"Nightflight" Tue Oct 8, 9P-12M ET: The Complete Motown Singles Vol 3...1963!!!

[midnight johnny]

Howdy, Nightflight listeners!! Tonight we go back in time...ONE more time [[and there will be many more times, too) to scour the singles released by Motown during the year 1963! And tonight I am adding a new wrinkle [[I have many wrinkles to spare). Instead of airing one volume per show, which doesn't allow quite as many single to be aired as I would like, I am going to devote 2 shows to each year/volume. So tonight and next week will bring to you Motown in singles..1963!
So do join me tonight for all this Motown and more...on "Nightflight"...on WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown and WFMR 91.3 FM Orleans and we stream live worldwide in digital stereo at www.womr.org [[http://www.womr.org)
Thanks!
John

NOTE! SDF's OWN Rossholloway/Bobby Gardner plays a HUGE role in airing this magnificent UMe collection. He is sharing about 75% of the tracks that will be aired
during these special shows. Bobby....thanks so much for your heart and generosity!
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[RossHolloway]

Great idea MJ! Who cares how long the series last, as long as we get to hear some great Motown!

[midnight johnny]

Great idea MJ! Who cares how long the series last, as long as we get to hear some great Motown!

Bobby....thanks for making it sooooooooooo good! And thanks again for your big part in these shows!

[sophisticated_soul]

I think it's a great idea to do two shows for each year, John, especially as we approach the hit packed peak years when MoTown was cranking out class after classic. Due to a two evening seminar I am attending, I will not be able to join you and the gang for most of the show tonight. Dagnabbit! But I'll catch as much as I can. You and the gang have a great show.:cool:

[midnight johnny]

I think it's a great idea to do two shows for each year, John, especially as we approach the hit packed peak years when MoTown was cranking out class after classic. Due to a two evening seminar I am attending, I will not be able to join you and the gang for most of the show tonight. Dagnabbit! But I'll catch as much as I can. You and the gang have a great show.:cool:

Thanks, Joseph!! Have a great seminar....let us know when you get home....we'll miss you!

[MotownLover]

Ready for the 3rd course of The Complete Motown Singles Collection: Volume 3 - 1963!

MJ - I'm very pleased with your decision to cover this and future servings with two shows vs. one each.

Looking forward, backward, upward, and downward and all around to a supreme Motown show tonight!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :cool:

[midnight johnny]

Ready for the 3rd course of The Complete Motown Singles Collection: Volume 3 - 1963!

MJ - I'm very pleased with your decision to cover this and future servings with two shows vs. one each.

Looking forward, backward, upward, and downward and all around to a supreme Motown show tonight!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :cool:

Hey there Howard!! Welcome...you're early...I haven't even showered yet [[*grin)! Yeah...2 shows for each volume...it will only take twice as long....Phew!!!

[midnight johnny]

....in the Studio.....Howdeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[RossHolloway]

Atlanta checking in!

[Glenpwood]

Can we hope there are a few extended surprises in store now that each year has been lengthened to two shows?

[Glenpwood]

Anyone care to guess which act racked the most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 as the top selling weekly 45 for Motown?

[midnight johnny]

Atlanta checking in!

Excellent!!!!

[RossHolloway]

My guess is either the Miracles or Mary Wells

[midnight johnny]

Can we hope there are a few extended surprises in store now that each year has been lengthened to two shows?

Howdy Glen....yes... that deeper we get into the years , the more I have.....thanks for asking!!

[jobeterob]

Well it was one of Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells or Marvin Gaye ~ most weeks on the Hot 100 ~ I think I'd take Martha and the Vandellas.

If you mean most weeks at #1, it was Stevie Wonder.

What's the right answer?

[midnight johnny]

Anyone care to guess which act racked the most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 as the top selling weekly 45 for Motown?

Not a CLUE!!

[RossHolloway]

maybe it was MR&V's- they had three top 40 hits.

[Glenpwood]

maybe it was MR&V's- they had three top 40 hits.

You are correct! Martha & The Vandellas racked up 17 weeks between Come & Get These Memories [[6), Heat Wave [[8), and Quicksand [[3)

Mary Wells was first runner up with 12 weeks.... I'll put up the complete list later!

[jobeterob]

LOL, not just skulking tonight!

[carole cucumber]

Hijacked your computer?!?!....A naughty thought just came to me concerning a site that you, Johnny, visited in N.Y. a while back.

[midnight johnny]

You are correct! Martha & The Vandellas racked up 17 weeks between Come & Get These Memories [[6), Heat Wave [[8), and Quicksand [[3)

Mary Wells was first runner up with 12 weeks.... I'll put up the complete list later!


Wow...the Vandellas were HOT!

[midnight johnny]

Hijacked your computer?!?!....A naughty thought just came to me concerning a site that you, Johnny, visited in N.Y. a while back.

Just about a year ago....feels like yesterday.....

[midnight johnny]

LOL, not just skulking tonight!


You're actually gonna be with us??? How nice....I will correct your status!

[carole cucumber]

According to Keith Hughes in "Finders Keepers Motown Girls 1961-67", there is only one more known unreleased track in the vaults by Linda Griner.

[midnight johnny]

According to Keith Hughes in "Finders Keepers Motown Girls 1961-67", there is only one more known unreleased track in the vaults by Linda Griner.

Saving It for Vol 2 no doubt!!! Thanks, Carole!

[144man]

Don't you just hate it when your laptop reconfigures an update and you have to wait.

I'm here at last.

1963 - the year that Holland-Dozier-Holland came to the fore.

[midnight johnny]

Don't you just hate it when your laptop reconfigures an update and you have to wait.

I'm here at last.

1963 - the year that Holland-Dozier-Holland came to the fore.

MARTIN is here!!! CHEERS!!!! How are you, Martin...in lovely London....

[Glenpwood]

Motown's Top Selling/Charting 45 by the week for 1963

1/5 Two Lovers - Mary Wells [[5 weeks)
2/9 You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles [[6 weeks)
3/23 Laughing Boy - Mary Wells [[4 weeks)
4/20 Locking Up My Heart - The Marvellettes [[1 week)
4/27 A Love She Can Count On - The Miracles [[3 weeks)
5/18 Come AndGet These Memories - Martha & The Vandellas [[6 weeks)
6/29 Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye [[1 week)
7/6 Fingertips Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder [[9 weeks)
9/7 Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas [[8 weeks)
11/2 You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells [[3 weeks)
11/23 Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye [[3 weeks)
12/14 Quicksand - Martha & The Vandellas [[3 weeks)

Honorary Mention goes to Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles that was the only National top 10 hit for Motown that year that was never the labels weekly top selling 45, stuck behind the sizzling selling Heat Wave......

[midnight johnny]

Motown's Top Selling/Charting 45 by the week for 1963

1/5 Two Lovers - Mary Wells [[5 weeks)
2/9 You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles [[6 weeks)
3/23 Laughing Boy - Mary Wells [[4 weeks)
4/20 Locking Up My Heart - The Marvellettes [[1 week)
4/27 A Love She Can Count On - The Miracles [[3 weeks)
5/18 Come AndGet These Memories - Martha & The Vandellas [[6 weeks)
6/29 Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye [[1 week)
7/6 Fingertips Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder [[9 weeks)
9/7 Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas [[8 weeks)
11/2 You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells [[3 weeks)
11/23 Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye [[3 weeks)
12/14 Quicksand - Martha & The Vandellas [[3 weeks)

Honorary Mention goes to Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles that was the only National top 10 hit for Motown that year that was never the labels weekly top selling 45, stuck behind the sizzling selling Heat Wave......

Glen....thanks for the great information!!

[144man]

Love the harpsichord on "Laughing Boy". Still on British Summertime, so it's only 2.25.

[midnight johnny]

Love the harpsichord on "Laughing Boy". Still on British Summertime, so it's only 2.25.

Really! When does it become Autumn there?

[144man]

Really! When does it become Autumn there?

Clocks revert to Greenwich Mean Time last weekend in October.

"Locking Up My Heart" was the first record I bought when I had my own record player for my birthday.

[carole cucumber]

Not Linda Griner, she was on Motown.

[midnight johnny]

Not Linda Griner, she was on Motown.

Thank you Carole!!!

[144man]

Linda Griner was on Motown. I've never been that keen on the jazz on Jazz Workshop, but I do like the gospel on the Divinity label.

[RossHolloway]

Am I the only one who really loves the tunes from Workshop Jazz? I would just love if Univ/Motown put that entire catalogue online as a download.

[midnight johnny]

Am I the only one who really loves the tunes from Workshop Jazz? I would just love if Univ/Motown put that entire catalogue online as a download.

I'm really enjoying the DAve Hamilton and Johnny Griffith tracks a LOT!

[carole cucumber]

When the Motortown Revue/Motown Live Box Set was being prepped for release, Harry Weinger mentioned that the possibility of a Workshop Jazz Box Set was being bantered about, but that was a long time ago

[144man]

Marvin Gaye's "One of These Days" is a great song.

[RossHolloway]

Is the song Ninety-Nine and a Half won't Do on this set? MJ you have to play it if it is!

[midnight johnny]

Is the song Ninety-Nine and a Half won't Do on this set? MJ you have to play it if it is!

Next....it IS so great!!!

[RossHolloway]

Thanks for playing that MJ!

[midnight johnny]

Thanks for playing that MJ!

My pleasure, Bobby! Thanks for giving it to me to play [[*smile)!

[RossHolloway]

Preach Midnight Johnny!! Did you see where because of the Republican Shutdown, the US Government isn't able to pay the Death Benefits to the FIVE soldiers families that were killed this past weekend in Afghanistan? What is happening to our country?

[midnight johnny]

Preach Midnight Johnny!! Did you see where because of the Republican Shutdown, the US Government isn't able to pay the Death Benefits to the FIVE soldiers families that were killed this past weekend in Afghanistan? What is happening to our country?

It's the Tea Party and the KOCK Brothers, who put out $200,000,00 to start the whole shutdown, that, by the way, was arranged a few days after Obama's second term started.

[RossHolloway]

It's the Tea Party and the KOCK Brothers, who put out $200,000,00 to start the whole shutdown, that, by the way, was arranged a few days after Obama's second term started.

At what point does all this amount to a government coup?

[RossHolloway]

Yes, the Supreme's are on background on Kim Weston's It Should Have Been Me.

[midnight johnny]

At what point does all this amount to a government coup?

I think the Tea party should all be sued or thrown in prison for treasonous acts. What they are doing is slowly destroying the fabric of our society....

[midnight johnny]

Yes, the Supreme's are on background on Kim Weston's It Should Have Been Me.

Thank you!

[sophisticated_soul]

Here at last, well at least I can hear the last half hour! :)

[144man]

When I first heard "Heat Wave", I thought it was the best record that had ever been made.

[midnight johnny]

Here at last, well at least I can hear the last half hour! :)

Welcome home, Joe!!!

[midnight johnny]

When I first heard "Heat Wave", I thought it was the best record that had ever been made.

It probably still is...except for "Up The Ladder To The Roof [[*grin)!!

[RossHolloway]

Tina and Ike Turner did a nice version of A Love Like Yours..

[midnight johnny]

Tina and Ike Turner did a nice version of A Love Like Yours..

Yup...and Dusty!

[sophisticated_soul]

Welcome home, Joe!!!

Thanks John. The seminar was very worth while.

[midnight johnny]

Thanks John. The seminar was very worth while.


Excellent...now you can become the THIRD Koch Brother!

[sophisticated_soul]

Excellent...now you can become the THIRD Koch Brother!

Um, not so much, don't want to be Koch Bro. I agree their actions are treasonous, they should be shot at dawn.

[midnight johnny]

Gang....thanks so much for a terrific night!!!! Have a great week and weekend!!!

[sophisticated_soul]

Looking forward to part two of 1963 and opening the door on 1964!:cool:

[RossHolloway]

Another great show MJ!

[144man]

Great extended mix of "Mickey's Monkey". Good night, John and all.

[144man]

I think the Tea party should all be sued or thrown in prison for treasonous acts. What they are doing is slowly destroying the fabric of our society....

I thought the Republicans were supposed to be patriots. Instead, they are making the US political system the laughing stock of the rest of the world. America's enemies will take this as a sign of weakness, and they may strike. If they do, the Republicans will have been responsible.