CKLW HEARD 24/7 ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
12 STRAIGHT HOURS! AS IT HAPPENED
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Don McLean * CKLW (No. 02) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Melanie * CKLW (No. 03) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Joe Simon * CKLW (No. 04) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Jackson Five * CKLW (No. 05) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * New Seekers * CKLW (No. 06) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Badfinger * CKLW (No. 07) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Betty Wright * CKLW (No. 08) 12/27/71MCRFB.COM has every song selection on this CKLW playlist archived in it’s music library. All CKLW TOP EIGHT HITS (1-8) titles were selected by the author for your listening enjoyment, here.
CKLW BIG HITBOUNDS * Carly Simon * CKLW 12/27/71These were the records you bought. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM and FM STEREO radio, December of ’71, including stations WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, (the new) WDRQ-FM, Detroit.
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * Simon & Garfunkel * WEEK OF 12/26/65 – 01/01/1966FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “The Sounds Of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel peaked this week at No. 01 (one week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of December 26 through January 01, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.
TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE (50TH!) 1965 BILLBOARD NO. I HITS FEATURED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS THROUGHOUT 2015 — PLEASE GO HERE.
H E L L O A G A I N, J I M H A M P T O N H E R E . You know, after working as an air personality at WXYZ, WJBK and WCAR in Detroit, I moved to WLS as Production Director. One of my assignments was to create a 12-hour Christmas special that the station could play and give the entire staff the Holiday off.
After I moved to Los Angeles to work in radio syndication, among the thousands of programs I produced were numerous Christmas specials. There were short-form features, long-form specials and 24 hour formats.
In addition to great Christmas music, all of the programs I produced were filled with special features, stories, comedy, the amazing comments of little children, and, of course, interviews with everyday people and superstar celebrities.
The program content includes Contemporary and Classic Christmas songs. From Mathis to Buble, from Whitney to Barbra, and from The Ronettes to Jose Feliciano.
Plus, there are numerous vignettes about how Christmas customs came about, lots of celebrity drop-ins (Clint Eastwood, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis and many more), Tom Murphy (otherwise known as “world-famous” Tom Murphy offers his Holiday anecdotes, there are old radio clips from classic performers of the 40’s (Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns & Gracie Allen, to name a few), and the delightful, heartwarming and honest voices of little children reflecting on their favorite day of the year.
All in all, it is a 12-hour Holiday celebration for the whole family. It just may become the soundtrack of Christmas get togethers from now on. Hope you’ll join me today, Christmas Day, from 11:00 A.M. until 11:00 P.M., for this special 2015 holiday event on Detroit’s 760-AM WJR.
Written, produced and hosted by Jim Hampton, AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS can be heard from anywhere in the world over iHeartRadio, wjr.com, and of course throughout the Midwest on News/Talk 760 WJR.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! – JIM HAMPTON
DECEMBER * George Winston * 1982
