A SUMMER HIATUS! WEBSITE WILL RESUME ON 09/04/18


HAPPY LABOR DAY, 2018!

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Just a note to inform this website will be taking a short, late-summer break, beginning August 23. But the website is open always. 24/7! 🙂

Motor City Radio Flashbacks will resume its website features and operations, Tuesday, September 4, 2018.

Enjoy . . . have a safe Labor Day holiday weekend!



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WPON 1460 PONTIAC: ‘THE LIVE 25’ PLAYLIST! 7/1/1965

WPON 1460 AM July 1, 1965

WPON 1460 AM July 1, 1965

WPON 1460 AM July 1, 1965

WPON 1460 AM July 1, 1965

WPON ‘LIVE 25’ CHART

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Thursday, July 1, 1965


A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, Ferndale, MI., for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this *rare* find WPON Top 25 playlist. Issued; July 1, 1965.



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WCZY-FM: THE Z 95.5 ALL HIT LIST! WEEK OF 08/03/1987

Z 95.5 FM ALL HIT LIST August 3, 1987

Z 95.5 FM ALL HIT LIST August 3, 1987

DETROIT WCZY-FM THE ‘ALL HIT’ LIST

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31 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

August 3, 1987


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WCZY 95.5 FM

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

Above WCZY music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.



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MOTOWN FUNK BROTHER EDDIE WILLIS, DEAD AT 82

Eddie Willis, famed Motown guitarist, died this morning in his home in Gore Springs, Miss. He was 82.

Eddie Willis

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June 3, 1936 – August 20, 2018

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For more on this story, please GO HERE.


Funk Brothers Motown guitarists Eddie Willis and Joe Messina, pictured together here, circa early 2000s. Joe Messina is the last surviving member of the original Funk Brothers, according to today’s Detroit Free Press article, 8/20/2018.


A special thank you to Ric Allen, Michigan Music historian, for directing this Detroit Free Press story (printed this afternoon 3:25 p.m; online) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.



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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! BOBBY TAYLOR, ’68


Bobby Taylor (sporting sunglasses) & The Vancouvers circa 1968. With Wes Henderson and Tommy Chong. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Bobby Taylor (holding briefcase) and the Vancouvers, early 1968, at Hitsville U.S.A. (L-R): Ted Lewis, Wes Henderson, Tommy Chong, Eddie Patterson and Robbie King. (Photo courtesy classic.motown.com/)


 

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MOTOWN MONDAYS: ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINTS, 1960S!

A Detroit Free Press Motortown Revue ad. Admission price for adults: 2 dollars. Children (under 12): 1.00 dollar. Sunday, December 29, 1968, featuring Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers.

Detroit Free Press January 3, 1969

Sunday, December 29, 1968

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Friday, January 3, 1969

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE AD

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Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.

The above featured ‘Motown’ article/ad was clipped, saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks


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SCOTT W. HOSTS THE WKNR KEENER13.COM PODCAST!


THE KEENER PODCAST: SCOTT W. CELEBRATES the 2005 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE!

Keener13.com website logo.


Special THANKS to Scott Westerman for sharing his KEENER13.COM WDC 2005 Keener podcast with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!


 

THE KEENER PODCAST! AUGUST 13, 2005

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WE CELEBRATE THE 2005 WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE with air checks from past broadcasts featuring Bob Green and Scott Regen and Bob Berry’s interview with Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, a piece that never aired due to the historic black out of 2003. We highlight some of the 2004 Dream Cruise events and showcase a trunk load of music for cruising from Jan and Dean, Ronnie and the Daytonas, the Beach Boys and more. Scott Westerman hosts our 34th Keener Podcast. — c. SCOTT WESTERMAN, KEENER13.COM



Keener 13 Woodward Dream Cruise 2003 Sticker

woodwardreamcruise.com


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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!



NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * The Rascals * 08/11/68 – 09/14/1968


BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING August 17, 1968

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!

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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “People Got To Be Free” by The Rascals peaked this week at No. 01 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. August 11 through September 14, 1968(Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.



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