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STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE
The Tamla Motown U.K. Revue
https://classic.motown.com/story/story-behind-the-image-the-tamla-motown-uk-revue/

From left to right: Rosalind Ashford, Betty Kelley, Martha Reeves, Claudette Robinson, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin (hidden), Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Otis Williams, Bobby Rogers, Melvin Franklin, Ronnie White, Paul Williams, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson. Stevie Wonder and the Earl Van Dyke Six are on the tour, but not shown here.

The Miracles, the Temptations, Martha & the Vandellas and the Supremes are pictured here in London, March 1965. The location is the city’s Marble Arch, a few days before the start of the Tamla Motown concert tour of the U.K. The Temptations are not part of the roadshow, but have come to town to promote their latest single, “It’s Growing.”....................

...........play in 20 cities in England, Scotland and Wales during March and April 1965.................

...........The tour was a critical success, but a commercial disappointment.