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At 3, Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There (1966)




"Reach Out I'll Be There" was written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues charts for two weeks, and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, from October 15–22, 1966. The track also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Motown's second UK chart-topper after The Supremes' 1964 release "Baby Love".

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At 2, Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)



"What's Going On" is a song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary Tamla. Originally inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, the song was composed by Benson, Al Cleveland, and Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound towards more personal material. Later topping the Hot Soul Singles chart for five weeks and crossing over to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, it would sell over two million copies, becoming Gaye's second-most successful Motown song to date.

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At 1, Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964)




"Dancing in the Street" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by Martha and the Vandellas whose version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart.

A 1966 cover by the Mamas & the Papas was a minor hit on the Hot 100 reaching No. 73. In 1982, the rock group Van Halen took their cover of "Dancing in the Street" to No. 38 on the Hot 100 chart and No. 15 in Canada on the RPM chart. A 1985 duet cover by David Bowie and Mick Jagger charted at No. 1 in the UK and reached No. 7 in the US. The song was also covered by Cilla Black, The Kinks, The Everly Brothers, Grateful Dead, The Struts and Black Oak Arkansas.

Not exactly a surprise No 1 - it wasn't just a party hit but it was also adopted as a civil rights anthem .....

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Thanks.
Who could forget that Bowie Jagger thing? But I'm trying to.

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I know it was for charity, but both song and video were dreadful and embarrassing .....

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Well now you have finished your Hot One Hundred .
Here's a couple of Motown greats.

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You do know that the artist pictured is-Jerry Butler!