(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Motown Treasures (HTM) https://motowntreasures.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Books/Films/Plays ***************************************************** #Post#: 8579-------------------------------------------------- Motown and the Netherlands By: Henk de Bruijne Date: March 16, 2022, 8:37 am --------------------------------------------------------- Tonight on Dutch National Television (NPO2) "Hitsville: the making of Motown" will be broadcasted. In a TV guide I saw this 3 page article about the start of Motown in The Netherlands (and Europe). Google Translate (and I) made a translation in "Word" which I attached here. I hope you can read it. #Post#: 8582-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: humboldt Date: March 17, 2022, 5:01 am --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Henke for that interesting article. Are the old Dutch charts archived on the web somewhere? #Post#: 8583-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Henk de Bruijne Date: March 17, 2022, 5:30 am --------------------------------------------------------- In the 50's and early 60's we only had several weekly top 10's on the radio and some monthly top 30's or 40's in music magazines. In 1964 Radio Veronica started the weekly TOP 40 but there were no lists published. In January 1965 Veronica started the weekly printed TOP 40. The first edition showed The Beatles 3 x, The Rolling Stones 3x and The Supremes 3x. Those were the days! (HTM) https://www.top40.nl/top40/1965/week-1 On this website you can find all charts from 1965 till today. #Post#: 8585-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: humboldt Date: March 17, 2022, 6:56 am --------------------------------------------------------- Brilliant, thanks Henke :) #Post#: 8586-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Roger Date: March 18, 2022, 7:59 am --------------------------------------------------------- That is a very interesting article Henke, though it does have a couple of factual errors in that Motown had its own label identity in Canada (with records being issued on the Canadian "Tamla" label) about two years before Artone launched the Motown label in The Netherlands. Also Dave Godin started his "Tamla Motown Appreciation Society" (which was a kind of "Motown Fan Club") in Britain in mid/late 1963, which was about the same time that the Dutch Motown label was launched. Maybe geography isn't Robert Haagsma's strong point and he thinks that Canada is part of The U.S.A. and that The U.K. isn't in Europe! :) Having said that, the role that The Netherlands played in the popularisation of "pop" music in the '60s is often overlooked. I've watched many a documentary about the British "offshore" radio stations of The '60s (Caroline, London, 270, Scotland etc.) and anyone would think that the whole concept was a uniquely British idea ... there might be the occasional mention that similar stations had been launched off the coasts of Sweden, Denmark and Holland but that is usually a footnote and Veronica (which could be heard loud and clear over much of Britain) hardly gets a mention even though it predated the British "Pirates" by about four years!! I spent a few weeks some time back going through all those Nederlandse Top 40 charts to identify which Motown releases were listed and found 127 of them up to when the company was sold by Berry Gordy in 1988. There were a few other tunes that made the "Tipparade" Bubbling-Under/Breakers list without entering The Top 40 but those I didn't include. Here is my list of "Dutch Motown Hits" .. the figures on the right are Maximum Position, Weeks in the 40 and year charted. The ones with an asterisk against weeks-charted are ones that were in the first Top 40 and may well have been listed in previous weeks. The ones with three asterisks on the left were also U.K. chart hits. There is some confusion with The Four Tops "It's The Same Old Song" as it seems to have been re-promoted when a local version by The Motions was released around the time that The Four Tops were hot with "Reach Out" and the two versions were listed together, even though it seems that most sales were for The Motions version. 001***SUPREMES - "Baby Love" - 8 (9*) - 1965 002***SUPREMES - "Where Did Our Love Go" - 16 (4*) - 1965 003***SUPREMES - "Come See About Me" - 17 (7*) - 1965 004***SUPREMES - "Stop! In The Name Of Love" - 21 (12) - 1965 005***SUPREMES - "I Hear A Symphony" - 35 ( 3) - 1965 006***STEVIE WONDER - "Blowing In The Wind" - 9 (10) - 1966 007***SUPREMES - "You Can't Hurry Love" - 24 ( 6) - 1966 008***FOUR TOPS - "Reach Out I'll Be There" - 8 ( 8) - 1966 009***SUPREMES - "You Keep Me Hanging On" - 26 ( 7) - 1966 010***FOUR TOPS - "It's The Same Old Song" - 10 (12) - 1966 >> Listed along with a local version by The Motions 011***STEVIE WONDER - "A Place In The Sun" - 22 ( 7) - 1966 012***FOUR TOPS - "Standing In The Shadows Of Love" - 24 ( 6) - 1967 013***M GAYE/KIM WESTON - "It Takes Two" - 15 (10) - 1967 014***SUPREMES - "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" - 35 ( 3) - 1967 015***FOUR TOPS - "Bernadette" - 18 ( 8) - 1967 016***SUPREMES - "The Happening" - 5 (10) - 1967 017***FOUR TOPS - "Seven Rooms Of Gloom" - 23 ( 5) - 1967 018***STEVIE WONDER - "I Was Made To Love Her" - 24 ( 8) - 1967 019***D ROSS/SUPREMES - "Reflections" - 24 ( 6) - 1967 020***STEVIE WONDER - "I'm Wondering" - 25 ( 4) - 1967 021***FOUR TOPS - "Walk Away Renee" - 11 (11) - 1968 022***FOUR TOPS - "If I Were A Carpenter" - 4 (12) - 1968 023***D ROSS/SUPREMES - "Forever Came Today" - 40 ( 1) - 1968 024***R.DEAN TAYLOR - "Gotta See Jane" - 32 ( 5) - 1968 025***SHORTY LONG - "Here Comes The Judge" - 30 ( 5) - 1968 026***D ROSS/SUPREMES - "Love Child" - 18 ( 8) - 1968 027***D ROSS/SUPREMES/TEMPTATIONS - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - 27 ( 5) - 1969 028***MARVIN GAYE - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - 25 ( 7) - 1969 029***EDWIN STARR - "Twenty Five Miles" - 15 ( 7) - 1969 030***STEVIE WONDER - "I Don't Know Why" - 22 ( 5) - 1969 031***FOUR TOPS - "What Is A Man" - 22 ( 5) - 1969 032***ISLEY BROTHERS - "Behind A Painted Smile" - 26 ( 6) - 1969 033***STEVIE WONDER - "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" - 6 ( 9) - 1969 034***D ROSS/SUPREMES - "Someday We'll Be Together" - 20 ( 5) - 1970 035***JACKSON 5 - "I Want You Back" - 13 ( 5) - 1970 036***STEVIE WONDER - "Never Had A Dream Come True" - 20 ( 4) - 1970 037* *FOUR TOPS - "Barbara's Boy" - 18 ( 4) - 1970 038* *RARE EARTH - "Get Ready" - 18 ( 7) - 1970 039***JACKSON 5 - "A B C" - 28 ( 4) - 1970 040***TEMPTATIONS - "Ball Of Confusion" - 36 ( 2) - 1970 041***EDWIN STARR - "War" - 18 ( 6) - 1970 042***S ROBINSON/MIRACLES - "Tears Of A Clown" - 5 ( 9) - 1970 043* *RARE EARTH - "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - 21 ( 4) - 1970 044***JACKSON 5 - "I'll Be There" - 16 ( 6) - 1970 045***SUPREMES/FOUR TOPS - "River Deep Mountain High" - 27 ( 3) - 1971 046* *JACKSON 5 - "Going Back to Indiana" - 23 ( 5) - 1971 047***JACKSON 5 - "Mama's Pearl" - 31 ( 2) - 1971 048* *RARE EARTH - "I Just Want To Celebrate" - 18 ( 6) - 1971 049***FOUR TOPS - "Simple Game" - 15 ( 5) - 1971 050***DIANA ROSS - "I'm Still Waiting" - 36 ( 2) - 1971 051* *R.DEAN TAYLOR - "Taos New Mexico" - 22 ( 4) - 1972 052***MICHAEL JACKSON - "Ain't No Sunshine" - 16 (10) - 1972 053***MICHAEL JACKSON - "Ben" - 2 (14) - 1972 054***TEMPTATIONS - "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - 5 (11) - 1972 055***STEVIE WONDER - "Superstition" - 12 ( 6) - 1973 056* *JERMAINE JACKSON - "Daddy's Home" - 8 (10) - 1973 057***STEVIE WONDER - "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" - 32 ( 4) - 1973 058* *UNDISPUTED TRUTH - "Law Of the Land" - 34 ( 2) - 1973 059***STEVIE WONDER - "Higher Ground" - 33 ( 3) - 1973 060* *MICHAEL JACKSON - "Music And Me" - 34 ( 3) - 1973 061* *DAN THE BANJO MAN - "Dan The Banjo Man" - 22 ( 4) - 1974 062***M GAYE & DIANA ROSS - "You Are Everything" - 14 ( 9) - 1974 063* *STEVIE WONDER - "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" - 22 ( 5) - 1974 064* *R. DEAN TAYLOR - "There's A Ghost In My House" - 29 ( 4) - 1974 065***STEVIE WONDER - "You Haven't Done Nothing" - 28 ( 3) - 1974 066***SYREETA - "Harmour Love" - 25 ( 6) - 1975 067***DIANA ROSS - "Theme From Mahogany" - 4 (10) - 1976 068***MIRACLES - "Love Machine" - 30 ( 3) - 1976 069***DIANA ROSS - "Love Hangover" - 23 ( 5) - 1976 070***STEVIE WONDER - "I Wish" - 4 ( 9) - 1977 071***THELMA HOUSTON - "Don't Leave Me This Way" - 4 (10) - 1977 072***STEVIE WONDER - "Sir Duke" - 21 ( 5) - 1977 073***MARVIN GAYE - "Got To Give It Up" - 29 ( 4) - 1977 074***STEVIE WONDER - "Another Star" - 13 ( 5) - 1977 075***COMMODORES - "Brick House" - 19 ( 9) - 1978 076***COMMODORES - "Three Times A Lady" - 3 (12) - 1978 077***COMMODORES - "Sail On" - 4 (11) - 1979 078***COMMODORES - "Still" - 17 ( 8) - 1979 079***SYREETA/B PRESTON - "It Will Come In Time" - 8 ( 9) - 1980 080***SYREETA/B PRESTON - "With You I'm Born Again" - 4 ( 9) - 1980 081* *TEMPTATIONS - "Power" - 6 (10) - 1980 082***JERMAINE JACKSON - "Let's Get Serious" - 23 ( 4) - 1980 083***DIANA ROSS - "Upside Down" - 2 (14) - 1980 084***STEVIE WONDER - "Master Blaster" - 2 (13) - 1980 085***DIANA ROSS - "My Old Piano" - 2 (10) - 1980 086***DIANA ROSS - "I'm Coming Out" - 23 ( 5) - 1981 087***STEVIE WONDER - "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" - 31 ( 3) - 1981 088***DIANA ROSS - "It's My Turn" - 35 ( 3) - 1981 089***MICHAEL JACKSON - "One Day In Your Life" - 1 (12) - 1981 090***STEVIE WONDER - "Happy Birthday" - 10 ( 7) - 1981 091***COMMODORES - "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" - 20 ( 6) - 1981 092***D ROSS/L RICHIE - "Endless Love" - 4 (10) - 1981 093* *RICK JAMES - "Super Freak" - 2 (11) - 1981 094***CHARLENE - "I've Never Been To Me" - 4 ( 8) - 1982 095***STEVIE WONDER - "Do I Do" - 22 ( 4) - 1982 096***LIONEL RICHIE - "You Are" - 27 ( 6) - 1983 097***GARY BYRD - "The Crown" - 30 ( 5) - 1983 098***LIONEL RICHIE - "All Night Long" - 1 (11) - 1983 099***LIONEL RICHIE - "Running With The Night" - 7 ( 7) - 1983 100***ROCKWELL - "Somebody's Watching Me" - 2 (11) - 1984 101***LIONEL RICHIE - "Hello" - 1 (13) - 1984 102***LIONEL RICHIE - "Stuck On You" - 21 ( 5) - 1984 103***STEVIE WONDER - "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - 1 (17) - 1984 104***LIONEL RICHIE - "Penny Lover" - 11 (10) - 1984 105***STEVIE WONDER - "Don't Drive Drunk" - 30 ( 5) - 1985 106***DAZZ BAND - "Let It All Blow" - 10 ( 8) - 1985 107***TEMPTATIONS - "Treat Her Like A Lady" - 15 ( 8) - 1985 108***COMMODORES - "Nightshift" - 1 (14) - 1985 109***DEBARGE - "Rhythm Of The Night" - 4 (11) - 1985 110***MARY JANE GIRLS - "In My House" - 6 (10) - 1985 111***RICK JAMES - "Glow" - 6 (12) - 1985 112***STEVIE WONDER - "Part Time Lover" - 11 ( 8) - 1985 113***LIONEL RICHIE - "Say You Say Me" - 2 (14) - 1985 114***MARVIN GAYE - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - 18 ( 6) - 1986 115***EL DEBARGE - "Who's Johnny" - 3 (11) - 1986 116***LIONEL RICHIE - "Dancing On The Ceiling" - 14 (10) - 1986 117* *EL DEBARGE - "Love Always" - 25 ( 4) - 1986 118***LIONEL RICHIE - "Love Will Conquer All" - 18 ( 5) - 1986 119***LIONEL RICHIE - "Ballerina Girl" - 35 ( 3) - 1987 120***LIONEL RICHIE - "Se La" - 8 ( 9) - 1987 121***S ROBINSON/MIRACLES - "The Tracks Of My Tears" - 37 ( 3) - 1987 122***BRUCE WILLIS - "Under The Boardwalk" - 7 ( 9) - 1987 123***DENNIS EDWARDS - "Don't Look Any Further" - 12 ( 7) - 1987 124***JACKSON 5 - "I Want You Back (88 Remix)" - 14 ( 7) - 1988 125***S WONDER/M JACKSON - "Get It" - 14 ( 5) - 1988 126* *GEORGIO - "Bedrock" - 29 ( 4) - 1988 127***CONTOURS - "Do You Love Me" - 10 (10) - 1988 Interesting that Artone was based in Haarlem. :) Roger #Post#: 8587-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Henk de Bruijne Date: March 18, 2022, 9:37 am --------------------------------------------------------- Well Roger, that's quite a great work you did to make this list. You're right about "The same old song" which was a bigger hit for the Motions, to my regret. The Four Tops had their far more better version. Funny, in 1989 (a year after Gordy's sale) "Reflections" re-entered the Top 40 and made it to number 3! BTW The documentary (Hitsville-the Making of Motown) was interesting. I think you all have seen it before, for me it was the first time and I loved it. BTW Canada is in America. Haagsma didn't mention outside USA. ;) #Post#: 8588-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Roger Date: March 18, 2022, 10:48 am --------------------------------------------------------- [quote author=Henk de Bruijne link=topic=1464.msg8587#msg8587 date=1647614248] Well Roger, that's quite a great work you did to make this list. You're right about "The same old song" which was a bigger hit for the Motions, to my regret. The Four Tops had their far more better version. Funny, in 1989 (a year after Gordy's sale) "Reflections" re-entered the Top 40 and made it to number 3! BTW The documentary (Hitsville-the Making of Motown) was interesting. I think you all have seen it before, for me it was the first time and I loved it. BTW Canada is in America. Haagsma didn't mention outside USA. ;) [/quote] Yes Henk, terms like "Europe" and "America" can be very ambiguous. :) I came across that 1989 "Reflections" chart placing when I was going through the Top 40s and started a thread about it ... apparently the reissue was prompted by the song being featured as the theme song of the "China Beach" TV series, a show that we didn't get here in the UK ... This is the link for the thread .... (HTM) https://motowntreasures.createaforum.com/'60's-supremesdrats/'china-beach'-tv-series-'reflections'/msg8247/#msg8247 The Temptations "My Girl" was a also a belated #19 hit in The Netherlands in 1989, though I'm not sure what prompted that reissue as the film of the same name (which prompted a belated #2 hit for the song in The UK) wasn't released for another two years. Roger #Post#: 8591-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: McMotown Date: March 18, 2022, 2:39 pm --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for posting very interesting. #Post#: 8594-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Henk de Bruijne Date: March 19, 2022, 2:11 pm --------------------------------------------------------- "My girl" was a small hit in 1989 thanks to a commercial of Lidl. #Post#: 8595-------------------------------------------------- Re: Motown and the Netherlands By: Roger Date: March 20, 2022, 5:20 am --------------------------------------------------------- [quote author=Henk de Bruijne link=topic=1464.msg8594#msg8594 date=1647717090] "My girl" was a small hit in 1989 thanks to a commercial of Lidl. [/quote] Thanks for the info Henk ... yet another reason for me to continue shopping in my local Lidl!! :) I shall have to add it to my list of Motown trivia. As you probably know, the reappearance of Marvin Gaye's version of "Grapevine" in the British Top 10 in 1986 was prompted by the song's inclusion in a Levi's Jeans commercial. Incidentally, if anyone else is seeing strange smiley faces in my list of Motown Netherlands hits they are supposed to indicate 8 weeks on the chart ... for some reason my computer is interpreting "8" followed by ")" as 8) ... who wudda thunk it!! :) Roger *****************************************************