Gary, you might not have heard of Tan, but... you'd likely be familiar with its' sister magazines: Ebony and Jet. All three were from Johnson Publications. Tan was originally called "Tan Confessions" when first published in 1950 and was shortened to just "Tan" in 1952. It continued to be published under that name through October 1971 when in November 1971 it was renamed "Black Stars." It remained under that name through 1981 when it stopped being published.

Jet was considered a weekly news magazine, Ebony was considered a monthly general interest magazine, and I believe Tan was intended to be a little bit more sensational--including stories about black movie, TV, and singing stars. [[Probably what prompted the eventual renaming to "Black Stars.")

If you follow The Supremes at all, you might recall these times they graced the cover of Tan and then Black Stars a few times over the years. The Supremes graced the cover in April 1966 [[using the same exact photo used on the cover of sister publication Ebony in June 1965--only with the image reversed!), September 1968, January 1970, and July 1971. Three of those four can be found on the internet if you just google The Supremes and Tan. I have a photo of the 1971 cover, but can't find it on the web.