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{{Infobox album
| name       = TCB
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] with [[the Temptations]]
| cover      = Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations - TCB.png
| alt        =
| released   = December 2, 1968
| recorded   = August 23 & 24, 1968
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[show tunes]]
| length     = 41:00
| label      = [[Motown]]<br /><small>MS 682</small>
| producer   = Motown Productions, Inc. <br /> [[George Schlatter]]–[[Ed Friendly]] Productions
| chronology = [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]]
| prev_title = [[Love Child (The Supremes album)|Love Child]]
| prev_year  = 1968
| next_title = [[Let the Sunshine In (album)|Let the Sunshine In]]
| next_year  = 1969
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Temptations]]
 | type       = soundtrack
 | prev_title = [[Diana Ross & The Supremes Join the Temptations]]
 | prev_year  = 1968
 | title      = TCB
 | year       = 1968
 | next_title = [[Live at the Copa (Temptations album)|Live at the Copa]]
 | next_year  = 1968
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r59767|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="rs">{{cite book|chapter=The Supremes|last=Berger|first=Arion|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|pages=797|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA797|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''TCB''''' is a [[1968 in music|1968]] [[television special]] produced by [[Motown|Motown Productions]] and [[George Schlatter]]–[[Ed Friendly]] Productions of ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In|Laugh-In]]'' fame. The special is a musical [[revue]] starring Motown's two most popular groups at the time, [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] and [[The Temptations]]. Containing a combination of [[showtune]]s, specially prepared numbers, and popular Motown hits, the special was taped before a live studio audience in August 1968 and originally broadcast December 9, 1968 on [[NBC]], sponsored by the [[Timex Group|Timex]] watch corporation. The title of the program uses a then-popular [[acronym]], "TCB", which stands for "'''T'''aking '''C'''are of '''B'''usiness".

Among the program's highlights were [[Diana Ross]]' "Afro Vogue" solo spot, [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]]' emotionally charged rendition of "[[For Once in My Life]]," a cover by both groups of the [[Aretha Franklin]] version of [[Otis Redding]]'s "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]," and then-new Temptations lead singer [[Dennis Edwards]]' lead performance on "[[(I Know) I'm Losing You]]," a song considered a signature for his predecessor, [[David Ruffin]].

Pre-empting ''Laugh-In'' on Monday night, ''TCB'' was the first musical TV special of the [[rock music|rock]] era to air on American broadcast television.<ref name="TCB" /> It exceeded all performance expectations, winning its timeslot in the ratings and becoming the top-rated variety show of 1968.<ref name="TCB">Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.{{ISBN|978-0-470-26117-0}}. Pg. 191-198.</ref> A soundtrack album, ''TCB &ndash; The Original Cast Soundtrack'' was released a week before the special aired on December 9 and reached No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top 200 albums chart]]. It also became the second #1 album for Diana Ross and The Supremes. The first #1 was ''[[The Supremes A' Go Go]]'' in 1966 by The Supremes and the second was ''[[Greatest Hits (The Supremes album)|Greatest Hits]]'' in 1967.

As of June 2025, the show has not been officially released on [[home video]], although it remains a popular bootleg among fans.<ref name=amazon>[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=Diana+Ross+and+the+Supremes+and+the+Temptations+TCB Search results for material at Amazon.com]</ref> Various clips are available for viewing [[online]] by [[streaming media]], including [[YouTube]].<ref name=google>[https://www.google.com/#tbm=vid&q=TCB+Diana+Ross+and+the+Supremes+and+the+Temptations+ Search results for material by Google search engine]</ref>

The vinyl LP [[soundtrack album]] has been [[remastered]] and reissued on [[CD]].<ref name=amazon />

==Cast==
*[[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]]:
**[[Diana Ross]]
**[[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]]
**[[Cindy Birdsong]]
*[[The Temptations]]:
**[[Dennis Edwards]]
**[[Eddie Kendricks]]
**[[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]]
**[[Melvin Franklin]]
**[[Otis Williams]]

==Songs in TV Special==
#"TCB"
#"[[Stop! In the Name of Love]]"
#Introduction of Diana Ross & the Supremes
#"[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]"
#Introduction of the Temptations
#"[[Get Ready (The Temptations song)|Get Ready]]"
#"[[My Girl (The Temptations song)|My Girl]]" Introduction of Diana Ross
#"[[The Way You Do the Things You Do]]"
#Medley:
#*"[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]"
#*"[[Eleanor Rigby]]"
#*"[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]"
#*"[[Mrs. Robinson]]"
#"[[Respect (song)|Respect]]"
#Medley:
#*"[[Reflections (The Supremes song)|Reflections]]" 
#*"Afro-Vogue" (dance instrumental)
#"[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]"
#"[[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]"
#Introduction of the Temptations
#"[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello, Young Lovers]]"
#"[[For Once in My Life]]"
#"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
#"With a Song in My Heart"/"Without a Song"
#Medley:
#*"[[Come See About Me]]"
#*"[[My World Is Empty Without You]]"
#*"[[Baby Love]]"
#"[[I Hear a Symphony]]"
#"[[The Impossible Dream (The Quest)|The Impossible Dream]]"

==Song list for ''TCB'' soundtrack album==
''Lead vocalists on each track are identified by superscripts: (a) Diana Ross, (b) Dennis Edwards, (c) Eddie Kendricks, (d) Paul Williams, (e) Otis Williams, (f) Temptations Ensemble''

===Side one===
#"TCB" (Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan) – 2:55 <sup>a, f</sup>
#"[[Stop! In the Name of Love]]" ([[Holland-Dozier-Holland]]) – 1:12 <sup>a</sup>
#Introduction of Diana Ross & the Supremes – 0:55
#"[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 1:48 <sup>a</sup>
#Introduction of the Temptations/"[[Get Ready (The Temptations song)|Get Ready]]" ([[Smokey Robinson]]) – 2:34 <sup>a, c</sup>
#Introduction of Diana Ross/"[[The Way You Do the Things You Do]]" (Robinson, [[Bobby Rogers|Robert Rogers]]) – 3:23 <sup>b, a, c</sup>
#Medley – 5:15
##"[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]" (Bobby Scot, Ric Marlow) <sup>c</sup>
##"[[Eleanor Rigby]]" ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]) <sup>a</sup>
##"[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]" ([[Burt Bacharach]], [[Hal David]]) <sup>a</sup>
##"[[Mrs. Robinson]]" ([[Paul Simon]]) <sup>a, f</sup>
#"[[Respect (song)|Respect]]" ([[Otis Redding]]) – 2:37 <sup>d, a</sup>
#"[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]" ([[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Stephen Sondheim]]) – 3:07 <sup>a</sup>

===Side two===
#"[[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]" ([[Norman Whitfield]], [[Edward Holland Jr.]]) – 2:05 <sup>b</sup>
#Introduction of the Temptations – 0:45
#"[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello, Young Lovers]]" ([[Richard Rodgers]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – 2:17 <sup>f</sup>
#"[[For Once in My Life]]" (Ron Miller, Orlando Muller) – 3:43 <sup>d, e</sup>
#"[[(I Know) I'm Losing You]]" (Whitfield, E. Holland) – 3:07 <sup>b</sup>
#"[[With a Song in My Heart (song)|With a Song in My Heart]]/[[Without a Song]]" (Richard Rodgers, [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Vincent Youmans]], [[Edward Eliscu]], [[Billy Rose]]) – 3:00 <sup>a</sup>
#Medley (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:20 <sup>a</sup>
##"[[Come See About Me]]"
##"[[My World Is Empty Without You]]"
##"[[Baby Love]]"
#"[[I Hear a Symphony]]" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:47 <sup>a</sup>
#"[[The Impossible Dream (The Quest)|The Impossible Dream]]" (Joe Darion, [[Mitch Leigh]]) – 3:10  <sup>a, d</sup>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1969)
!scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|2|chartid=5907|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK|11|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[UK R&B Albums Chart|UK R&B Albums]] (''[[Record Mirror]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/60s/Record-Mirror-1969-08-23-S-OCR-IDX-11.pdf#search=%22edwin%20hawkins%20oh%20happy%20day%22|title=R&B LP'S|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=11|date=August 23, 1969|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=The Supremes|access-date=1 January 2020|rowheader=yes}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
!scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-12-27.pdf#page=16|title=TOP LP's—1969 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=16|date=December 27, 1969|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
!scope="row" | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/Billboard%201969-12-27.pdf#page=18|title=TOP RECORDS OF 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts): TOP SOUL ALBUMS—1969 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=18|date=December 27, 1969|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Cashbox'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969YEAP.html|title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969 (TOP 100 POP ALBUMS)|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107101459/https://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1969YEAP.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES WITH THE TEMPTATIONS|title=TCB|award=Gold|relyear=1968|certyear=1999|refname=riaa|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref name="Million Selling Records">{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells   |title= Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory  |isbn=0-7134-3843-6|publisher= [[B.T. Batsford]] |location=London|date= 1984 |page=272 }}</ref>}}
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==Awards for TV special==

The show received an [[Emmy]] Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Electronic Production.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446044/awards?ref_=tt_awd ''TCB (TV program)'' - Awards] at [[Internet Movie Database]]</ref>

==See also==

* ''[[G.I.T. on Broadway]]'', 1969 follow-up special

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0446044|TCB (TV program)}}

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