“GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YA’ NOW” * TRINI LOPEZ * REPRISE (1967)
Month: February 2017
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
“98.6” * KEITH * MERCURY (1967)
INDIANA GOV. PUTS DOWN ‘PORNOGRAPHIC’ WAND TUNE . . . FEBRUARY 1, 1964
From the MCRFB NEWS Archive: 1964
The Kingsmen Hit Deemed Lyrically ‘Obscene and Suggestive’
INDIANAPOLIS — “Louie Louie” has been fingered by Indiana’s first citizen, Gov. Matthew Welsh, as being “pornographic.” The Governor, who after hearing the hit Wand recording by the Kingsmen, told people his “ears tingled.” Welsh then promptly fired off a request to Reid Chapman, president of the Indiana Broadcasters Association, requesting that the record be banned from all radio stations in the State, and Chapman, vice-president of WANE AM-AV, Fort Wayne, dutifully passed Welsh’s request on to his membership.
Reports from the capital city reveal that a high school student from Frankfort, Ind., was first to send the Governor a copy of the allegedly pornographic recording. College students from Miami University in Athens, Ohio, followed suit by providing Welsh with copies of printed “obscene lyrics.”
A spokesman at Indianapolis’ WIBC, the city’s top-rater, said that the record (this week No. 6 in the nation) was No. 4 at the station for the past two weeks, but is not currently being played.
Group W’s 50,000-watt outlet in Fort Wayne reports that the station has never played the record, but is carefully investigating all the allegations. It was learned that attempts by WOWO and other stations to capture the lyrics from the Wand waxing was nearly impossible because of the allegedly unintelligible rendition as performed by the Kingsmen.
Sources at Sceptor-Wand Records in New York flatly stated that “not in anyone’s wildest imagination are the lyrics as presented on the Wand recording in any way suggestive, let alone obscene.”
The feeling at the diskery is that a bootleg version may be the culprit.
It also seems likely that some shrewd press agentry may also he playing an important role in this teapot tempest. Exactly whose press agent is hard to pin down at this point. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; February 1, 1964)
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA: ‘HOT 100′ BILLBOARD! 02/1961
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 01 U.S.A. * The Shirelles * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 02 U.S.A. * Lawrence Welk * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 03 U.S.A. * Ferrante & Teicher * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 04 U.S.A. * Miracles * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 05 U.S.A. * Neil Sedaka * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 06 U.S.A. * Bert Kaempfert * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 07 U.S.A. * Rosie & The Originals * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 08 U.S.A. * Brenda Lee * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 09 U.S.A. * Jackie Wilson * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 10 U.S.A. * Bobby Vee * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 11 U.S.A. * Elvis Presley * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 12 U.S.A. * The Chimes * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 13 U.S.A. * Ferlin Husky * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 14 U.S.A. * Ray Peterson * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 15 U.S.A. * Chubby Checker * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 16 U.S.A. * Capris * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 17 U.S.A. * Drifters * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 18 U.S.A. * Duane Eddy * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 19 U.S.A. * Johnny Horton * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 20 U.S.A. * Connie Francis * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 21 U.S.A. * Paul Anka * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 22 U.S.A. * Conway Twitty * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 23 U.S.A. * Floyd Kramer * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 24 U.S.A. * Buzz Clifford * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 25 U.S.A. * Lolita * 02/06/61
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 FEBRUARY 6, 1961
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These were the record singles you bought in 1961. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, February 1961, on Top 40 WJBK and WXYZ and WKMH, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.
Top 25 tracks listed for this 02/06/61 chart were selected by the author exclusively for this feature.
THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1961
THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’65
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’65!
FOUR TOPS * Something About You * MOTOWN 1965
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’66
“MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU” (INSTRUMENTAL) * The Supremes * 1966
HOLLY DEATH TO BE MARKED BY STATIONS . . . FEBRUARY 1, 1964
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
Radio Nationwide To Observe Holly’s Passing 5 Years Ago
NEW YORK — Radio stations across the country are preparing to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly, Monday, February 3.
During Holly’s short recording career of two years, he amassed under the aegis of Coral Records, a continuous string of best sellers, such as “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be The Day.” Currently, there are six Holly albums available. ‘The Buddy Holly Story” holds the distinction of being represented for 160 consecutive weeks on the national best- selling album chart.
Coral Records has been continually releasing newly discovered performances by Holly which were made prior to his emergence as a star in 1957.
In conjunction with the February 3 date, Decca branches and distributors will be contacting local radio stations to assist in setting special tributes to the former recording artist. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; February 1, 1964)
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WHEN THE MUSIC DIED
February 3, 1959
NOT FADE AWAY: COLLECTION OF BUDDY HOLLY HITS!
BUDDY HOLLY’S GREATEST HITS * Buddy Holly * 20 HITS COLLECTION
A WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ OLDIES ALBUM PROMO AD, 1964!
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WKNR OLDIES BUT GOODIES VOL. 1 * Bob Green Productions * WKNR 1964
