September 8, 1973 –
Marvin Gaye started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Let’s Get It On, on this date.
Let’s Get It On was the title track of Gaye’s 1973 album. It topped the Billboard Pop Singles chart for two weeks and the Billboard Soul Singles chart for eight weeks. It also made history as Motown’s most successful release in the United States to that date and the second most successful song of 1973 (behind Tony Orlando & Dawn’s Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree).
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