks, and won Motown its first Grammy Award...
    
    " - The Temptations #15
15. "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
    What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
    What Does It Take is a 1969 crossover single by Jr. Walker & The All Stars. The single was one of Jr. Walker's most successful releases becoming a hit on the both the R&B and pop singles chart. "What Does It Take ," written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua and Vernon Bullock, made it into the...
    
    " - Jr. Walker & The All Stars #13
16. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
    Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
    "Reach Out and Touch " was the debut solo single for Motown singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970.Ross, having just left The Supremes after a decade of serving as that group's lead singer, went through a difficult situation trying to piece a solo album together...
    
    " - Diana Ross
    Diana Ross
    Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
    
     #33

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1970	1

Motown Chartbusters Volume 5

First released in April 1971.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "The Tears of a Clown
   The Tears of a Clown
   "The Tears of a Clown" is a song by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla label, originally released on the 1967 album Make It Happen. It was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in September 1970, where it became a #1 hit on the UK singles chart...
   
   " - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles #1
2. "War" - Edwin Starr #3
3. "The Love You Save
   The Love You Save
   "The Love You Save" is a 1970 number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. It held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart for six weeks. It held the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from June 27 to July 4, 1970...
   
   " - The Jackson 5 #7
4. "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
   Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)
   "Ball of Confusion " is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations. It was released on the Gordy label, and produced by Norman Whitfield....
   
   " - The Temptations #7
5. "It's All In The Game" - The Four Tops #5
6. "Heaven Help Us All
   Heaven Help Us All
   "Heaven Help Us All" is a 1970 soul single composed by Ron Miller and first performed by Motown singer Stevie Wonder. The song, which showcased a departure from Wonder's earlier works displaying an earthier, gospel-infused sound, continued Wonder's string of Top 10 singles on the pop charts...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #29
7. "It's Wonderful" - Jimmy Ruffin #6
8. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough
   Ain't No Mountain High Enough
   "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes...
   
   " - Diana Ross #6
9. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" - Stevie Wonder #15
10. "Stoned Love
    Stoned Love
    "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the last Billboard Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last Billboard number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio continued to score top ten hits in the UK into 1972...
    
    " - The Supremes #3
11. "Abraham, Martin & John" - Marvin Gaye #7
12. "Still Water (Love)
    Still Water (Love)
    "Still Water " is a 1970 hit single written by Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson, who also produced the track for Motown singing group The Four Tops, who took the song to the top ten of the UK pop charts and the top twenty of the US pop chart...
    
    " - The Four Tops #10
13. "Forget Me Not" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas #11
14. "It's a Shame
    It's a Shame (The Spinners song)
    "It's a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder as a single for The Spinners on Motown's V.I.P. Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company...
    
    " - The Motown Spinners
    The Spinners (U.S. band)
    The Spinners is a soul music vocal group, active for over 50 years, and with a long run of pop and R&B hits especially during the 1970s. The group, originating from Detroit, still tours regularly ....
    
     #20
15. "I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5 #4
16. "I'll Say Forever My Love" - Jimmy Ruffin #7

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1971	1

Motown Chartbusters Volume 6

First released in October 1971.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)
The Temptations track It's Summer had not made the UK singles chart.

1. "I'm Still Waiting
   I'm Still Waiting
   "I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song by Diana Ross which first appeared on her 1970 album Everything Is Everything.Written and produced by Deke Richards,"I'm Still Waiting" continued the vein of sophisticated soul as heard on her breakthrough solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." Despite this,...
   
   " - Diana Ross #1
2. "I Don't Blame You At All
   I Don't Blame You At All
   "I Don't Blame You At All" was a 1971 R&B hit by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label. It was composed and produced by Miracles lead singer ,William "Smokey" Robinson,and was taken from their album, One Dozen Roses...
   
   " - Smokey Robinson & The Mircales #11
3. "We Can Work It Out
   We Can Work It Out
   "We Can Work It Out" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It was released as a "double A-sided" single with "Day Tripper", the first time both sides of a single were so designated in an initial release...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #27
4. "Never Can Say Goodbye
   Never Can Say Goodbye
   "Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group's most successful songs...
   
   " - The Jackson 5 #33
5. "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" - The Velvelettes
   The Velvelettes
   The Velvelettes was an American singing girl group, signed to Motown in the 1960s.-Early years and establishment:The group was founded in 1961 by Bertha Barbee McNeal and Mildred Gill Arbor, students at Western Michigan University. Mildred recruited her younger sister Carolyn , who was in 9th...
   
    #34
6. "Indiana Wants Me
   Indiana Wants Me
   "Indiana Wants Me" is a song written and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor. It was released on the Rare Earth label, a subsidiary of Motown Records, in 1970, and was a top ten hit in both the US and UK....
   
   " - R. Dean Taylor #2
7. "River Deep, Mountain High" - The Supremes And The Four Tops #11
8. "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
   Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
   "Just My Imagination " is a song by American soul group The Temptations. Released on the Gordy label, and produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1971 album, Sky's the Limit. When released as a single, "Just My Imagination" became the third Temptations song to reach number one on...
   
   " - The Temptations #8
9. "Nathan Jones
   Nathan Jones (song)
   "Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
   
   " - The Supremes #5
10. "A Simple Game" - The Four Tops #3
11. "Heaven Must Have Sent You
    Heaven Must Have Sent You
    "Heaven Must Have Sent You" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland when at Motown, and first recorded by The Elgins in 1966. It was also a 1979 disco hit single by Bonnie Pointer.-The Elgins:...
    
    " - The Elgins
    The Elgins
    The Elgins were an American vocal group on the Motown label, active from the late 1950s to 1967. Their most successful record was "Heaven Must Have Sent You", written and produced by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, which was a hit in the US in 1966, and in the UK when reissued in...
    
     #3
12. "It's Summer" - The Temptations
13. "Remember Me
    Remember Me (Diana Ross song)
    "Remember Me" is a 1970 single recorded and released by singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The song was Ross' third top forty pop hit within a year peaking at number sixteen on the US pop singles chart, number ten on the US soul chart, and reaching the top ten in the UK, where it peaked at...
    
    " - Diana Ross #7
14. "Mama's Pearl
    Mama's Pearl
    "Mama's Pearl" was a hit recording for The Jackson 5 in 1971.It was one of six consecutive Top 5 singles for the legendary Motown, soul and funk group, reaching #2 when it was released and was written by the Corporation, a songwriting team that had helped the group score four consecutive #1 singles...
    
    " - The Jackson 5 #25
15. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
    (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
    " I'm the One You Need" is a 1966 hit single by Motown group The Miracles, released on Motown Records' Tamla label.Unlike most Miracles songs, which were written and produced by the group themselves, "I'm the One You Need" was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team...
    
    " - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles #13
16. "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" - The Four Tops #36

Motown Chartbusters Volume 7

First released in November 1972.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Automatically Sunshine
   Automatically Sunshine
   "Automatically Sunshine" is a single written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes as the third single off their popular album Floy Joy in 1972....
   
   " - The Supremes #10
2. "Just Walk In My Shoes" - Gladys Knight & The Pips #35
3. "Rockin' Robin
   Rockin' Robin (song)
   This article is about the song. For the wrestler, see Rockin' Robin ."Rockin' Robin" is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's only hit single, becoming a number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " - Michael Jackson
   Michael Jackson
   Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
   
    #3
4. "Take A Look Around" - The Temptations #13
5. "You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart" - The Supremes And The Four Tops #25
6. "If You Really Love Me
   If You Really Love Me
   "If You Really Love Me" is the title of a song written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright. Wonder recorded the song and released his version as a single from his 1971 album Where I'm Coming From. The single proved very successful, peaking in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 , Billboard's R&B...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #20
7. "Surrender
   Surrender (Diana Ross song)
   "Surrender" is a song composed by Ashford & Simpson and released as the first single off singer Diana Ross' album off the same name in 1971 on the Motown label....
   
   " - Diana Ross #10
8. "Ain't No Sunshine
   Ain't No Sunshine
   "Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...
   
   " - Michael Jackson #8
9. "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
   Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
   "Superstar " is a 1971 hit single for the Gordy label, recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield...
   
   " - The Temptations #32
10. "Bless You" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas #33
11. "Floy Joy
    Floy Joy (song)
    "Floy Joy" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes....
    
    " - The Supremes #9
12. "Walk In The Night" - Jr. Walker & The All Stars #16
13. "Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo" - Diana Ross #12
14. "Festival Time" - The San Remo Golden Strings #39
15. "My Guy
    My Guy
    "My Guy" is a 1964 number-one hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's dedication to the goodness of her man .The single became the biggest hit ever for Wells, Motown's first female star, and reached the...
    
    " - Mary Wells #14 (re-issue)
16. "Got to Be There
    Got to Be There (song)
    "Got to Be There" is a 1971 single released by Michael Jackson on the Motown label. It was the singer's first solo single following his successful tenure as the lead singer of The Jackson 5. Jackson's solo career began in earnest after its success. The single, written by Elliot Willensky and...
    
    " - Michael Jackson #5

Motown Chartbusters Volume 8

First released in October 1973. Michael Jackson's track Morning Glow had not made the UK charts. Two top ten hits by the Jackson 5 (Lookin' Through The Window & Doctor, My Eyes) were excluded in favor of two lesser J5 hits.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Superstition
   Superstition (song)
   "Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...
   
   " - Stevie Wonder #11
2. "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
   Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
   "Neither One of Us " is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released in 1973 from the album, Neither One of Us, the song spent four weeks at number one on the Soul Singles chart during the spring of that year. The song was also one of their biggest crossover hits, peaking at number 2 on...
   
   " - Gladys Knight & The Pips #31
3. "Law Of The Land" - The Temptations #41
4. "Take Me Girl, I'm Ready" - Jr. Walker & The All Stars #16
5. "Skywriter" - The Jackson 5 #25
6. "Touch Me in the Morning
   Touch Me in the Morning
   "Touch Me in the Morning" is a popular song recorded by Diana Ross on the Motown label. It became her second solo number-one single in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973....
   
   " - Diana Ross #9
7. "The Look Of Love
   The Look of Love (1967 song)
   "The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.-Songwriters:...
   
   " - Gladys Knight & The Pips #21
8. "Morning Glow" - Michael Jackson
9. "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
   Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
   "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971...
   
   " - The Temptations #14
10. "Let's Get It On
    Let's Get It On (song)
    "Let's Get It On" is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released June 15, 1973 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. The song was recorded on March 22, 1973 at Hitsville West in Los Angeles, California. The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by...
    
    " - Marvin Gaye #31
11. "Bad Weather
    Bad Weather
    "Bad Weather" is a song recorded and released as a single by Motown vocal group The Supremes in 1973. It was composed and produced by Stevie Wonder The song was then-lead singer Jean Terrell's last charted single as a member of the Supremes and the second and last time brief group member Lynda...
    
    " - The Supremes #37
12. "Ben
    Ben (song)
    "Ben" is a song written by Don Black and composed by Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name . It was performed in the film by Lee Montgomery and by Michael Jackson over the closing credits. Jackson's single, recorded for the Motown label in 1972, spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop...
    
    " - Michael Jackson #7
13. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
    You Are the Sunshine of My Life
    "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 pop single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number one on the easy listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This song was...
    
    " - Stevie Wonder #7
14. "Hallelujah Day" - The Jackson 5 #20
15. "Way Back Home" - Jr. Walker & The All Stars #35
16. "Help Me Make It Through the Night
    Help Me Make It Through the Night
    "Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...
    
    " - Gladys Knight & The Pips #11

Motown Chartbusters Volume 9

First released in October 1974.
The Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye track "My Mistake Was To Love You" had not made the UK singles chart, but was included in place of "Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart", which had reached #25. The Jackson 5 track "Dancing Machine" also failed to chart.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "All Of My Life" - Diana Ross #9
2. "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder #29
3. "Dancing Machine
   Dancing Machine
   "Dancing Machine" is a 1973 song recorded by The Jackson 5, released as a single in 1974. The group's first US Top Ten hit since 1971's "Sugar Daddy", "Dancing Machine" reached number two on the Billboard pop music charts in May 1974, and number one on the R&B charts...
   
   " - The Jackson 5
4. "My Mistake (Was To Love You)
   My Mistake (Was to Love You)
   "My Mistake " is a song recorded as a duet by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye which was the second single released off the singers' duet album Diana & Marvin in February 1974...
   
   " - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
5. "Spinnin' And Spinnin'" - Syreeta #49
6. "Keep On Truckin'
   Keep on Truckin'
   Keep on truckin is a phrase from the 1930s song "Trucking My Blues Away" by Blind Boy Fuller. It may also refer to:* "Keep on Truckin'" , a comic and visual motif by Robert Crumb* "Keep on Truckin'" , a 1973 song by Eddie Kendricks...
   
   " - Eddie Kendricks
   Eddie Kendricks
   Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...
   
    #18
7. "There's A Ghost In My House
   There's a Ghost in My House
   "There's a Ghost in My House" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland of Motown Records, together with R. Dean Taylor. It was originally recorded by Taylor in 1966....
   
   " - R. Dean Taylor #3
8. "Just My Soul Responding" - Smokey Robinson
   Smokey Robinson
   William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
   
    #35
9. "Last Time I Saw Him
   Last Time I Saw Him (song)
   "Last Time I Saw Him" is the title of a 1973 single release by Diana Ross, being a composition by Michael Masser and lyricist Pam Sawyer: the track was produced by Masser and released in December 1973 at the same time as Ross' Last Time I Saw Him album....
   
   " - Diana Ross #35
10. "You Are Everything
    You Are Everything
    Another cover was by one-time Motown singing duo, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. Released as the second UK single from their Diana & Marvin album, the song reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1974. It also reached #13 on the Dutch charts and #20 on the Irish Singles Chart...
    
    " - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye #5
11. "He's Misstra Know-It-All" - Stevie Wonder #10
12. "Baby Love
    Baby Love
    "Baby Love" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland ,...
    
    " - Diana Ross & The Supremes #12 (re-issued)
13. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
    What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
    "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the brokenhearted, and their struggle to overcome their sadness so that they...
    
    " - Jimmy Ruffin #4 (re-issued)
14. "Living For The City
    Living for the City
    "Living for the City" is a 1973 hit single by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla label, from his Innervisions album. Reaching #8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #1 on the R&B chart, the record is driven by a slow bass synth groove that manages to exude a certain amount of tension, an appropriate...
    
    " - Stevie Wonder #15
15. "Love Me" - Diana Ross #38
16. "Boogie Down
    Boogie Down (song)
    "Boogie Down" is a 1973 song recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label. The song was co-written by Leonard Caston, Jr., Anita Poree and Frank Wilson, the same song writing team that had composed "Keep on Truckin'", Kendricks' first major hit as a solo artist. Caston and Wilson...
    
    " - Eddie Kendricks #35
17. "Machine Gun" - The Commodores #20

Motown Chartbusters Volume 10

First released in November 1979.

Some of the later releases were stamped in red vinyl.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Three Times A Lady
   Three Times a Lady
   * The song was also covered in the country genre by country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock on his 1986 album Crash Craddock and in 2007 by Cobra Starship as an iTunes bonus track for their album ¡Viva La Cobra!...
   
   " - The Commodores #1
2. "Love Hangover
   Love Hangover
   "Love Hangover" was the fourth number one single for Motown singer Diana Ross. It was released in March 1976, and rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Soul Singles and Hot Dance Club Play charts simultaneously....
   
   " - Diana Ross #10
3. "The Night" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons #7
4. "Got To Give It Up
   Got to Give It Up
   "Got to Give It Up" is a funk/disco song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart, it was recorded in three studio dates in 1976 with a final mixing in early 1977...
   
    - Marvin Gaye #7
5. "Get It Up For Love" - Tata Vega
   Tata Vega
   Táta Vega is an American vocalist whose career spans theater, film, and a variety of musical genres.-Early life:...
   
    #52
6. "The Boss
   The Boss (Diana Ross song)
   "The Boss" is a 1979 soul/disco song written and produced by Ashford & Simpson and recorded by singer Diana Ross, who released it as a single on the Motown label...
   
   " - Diana Ross #40
7. "Big Time" - Smokey Robinson (Did not chart in the UK)
8. "Your Kiss Is Sweet" - Syreeta #12
9. "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
   Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
   "Theme from Mahogany " is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin, and recorded by American singer Diana Ross as the theme to the 1975 Motown/Paramount film Mahogany...
   
   " - Diana Ross #5
10. "Easy" - The Commodores #9
11. "I'm A Sucker For Your Love" - Teena Marie
    Teena Marie
    Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...
    
     (Did not chart in the UK)
12. "Love Machine
    Love Machine (The Miracles song)
    "Love Machine" is a 1976 number-one single recorded by Motown group The Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels. This single was one of two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits recorded by The Miracles with Billy Griffin as lead vocalist; the other is 1973's "Do It Baby". Griffin had replaced...
    
    " - The Miracles #7
13. "It Should Have Been Me" - Yvonne Fair
    Yvonne Fair
    Yvonne Fair was an African American singer, best known for her 1976 recording of "It Should Have Been Me".-Biography:...
    
     #5
14. "You And I
    You and I (Rick James song)
    "You and I" was the name of a hit song for R&B/Funk musician Rick James. It was released from his debut album, Come Get It!. It spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B charts and reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978.. "You and I" also peaked at number three on the...
    
    " - Rick James
    Rick James
    James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B...
    
     #46
15. "Don't Leave Me This Way
    Don't Leave Me This Way
    "Don't Leave Me This Way" is an R&B/soul/disco song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert. First charting as a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, an act on Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label in 1975, "Don't Leave Me This Way" was later a hit single for both...
    
    " - Thelma Houston
    Thelma Houston
    Thelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...
    
     #13
16. "Sail On" - The Commodores #8

Motown Chartbusters Volume 11

First released in December 1980 as "Motown Chartbusters '80". Renamed for CD release later.

An album also called Motown Chartbusters '80 was released in the same year on the Astor label (6264 187) in Australia. It had the exact track listing as Motown Chartbusters Volume 11. The cover was almost identical, with just minor changes.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Upside Down
   Upside Down
   "Upside Down" is a hit song by Diana Ross released on the Motown label. It was the first single taken from her 1980 album diana and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 6, 1980. It also hit number one on the Billboard Disco/Dance and R&B charts...
   
   " - Diana Ross #2
2. "Behind The Groove" - Teena Marie #6
3. "It Will Come In Time" - Billy Preston
   Billy Preston
   William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
   
    & Syreeta #47
4. "Still
   Still (Commodores song)
   "Still" is a song by the soul music group the Commodores. It reached number one in the U.S. in 1979. It was released as a single on Motown Records with "Such A Woman" as the B-side. The song appears on their hit album Midnight Magic. The song reached the top of both the pop and R&B charts. It is...
   
   " - The Commodores #4
5. "Big Time" - Rick James #41
6. "Make Me Yours" - High Inergy
   High Inergy
   High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...
   
    (Did not chart)
7. "Let's Get Serious
   Let's Get Serious (song)
   "Let's Get Serious" is the title track from Jermaine Jackson's 1980 album Let's Get Serious on Motown Records, written by Lee Garrett and Stevie Wonder. The single was Jackson's first number-one soul hit and second Top 40 pop hit, peaking at number nine. The recording was produced by Stevie...
   
   " - Jermaine Jackson
   Jermaine Jackson
   Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
   
    #8
8. "It's My House
   It's My House (song)
   "It's My House" is a song composed and produced by Ashford & Simpson and released as a single by singer Diana Ross on the Motown label in 1979.While not fully promoted on pop radio, the song became a modest R&B hit, peaking at number 27 on that chart....
   
   " - Diana Ross #32
9. "With You I'm Born Again
   With You I'm Born Again
   "With You I'm Born Again" is a 1979 duet single by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright, released as a single from the soundtrack of the motion picture, Fast Break. The song was credited as "Billy Preston and Syreeta" and written by Carol Connors & David Shire...
   
   " - Billy Preston & Syreeta #2
10. "Burnin' Hot" - Jermaine Jackson #32
11. "My Old Piano" - Diana Ross #5
12. "He's Gone" - Syreeta (Did not chart)
13. "I Need Your Lovin'" - Teena Marie #28
14. "Wonderland" - The Commodores #40
15. "Cruisin'
    Cruisin' (song)
    "Cruisin" is a 1979 single written, produced, and recorded by Smokey Robinson for Motown Records' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with The Miracles, "Cruisin'" was a Top 10 Billboard Pop hit, peaking at number four not only on the Billboard Hot 100 but on...
    
    " - Smokey Robinson (Did not chart)
16. "The Last Song" - Lynda Carter
    Lynda Carter
    Lynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman ....
    
     (Did not chart)

Motown Chartbusters Volume 12

First released in July 1982.

Track Listing (inc UK singles chart positions)

1. "Being With You" - Smokey Robinson #1
2. "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" - The Commodores #56
3. "We're Almost There
   We're Almost There
   "We're Almost There" is a 1975 song released as a single by singer Michael Jackson, and which was the first release off his final Motown album, Forever, Michael. The single showcased Jackson's tenor more prominently than in previous releases the past year. The song is a soul-type of ballad that...
   
   " - Michael Jackson (Did not chart)
4. "Endless Love
   Endless Love (song)
   "Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and fellow soul singer Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by soul singer Luther Vandross with R&B singer Mariah Carey and also by...
   
   " - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
   Lionel Richie
   Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
   
    #7
5. "Give It To Me Baby" - Rick James #47
6. "I'm Coming Out
   I'm Coming Out
   "I'm Coming Out" is a hit single released by Motown singer Diana Ross in 1980, written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for her album diana .-Background:...
   
   " - Diana Ross #13
7. "You Like Me, Don't You?" - Jermaine Jackson #41
8. "It Must Be Magic" - Teena Marie (Did not chart)
9. "Oh No" - The Commodores #44
10. "One Day In Your Life
    One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson song)
    "One Day in Your Life" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. and 1981 album, One Day in Your Life. Later released as a single in 1981 due to the strong buzz that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1979 album Off the Wall, even though Jackson released...
    
    " - Michael Jackson #1
11. "Tenderness" - Diana Ross #73
12. "Tell Me Tomorrow" - Smokey Robinson #51
13. "I Wanna Be Where You Are
    I Wanna Be Where You Are
    "I Wanna Be Where You Are" is a song written by Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and Leon Ware for Michael Jackson, who took the song to number sixteen on the U.S. pop singles chart and number two on the U.S. R&B singles chart in 1972...
    
    " - José Feliciano
    José Feliciano
    José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
    
     (Did not chart)
14. "I Must Be In Love" - Syreeta (Did not chart)
15. "Why You Wanna Try Me" - The Commodores (Did not chart)
16. "Paradise In Your Eyes" - Jermaine Jackson (Did not chart)
17. "Super Freak
    Super Freak
    "Super Freak" is a 1981 hit single produced and performed by Rick James. The song, co-written by James and Alonzo Miller, was first released on James' album Street Songs and became one of James' signature songs. It features background vocals from Motown labelmates The Temptations, in which the bass...
    
    " - Rick James (Did not chart)
18. "It's My Turn
    It's My Turn
    "It's My Turn" is a 1980 song used as the theme to the film of the same name. The song, written by Carole Bayer Sager and Michael Masser for Diana Ross, was released as a single and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine.Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her...
    
    " - Diana Ross #16

United States Motown Chartbusters

Three years later after the first release of British Motown Chartbusters, Motown released a series called “Motown Chartbusters" on the Motown label in the United States. This consisted of only five albums which had completely different track listings to the UK releases.

Another difference was the number of tracks per album, the UK version consisted of 16 to 18 tracks, whereas the US version only had 12 tracks.

US - Motown Chartbusters Volume 1

First released in December 1970.

Track Listing

1. Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye

2. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Temptations

3. (I'm A) Road Runner - Jr. Walker & All Stars

4. You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

5. Mickey's Monkey - Smokey Robinson & Miracles

6. Back In My Arms Again - Diana Ross & Supremes

7. Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder

8. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway is an American singer and songwriter, a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s...

9. I'm Ready For Love - Martha Reeves & Vandellas

10. Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & Miracles

11.. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - Marvelettes

12. It's Growing - Temptations

US - Motown Chartbusters Volume 2

First released in October 1970.

Track Listing

1. Bernadette - Four Tops

2. My Baby - Temptations

3. Come See About Me - Diana Ross & Supremes

4. I Want You Back - Jackson 5

5. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & Vandellas

6. Too Many Fish In The Sea - Marvelettes

7. More Love - Smokey Robinson & Miracles

8. Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight & Pips

9. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & All Stars

10. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations

11. Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye

12. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - Isley Brothers

US - Motown Chartbusters Volume 3

First released in May 1971.

Track Listing

1. Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes

2. Gotta Hold On To This Feeling - Jr. Walker & All Stars

3. It's All In The Game - Four Tops

4. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

5. Baby I'm For Real - Originals

Originals

Originals is the first compilation album by rapper Kurupt. It was released on March 15, 2005 through 101 Distribution.-Track listing:#"1969"#"Original"#"Final Testament"#"We Bang"#"Never Give Up"#"Break Yo Back" feat. Suga Free#"Major Money"...

6. It's A Shame - Spinners

7. Love Child - Diana Ross & Supremes

8. ABC - Jackson Five

9. Psychedelic Shack - Temptations

10. Friendship Train - Gladys Knight & Pips

11. Honey Child - Martha Reeves & Vandellas

12. Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr

US - Motown Chartbusters Volume 4

First released in May 1971.

Track Listing

1. The Love You Save - Jackson 5

2. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) - Gladys Knight & Pips

3. Do You See My Love (For You Growing) - Jr. Walker & All Stars

4. I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations

5. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye

6. War - Edwin Starr

7. Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & Supremes

8. The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson

9. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin

David Ruffin

Davis Eli "David" Ruffin was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968...

10.Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder

11. Still Water (Love) - Four Tops

12. The Bells - The Originals

The Originals

The Originals were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real", "The Bells" and the disco classic, "Down to Love Town"...

US - Motown Chartbusters Volume 5

First released in December 1971.

Track Listing

1. I'll Be There - Jackson 5

2. I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder

3. Everybody's Got The Right To Love - Supremes

4. These Eyes - Jr. Walker & All Stars

5. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

6. River Deep-Mountain High - Supremes & Four Tops

7. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

8. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & Miracles

9. It's A Shame - Spinners

10. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - Temptations

11. Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor

Bobby Taylor

Bobby Taylor is the name of:*Bobby Taylor , Canadian football player*Bobby Taylor , American football player*Bobby Taylor , Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster...

12. I Love You Madly - The Fantastic Four

Original British released boxed sets

Motown Chartbusters boxed set Volumes 1-3 Contains Vol 1 - 3

Motown Chartbusters boxed set Volumes 4-6 Contains Vol 4 - 6

Motown Chartbusters boxed set Volumes 1-6 Contains Vol 1 - 6

Motown Chartbusters boxed set Volumes 7-12 Contains Vol 7 - 12

Motown Chartbusters 150 Hits of gold

First released in 1985.

Track Listing

Volume 1

1. Mary Wells - My Guy
2. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
3. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Baby Love
4. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
5. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
6. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
7. Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
8. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
9. Jr Walker And The All Stars - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
10. Diana Ross And The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
11. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
12. The Temptations - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
13. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
14. Diana Ross And The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
15. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - I'm Ready For Love
16. The Temptations - (I Know) I'm Losing You
17. Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun
18. Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
19. Marvin Gaye And Kim Weston - It Takes Two
20. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Love Is Here And Now You're Gone

Volume 2

1. Four Tops - Bernadette
2. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
3. Diana Ross And The Supremes - The Happening
4. Four Tops - 7 Rooms Of Gloom
5. Gladys Knight And The Pips - Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
6. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
7. The Marvelettes - When You're Young And In Love
8. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Reflections
9. Stevie Wonder - I'm Wondering
10. Diana Ross And The Supremes - In And Out Of Love
11. Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
12. R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane
13. Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter
14. Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
15. Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams
16. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
17. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Love Child
18. Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
19. Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
20. Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love You

Volume 3

1. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
2. Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell - You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'
3. Mary Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose
4. Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
5. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Breakdown
6. The Temptations - Get Ready
7. Stevie Wonder - Don't Know Why I Love You
8. Jr Walker And The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner
9. Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
10. Diana Ross And The Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame
11. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
12. Four Tops - What Is A Man
13. Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
14. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
15. The Temptations - Cloud Nine
16. Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place
17. Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations - I Second That Emotion
18. Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do
19. Jr Walker And The All Stars - What Does It Take
20. Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

Volume 4

1. Diana Ross And The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
2. Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song
3. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
4. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
5. Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
6. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
7. Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
8. The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
9. Jackson 5 - A B C
10. Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John
11. Four Tops - It's All In The Game
12. Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
13. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
14. Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
15. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown
16. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
17. The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
18. Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
19. Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)
20. Edwin Starr - War

Volume 5

1. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
2. Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame
3. The Supremes - Stoned Love
4. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - (Come Round Here) I'm The One You Need
5. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Forget Me Not
6. Diana Ross - Remember Me
7. R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
8. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
9. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
10. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
11. The Supremes And Four Tops - River Deep - Mountain High
12. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
13. The Supremes - Nathan Jones
14. Four Tops - Simple Game
15. Diana Ross - Surrender
16. Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
17. Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
18. The Supremes - Floy Joy

Volume 6

1. The Temptations - Take A Look Around
2. Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo
3. Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
4. The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine
5. Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine
6. Jr Walker And The All Stars - Walk In The Night
7. Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows
8. Michael Jackson - Ben
9. Gladys Knight And The Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night
10. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
11. Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
12. Jr Walker And The All Stars - Take Me Girl I'm Ready
13. Gladys Knight And The Pips - The Look Of Love
14. Jackson 5 - Hallelujah Day
15. Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
16. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)
17. Diana Ross - All Of My Life
18. Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything

Volume 7

1. Commodores - Machine Gun
2. R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
3. Syreeta - Your Kiss Is Sweet
4. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
5. The Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
6. David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love
7. Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
8. Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me 3:04
9. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
10. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
11. Commodores - Easy
12. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
13. Commodores - Three Times A Lady
14. Diana Ross - Gettin' Ready For Love
15. Commodores - Sail On
16. Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again
17. Commodores - Still
18. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Seriou

Volume 8

1. Diana Ross - Upside Down
2. Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
3. Diana Ross - My Old Piano
4. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
5. Smokey Robinson - Being With You
6. Diana Ross - It's My Turn
7. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life
8. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
9. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love
10. Mary Jane Girls

Mary Jane Girls

The Mary Jane Girls were an American R&B, soul, funk and disco group in the 1980s. They were protégées of singer Rick James. They are known for their hit songs "All Night Long", "Candyman" and "In My House".-Formation:...

 - All Night Long
11. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
12. Michael Jackson - Farewell My Summer Love
13. The Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
14. The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady
15. Commodores - Nightshift
16. DeBarge

DeBarge

DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...

 - Rhythm Of The Night

Volume 9

1. Rick James - Glow
2. Mary Jane Girls - In My House
3. Maureen Steele - Save The Night For Me
4. Michael Lovesmith - Break The Ice
5. Rockwell

Rockwell (musician)

Rockwell is an R&B performer who was signed to the Motown label.-Biography:...

 - Peeping Tom
6. Willie Hutch

Willie Hutch

Willie McKinley Hutchison, known professionally as Willie Hutch was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s....

 - Keep On Jammin'
7. The Dazz Band - Hotspot
8. The Four Tops - Sexy Ways
9. DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now
10. Dennis Edwards

Dennis Edwards

Dennis Edwards is a soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers replacing David Ruffin. He is the father of Issa Pointer, whose mother is Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters.-Career:...

 - Coolin' Out

Other Motown Chartbusters

This version was released on the Telstar label in 1986, it is not part of the original series.

Track Listing

1 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On

2 Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street

3 The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)

4 Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine

5 Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There

6 Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life

7 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song

8 Edwin Starr - War

9 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown

10 The Supremes - Baby Love

11 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

12 Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

13 Mary Wells - My Guy

14 The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

15 Four Tops - Walk Away Renee

16 Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

17 Michael Jackson - Ben

18 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

19 Commodores - Still

20 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting

See also

• Hitsville U.S.A.
  Hitsville U.S.A.
  "Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters. A former photographers' studio located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, it was purchased by Motown founder Berry Gordy in 1959 and converted into both the record label's administrative building and recording...
  
  
• List of Motown No. 1 singles in the United States
• List of Motown artists
• List of record labels
• Motown 1's
  Motown 1's
  Motown 1's is a collection of 25 #1 songs originally released by Motown Records, plus a newly recorded bonus track, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," performed by Michael McDonald. It was released by Motown Records/UTV Records in 2004.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Music of Detroit
  Music of Detroit
  This article discusses the Music of Detroit, Michigan. World renowned for its Detroit Symphony Orchestra and music celebrities, the area has a long and rich heritage, including several Platinum artists in different genres whose recordings had surpassed forty million copies by the year...
  
  
• Motown
• Universal Motown
• Now That's What I Call Motown
  Now That's What I Call Motown
  -Charts:...
  
  
• Motown discography

External links

• Official Motown Records website
• Official Classic Motown website
• Motown Historical Museum - Open to the public, located in the former "Hitsville USA" building in Detroit
• Complete discography of pre-1986 Motown singles
• Complete discography of pre-1986 Motown albums
• "DFTMC" Don't Forget The Motor City
• "Motown Junkies"