Special Edition - Summer 2023 Luxury x Entertainment: Celebrating Black Music Month | Page 78

Upon their performance of the song at the Apollo Theater in 1965 , The Temptations ’ ‘ My Girl ’ hit number # 1 on the music charts and they received a telegram from Berry Gordy congratulating them for the song becoming # 1 , and the Supreme ’ s , the Beatles , and Jules Podell from the Copacabana all sent them a congratulatory telegram as well . The song gave the group it ’ s worldwide notoriety and become one of their legendary greatest hits .