From the MCRFB archive files:
Billboard Ad 1967: Simon & Garfunkel
Month: July 2012
FLASHBACK ADS: “JIMMY MACK” * MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS * 1967
From the MCRFB archive files:
Billboard Ad 1967: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
FLASHBACK ADS: “THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY” * AD LIBS * 1965
From the MCRFB archive files:
Billboard Ad 1965: The Ad Libs
WXYZ-AM WARTIME BACK-PAGES: RADIO AT WAR, ’45
A special THANK YOU goes out to our friend, James Heddle, Tucson, Arizona, for his recent contribution to our website — in sharing this historic and rare WXYZ (1945) wartime radio booklet with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
A MCRFB viewing tip: On your PC? For a larger detailed view click above image 2x and open to second window. Click image anytime to return to NORMAL image size.
Click your server’s back button to return to MCRFB.COM home page.
On your mobile device? Tap on image. Open to second window. “Stretch” image across your device screen to magnify for largest print view.
HERMAN’S HERMITS’ RECORD HOT FOR ’65 . . . APRIL 17, 1965
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1965
HERMAN’S HERMITS SET MARK ON HOT 100 CHART
NEW YORK — Herman’s Hermits, the hottest record-selling act today, have set a precedent by having their latest single release, “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter,” break into the Hot 100 chart at the No. 12 position this week. This is the highest jump of any record, thus far, that has ever hit the chart. The previous high was the Beatles’ release of their single “A Hard Day’s Night,” on Capitol Records, which vaulted at the No. 21 spot last year.
Herman’s Hermits currently have three singles ranked within the top 20 of the Hot 100 chart, with their “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” at No. 6, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” at No. 12 and “Silhouettes”“at No. 19 after only three weeks on the charts.
Just last month, WKNR, the number one top 40 radio station in Detroit, confirmed “Can’t You Heart My Heartbeat” as having been the most popular hit in record sales, through the station’s own influence with its listeners. “Heartbeat,” recently was the No. 1 song on WKNR for three consecutive weeks in the Motor City. The song hit the No. 13 position at the station on February 25 after debuting there (at No. 28) the previous week. It jumped all the way to the No. 1 spot on WKNR the following week, beginning March 3, and it stayed at the top there through March 24, when it dropped down to the No. 4 spot on Keener 13.
But the latest tune, from the British band’s latest LP, has received what is considered the heaviest airplay of any record not released as a single to date.
Disk jockeys were playing the track from the group’s smash LP, “Introducing Herman’s Hermits,” which is currently at No. 3 this week on the Top LP’s chart in Billboard.
While “Silhouettes” was just released three weeks ago, MGM were forced to release “Mrs. Brown” due to popularity and demand and to date has found there has been no effect in the sale of the other two singles by the same group.
The advanced airplay on this tune has obviously helped the sales of this LP tremendously, since demand has forced consumers to buy the package to obtain “Mrs. Brown.”
The group is scheduled to arrive in this country Monday, April 19, for a month of one-nighters with the Dick Clark tour starting April 30. Prior to that Herman’s Hermits will make several personal appearances upon their arrival here. They are slated to appear on ABC-TV’s “Shindig” on May 4. END
___
(Information and news source: Billboard; April 17, 1965)
BILLBOARD APRIL 17, 1965
HERMAN’S HERMITS
“Mrs Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter,” eventually went on to become the nation’s No. 1 song for three consecutive weeks — May 1, May 8, May 15, before dropping down to No. 2 on May 22, 1965 — according to the Billboard charts for May 1965.
WKNR’S GARY STEVENS ON TOUR ABROAD . . . JANUARY 23, 1965
A MCRFB news brief:
WKNR Gary Stevens Embarks on European Tour
Gary Stevens, WKNR (Detroit) afternoon deejay, is currently on tour in Europe and England along with his wife Peggy. Tour will include stops along the way to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Plans includes a visit with the Beatles in the U.K. as well. During the trip, Stevens will be shooting film for his daily WKBD-TV dance show on Detroit’s channel 50.
(Information and news source: Billboard; January 23, 1965).
From the MCRFB aircheck library, featuring:
WKNR-AM: WKNR – Gary Stevens – December 1964.mp3
THE WNIC JOCKS
DO YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE?
JOEY REYNOLDS BACK IN THE DAY!
LOST 45 * 1963
FLASHBACK POP MUSIC HISTORY: JULY 27
From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: JULY 27
1958: A study by Esso Oil (formerly Standard Oil, eventually Exxon) finds that drivers speed more and therefore waste more gas when listening to the new fad of rock and roll music blaring over the car radio.
1968: A riot erupts at Chicago’s Grant Park after Sly and the Family Stone fail to appear for a free concert.
1969: Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees purportedly collapses from “nervous exhaustion” just as the group is about to embark on their first U.S. tour, but its actually a ruse designed to hasten his exit from the group.
1974: After 23 years, Dinah Shorr leaves the NBC-TV network when it cancels her morning program Dinah’s Place in order to concentrate on games shows.
1976: John Lennon ends his four-year battle to stay in the United States, as a special government hearing grants him a US immigration department green card (Number A-17-597-321).
1976: Bruce Springsteen’s meteoric rise is stalled when he sues his manager Mike Appel for fraud and breach of contract, keeping him from performing and recording over a year.
1976: After years of alleged physical and verbal abuse, and having been left over the Fourth of July holiday with nothing but pocket change and a gas station credit card, Tina Turner files for divorce from her husband of sixteen-years, Ike.
1979: A firebomb destroys Alice Cooper’s Indian art store in Scottsdale, AZ., causing $200,000 worth of damages to, among other things, some of Cooper’s gold records. The singer jokes that perhaps “a disco music freak” torched the place, as Alice has gone on the record as being boisterous about not liking the new music trend.
1992: Michael Jackson sues the London tabloid Daily Mirror over claims that too many plastic surgeries has left him permanently disfigured.
1994: Bob Seger serves jury duty in Michigan and, as the foreman in a criminal trial, finds the defendant guilty as charged.
Deaths: Bobby Day; 1990. Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd); 2001. John Entwistle (the Who); 2002.
Releases: “Sleepwalk,” Santo & Johnny; 1959. “People Got To Be Free,” The Rascals; 1968. “Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” Mama Cass Elliot; 1968. “Sweet Home Alabama,” Lynyrd Skynyrd; 1974.
Recording: “Why Don’t You Do Right,” Peggy Lee; 1942. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” The Tokens; 1961.
Charts: 1955: “Maybelline,” Chuck Berry; enters the charts. 1957: “Mr. Lee,” The Bobbettes; enters the charts. 1974: “Annie’s Song,” John Denver; hits No. 1. on the charts.
Certifications: None for this date.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. 