{"id":2325,"date":"2015-09-21T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keenerpodcast.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2015-09-21T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T16:01:01","slug":"september-1970-the-motown-sound-is-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"Motown Monday September, 1970"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"motown\"<\/a>By Bob Berry<\/p>\n

Next time someone asks “what were the two Number One Songs of September, 1970<\/strong><\/a>?”, give ’em the answer they least expect.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t a song by The Beatles, nor the Guess Who, Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkel or Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; all of whom had at least one #1 in 1970! And it wasn’t<\/em> The Jackson Five, who had four consecutive Number One’s<\/strong><\/a> that year.<\/p>\n

It was two of Detroit’s and Motown’s greatest artists: Edwin Starr<\/strong><\/a> and Diana Ross<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

Edwin was first, Number One for three weeks (8\/29-9\/12) with his scorching version of the Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong Vietnam-era protest song, “War<\/strong><\/a>“. A song that was a much more mellow tune on The Temptations 1970 LP Psychedelic Shack<\/strong><\/a>, Edwin sang it with a fury\u00a0 that reflected the times like few records ever have.<\/p>\n