Month: March 2017

1950’S DETROIT: ‘KMH R. SEYMOUR NEWS FLASHBACKS!

Tuesday, July 29, 1952

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKMH: ‘WKMH’S Seymour Can Cry About Ray Deal, Too’ 

(Above WKMH related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).

Thursday, February 21, 1956

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ROBIN SEYMOUR ‘Original Rock ‘n’ Roll Show at Riviera Theater’ 

(Above WKMH related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).

A ROBIN SEYMOUR press photo circa 1964.

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WDEE-AM: DETROIT COUNTRY MUSIC TOP 40! 03/08/76

WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY March 8, 1976
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 01 * WAYLON and WILLIE
WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY March 8, 1976
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 02 * MERLE HAGGARD
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 03 * LARRY GATLIN
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 04 * WILLIE NELSON
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 05 * T. G. SHEPPARD
WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY March 8, 1976
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 06 * DON WILLIAMS

THE BIG “D” RADIO 15. 41 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

The Top 40 country hits in Detroit. Featuring the ‘Top 6’ off the survey. As tabulated by WDEE 1500, for the week beginning, March 8, 1976.

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WDEE music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

“DETROIT’S MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC STATION”

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BILLBOARD HOT 75 COUNTRY SINGLES THIS WEEK! 1967

THE NO. 1 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * Buck Owens * March 11, 1967

THE NO. 2 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * Merle Haggard * March 11, 1967

THE NO. 3 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * Jim Reeves * March 11, 1967

THE NO. 4 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * David Houston * March 11, 1967

THE NO. 5 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * George Jones * March 11, 1967

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WEXL ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

Many of these records were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s only country station 1340 on the AM dial at the time, WEXL, as was tabulated nationally week-ending previous, March 04, 1967.

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50TH! A JAMES BOND 007 SOUNDTRACK LP: HOT! 1967

‘CASINO ROYALE’ SCORE * Burt Bacharach * 1967 LP (COMPLETE ALBUM)

A WORD ON THIS ALBUM

This “Casino Royale’ soundtrack album was embraced universally by audio purists, as, ‘par excellence,’ when it was first released in 1967. The album is still much sought after today. Not only for its rare vinyl availability, but more so, it was noted for its applied advanced recordings at the time, heard defined in every single musical note, in each track in the score. To some music critics, still today, the soundtrack is regarded as one of the finest-sounding albums of all-time. Unfortunately, the original “Casino Royale’ master tapes was damaged as the album was in the process of being re-mastered in the 1990s.

Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents the original vinyl LP version in its entirety here.

For every song titles on the album, in order, double-click on the ‘Casino Royale Score’ above the audio bar. For more on Burt Bacharach, click on his name.

Music for the soundtrack performed by Herb Alpert; vocals, “The Look Of Love,” by Dusty Springfield.

Music composed by Burt Bacharach, music written by Hal David, “The Look Of Love,” also received a ‘Best Song’ Oscar nomination in the 1968 Academy Awards.

ALSO! COMING SOON TO A DETROIT THEATER NEAR YOU

DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, May 19, 1967.(Click on this image 2x for largest PC view. On mobile device? Tap over image to second window. Stretch fingers over the image for expanded print view)

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

 NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * The Supremes * WEEK OF 03/05/67 – 03/11/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING MARCH 04, 1967

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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ELEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone” by The Supremes peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week March 5 through March 11, 1967. (source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOTS! THE FOUR TOPS, LEVI STUBBS ’70

THE FOUR TOPS‘ LP, ‘STILL WATERS RUN DEEP‘ was released this month 47 years ago. The 11th of 18 albums by Levi Stubbs and the Tops for Motown, the 1970 LP produced two singles,“It’s All In The Game“ and “Still Water (Love).” The album would hit #21 on the Billboard LP chart in the United States that year. Another track off the album, “Still Water (Peace),” found its way on the back-side of the single, “Still Water (Love).”
LEVI STUBBS of the Four Tops, as he appeared in 1970, London.
(Getty images: Michael Putland)

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