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PHILCO-FORD KICKS OFF HP AND TEENY PHONOGRAPH . . . OCTOBER 21, 1967

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB news archives: 1967

 

Philco-Ford to Kick Off Hip Pocket Records, HP Portable Radio-Phonograph

 

 

Philco Ford Hip Pocket Phonographs priced at $24.95. (Click image for larger view).
Philco Ford Hip Pocket Phonographs priced at $24.95. (Click image for larger view).

PHILADELPHIA — Philco-Ford Corporation will kick off the promotion this fall of its new 45- r.p.m. Hip Pocket (HP) Records and mini radio-phonographs with a four-page, four-color ad insert in six trade papers and magazines. HPs will be featured in a separate consumer magazine campaign.

Hip Pocket Records, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of 69 cents, will have a best selling popular song on each side. They are flexible, wafer thin, pure vinyl and are only 3 7/8 inches in diameter.

Philco-Ford is featuring the records in combination with a solid-state radio-phonograph (Model 1376) weighing less than two pounds and listed at $24.95. Model 1376 has a six-transistor radio and a two-speed, single-play phonograph. It is battery-powered and AC adaptable.

The four-page advertisement will appear in Home Furnishings, Merchandising Week, Cash Box, Record World and Billboard.

Martin Grill, consumer spokesman for Philco-Ford, said the consumer magazine schedule promoting Hip Pocket Records will include full page advertisements in black and white in the November issues of American Girl, Co-ed, Ingenue, Scholastic Roto and Seventeen; and in the December issue of Teen.

The advertising campaigns will be backed up by major sales promotion and publicity efforts in prime markets, Grill said. END

Philco Ford Hip Pocket Phonograph, ad spread, Seventeen Magazine, December, 1967.
Philco Ford Hip Pocket Phonograph, ad spread, Seventeen Magazine, December, 1967. (Click on image for larger view).

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PHILCO-FORD INTRODUCES HIP-POCKET RECORDS! ’67

Philco-Ford Hip Pocket Records Young Rascals (FRONT 6) mcrfbPHILCO-FORD CORP. * “A Girl Like You” * HIP-POCKET RECORDS 1967

 

Philco-Ford Hip Pocket Records Young Rascals (FRONT BOTTOM) mcrfbPHILCO-FORD CORP. * “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long” * HIP-POCKET RECORDS 1967

 

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WKNR-AM 1310: ‘IN RETROSPECT,’ NOVEMBER 22, 1964

WKNR Keener 13 Bumper Sticker (MCRFB A Day Of Tragedy)IN RETROSPECT: A DAY OF TRAGEDY * Philip Nye / Ed Mullen * WKNR NEWS (11/22/64)

BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS, HOUSTON, TX 77056

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to Bob Green for sharing this 1964 historic, one-year commemorative, WKNR Contact News JFK assassination presentation with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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The Detroit News, Friday, November 22, 1963
The Detroit News, Friday, November 22, 1963
Presidential limousine under fire, Dallas, November 22, 1963.
Presidential limousine under fire, 12:30 p.m. CST., Dallas, November 22, 1963.
Mrs. Daisy Fisher, of Detroit, pause, reflects on the JFK memorial displayed at the J. L. Hudson department store, downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963.
A Mrs. Daisy Fisher, of Detroit, pause, reflects on the JFK memorial displayed at the J. L. Hudson department store, downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963. (Photo source and caption: The Detroit News)
Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, November 26, 1963.
The Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, November 26, 1963.
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HOT 100: THE WEEK THAT WAS. BILLBOARD, 11/23/1963

BILLBOARD Hot 100 (MCRFB) November 23, 1963

 

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

 

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 01 IN U.S.A. * Dale & Grace * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 02 IN U.S.A. * Village Stompers * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 03 IN U.S.A. * Nino Tempo & April Stevens * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 04 IN U.S.A. * Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 05 IN U.S.A. * The Impressions * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 06 IN U.S.A. * Lesley Gore * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 07 IN U.S.A. * Tommy Roe * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 08 IN U.S.A. * Elvis Presley * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 09 IN U.S.A. * The Singing Nun * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 10 IN U.S.A. * Los Indios Tabajaras * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 11 IN U.S.A. * Dixiebelles * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 14 IN U.S.A. * Bobby Bare * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 16 IN U.S.A. * Rick Nelson * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 17 IN U.S.A. * Roy Orbison * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 18 IN U.S.A. * Robin Ward * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 19 IN U.S.A. * Beach Boys * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 20 IN U.S.A. * Lenny Welch * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 22 IN U.S.A. * Caravelles * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 23 IN U.S.A. * Barry & The Tamerlanes * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 24 IN U.S.A. * Skeeter Davis * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 40 IN U.S.A. * Sunny & The Sunglows * 11/23/63

 

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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 47 IN U.S.A. * Jack Jones * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 57 IN U.S.A. * Dynamics * 11/23/63

 

BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 23, 1963 (MCRFB top cropped)

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 60 IN U.S.A. * Bobby Rydell * 11/23/63

 

 

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 79 IN U.S.A. * Jerry Butler * 11/23/63

 

 

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

 

 

THE DAY THE MUSIC STOPPED

THE WEEK THAT WAS

 

 

JFK assassination bulletin (UPI) teletype November 22, 1963 (mcrfb)

 

01:36 P.M., EST., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 

 At approximately 1:36 p.m., (12:36 p.m., CST; Dallas time), Don Gardiner of ABC News (New York) first broke the airways with this news bulletin over the ABC Radio Network (WXYZ; Detroit).

Almost immediately following the ABC reports, the CBS (WJR; Detroit) and NBC (WWJ; Detroit) radio networks broke in with bulletins approximately 1:38 p.m. EST. The Mutual Broadcasting System (WKNR; Detroit) began picking up the news feed out of Dallas, breaking programming with flash bulletins on its affiliates nationwide, four-minutes later, time approximately 1:40 p.m., Detroit local time.

By 2:00 p.m., with the exception of WJLB (due to pre-paid per hour-block programming), every station on the dial would suspend all commercial programming in Detroit, and would remain under the news control of the three major networks out of New York during those four days, November 22-25, 1963.

 

 

Downtown Dallas. Main Street. November 22 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)

 

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NOVEMBER 23, 1963

 

These were the records played on the radio prior, and after, that tragic four-day week-end in November, 1963. 

Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM Top 40 radio, November 1963, on WKNR, WJBK, CKLW, WXYZ  and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR in Detroit.

 

THE NATION’S 100 SINGLES 1963

 

(Tracks listed for this 11/23/63 chart feature randomly selected by the author)

 

 

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ANOTHER BILLBOARD CLASSIC ‘SOUL’ RECORD AD: ’69

J2P and P2J Ver 1“GRAZING IN THE GRASS” * Friends Of Distinction * RCA VICTOR (1969)

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA: BILLBOARD HOT 100! 11/13/71

BILLBOARD Hot 100 (MCRFB) November 13, 1971
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 01 IN U.S.A. * Cher * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 02 IN U.S.A. * Issac Hayes * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 03 IN U.S.A. * John Lennon Plastic Ono Band * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 04 IN U.S.A. * Rod Stewart * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 05 IN U.S.A. * Free Movement * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 06 IN U.S.A. * The Osmonds * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 07 IN U.S.A. * Cat Stevens * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 10 IN U.S.A. * The Carpenters * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 11 IN U.S.A. * Bread * 11/13/71
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 BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 16 IN U.S.A. * Santana * 11/13/71
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 BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 21 IN U.S.A. * Sly & The Family Stone * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 22 IN U.S.A. * Aretha Franklin * 11/13/71
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  BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 25 IN U.S.A. * Chicago * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 26 IN U.S.A. * Five Man Electrical Band * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 29 IN U.S.A. * Coven * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 30 IN U.S.A. * Stampeders * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 31 IN U.S.A. * Lou Rawls * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 34 IN U.S.A. * Stevie Wonder * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 35 IN U.S.A. * Denise LaSalle * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD Hot 100 November 13, 1971 (MCRFB header cropped)
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 38 IN U.S.A. * Dennis Coffey * 11/13/71
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BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 41 IN U.S.A. * Van Morrison * 11/13/71
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 BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 42 IN U.S.A. * Ten Years After * 11/13/71
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 BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 43 IN U.S.A. * Peter Nero * 11/13/71
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 BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 53 IN U.S.A. * Martha Reeves & The Vandellas * 11/13/71
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

AMERICA’S HOTTEST 100 HITS. 44 YEARS AGO

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These were the records you bought. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM Top 40 radio, November of 1971, on WKNR, CKLW, WXYZ  and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR.

On the FM side, some of these tracks were in the rotation on WKNR-FM, WRIF-FM, WCHD-FM, WGPR-FM and WLDM-FM, Detroit, 1971.

Tracks listed for this 11/13/71 chart feature randomly selected by the author.

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