6/71: THE HISTORY OF DETROIT RADIO PREMIERES! ‘DRQ

THE LANDMARK 1971 WDRQ-FM BROADCAST!

HOUR 2 CHAPTER 03
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ART VUOLO * The History of Detroit Radio * WDRQ-FM June 19-20, 1971

HOUR 2 CHAPTER 04

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ART VUOLO * The History of Detroit Radio * WDRQ-FM June 19-20, 1971

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A special THANK YOU to Art Vuolo for donating his 1971 6 hour ‘THE HISTORY of DETROIT RADIO’ production now archived on Motor City Radio Flashbacks. The program premiered on WDRQ-FM 12 noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20. Originally conceived, created and produced by Art Vuolo, 1971.

DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, June 20, 1971

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

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * Frank and Nancy Sinatra * 04/09/67 – 05/06/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING APRIL 15, 1967

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Somethin’ Stupid” by Frank and Nancy Sinatra peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week April 9 through May 6, 1967. (source: Billboard)

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT MEMORIES: GLADYS KNIGHT ’70s

**RECORDED LATE -1972, ‘NEITHER ONE OF US‘** would become the last album *Gladys Knight and the Pips* would record for Motown. By March 1973, when this LP was released, the group by that time had signed to record with *Buddah Records* in February. Their 1973 single, *“Daddy Could Swear I Declare,”* would become the second single taken off the album by the group, having made the top 20 *(pop #19; R&B #2)* after it’s release in April. The first single from the LP, *“Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye),”* would become the last single prior Gladys Knight & The Pips departure from Motown. But it would become one of their biggest. The single peaked at #2 (2 weeks) on Billboard, April 4, 1973. The single (*Soul S 35098*) was released on December 26, 1972.

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’72!

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS * SOUL * (MOTOWN) 1972

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’68

“LOVE CHILD” (INSTRUMENTAL) * The Supremes * 1968

HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED

ERNIE HARWELL * Signature Calls * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK

‘SIGNATURE CALLS’

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Besides the voice of Ernie Harwell, the various narratives you will hear throughout the entire audio book is by Raleigh, N.C. sports broadcaster Gordon Miller. Occasional questions you will also hear is by veteran Duke University sports broadcaster Bob Harris.

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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was commonly known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award. That same year he became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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THE VOICE of SUMMER REMEMBERED

(Audio source and link: Ernie Harwell’s Audio Scrapbook; 2009)

DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1966 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Saturday, April 16, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM Joey Reynolds

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