Category: Tom Shannon

FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’67. . . JULY 8, 1967

From the MCRFB news archive: 1967

Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town, 1967

 

 

 

 

Detroit — Columbia Records, Tom and Jerry Schoenith’s Upper Deck of the Roostertail and CKLW combined Monday, July 3 in an all-out promotion for Columbia’s Moby Grape. Columbia Records promotion man Russ Yerge brought the Grape into town that day and arranged with the Schoenith’s to have a special Moby Grape night at their club, which is normally closed Mondays. The public was admitted free. Paul Drew, program director of CKLW, co-operated in promoting the evening with a barrage of spot announcements about the free show. Drew also put the group’s single “Omaha” on his CKLW Big 30 playlist. All of the CKLW deejays, including Tom Shannon and CKLW-TV personality Robin Seymour, were on hand at the Upper Deck to introduce the Haight-Ashbury San Francisco band. The new group earlier in the day appeared on Seymour’s TV show. . . . Terry Knight is booked into the Chess Mate for two weeks beginning Monday, July 10. . . . The Bee Gees are coming into Detroit on a promotion trip Thursday, July 13. . . . Gordon Lightfoot is playing at the Living End the week of July 17. . . . Nanett (Fabray) was in Detroit Tuesday, July 4 to promote her Canusa record, “The Look Of Love.” END

The Grape in 1966.
San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury band Moby Grape in 1967. (Michael Ochs Archives).

(Information and news source: Billboard; July 8, 1967).

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FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’67 . . . AUGUST 19, 1967

From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1967

Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town, 1967

 

 

 

The Monkees’ Concert was canceled at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium, Saturday, July 29, 1967.

DETROIT — The Monkees concert originally scheduled for July 29 at Olympia Stadium which was canceled due to the riots, was rescheduled for August 13. WKNR, alongwith its promotion and production department, heavily advertised and was sponsor to the Detroit sold-out event, in conjunction with Dick Clark Productions. . . .  The Pleasure-Seekers, an all-girl group from Grosse Pointe, are booked into Trude-Heller’s in Manhattan and have signed with Associated Bookings in New York. . . . The Grateful Dead played at the Grande Ballroom, a psychedelic ballroom-venue here owned by Russ Gibb, on Friday and Saturday, August11 – 12. . . . . CKLW-TV personality Robin Seymour is hosting a series of ‘Celebrity Nights’ at the Upper Deck at the Roostertail on Mondays. He opened on Monday, August 7 with the Rationals, Deon Jackson and Chris Peterson. . . . MGM promotion manager here, Larry Benjamin, is hosting a party for the Paupers to meet disk jockeys and the press at the Pontchartrain Hotel Wednesday, August 16. . . . The Kingsmen are booked to perform at the University of Detroit, Saturday, August 26. . . . “Bearskin Rug Sounds,” an album of readings by CKLW disk jockey Tom Shannon, did so well locally that it will be distributed nationally on the Sound label. . . . Walsh Allen has joined WJLB as operations manager. He spent three years as program director at Cleveland’s R&B WABQ. . . . The Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its first Michigan appearance at the Fifth Dimension in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, August 15. . . . The Spencer Davis Group is in concert at the Ford Auditorium here, slated for Thursday August 24. . . . The Motown Records sales convention takes place here August 25 – 28. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; August 19, 1967)

A MCRFB Note: For more on the WKNR 1967 “Monkees In Detroit” concert, see our previous MCRFB March 3, 2012 feature, here.

For more on Tommy Shannon’s “Bear Skin Rug” Music LP, see our previous MCRFB May 4, 2012 feature here.

The Monkees in 1967. WKNR and Dick Clark sponsored the (re-scheduled) Monkees’ Concert at the Olympia on August 13, 1967.
Legendary CKLW great Tom Shannon was host to “Bearskin Rug” in 1966. (Photo courtesy Tom Shannon)

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SHANNON’S SPOT ON CKLW-TV 9… OCTOBER 5, 1968

From the MCRFB news archives:

DETROIT’S NO. 1 DEEJAY DEBUTS NEW TEEN DANCE SHOW

 

 

 

 

 

DETROIT — “The Lively Spot,” hosted by CKLW deejay Tom Shannon, bowed here on CKLW-TV (channel 9) on Monday, September 30, replacing the Robin Seymour “Swingin’ Time” show.  The show will be seen 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday when it will be known as “The Tom Shannon Show.”  He’ll continue his 6 to 9 p.m. on the CKLW radio station.

The Tom Shannon Show on CKLW-TV 9; newspaper ad from local newspaper TV guide; 1969. (Click on image for larger view).

Elmer Jasper, director of programming for CKLW-TV, predicts Shannon will become a great favorite of Detroit young people on TV. Shannon joined CKLW four years ago. A song-writer, he wrote the 1963 hit,  “Wild Weekend,” by the Rebel Rousers. He also wrote “Soul Clappin’,” a local hit currently playing in Detroit on the radio charts, as performed by the Buena Vistas on the Marquee record label. END.

 

(Information and news source: Billboard; October 5, 1968).

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AIRCHECKS LIBRARY: THE ‘HISTORY OF DETROIT RADIO’

Everyone who is anyone in the radio biz knows “Radio’s Best Friend.” Art Vuolo is literally the video archivist of the broadcasting profession. VuoloVideo.com is a must-visit site for both aspiring and accomplished broadcasters who want to watch the best of the best in action.

But before Art perfected his video artistry, he was a key chronicler of Detroit radio history. His 12 hour magnum opus, ‘The History of Detroit Radio’ became an instant classic when it first aired on WDRQ. 

According to WDRQ programmer Don Barrett, he commissioned Art Vuolo to produce the ‘History of Detroit Radio’ which aired the weekend prior WDRQ’s official new format launch (formerly WDEE) in June, 1971. The documentary was narrated by WDRQ morning news anchor Richard Mock.

The still program stands up as one of the best radio documentaries ever made. It’s one of hundreds upon hundreds of audio treasures in our Motor City Radio Flashback Aircheck Library.

 

History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.01.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.02.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.03.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.04.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.05.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.06.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.07.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.08.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.09.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.10.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.11.mp3
History.Of.Detroit.Radio.Chapter.12.mp3

 

 

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‘CK AM-AM: REMEMBERING THE SOUND OF ‘THE BIG 8’

Need a CK fix? Who can forget Tom Shannon, Pat Holiday, & Teddy Bear Richards. And, yes, we have some vintage Tom Clay material, along with some sounds of CK in the 90s via Lynn Martin and Rick Hamilton. It’s Radio 8-0 during it’s glorious Top 40 reign on the Detroit AM dial.

 

Try these 15 classic airchecks on for size. These CKLW memories will take you back! 🙂

CKLW.News.Lynne.Martin.8.12.93.mp3
CKLW.Pat.Holiday.3.3.77.edit.mp3
CKLW.Pat.Holiday.3.3.77.mp3
CKLW.Pat.Holiday.Realtime.December.31.1973.mp3
CKLW.Radio.80.Tommy.Shannon.Air.Check.C.K.L.W.1965.mp3
CKLW.Rick.Hamilton.2.19.92.mp3
CKLW.Rick.Hamilton.Part.2.mp3
CKLW.Rick.Hamilton.Part.3.Patti.Handysides.News.mp3
CKLW.Ted.The.Bear.Richards.December.1981.mp3
CKLW.Ted.The.Bear.Richards.Realtime.June.29.1973.mp3
CKLW.Tom.Clay.Aircheck.September.18.1964.mp3
CKLW.Tom.Clay.mp3
CKLW.Tom.Shannon.First.Day.Back.July.6.1976.mp3
CKLW.Tom.Shannon.From.Denver.To.Detroit.July.6.1976.mp3
CKLW.Tom.Shannon.WJBK.Terry.Knight.And.Tom.Shannon.mp3

 

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