Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
Diana Ross
1970
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1970
Release: 1970Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 1970 release history of Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand). Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1970.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
All the Great Hits - recording-specific original years
The program preserves original recording fields for Reach Out and Touch and Remember Me in 1970, Good Morning Heartache in 1972, Theme from Mahogany in 1975, It's My Turn in 1980 and Endless Love in 1981. The compilation's 1981/2015 package dates do not date those older performances.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
This uplifting song became Diana Ross's debut solo single after leaving The Supremes.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1970.html, song-list position 117
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1970.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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