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MACGREGOR RITES, 1/9/95: A ‘CK RADIO BACK-PAGE

Detroit Free Press January 9, 1995

 

Monday, January 9, 1995

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: CKLW

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NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE CKLW ALL-TIME TOP 300! 12/1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

CKLW FUN RADIO 8 ALL-TIME TOP 300 DECEMBER 1967

 

CKLW ‘FUN’ RADIO 8

51 YEARS AGO

 

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This special 1967 CKLW TOP 300 record survey was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio.

The popularity of records listed within is the opinion of CKLW based upon votes mailed and phoned in by its listeners listing their favorite all time records.

 

DECEMBER 1967

Over a decade of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The CKLW ALL-TIME TOP 300 hits from the ’50s and ’60s!

 

 

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CKLW ‘FUN’ RADIO 1967

 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate

 

 

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 12/21/68

Billboard Hot 100 December 21, 1968

 

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 DECEMBER 21-27, 1968

 

 

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These were the record singles you bought in 1968. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, December, on Top 40 CKLW, WKNR, WXYZ, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.

 

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1968

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BILLBOARD CHRISTMAS CHART: TOP SELLERS! 12/25/65

BILLBOARD Top Christmas Sellers December 25, 1965

 

THE TOP HOLIDAY RECORDS. 53 CHRISTMASES AGO

(From Motor City Radio Flashbacks. Merry Christmas!)

 

 

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SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1965 HOLIDAY LP MEMORY

 

VINCE GUARALDI * A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP) * 1965

 

 

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

 


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SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1965 HOLIDAY LP MEMORY

 

GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS (Various Artists) * 1965 * COLUMBIA [COMPLETE LP]

 

 

 

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

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In the 1960s and 1970s, Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co., in partnership with Columbia Records Special Products, released a series of Christmas LPs, made available exclusively at all their Goodyear shops around the country.

This album, ‘Great Songs of Christmas‘, was issued as #5 and was released in 1965.

Comprised of various artists of the day, in this album you will hear traditional holiday yuletide songs, as sung by national and international stars from the decade.

19 songs, 13 artists. Andy Williams, Maurice Chevalier, Doris Day, Diahann Carroll, Danny Kaye, Diana Shorr, Steve & Eydie, and more.  

Purchase price for this LP as was sold at the time, only $1.00. The complete tracks for this album can be found HERE

Created exclusively for Goodyear

 

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

 

 

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