MOTOWN No.1 Hits

1961 - "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes
1963 - "Fingertips--Pt. 2" Little Stevie Wonder
1964 - "My Guy" Mary Wells .. UK No.5
1964 - "Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes .. UK No.3
1964 - "Baby Love" The Supremes .. UK No.1
1964 - "Come See About Me" The Supremes .. UK No.27
1965 - "My Girl" The Temptations .. No.43 (Reached No.2 when reissued in 1992)
1965 - "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes .. UK No.7
1965 - "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes .. UK No.40
1965 - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" Four Tops .. UK No.23
1965 - "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes .. UK No.39
1966 - "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes .. UK No.3
1966 - "Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops .. UK No.1
1966 - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes .. UK No.8
1967 - "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes .. UK No.17
1967 - "The Happening" The Supremes .. UK No.6
1968 - "Love Child" Diana Ross & the Supremes .. UK No.15
1968 - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.1
1969 - "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations .. UK No.13
1969 - "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes .. UK No.13
1970 - "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.2
1970 - "ABC" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.8
1970 - "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.7
1970 - "War" Edwin Starr .. UK No.3
1970 - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross .. UK No.6
1970 - "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.4
1970 - "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles .. UK No.1
1971 - "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations .. UK No.8
1972 - "Ben" Michael Jackson .. UK No.7
1972 - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations .. UK No.14
1973 - "Superstition" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.11
1973 - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.7
1973 - "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross .. UK No.9
1973 - "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.31
1973 - "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" Eddie Kendricks .. UK No.18
1974 - "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.30
1976 - "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross .. UK No.5
1976 - "Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles .. UK No.3
1976 - "Love Hangover" Diana Ross .. UK No.10
1977 - "I Wish" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.5
1977 - "Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston .. UK No.13
1977 - "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.2
1977 - "Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1)" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.7
1978 - "Three Times a Lady" The Commodores .. UK No.1
1979 - "Still" The Commodores .. UK No.4
1980 - "Upside Down" Diana Ross .. UK No.2
1981 - "Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie .. UK No.7
1982 - "Truly" Lionel Richie .. UK No.6
1983 - "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie .. UK No.2
1984 - "Hello" Lionel Richie .. UK No.1
1984 - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.1
1985 - "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.3
1985 - "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie .. UK No.8
1991 - "End of the Road" Boyz II Men .. UK No.1
1994 - "I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men .. UK No.5
1994 - "On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men .. UK No.20
1997 - "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men .. UK No.10

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List of No. 1 Songs (hot 100 & R&B)
on which The Funk Brothers played
(ref: wikipedia)

"Please Mr Choi-man" - The Marvelettes
"Fingertips Pt. 2" - Stevie Wonder
"My Guy" - Mary Wells
"Where Did Our Love Go" - The Supremes
"Baby Love" - The Supremes
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes
"My Girl" - The Temptations
"Stop! In the Name of Love" - The Supremes
"Back in My Arms Again" - The Supremes
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" - The Four Tops
"I Hear a Symphony" - The Supremes
"You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes
"Reach Out I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"The Happening" - The Supremes
"Love Child" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
"I Can't Get Next to You" - The Temptations
"Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
"The Tears of a Clown" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - The Temptations
"Touch Me in the Morning" - Diana Ross
"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
"Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Night and the Pips
"Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" - Eddie Kendricks
"Just a Little Misunderstanding" - The Contours
"Shop Around" - The Miracles
"Shotgun" - Junior Walker & the All Stars
"How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You)" -- Marvin Gaye
"The One Who Really Loves You" - Mary Wells
"The Way you Do the Things you Do" - The Temptations
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
"(I'm a) Road Runner" - Junior Walker & the All Stars
"Ain't too Proud to Beg" - The Temptations
"I Wish it would Rain" - The Temptations
"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Hitch Hike" - Marvin Gaye
"What's so Good about Goodbye" - The Miracles
"I Was Made to Love Her" - Stevie Wonder
"It's the Same Old Song" - Four Tops
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" - The Miracles
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" - Four Tops
"If I Were your Woman" - Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Going to a Go-Go" - The Miracles
"Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Bonnie Pointer
"Dancing in the Street" - Martha & The Vandellas
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye
"Cloud Nine" - The Temptations
"What's Goin' On" - Marvin Gaye
"Do You Love Me" - The Contours
"Get Ready" - The Temptations
"My World Is Empty Without You" - The Supremes
"The Tracks of My Tears" - The Miracles
"Can I Get a Witness" - Marvin Gaye
"Nowhere To Run" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Here Comes The Judge" - Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder
"Beachwood 4-5789" - The Marvelettes
"Bernadette" - The Four Tops
"Two Lovers" - Mary Wells
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" - Jimmy Ruffin
"My Cherie Amour" - Stevie Wonder
"I Second That Emotion" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
"Losing You" - Brenda Lee
"First I Look at the Purse" - The Contours
"Ooo Baby Baby" - The Miracles
"I'll Be Doggone" - Marvin Gaye
"Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)" - The Temptations
"It Takes Two" - Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" - The Isley Brothers
"Uptight" - Stevie Wonder
"Devil With a Blue Dress On" - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
"Jimmy Mack" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Since I Lost My Baby" - The Temptations
"War" - Edwin Starr
"Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" - Marvin Gaye
"Don't Mess With Bill" - The Marvelettes
"You Beat Me to the Punch" - Mary Wells
"Shake Me, Wake Me" - The Four Tops
"Mickey's Monkey" - The Miracles
"Ain't That Peculiar" - Marvin Gaye
"Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-da-day" - Stevie Wonder

They also listed "Function at the Junction" by B.T. Express -- But this is an album
They did have 2 R&B No.1s .. "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" in 1974 and "Express" in 1975 which was also a Dance No.1. both with Scepter Records,

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	1961 - "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes 1963 - "Fingertips--Pt. 2" Little Stevie Wonder 1964 - "My Guy" Mary Wells .. UK No.5 1964 - "Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes .. UK No.3 1964 - "Baby Love" The Supremes .. UK No.1 1964 - "Come See About Me" The Supremes .. UK No.27 1965 - "My Girl" The Temptations .. No.43 (Reached No.2 when reissued in 1992) 1965 - "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes .. UK No.7 1965 - "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes .. UK No.40 1965 - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" Four Tops .. UK No.23 1965 - "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes .. UK No.39 1966 - "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes .. UK No.3 1966 - "Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops .. UK No.1 1966 - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes .. UK No.8 1967 - "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes .. UK No.17 1967 - "The Happening" The Supremes .. UK No.6 1968 - "Love Child" Diana Ross & the Supremes .. UK No.15 1968 - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.1 1969 - "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations .. UK No.13 1969 - "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & the Supremes .. UK No.13 1970 - "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.2 1970 - "ABC" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.8 1970 - "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.7 1970 - "War" Edwin Starr .. UK No.3 1970 - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross .. UK No.6 1970 - "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 .. UK No.4 1970 - "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles .. UK No.1 1971 - "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations .. UK No.8 1972 - "Ben" Michael Jackson .. UK No.7 1972 - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations .. UK No.14 1973 - "Superstition" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.11 1973 - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.7 1973 - "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross .. UK No.9 1973 - "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.31 1973 - "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" Eddie Kendricks .. UK No.18 1974 - "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.30 1976 - "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross .. UK No.5 1976 - "Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles .. UK No.3 1976 - "Love Hangover" Diana Ross .. UK No.10 1977 - "I Wish" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.5 1977 - "Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston .. UK No.13 1977 - "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.2 1977 - "Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1)" Marvin Gaye .. UK No.7 1978 - "Three Times a Lady" The Commodores .. UK No.1 1979 - "Still" The Commodores .. UK No.4 1980 - "Upside Down" Diana Ross .. UK No.2 1981 - "Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie .. UK No.7 1982 - "Truly" Lionel Richie .. UK No.6 1983 - "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie .. UK No.2 1984 - "Hello" Lionel Richie .. UK No.1 1984 - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.1 1985 - "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder .. UK No.3 1985 - "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie .. UK No.8 1991 - "End of the Road" Boyz II Men .. UK No.1 1994 - "I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men .. UK No.5 1994 - "On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men .. UK No.20 1997 - "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men .. UK No.10 *** * * * * * * * * * * List of No. 1 Songs (hot 100 & R&B) on which The Funk Brothers played (ref: wikipedia) "Please Mr Choi-man" - The Marvelettes "Fingertips Pt. 2" - Stevie Wonder "My Guy" - Mary Wells "Where Did Our Love Go" - The Supremes "Baby Love" - The Supremes "Come See About Me" - The Supremes "My Girl" - The Temptations "Stop! In the Name of Love" - The Supremes "Back in My Arms Again" - The Supremes "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" - The Four Tops "I Hear a Symphony" - The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes "Reach Out I'll Be There" - The Four Tops "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes "The Happening" - The Supremes "Love Child" - Diana Ross and the Supremes "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye "I Can't Get Next to You" - The Temptations "Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross and the Supremes "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross "The Tears of a Clown" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - The Temptations "Touch Me in the Morning" - Diana Ross "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye "Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Night and the Pips "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" - Eddie Kendricks "Just a Little Misunderstanding" - The Contours "Shop Around" - The Miracles "Shotgun" - Junior Walker & the All Stars "How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You)" -- Marvin Gaye "The One Who Really Loves You" - Mary Wells "The Way you Do the Things you Do" - The Temptations "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "(I'm a) Road Runner" - Junior Walker & the All Stars "Ain't too Proud to Beg" - The Temptations "I Wish it would Rain" - The Temptations "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" - Martha & the Vandellas "Hitch Hike" - Marvin Gaye "What's so Good about Goodbye" - The Miracles "I Was Made to Love Her" - Stevie Wonder "It's the Same Old Song" - Four Tops "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" - The Miracles "Standing in the Shadows of Love" - Four Tops "If I Were your Woman" - Gladys Knight and the Pips "Going to a Go-Go" - The Miracles "Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Bonnie Pointer "Dancing in the Street" - Martha & The Vandellas "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye "Cloud Nine" - The Temptations "What's Goin' On" - Marvin Gaye "Do You Love Me" - The Contours "Get Ready" - The Temptations "My World Is Empty Without You" - The Supremes "The Tracks of My Tears" - The Miracles "Can I Get a Witness" - Marvin Gaye "Nowhere To Run" - Martha & the Vandellas "Here Comes The Judge" - Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder "Beachwood 4-5789" - The Marvelettes "Bernadette" - The Four Tops "Two Lovers" - Mary Wells "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" - Jimmy Ruffin "My Cherie Amour" - Stevie Wonder "I Second That Emotion" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Losing You" - Brenda Lee "First I Look at the Purse" - The Contours "Ooo Baby Baby" - The Miracles "I'll Be Doggone" - Marvin Gaye "Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)" - The Temptations "It Takes Two" - Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" - The Isley Brothers "Uptight" - Stevie Wonder "Devil With a Blue Dress On" - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels "Jimmy Mack" - Martha & the Vandellas "Since I Lost My Baby" - The Temptations "War" - Edwin Starr "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" - Marvin Gaye "Don't Mess With Bill" - The Marvelettes "You Beat Me to the Punch" - Mary Wells "Shake Me, Wake Me" - The Four Tops "Mickey's Monkey" - The Miracles "Ain't That Peculiar" - Marvin Gaye "Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-da-day" - Stevie Wonder They also listed "Function at the Junction" by B.T. Express -- But this is an album They did have 2 R&B No.1s .. "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" in 1974 and "Express" in 1975 which was also a Dance No.1. both with Scepter Records, GO TO Motown Musicians \| Motown Acts \| Classic Motown \| Motown Today \| Motown L.A. Stories \| JAMES JAMERSON MUSO INDEX PAGE / MUSIC FACTS & NEWS** IF ANY ONE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PAGE .PLEASE EMAIL ME LINKS WIKIPEDIA