A ’65 Motor City Radio Flashback
WKNR HEATS UP DETROIT WINTER, 1965
H E Y D O Y O U R E M E M B E R the Think Summer campaign Keener launched in Detroit in the winter of 1965?
Well let’s see . . . . I can still see those Think Summer newspaper ads, and there were those Think Summer button give-aways, there was also a Think Summer contest as well, those Think Summer billboards around town, and then there was a Think Summer song, yeah . . . that was played on the radio on Keener 13!
According to the WKNR music guides posted on Keener13.com, Think Summer by Susan Wayne debuted during the week of February 18, 1965. But by the time Think Summer peaked at the No. 25 spot on WKNR, March 3, 1965, well, that would be it . . . just three short weeks on the WKNR Keener 13 playlists.
But that was enough for WKNR to generate some kind of ‘mirage,’ if you will, a brief winter’s thaw we must have felt, at least momentarily, during the station’s contest with all their summer-time give-a-ways during that February. If all else, the Think Summer promo became the ultimate Keener event during that cold winter here in Detroit 47-years ago.
Straight from the Keener vaults, courtesy of WKNR’s own Bob Green, here’s three of those WKNR Think Summer promos from that memorable winter’s brief “summer-time fun” contestants cashed in on listening to Keener 13, 1965.
And Last, from the MCRFB music archives, here we present “Think Summer“ as it was recorded by Columbia’s own, here she is, folks . . . Susan Wayne!
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From the MCRFB Audio Archives
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WKNR-AM – Think Summer – Keener 13 Contest (1965 Promo A)
WKNR-AM – Think Summer – Keener 13 Contest (1965 Promo B)
WKNR-AM – Think Summer – Keener 13 Contest (1965 Promo C)
SUSAN WAYNE * 1965
Enjoy the WKNR 1965 “THINK SUMMER” audio flashbacks!
A MCRFB NOTE: By the way, according to Bob Green, that was Danielle David and her Dearborn Dolls singing along in the ‘Name Game’ Think Summer promo. Thanks, Bob, for sharing with us these classic WKNR audio gems with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
