Motown: Holland–Dozier–Holland: selected songs, 1965
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See also:
- Motown: Holland–Dozier–Holland index: selected songs, 1963-1966
- Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1963
- Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1964
- Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1966
- Motown artist slide show and gallery, 1960-1966
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All songs featured in this page were written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr. (Holland–Dozier–Holland), with lyrics by Edward “Eddie” Holland, Jr. All recordings featured in this page were produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.
Stop! In the Name of Love
The Supremes — Motown single M 1074, b/w I’m In Love Again (Holland–Dozier–Holland), released on 8 February 1965. Singles charts: #1 — Hot 100, #2 — Hot Rhythm and Blues singles (new Billboard chart), and #1 — Cash Box pop singles
from Where the Action Is, unaired pilot episode — taped on 18 February 1965, according to Concerts Wiki — They lip sync to a medley of hits, “Come See About Me,” “Baby Love,” and “Stop! In The Name Of Love,” with the latter beginning at 1:49 in the following video.
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from Shindig! Season 1, Episode 25 (according to tv.com, Ovguide.com, and IMDb) — live performance for TV studio audience; broadcast date: 24 February 1965
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from Shivaree, season 1, episode #7, — lip-sync performance; broadcast date: 13 March 1965
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from The Hollywood Palace, Season 2, Episode 26 — live performance for TV studio audience; airdate: 27 March 1965 — taped on 27 February 1965, according to the 1965 Supremes “TV-Graphy” page at the ‘Encyclopedic’ Diana Ross site dianarosssupremes.free.fr
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On the “Stop! in the Name of Love” choreography
Wikipedia says,
The Supremes’ choreography for this song, with one hand on the hip and the other outstretched in a “stop” gesture, is…legendary. Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin of The Temptations taught the girls the routine backstage in London, before the Supremes’ first televised performance of the single on the Ready Steady Go! special “The Sound of Motown,” hosted by Motown enthusiast Dusty Springfield.[4] They also performed the song on an episode of the ABC variety program Shindig! which aired on Wednesday, February 25, 1965.[5]
The article “Motown in our town: the 1965 Motortown Revue hits the UK” shares a similar version of the story:
In the dressing room, the Supremes and Diana in particular needed some dance moves for Stop! In The Name of Love and begged The Temptations for some inspiration. Paul Williams made a hand move like a traffic cop and it stuck. Some say it was Melvin Franklin. It became a trademark move though.
My suspicions that the often told story of the Supremes learning the “stop” gesture routine from a member of the Temptations in the frantic moments before their taped performance for the Ready Steady Go! special “The Sound of Motown” was apocryphal were confirmed when I noticed that the RSG special was taped over three weeks after the airing of the Shindig! episode in which they used the same gesture. A bit of Google searching reveals that essentially the same “stop” gesture was used by the Supremes during performances of “Stop! in the Name of Love” for at least three television show episodes that were broadcast prior to the taping of the RSG special, and another that was taped a month before the taping of the RSG special.
The same routine was used in the following television appearances, chronologically:
- Where the Action Is, unaired pilot episode — taped on 18 February 1965, according to Concerts Wiki
- Shindig!, Season 1, Episode 25 — originally broadcast on
24 February 1965 - Shivaree, Season 1, Episode #7 — originally broadcast on 13 March 1965
- The Hollywood Palace, Season 2, Episode 26 — originally broadcast 27 March 1965 — taped on 27 February 1965, according to the 1965 Supremes “TV-Graphy” page at the ‘Encyclopedic’ Diana Ross site http://dianarosssupremes.free.fr, which provides several images showing the group doing the gesture, taken both during rehearsals and the taped performance
- Ready Steady Go! TV special The Sound of Motown — taped at Rediffusion Television Studios on 18 March 1965; originally broadcast on 28 April 1965
(below) Live TV studio recording for the Ready Steady Go! special The Sound of Motown (Season 2, Episode 35) — taped at Rediffusion Studios on 18 March 1965; original broadcast date: 28 April 1965
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(below) from an episode of the Mike Douglas Show, originally broadcast on 30 April 1965 (tv.com, IMDb) — The 1965 Supremes “TV-Graphy” page at http://dianarosssupremes.free.fr suggests that the episode was both taped and broadcast on 30 April 1965. However, when Douglas chats with the girls between songs, Diana Ross says that they had just “returned home a week ago” from what Douglas refers to as a “trip abroad.” They’re referring to a tour of England and selected European cities that lasted from 15 March to about 15 April, some two weeks (not one) before the Douglas Show episode was broadcast. This suggests that the Douglas Show taping might have occurred about a week before the 30 April broadcast of the episode.
disagreement as to the episode number:
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from the TV special It’s What’s Happening Baby!, originally broadcast on 28 June 1965
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Nowhere to Run
Martha and the Vandellas — issued 5 February 1965 on the single Gordy 7039, b/w “Motoring” (William Stevenson)
Wikipedia:
Included on their third album, Dance Party, “Nowhere to Run” hit number eight on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, and number five on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It also charted in the UK peaking at number twenty-six on the chart.
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Live TV studio performance for the Ready Steady Go! special The Sound of Motown (Season 2, Episode 35) — taped at Rediffusion Television Studios on 18 March 1965; originally broadcast on 28 April 1965
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From Shindig!, Season 1, Episode 30; airdate: 7 April 1965
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From Hullaballoo, Season 1, Episode 17; airdate: 4 May 1965
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from the TV special It’s What’s Happening Baby!, originally broadcast on 28 June 1965
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Back in My Arms Again
The Supremes — Single Motown 1075, b/w Whisper You Love Me Boy (Holland–Dozier–Holland), released 15 April 1965 — Chart success: #1, Billboard’s Hot 100 and R&B singles, #1, Cash Box pop singles
Wikipedia says,
On the album in which this single appeared, More Hits by the Supremes, and on the cover of the official single, each member is pictured separately on the front, with her signature above it.
The group first performed the song nationally on the NBC variety program Hullabaloo! [sic] [2] on Tuesday, May 11, 1965, [and the single peaked] on the music charts in the following weeks.
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(below) The Supremes perform live on The Mike Douglas Show, Season 4, Episode 43 — original broadcast date: 3 November 1965
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(below) In this construction, the video artist replaces the original live audio (see video directly above) with the single, in HD.
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I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
The Four Tops — issued 23 April 1965 on the single Motown M-1076, b/w “Sad Souvenirs” (Williams Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter)
From Wikipedia:
The song reached number one on the R&B charts and was also the number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks,.[1] from June 12 to June 19 and from June 26 to July 3 in 1965. It replaced “Back in My Arms Again” by labelmates The Supremes, was first replaced by “Mr. Tambourine Man” by The Byrds, then regained the top spot before being replaced by “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones.
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(below) from the TV special It’s What’s Happening Baby!, originally broadcast on 28 June 1965
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lip-sync performance for unidentified television show, 1965
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live performance; unidentified TV show, 1965
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It’s the Same Old Song
The Four Tops — Motown single M 1081, b/w Your Love Is Amazing (Holland–Dozier–Holland), released 9 July 1965. Chart success: #5 — Hot 100, #2 — Billboard R&B singles.
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The Supremes — Motown single MT 1080, b/w He Holds His Own (Holland–Dozier–Holland), released 16 July 1965. Peak chart positions: #11 Hot 100, #6 Billboard R&B singles, #8 Cash Box pop singles. It ended the string of five consecutive #1 singles by the Supremes.
Wikipedia says,
Response to “Nothing but Heartaches” was less of a success [thanBerry] Gordy predicted, as it peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100. The song’s more modest top 20 charting prompted Gordy to circulate a memo around the Motown offices:
We will release nothing less than Top Ten product on any artist; and because the Supremes’ world-wide acceptance is greater than the other artists, on them we will only release number-one records.
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The Supremes — Motown single M 1083, b/w “Who Could Ever Doubt My Love” (Holland–Dozier–Holland), released 6 October 1965
Chart success: #1 — Hot 100 (for two weeks from November 14, 1965 through November 27, 1965.[1][2]), #2 — Billboard R&B singles, #1 — Cash Box pop singles. It was the sixth number-one hit single by the Supremes.
from Hullabaloo, Season 2, Episode 5 (Show #23 of the series) — original broadcast date: 18 October 1965
(introduced by host Paul Anka)
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live on The Mike Douglas Show, Season 4, Episode 43 — original broadcast date: 3 November 1965
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My World is Empty Without You — Motown single M-1089, b/w Everything Is Good About You (James Dean, Eddie Holland), released 29 December 1965 — Chart success: U. S. singles: #5, Hot 100 (2 weeks in February 1966; #10 R&B; #5 Cash Box
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