TOP 100 MOTOWN HITS
1961-1969
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye - 1968
- Baby Love - The Supremes - 1964
- Fingertips - Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder - 1963
- I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations - 1969
- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes - 1961
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops - 1965
- Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes - 1964
- Love Child - Diana Ross and the Supremes - 1968
- My Guy - Mary Wells - 1964
- Come See About Me - The Supremes - 1964
- Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops - 1966
- You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes - 1966
- Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross and the
Supremes - 1969 - My Girl - The Temptations - 1965
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight and the
Pips - 1967 - Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes - 1965
- Love is Here and Now You're Gone - The Supremes - 1967
- You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes - 1966
- Shop Around - The Miracles - 1961
- For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder - 1968
- Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas - 1964
- The Happening - The Supremes - 1967
- I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder - 1967
- I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes - 1965
- Back in My Arms Again - The Supremes - 1965
- Do You Love Me - The Contours - 1962
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross and the Supremes
and The Temptations - 1969 - Reflections - Diana Ross and the Supremes - 1967
- What Does it Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker and the
All Stars - 1969 - Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder - 1966
- I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson and the
Miracles - 1967 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye - 1969
- Shotgun - Jr. Walker and the All Stars - 1965
- Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas - 1963
- My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder - 1969
- I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations - 1968
- Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - 1967
- Bernadette - Four Tops - 1967
- Beauty is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations - 1966
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye - 1965
- Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr - 1969
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin - 1966
- The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells - 1962
- Playboy - The Marvelettes - 1962
- My World is Empty Without You - The Supremes - 1966
- You've Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles - 1963
- You're My Everything - The Temptations - 1967
- Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson and the
Miracles - 1969 - It's the Same Old Song - Four Tops - 1965
- Cloud Nine - The Temptations - 1968
- Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder - 1969
- Standing in the Shadows of Love - Four Tops - 1967
- Run Away Child, Running Wild - The Temptations - 1969
- Two Lovers - Mary Wells - 1963
- You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye and Tammi
Terrell - 1968 - Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes - 1966
- That's the Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye - 1969
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye and Tammi
Terrell - 1968 - Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles - 1963
- I'll Be Doggone - Marvin Gaye - 1965
- Quicksand - Martha and the Vandellas - 1963
- Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye - 1965
- Here Comes the Judge - Shorty Long - 1968
- Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas - 1965
- You Beat Me to the Punch - Mary Wells - 1962
- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder - 1968
- Pride and Joy - Marvin Gaye - 1963
- Jimmy Mack - Martha and the Vandellas - 1966
- All I Need - The Temptations - 1967
- Baby, I'm For Real - The Originals - 1969
- A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder - 1966
- (I Know) I'm Losing You - The Temptations - 1966
- Going to a Go-Go - The Miracles - 1966
- Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops - 1964
- My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) -
David Ruffin - 1969 - I'm Ready For Love - Martha and the Vandellas - 1966
- Blowin' in the Wind - Stevie Wonder - 1966
- If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - 1968
- Honey Chile - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - 1967
- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - 1968
- The Way You Do the Things You Do - The Temptations - 1964
- This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The Isley
Brothers - 1966 - Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations - 1966
- Love is Like an Itching in My Heart - The Supremes - 1966
- The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game - The
Marvelettes - 1967 - Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway - 1964
- In and Out of Love - Diana Ross and the Supremes - 1967
- It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston - 1967
- I'm Livin' in Shame - Diana Ross and the Supremes - 1969
- These Eyes - Jr. Walker and the All Stars - 1969
- Nothing But Heartaches - The Supremes - 1965
- The Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles - 1965
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - The
Temptations - 1968 - My Girl Has Gone - The Miracles - 1965
- Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye - 1964
- The End of Our Road - Gladys Knight and the Pips - 1968
- Ooo Baby Baby - The Miracles - 1965
- Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes - 1962
- You're a Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye - 1964
- Laughing Boy - Mary Wells - 1963
This list is comprised of songs released on the Tamla, Motown, Gordy, V.I.P. and Soul labels that made up Detroit's Motown (or "Hitsville U.S.A.") family of labels during the late 1950s and 1960s. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1961 through 1969 (early Motown releases from 1959 and 1960 are eligible, but none were big enough hits to make the list).
The Supremes lead the list with 19 songs (including six as Diana Ross and the Supremes, one of which features The Temptations). Marvin Gaye is runner-up with 14 (including four duets with Tammi Terrell and one with Kim Weston). The Temptations are next with 13 (including one with Diana Ross and the Supremes), followed by The Miracles with ten (including three as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles), Stevie Wonder with nine (including one as Little Stevie Wonder) and Martha and the Vandellas with seven (including one as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas).
