Three Stars and Three Magnificent Achievements...Anyone Else?

**lockhartgary** · 07-06-2017, 11:43 AM

Hi all,
As I lay in bed last night, my mind was filled with this thought: were there any Motown stars who had number one hits on Billboard chart as a single performer and as a member of a group and as a duet? I came up with three, but I wonder if there were more?

Diana Ross - Group: Supremes, Duet: Lionel Richie, and solo
Lionel Richie - Group: Commodores, Duet: Diana Ross, and solo
Stevie Wonder - Group: We Are the World ensemble...I know this is stretching it, but they are a group and Lionel and Diana fit here also, Duet: McCartney and solo

**reese** · 07-06-2017, 01:24 PM

Michael Jackson

**lockhartgary** · 07-06-2017, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by reese

Michael Jackson

How could I forget about "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" duet with Siedah Garrett. Thanks! And he also qualifies for an additional group with "We Are the World", stretching the number of groups he had #1 hits with to 2!? Again, I know the "We Are the World" being a group is stretching it.

**luke** · 07-06-2017, 02:06 PM

And Ebony and Ivory

**luke** · 07-06-2017, 02:09 PM

Gladys Knight...that's what friends are for ; Midnight Train and I believe Grapevine and Neither one of us made it to # 1 on some national charts tho I don't think Billboard

**lockhartgary** · 07-06-2017, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by luke

And Ebony and Ivory

That's why I mentioned McCartney in the original post.

**lockhartgary** · 07-06-2017, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by luke

Gladys Knight...that's what friends are for ; Midnight Train and I believe Grapevine and Neither one of us made it to # 1 on some national charts tho I don't think Billboard

Yes, but the criteria are as a group member, solo and duet.

**marv2** · 07-06-2017, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by luke

Gladys Knight...that's what friends are for ; Midnight Train and I believe Grapevine and Neither one of us made it to # 1 on some national charts tho I don't think Billboard

Gladys had a number one album on the R&B charts in 1991 called "Good Woman".

**dickiemint** · 07-06-2017, 04:32 PM

Smokey Robinson had UK no 1s with miracles tears of a clown
Solo Being with you and as part of USA for Africa we are the world
Did these get No 1 in the U.S. ??

**reese** · 07-06-2017, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by dickiemint

Smokey Robinson had UK no 1s with miracles tears of a clown
Solo Being with you and as part of USA for Africa we are the world
Did these get No 1 in the U.S. ??

TEARS OF A CLOWN and WE ARE THE WORLD were pop #1s in the US. BEING WITH YOU peaked at #2 pop.

**Boogiedown** · 07-16-2017, 01:41 AM

Close but just shy of a cigar:

Billy Preston
solo:
WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES #1

duo:
with Syreeta

WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN #4 peak

group:
with The Beatles

GET BACK #1