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1 DATE YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan EVENT Georgeanna Tillman (original member of the Marvelettes) died of sickle cell anemia. Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from the family loan fund, the Ber-Berry Coop, in Detroit to found Motown Records. Stevie Wonder helped to organize a rally on Washington in support of making MLK Day a national holiday. The eleventh annaul American Music Awards air on ABC-TV and are hosted by Lionel Richie, who won the favorite soul single award for "All Night Long." Michael Jackson won seven awards as well as the Award of Merit. 17-Jan Jan David Ruffin's birthday (The Miracles) 19-Jan 2014

2 20-Jan First MLK Day was held and celebrated with a large concert, headlined by Stevie Wonder. 21-Jan Jan A historic year in Mississippi began with Fannie Lou Hamer and other civil rights activists marching around the Forrest County Courthouse in support of black voting rights. 23-Jan Jan Theo Peoples (of The Four Tops)'s birthday 25-Jan Jan The Supremes perform "Where Did Our Love Go" on the NBC variety program "Hullabaloo!" 27-Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb The Temptations' final Ed Sullivan performance, a few months before the show went off the air. The first celebration of African American History Month occurred at Kent State University in February of 1970 The Beatles arrive at New York City s JFK International Airport to a huge crowd of screaming for the first U.S. tour and concert at Carnegie Hall beginning Beatlemania.

3 8-Feb Feb The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Motown artists covered Beatles songs fairly often during the 1960s. 10-Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Brian Holland's birthday 16-Feb The Marvelettes make their first appearance on Hullabaloo. 17-Feb The Supremes return to the Copacabana in New York. 18-Feb Feb Smokey Robinson's birthday 20-Feb The Supremes return to the Ed Sullivan Show. 21-Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar 2014 The Jackson 5 perform "I Want You Back" and debut "ABC" on "American Bandstand," and Micheal Jackson is interviewed on TV for the first time. Florence Ballard (former Supreme) dies of cardiac arrest at age thirty-two in Detroit.

4 2-Mar Mar Mar Mar Lawrence Payton (founding member of The Four Tops)'s birthday The Supremes appear on "The Sammy Davis Show." Television special "Motown salutes the Apollo" broadcast from Harlem to celebrate the Apollo Theater's grand reopening and 50th anniversary. *Deceased 6-Mar Mar Mary Wilson (founding member of The Supremes)'s birthday State troopers violently attack peaceful demonstrators led by Martin Luther King, Jr., as they try to cross the Pettus Bridge in Selma, Al. Fifty marchers are hospitalized on "Bloody Sunday," after police use tear gas, whips, and clubs against them. 8-Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Marlon Jackson's birthday 13-Mar Mar Mar Mar Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumor. 17-Mar Mar Mar Mar The Temptations go to England to tape "Ready Set Go" tv show 21-Mar Mar 2014

5 23-Mar Mar The Supremes appear on "The Dean Martin Show." 25-Mar Motown holds a cellebration of their 25th anniversary at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium to be broadcast by NBC-TV in May. 26-Mar Diana Ross's birthday 27-Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Smokey Robinson and The Miracles debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1-Apr Marvin Gaye is killed by a gunshot wound inflicted by his father. 2-Apr Marvin Gaye's birthday 3-Apr Apr Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. 5-Apr Ronnie White's birthday (The Miracles) 6-Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing 12-Apr It was announced that Martha and the Vandellas' version of "Dancing in the Street" would be one of 50 sound recordings preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry

6 13-Apr 2014 Marve 14-Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr King writes his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in which he responds to eight white Alabama ministers who urged him to end the protests. The first Ford Mustang is introduced Ford Motor Company. Diana Ross' first television special, "Diana!" is broadcast on ABC-TV and features the Jackson 5 and Bill Cosby. The soundtrack albumn was issued by Motown at the end of March Apr Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. 20-Apr Marvin Gaye makes his Canadian nightclub debut in Vancouver. 21-Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Tammi Terrell's birthday *Deceased 30-Apr The new Supremes (Jean Terrell, Cindy Birdsong, and Mary Wilson) appear on "The David Frost Show."

7 1-May Marvin Gaye makes a rare concert appearance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on "Marvin Gaye Day." 2-May May Stevie Wonder's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Ed introduced him as Detroit s amazing 13-year-old singing star." 4-May Nicholas Ashford's birthday *Deceased 5-May May May Jimmy Ruffin's birthday 8-May May May The Jackson 5's second Ed Sullivan appearance, singing two of their hits: I Want You Back and "ABC. 11-May May May Mary Wells' birthday 14-May May May May Racial segration in schools is declared unconstitutional. 18-May May NBC-TV aired a three-hour television special, "Motown Returns to the Apollo," which coincided with the reopening of the newly restored Apollo Theater in Harlem, marking its fiftieth anniversary. The special later won an Emmy for best variety, music, or comedy program.

8 20-May May May May May May May May May May May May Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun 2014 Marvin Gaye begins two-week engagement at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles. The Temptations debut on Ed Sullivan, performing a medley of hits including All I Need, My Girl and I Know I m Losing You. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles' second and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Diana Ross was in the audience. Levi Stubbs (founding member of The Four Tops)'s birthday *Deceased

9 11-Jun After President John F. Kennedy went on television asking Americans to support his civil rights bill, Medgar Evers, NAACP state field secretary was assassinated in his driveway. 12-Jun The Supremes performed their farewell concert at the Drury Lane Theater in London. 13-Jun Jun Renaldo "Obie" Benson (founding member of The Four Tops)'s birthday 15-Jun Lawrence Payton, Jr. (of The Four Tops)'s birthday 16-Jun Lamont Duzier's birthday 17-Jun Jun Jun Marvin Gaye's only Ed Sullivan appearance. *Deceased *Deceased Despite his two #1 hits, I ll Be Doggone and Ain t That Peculiar, he opted to sing Take This Heart of Mine in an effort to showcase himself as an album-oriented artist. The performance launched the song from relative obscurity to #16 on the Billboard R&B Chart. 20-Jun Jun Jun Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in the boxing ring, following the opposite resut from their match two years earlier.

10 23-Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul 2014 Stevie Wonder releases his fourth album, "Stevie at the Beach," recorded while he was in Hollywood filming "Muscle Beach Party" and "Bikini Beach." Both starred Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello U.S. sends 5,000 more military advisers to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of U.S. forces in Vietnam to 21,000. Shorty Long, composer of "Devil With a Blue Dress," died in a boating accident on the Detroit River. Florence Ballard and Betty McGlown (two founding member of The Supremes)'s birthdays President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. 12-year-old Stevie Wonder made his network television debut on "American Bandstand," singing "Fingertips." *Both are deceased

11 11-Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Martha Reeves' birthday 19-Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug 2014 Vicki McClure sang Diana Ross' "Reach Out and Touch" for a TV audience of about 2.5 billion people during the Opening Ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA.

12 9-Aug Aug Aug Aug Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote by banning literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting. The beginning of a six day riot in Watts, a black section of Los Angeles that led to 35 people being killed and 883 injured. Mick Jagger and David Bowie released a cover of Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street" part of the Live Aid charity movement with all profits going to the charity. The single topped the UK charts for four weeks, and reached number seven in the US. 13-Aug The Jackson brothers (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, singing lead) won the famous Amateur Night competition at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem and caught the attention of Motown. 14-Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug 2014 The Marvelettes were inducted into The Official R&B Music Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. The Temptations perform "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" on "American Bandstand."

13 23-Aug Aug Aug Aug Valerie Simpson's birthday 27-Aug Aug Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream.." speech. 250,000 attended the March on Washington for Jobs and, making it the largest demonstration eve seen in the nation's capital. 29-Aug Michael Jackson's birthday 30-Aug Aug Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep The Jackson 5 draw 23,000 to the Michigan State Fair. 10-Sep Sep Sep Sep The Supremes appear on Hullabaloo. 14-Sep Stevie Wonder marries Syreeta Wright (aka Rita Wright) in Detroit. 15-Sep Sep Shindig! premieres live on the ABC, featuring the top musical acts of the 1960 s. 17-Sep 2014

14 18-Sep Sep Sep 2014 "Goin' Back To Indiana," a television special hosted by the Jackson 5 and featured guests like Bill Cosby and Tommy Smothers, aired on ABC- TV. 21-Sep The Supremes appear on the Red Skelton Show. 22-Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Whitney Houston as performed "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" a part of her medley tribute to Diana Ross at her "Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C." concert which was broadcast live on HBO. 7-Oct Oct Oct Oct Eddie Holland's birthday 11-Oct Oct 2014

15 13-Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. won the Noble Peace Prize at 35 years old. At the time he was the youngest person to win the prize. The Supremes made their UK debut television performance on the BBC program "Top of the Pops." Stevie Wonder performed his single, "Happy Birthday" at the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Jackson 5 were introduced to a national audience by Diana Ross on the ABC variety show "The Hollywood Palace."

16 30-Oct "Artists Against AIDS Worldwide" released an album containing multiple versions of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" to benefit AIDS programs in Africa and other impoverished regions.jermaine Dupri and Bono produced the radio single version, which included Britney Spears, Ja Rule, Nas, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, Destiny's Child, Wyclef Jean, Lil' Kim, Backstreet Boys, Monica, Gaye's daughter Nona, and many others.the song was recorded shortly before the September 11, 2001 attacks, and a portion of the song's proceeds benefitted the American Red Cross' September 11 fund as well. 31-Oct Nov Nov Nov Mable John's birthday. 4-Nov Nov A half-hour television special, "The Jackson 5 Show," is broadcast on CBS-TV. 6-Nov Nov Smokey Robinson married Claudette Rogers. (Both are members of the Miracles). 8-Nov 2014 The Four Tops appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 9-Nov Nov Nov 2014

17 12-Nov The musical comedy tv special, "Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway" aired on NBC-TV. 13-Nov Harold Bonhart (of The Four Tops)'s birthday 14-Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov The Supremes appear on the Dean Martin Show. 19-Nov The Ed Sullivan Show featured two of Motown s biggest acts, The Supremes and The Temptations, in the same night. The Supremes sang The Temptations hits ( Get Ready and I m Losing You ), while The Temptations performed The Supremes hits ( Stop! In The Name of Love, and Baby Love ). The success of this musical pairing inspired NBC to give them two primetime specials. 20-Nov Nov Berry Gordy, Sr. dies. 22-Nov President Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson, pushes through civil rights legislation in Kennedy's memory. 23-Nov "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye version) started a 7 week run at number 1 on the charts. 24-Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Berry Gordy's birthday

18 29-Nov Nov Dec A historical marker is placed in front of the original Hitsville building at 2648 West Grand Blvd. as part of the State of Michigan's 150th anniversary celebration. Michigan Governor James Blanchard, Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, Motown Vice President Smokey Robinson, and Esther Gordy Edwards, current president of the Motown Historical Museum which is located at the site, were all in attendence. 2-Dec Dec Dec Jackie Wilson makes his first Ed Sullivan Show appearance. 5-Dec Dec The Supremes appear on Hullabaloo. 7-Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Jermaine Jackson's birthday 12-Dec Dec Dec Ronnie McNeir (of The Four Tops)'s birthday 15-Dec Cidy Birdsong's birthday 16-Dec Dec 2014 Eddie Kendrick's birthday (The Temptations) Sang "To Be Loved," "Lonely Teardrops," and "Alone At Last." Also the Jackson 5's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, including I Want You Back as the set's third song.

19 18-Dec Dec Dec Dec A one-hour musical variety special,"the Smokey Robinson Show," airs on ABC-TV. "T.C.B.-Taking Care of Business," Motown's first television special aired on NBC-TV and Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations hosted and performed. Montgomery's buses become desegregated after a year-long bus boycott launched by the black community protesting the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger. 22-Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Abdul "Duke" Fakir (of The Four Tops)'s birthday *Only surviving founding member 27-Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec 2014 The Supremes made their first of 17 live appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show performing "Come See About Me."

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THE HISTORY OF MOTOWN PAGE 1

THE HISTORY OF MOTOWN PAGE 1 What do you know about the music company Motown? Circle the options which you think are correct in these statements: 1 Berry Gordy Junior started Motown 50 / 60 / 70 years