I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU * acapella * THE TEMPTATIONS
MOTOWN MONDAY! SPOTLIGHT ON DENNIS EDWARDS
Month: October 2019
DENNIS EDWARDS OBIT: A MOTOWN 2018 NEWS PRINT
Saturday, February 3, 2018
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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
The Detroit Free Press: ‘Singer Dennis Edwards of Temptations Dies at 74’
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MOTOWN MONDAY DETROIT RECORD FLASHBACK! ’69
THE TEMPTATIONS
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Released August 30, “I Can’t Get Next To You” peaked at #1 (5 weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1969. B-side: “Running Away (Ain’t Gonna Help You)”
GORDY 7093 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’69
“I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU” [INSTRUMENTAL] * THE TEMPTATIONS
MEMORIALIZED MEMORIES RECALLED: TIGER STADIUM
ECHOES OF TIGER STADIUM * Joe Falls * 1999
— ECHOES of TIGER STADIUM —
ABOUT THIS RECORDING
In 1999, Joe Falls commiserated the closing of Tiger Stadium by recording and interviewing many of those who played and called “Tiger Stadium their home.” At the time these interviews were conducted, Joe Falls had been a Detroit Sports writer for 53 years, while having covered the Detroit Tigers for 47 years, In the 1960s, Falls was the sports editor at the Detroit Free Press.
The legendary sports reporter also was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Falls’ interviews were highlighted on WJR 760 throughout the Detroit Tigers’ baseball season, 1999, the final year of Tiger Stadium’s history.
George Cantor, the famed lead reporter covering the Detroit Tigers for the Detroit Free Press in the 1960s, relates of his own personal memories of Tiger Stadium as a child growing up in the Motor City, and covering the team as a newspaper reporter. His recollections opens the introduction to this Joe Falls collection of recordings and interviews from 20 years ago.
Cantor is the author of ‘The Tigers of ’68: Baseball’s Last Real Champions‘, published in 1997.
— DARNELL BROOKES COLLECTION —
NEW! A special THANK YOU to Darnell Brookes of Midland, Michigan, for recently sharing (September 2019) this Detroit sports audio memory (and information of this recording he provided as well) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks, as featured today.
IN THIS RECORDING YOU WILL HEAR THE VOICES OF:
Joe Falls; George Cantor; Kirk Gibson; Fr. Vincent Horken; Willie Horton; Jim Schmakel; Jim Price; Ted Williams; Paul Carey; Virgil Trucks;Jack Morris; Frank Fenick; Frank Beckmann; Mayor Dennis Archer; Tom Gage; Tony Clark; John McHale, Jr.; Gates Brown; Larry Parrish; Mark Fidrych; Dave Bergman; Max Lipes; Sonny Eliot; George Kell; John Hiller; Mickey Stanley; Bob Talbert; Earl Wilson; Denny McLain; Harmon Killebrew; Ernie Harwell; Charlie Maxwell; Ralph Snyder; Al Kaline; Steve Boros; Fred Smith; Billy Rogell; Alan Trammell; Bill Freehan; Mike Illitch; Mickey Lolich; Sparky Anderson; Jim Northrup; Irwin Cohen; Dan Petry; Dan Ewald; Jim Hendricks; Lance Parrish; Frank Tanana; Jim Bunning; Paul W. Smith; Conclusion
Joe Falls passed away on August 11, 2004. He was 76. George Cantor passed away on August 13, 2010, he was 69.
(Created by Joe Falls. Produced by Irwin Cohen, Primeau Productions; 1999)
— PHOTO CREDIT —
— Tiger Stadium photo (above): Bill Edwards; July 2008 —
— THE FINAL GAME at TIGER STADIUM —
In commemoration of the anniversary since Tiger Stadium formally closed twenty years ago, Motor City Radio Flashbacks last month featured the entire “last game” played at the Corner on September 27, 1999.
If you missed our special (September 27, 2019) feature, you can find it now archived on this site, HERE.
NEW… KEENER 13 AND THE SOUNDTRACK OF DETROIT!
BRAND NEW! 4 YEARS IN THE MAKING . . . .
AVAILABLE NOW IN DIGITAL AND BOOK FORM!
Hey, we have great news shared from our friend, Scott Westerman, over at Keener13.com —
At long last, the Keener legend is in print. It’s a tale 56 years in the making and 4 years in production, with biographical sketches of many of the original WKNR personalities, popular culture highlights from each year of the Keener era and scans of 9 years of WKNR Music Guides.
Motor City Music – Keener13 and the Soundtrack of Detroit tells the story of Keener’s birth and how Bob Green, Dick Purtan, Jerry Goodwin, Robin Seymour and others found their way to the Detroit airwaves. There are classic tales of Keener and the Beatles, a contest that almost landed WKNR in court and the station’s power to raise a half million dollars for charity during a newspaper strike.
We meet two of the men behind the scenes, program director, Frank Maruca and chief engineer Jerry Martin, a duo who help craft both the sound and the vibe that made WKNR jump out of your radio and into your heart.
Music guide buffs will love watching their favorite hits ride up and down the charts, watching how the promotional pictures of the announcers morphed over the years and remembering some of the products that Keener helped sell to thousands of fans across the Motor City.
Motor City Music is a true trip down memory lane, a required reference for those of us who followed the music and a loving tribute to the talent that transformed a 5,000 watt AM station that barely covered the market into a powerhouse that became the soundtrack of our lives.
Grab your copy of Motor City Music – Keener13 and the Soundtrack of Detroit in either print or digital form at Amazon.com.
Scott Westerman
October 1, 2019
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * The Temptations * 10/12/69 – 10/25/1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING October 18, 1969
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!
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SEVENTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I Can’t Get Next To You” by the Temptations peaked this month at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending October 12 through October 25, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 10/18/69
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 OCTOBER 12-18, 1969
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A 101-FM DETROIT RADIO PRESS PHOTO: DICK KERNEN
DICK KERNEN . . . THOUGHTS and WELL WISHES!
Motor City Radio Flashbacks would like to extend continued well wishes to Dick Kernen, who was hospitalized when this photo was taken a month ago.
We hope at this time Dick is now home fully recovered and is today well and back on his feet. 🙂
We missed not seeing him as well at the Last Detroit Radio Reunion event, September 14!
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Dick Kernen with friends Michael Seltzer and Tom Bender. (Photo courtesy of Michael Seltzer, Facebook).
