Category: Flashbacks
UPDATED: ANITA KERR SINGS WXYZ FOR DETROIT IN 1966
From the MCRFB news archives:
Anita Kerr Sings Different Note On The Radio by Recording Custom Jingles
We updated and have corrected the Anita Kerr exhibit today (Click on Anita or go to Catergories WXYZ) as dated March 13, 2012.
Thanks to information provided us by Detroit legendary broadcaster Lee Alan we’ve revised the post by adding his part of the story which is now part of the Anita Kerr exhibit as well.
Also you can read Lee Alan’s entire response in the ‘comments’ link below the post. Thank you Lee Alan, for your added comments. We’re grateful of your response.
In regards to the post all the corrections have been made, effective, July 2, 2012.
Only with your help, first and foremost, we will strive to keep the record straight as best as we possibly can.
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FLASHBACK POP MUSIC HISTORY: JULY 2
From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: July 2
1955: ABC-TV premieres a new variety program called Dodge Dancing Party, which had already been airing in Los Angeles since 1951,; it would later be retitled The Lawrence Welk Show, after it’s bandleader and host.
1958: Elvis Presley’s fourth movie, King Creole, opens in U.S. theaters, though Elvis himself is currently stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army.
1962: After breaking his ankle during a jump with the 101st Airborne, James (later Jimi) Hendrix receives an honorary discharge from the U.S. Army.
1964: Jim Reeves records what would be his last songs for RCA Records before his fatal plane crash just over a month later.
1966: While touring Japan, the Beatles wire EMI their choice for the next album album title, Revolver.
1967: Rick Nelson’s new TV series, Malibu U, premier on ABC- TV. It is not a hit.
1969: Leslie West forms Mountain, named after his recent solo album.
1969: Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell leave the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
1973: After endless disputes with leader Bryan Ferry over the direction of the group, keyboardist Brian Eno leaves Roxy Music.
1976: After 12 years of staying at home while his band tours, Beach Boys resident genius Brian Wilson finally joins his band onstage at a gig in Anaheim, California. Though he mostly stares at his piano in front of him, he does sing lead with his rendition of “In My Room.”
1979: The Walkman, the world’s first portable cassette player, is introduced by Sony.
1980: The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with the band’s manager Danny Rifken, are arrested in San Diego, California, after allegedly interfering with a police drug bust during the band’s concert there.
1986: For the first time, Bob Dylan joins the Grateful Dead onstage during an Akron, Ohio concert, for a rendition of his own, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.”
1988: Michael Jackson becomes the first artist to have 5 Number One singles from one album when “Dirty Diana” goes to the top of the charts.
1992: Mick Jagger becomes a grandfather with the birth of Assisi Lola Jackson by his daughter Jade.
2001: Liverpool Airport is renamed John Lennon Airport in honor of its native son, sporting a new logo that features a Lennon self-portrait and the words, “Above Us Only Sky,” a line taken from his song “Imagine.”
2005: The Live 8 concerts are held simultaneously all over the world to benefit impoverished African nations, featuring performances by Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, The Who, and a reunited Pink Floyd, among dozens of others.
Deaths: None.
Recording: 1956: “Hound Dog,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Anyway You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be),” Elvis Presley. 1961: “Angel,” “Follow That Dream,” “What A Wonderful Life,” “I’m Not The Marrying Kind,” “Make The World Go Away,” “Missing You,” and, “Is It Really Over?”
When the session ended with some time left over on the schedule, Elvis recorded one more song, “I Can’t Stop Loving You.”
1969: “Her Majesty,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” The Beatles (The White Album).
Charts: 1966: “Strangers In The Night,” Frank Sinatra; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1977: “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky), Bill Conti; hits No. 1 on the charts.
Certifications: None.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. JULY 2.
BEACH BOYS SET UP NEW LABEL… DECEMBER 31, 1966
From the MCRFB news archives:
Beach Boys Set Up Record Label; Wilson Seeks Distributors
Los Angeles — Brother Records have been formed by the Beach Boys while domestic and foreign distributions for the new label currently are being sought. The group itself will not cut for their own company which falls under the umbrella Beach Boys Enterprises. They remain tied to Capitol Records. Brian Wilson will be executive producer for the teen-oriented company.
Over at Capitol Records, the west-coast group has just earned gold disk records for their recent single release, “Good Vibrations,” and for their Capitol LP’s, “Little Deuce Coupe,” and “Shut Down, Vol. II.” END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; December 31, 1966).
BEACH BOYS QUIT ON CAPITOL… APRIL 12, 1969
From the MCRFB news archives:
BEACH BOYS SEVER TIES WITH CAPITOL; GROUP ON OWN RECORD LABEL
LOS ANGELES — The Beach Boys have filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Capitol Records for more than $2 million. Concurrent with the suit the Beach Boys have also severed their seven-year relationship with the recording giant and will record instead on their own record label, Brother Records.
The lawsuit arises from a 1967 audit of a Capitol Records book by the accounting firm of Prager and Fenton which revealed an alleged deficiency in royalty payment of at least $622, 618. 72, and demands payment of $1,418,827.92 in producers fees for Brian Wilson, a member of the Beach Boys group, who performed producer/production services at Capitol’s request.
The group has also initiated a conglomerate of business enterprises emanating from it’s Hollywood offices, including a recording company, a publishing firm, a travel agency, a business management company, a personal management company and a concert production firm. Direction of the various enterprises are divided by Nicholas Grillo and Dick Duryea, the latter acting as a production co-ordinator for the conglomerate.
Further, the new enterprise will take the Beach Boys beyond the confines of the recording business. Already operating under their Financial Concepts, Inc., is a Beach Boys-operated real estate syndicate and a cardiovascular clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, to be operated in conjunction with a group of prominent Florida physicians. But the primary concern of the new Beach Boys company will still be Brother Records, according to a spokesman for the group.
In addition to their new label, the Beach Boys own three music publishing companies as well as American Sound System, the company that leases their $250,000 sound system and American productions, which packages the Beach Boys and other artists’ concert tours.
Simultaneously they are in the process of building their own 16-track recording studio within their own office complex, which will form the basis for their new label, Brother Records.
All artists on Brother Records will participate in the company’s profits, predicated on a formula yet to be devised. Artist will be offered complete financial protection through Financial Concepts, Inc., a management company that will perform complete accounting services and offer financial and investment advise to any/all personnel connected with Brother Records.
Finally, the artists will have their personal appearances, fan clubs, and merchandising organized through American Productions, another Beach Boys subsidiary. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; April 12, 1969).
FLASHBACK ADS: “COMPETITION AIN’T NOTHING” CARL CARLTON * 1968
FLASHBACK ADS: “INSULT TO INJURY” TIMI YURO * 1963
FLASHBACK ADS: “HULLABALOO” LADA EDMUND JR. * 1966
MAMAS AND PAPAS BECOMES A TRIO… APRIL 12, 1969
From the MCRFB news archives:
MAMAS AND PAPAS, MINUS CASS, RECORD AGAIN
HOLLYWOOD — The Mamas and Papas will record again, this time for Warlock Records, owned by John Phillips, with financing and distribution by Dunhill Records.
The group was previously a quartet that included Cass Elliot, now a solo artist on Dunhill. Lou Adler will continue to produce all recordings by the trio. John Phillips, Denny Doherty and Michelle Phillips, will also sign and record new artists for their label.
First act the trio signed to the new label is Jamme, a quintet of U.S. and Canadian singers, presently in preparation of finishing their debut LP. Warlock also plans in building a recording studio in Hollywood. The last recording by the Mamas and the Papas were produced in Phillips’ own recording studio in his home in Bel-Air. The Mamas and Papas signed with Adler’s Dunhill Records in September 1965, where they began their successful string of Top 40 hits.
According to Dunhill vice-president Jay Lasker, a lawsuit filed by the company and a counter suit by the group has been settled out of court. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; April 12, 1969).
