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Westbound Records release of famed CKLW newsman Byron MacGregor’s record 45 single of ‘Americans’, officially marked its debut on the CKLW Big 30 chart, this week, December 11, 1973.
Accordingly, the single would ultimately peak at #1 on CKLW on January 2, 1974, at date, just three weeks overall on the CKLW charts. Nationally, MacGregor’s ‘Americans’ would peak at #4 (1 week) on the Billboard charts on February 9, 1974.
All proceeds generated from sales off the single was decreed by Byron as a 100 per cent charitable donation for the American Red Cross.
Byron MacGregor, legendary news director at the Big 8, passed away at the age of 46, January 3, 1995.
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Audio recording was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
