PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS * Ups And Downs * COLUMBIA (Billboard No. 22. 3/18/67)
Author: Jim Feliciano
FLASHBACKS! REELING IN THE YEARS EVERLY BROTHERS
FROM THE MCRFB MUSIC COLLECTION: ’63 MEMORIES!
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PAUL REVERE, FOUNDER OF RAIDERS FAME, DIES AT 76
OBITUARIES
Paul Revere dies at 76, founded Paul Revere and the Raiders
By Claire Noland | LA TIMES Staff Writer | October 5, 2014, 3:14 PM
Paul Revere, a teenage businessman who found an outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit in the form of a campy rock ‘n’ roll band that capitalized on his name, wore Revolutionary War-era costumes and cranked out a string of grungy hits in the mid-1960s, has died. The founder of Paul Revere and the Raiders was 76..
Revere died Saturday of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho, his longtime manager Roger Hart told the Associated Press. After a near-constant touring schedule in recent years, Revere retreated six months ago to his adopted home state because of health issues, said his tour manager, Ron Lemen.
Along with singer and saxophonist Mark Lindsay, Revere, a keyboard player, formed a band called the Downbeats in Boise in 1959. Within a few years they would become Paul Revere and the Raiders, string together top-10 pop hits including “Kicks,” “Hungry” and “Good Thing” and become fixtures of Dick Clark’s weekday afternoon TV show “Where the Action Is.”
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Claire Noland | Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles Times
50 YEARS AGO! DETROIT RADIO DEEJAY RATINGS 1964
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
Detroit Radio Deejays by Rank / Standings
May 1964
R A D I O R E S P O N S E R A T I N G S F O R D E T R O I T
DETROIT AREA: Fifth largest radio market.
Twelve (12) AM, thirteen (13) FM. One pop-contemporary, 1 standard-pop, 2 R&B, 1 C&W, 4 contemporary, 1 standard, 2 conservative.
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D E T R O I T R A D I O T O P D E E J A Y S
FOR POPULAR SINGLES: DJ Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Total Points; Percentage 1st Place Votes
1. Bob Green WKNR: 28% 2. Lee Alan WXYZ: 20% 3. Gary Stevens WKNR: 17% 4. Dave Shafer CKLW: 11% 5. Marc Avery WJBK: 9% 6. Tom Clay CKLW: 8% 7. Joel Sebastian WXYZ: 7%
FOR POPULAR LP’S: DJ Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Total Points; Percentage 1st Place Votes
1. Joe Bacarella WCAR: 38% 2. Jimmy Launce WJR: 20% 3. Jim Wood WJR: 10% 4. Others: 32% (Dale McCarren WJR — Todd Purse WWJ — Don McLeon WHFI-FM — Bob Green WKNR — Ernie Durham WJLB)
FOR R&B: DJ Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Total Points; Percentage 1st Place Votes
1. Ernie Durham WJLB: 38% 2. Bill Williams WCHB: 23% 3. Joe Howard WJLB 21% 4. Harold Le Baron Taylor WCHB: 18%
FOR JAZZ: DJ Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Total Points; Percentage 1st Place Votes
1. Ed Love WCHD-FM: 40% 2. Jack Surrell WJLB: 32% 3. Jim Rockwell WABX-FM: 16% 4. Jerry Blocker (Tie) WCHD-FM: 6% 4. Don McLeod (Tie) WHFI-FM: 6%
FOR COUNTRY MUSIC: DJ Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Total Points; Percentage 1st Place Votes
1. Bill Sample WEXL: 82% 2. Tim Bowles WEXL: 18%
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THE RADIO RESPONSE RATINGS of stations and individual radio personalities have been determined by survey of local and national record promotion personnel, distributors and record manufacturers. Not a popularity poll, the ratings are based strictly on the comparative ability of the stations and air personalities to influence their listeners to purchase the singles and albums played on the air. The ratings likewise point up the music of all types in building audiences and creating the framework conducive to influencing the listener to purchase other products and services advertised on radio stations.
FORMAT GLOSSARY: “Contemporary” — Stations that play primarily singles and LP’s of a “rock-n-roll” and rhythm and blues nature. “Pop Contemporary” — Stations that feature “rock-n-roll” programming current and stock singles and LP’s, excluding rock-n-roll and rhythm and blues in nature. “Standard-Pop” — Same as “Pop-Standard” with stations emphasizing standards to current pop singles. “Standard” — Stations programming current or stock versions of the old standards culled primarily from LP’s. Rock-n-roll and “teen sound” excluded. “Conservative” — station featuring primarily LP of a subdued nature in tone and performance. Background instrumental music. “Classical,” Country and Western,” Jazz,” “Rhythm and Blues,” “Ethnic” — Stations programming more than 50 per cent of their music in the above mentioned particular categories.
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(Information and news source: Billboard; May 16, 1964)
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’66!
SHORTY LONG * Function At The Junction * SOUL (Motown 1966)
50 YEARS AGO: DETROIT RADIO FORMAT RATINGS ’64
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
Detroit Radio Stations by Formats
May, 1964
RADIO RESPONSE RATINGS FOR DETROIT
DETROIT AREA: Fifth largest radio market. Twelve (12) AM, thirteen (13) FM. One pop-contemporary, 1 standard-pop, 2 R&B, 1 C&W, 4 contemporary, 1 standard, 2 conservative.
D E T R O I T T O P S T A T I O N S
FOR POPULAR SINGLES: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WKNR: 33% | 2. WJBK: 30% | 3. WXYZ: 20% | 4. CKLW: 17%
FOR POPULAR LP’S: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WCAR: 34% | 2. WJR: 28% | 3. WWJ: 15% (Tie) | 3. WKNR 15% (Tie) | Others: 8% (WHFI-FM – WOMC-FM)
FOR R&B: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WJLB: 54% | 2. WCHB: 35% | 3, WJBK: 9%
FOR JAZZ: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WCHD-FM: 42% | 2. WJLB-AM: 34% | 3. WABX-FM: 15% | 4. WHFI-FM: 9%
FOR COUNTRY MUSIC: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WEXL: 100%
FOR SINGLE (MOR): Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WCAR: 54% | 2. WJR: 30% | 3. Others: 17% (WWJ – WBRB-FM-AM)
FOR FOLK: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WQRS-FM: 44% | 2. WDTM-FM: 26% | 3. WJR: 24%
FOR COMEDY: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WJR: 79% | 2. CKLW: 21%
FOR CLASSICAL: Rank; Call Letters; Percentage Points (station listeners)
1. WJR AM-FM: 31% | 2. WDTM-FM: 26% | 3. WWJ AM-FM: 14% | CBE-AM: 12% | Others: 17% (WQRS-FM – WLDM-FM – WDET-FM)
THE RADIO RESPONSE RATINGS of stations and individual radio personalities have been determined by survey of local and national record promotion personnel, distributors and record manufacturers. Not a popularity poll, the ratings are based strictly on the comparative ability of the stations and air personalities to influence their listeners to purchase the singles and albums played on the air. The ratings likewise point up the music of all types in building audiences and creating the framework conducive to influencing the listener to purchase other products and services advertised on radio stations.
FORMAT GLOSSARY: “Contemporary” — Stations that play primarily singles and LP’s of a “rock-n-roll” and rhythm and blues nature. “Pop Contemporary” — Stations that feature “rock-n-roll” programming current and stock singles and LP’s, excluding rock-n-roll and rhythm and blues in nature. “Standard-Pop” — Same as “Pop-Standard” with stations emphasizing standards to current pop singles. “Standard” — Stations programming current or stock versions of the old standards culled primarily from LP’s. Rock-n-roll and “teen sound” excluded. “Conservative” — station featuring primarily LP of a subdued nature in tone and performance. Background instrumental music. “Classical,” Country and Western,” Jazz,” “Rhythm and Blues,” “Ethnic” — Stations programming more than 50 per cent of their music in the above mentioned particular categories. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; May 16, 1964)
FLASHBACK POP MUSIC HISTORY: OCTOBER 3
From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: OCTOBER 3
1901: The first record company, The Victor Talking Machine Company, is incorporated, later merging with the Radio Corporation of America to become RCA-Victor.
1952: The long-running radio hit The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet, now featuring a 12-year-old Ricky Nelson, debuts on CBS-TV, where it will run for another 14 years, bringing the total life of the show to 22 years!
1955: The Mickey Mouse Club, featuring a 12-year-old Annette Funicello, debuts on ABC-TV.
1957: ABC-TV premieres The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom variety show, later featured in Michael Moore’s documentary Roger and Me. The show runs for three years.
1964: John Lennon writes “I Feel Fine.”
1965: Johnny Cash is stopped by US Customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling and found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotics and amphetamines. He receives a suspended sentence.
1977: The TV event Elvis In Concert, filmed just weeks before the King’s death, is shown on CBS, with good friend Ann-Margret hosting. It shocks many with the depiction of a bloated and drug-addled Elvis Presley in his final days.
1978: Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans convicted of smoking pot during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN.
1980: At tonight’s show in Ann Arbor, MI, the first of his new tour, Bruce Springsteen forgets the words to his anthem “Born To Run.”
1987: Lithonia, GA declares today “Brenda Lee Day” in honor of the native singer. A new street is named Brenda Lee Lane in her honor.
1988: Hollywood premiers the acclaimed documentary Imagine: John Lennon.
2000: After being questioned for nearly an hour by his parole board, John Lennon’s killer is denied release on his first eligible parole, with the board stating that letting him free would “deprecate the seriousness of the crime.”
2003: The film of the benefit concert The Concert For George, an all-star tribute to the recently deceased ex-Beatle George Harrison, opens in US theaters.
2007: The Rolling Stones’ “A Bigger Bang” tour, named after their latest album, sets a new world record for grosses when the two-year jaunt rakes in nearly 560 million dollars.
Deaths: 1967: Woody Guthrie
Births: 1938: Eddie Cochran 1940: Alan O’Day 1941: Chubby Checker 1945: Antonio Martinez (Los Bravos) 1949: Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) 1950: Ronnie Laws (Earth Wind and Fire)
Releases: none
Recording: 1945: Stan Kenton, “Painted Rhythm” 1963: The Beatles, “Little Child,” “I Wanna Be Your Man” 1968: The Beatles, “Savoy Truffle”
Charts:
1964: The Supremes’ “Baby Love” enters the Billboard charts
1964: The LP The Animals enters the Billboard LP charts
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day . . . .
FROM THE MCRFB MUSIC COLLECTION: ’65 MEMORIES!