Category: Flashbacks
50TH: GEORGE MARTIN SELLS HARD DAY’S NIGHT! 1964
THIS WEEK IN MUSIC HISTORY
1964: On September 26, United Artists Records (U.S.) released George Martin’s instrumental cover of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Only one week on the charts, Martin’s single peaked on Billboard at No. 122, October 3. On that same day, October 3, United Artists released George Martin’s version of “I Should Have Known Better.” Two weeks on the charts, it peaked at No. 111 under the Billboard Hot 100, October 10. Both tracks was taken from the United Artist’s ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ album, the soundtrack LP from the Beatles first full-length film. The LP was released June 26, 1964.
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This week in Pop Music History: October 10, 1964
“A HARD DAY’S NIGHT” * George Martin Orchestra * UNITED ARTISTS Records (1964)
“I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER” * George Martin * UNITED ARTISTS Records (1964)
DETROIT RADIO SIDEBAR: NEW UPDATES! WKNR & WXYZ
NEWLY ADDED RADIO MILESTONES HAVE BEEN INSERTED IN THE FOLLOWING POSTS:
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DETROIT RADIO SIDEBAR: WKNR-AM BILLBOARD NOTES
DETROIT RADIO SIDEBAR: WXYZ-AM BILLBOARD NOTES
M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S
WXYZ RADIO DETROIT 35 TOP HITS: OCTOBER 10, 1966!
WYXIE
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’62
“STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW” (INSTRUMENTAL) * Marvin Gaye * 1962
SMOOTH JAZZ DETROIT: THE SOUND OF SADE V98.7 FM
SADE * Smooth Operator (Smooth Jazz Version) * ‘DIAMOND LIFE’ LP (PORTRAIT 1985)
A MCRFB Note: “Smooth Operator,” by Sade, would be the very last song WVMV V98.7 would play signing off their “Smooth Jazz” format, just after 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 2, 2009. “Smooth Operator” was also the very first song WVMV played having signed-on with their new station format in 1996.
FLASHBACKS! REELING IN THE YEARS EVERLY BROTHERS
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.”
MCRFB note: For the rest of this Los Angeles Times Paul Revere Obituary article (October 5, 2014), please GO HERE.
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)
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)
