Month: January 2018
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’66!
GLADYS KNIGHT * 1966
MOTOWN MONDAYS: A 1980S ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINT
Monday, August 17, 1981
A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
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THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’66
“I’M A ROAD RUNNER” (INSTR.; EXT. VERSION) * JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS * ’66
WRIF: J. J. & MORNING CREW WAGES DISCO WAR, ’79
Sunday, August 19, 1979
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WRIF ‘Radio’s Disco-slamming’ Crew Stayin’ Alive’
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PRESS IMAGE FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST: WRIF, 1979
PRESS IMAGE FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST: WRIF, 1979
WRIF: (ANTI-DISCO) ’79 CODE OF D.R.E.A.D. CONDUCT
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * John Fred & His Playboy Band * 01/14/67 – 01/27/1968
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING January 20, 1968
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!
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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)” by John Fred & His Playboy Band peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week January 14 through January 27, 1968. (Source: Billboard)
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
THE HUMAN BEINZ * 1968
