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50TH! BEATLES ‘HELP’ ALBUM GETS INITIAL PRESSING OF MILLION . . . AUGUST 14, 1965

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1965

 

 

 

 

 

Beatles 'Help!' 1965 Capitol LP albumNEW YORK — An initial pressing of one million albums — reportedly the largest single order in the history of the business — is in the works for “Help,” the Beatles album scheduled to be released by Capitol Records when the United Artists film of the same name opens Wednesday, August 11.

A previous Beatles’ album, “Beatles IV,” had an initial pressing order of 500,000 copies for the LP.

The film will be accompanied by a publicity barrage calculated to blast the American public out of its homes and into the movie houses.

In New York, Murray the K will introduce the British group on his hour-long TV channel Saturday, August 14. The show will be televised in 40 major markets.

The evening after the telecast, the Beatles will make their much-heralded appearance in New York’s Shea Stadium.

Gary Stevens, WMCA disk jockey (formerly WKNR, Detroit) is conducting a “Beatles Stakes” contest, giving away tickets to the Shea Stadium as prizes. Here’s how it works:

From 7-11 p.m., during Stevens’ show, fans telephone the jockey, guess which Beatle will be talking to them next. Tapes of individual Beatles will be talking to them next. Those who make the correct predictions will win a pair of tickets to the concert. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; August 14, 1964)

THE BEATLES, Shea Stadium (August 20, 1965), ticket stub.
THE BEATLES CONCERT, Shea Stadium ticket stub, August 15, 1965.
Beatles performing at Shea Stadium, Sunday night, August 15, 1965
A BEATLES ’65 CONCERT FLASHBACK: The Fab Four performing at Shea Stadium, New York City, Sunday night, August 15, 1965.

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DETROIT NEWS, APRIL 7, 1959: CKLW ‘RADIANT’ RADIO!

CKLW 800, featuring Bud Davies, Myrtle Labbitt, Austin Grant, Ron Knowles Dick Smythe, Joe Van, Mary Morgan, Toby David. Also, Terrance O' Dell, "Speed" Anderson and Jim Van Kuren. From the entertainment section of The Detroit News, April 7, 1959.
CKLW 800, featuring Bud Davies, Myrtle Labbitt, Austin Grant, Ron Knowles, Dick Smythe, Joe Van, Mary Morgan, Toby David. Also, Terrance O’ Dell, “Speed” Anderson and Jim Van Kuren. From the entertainment section of The Detroit News, April 7, 1959.

Special THANKS to Greg Innis for sharing this (’59) Detroit News CKLW newspaper ad with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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ACTS GO BETTER WITH COKE AS MORE NAMES GAIN EXPOSURE . . . JULY 8, 1967

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB news archives: 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coca_Cola_buttonATLANTA — The Coca-Cola Co., with its eye on the teen market, is cutting more “youth radio commercials” starring recognized pop artists. The latest of these were released June 29.

Richard Harvey, vice-president and brand manager of Coca-Cola, said the commercials inject product action “where the action is . . . in this growing under-25 soft drink market.”

Sandy Posey and the Young Rascals are the latest names added to the list of stars singing the praises of Coke. Others already utilized include the Supremes, Drifters, Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, the Fortunes, Los Bravos, Petula Clark, Ray Charles, Lesley Gore, Lee Dorsey, the Vogues, Troggs, Joe Tex, and the New Vaudeville Band.

The use of teen talent has paid off with awards. Clio statuettes honored the series of youth radio commercials with two first prizes. Several other regional and national awards were presented.

The original jingle of “Things Go Better With Coke” was recorded by the Limeliters. Still utilizing the same theme, it has given talent some of the broadest radio exposure it has ever enjoyed. Radio DJ’s report a deluge of requests to play the commercials and requests for copies of transcriptions.

The teen-appeal campaign was created by William Backer, vice-president of McCann-Erikson, Inc. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; July 8, 1967).

Coca-Cola Ray Charles records his take of Things Go Better With Coke into a jingle-friendly song, 1967.
Ray Charles records his take of Things Go Better With Coke into a jingle-friendly song, 1967.
COCA-COLA BOTTLING Co. * Ray Charles * Coca-Cola Merchandising Ad 1967
A Coca-Cola 'swimsuit girl' print ad, 1965.
The famous Coca-Cola ‘swim-suit girl’ print ad from 1965.
COCA-COLA Co. * “Take More Than One!” * Coca-Cola Merchandising Ad 1965

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50TH! SUPREMES ALBUM SALES NEARING 300,000 MARK . . . AUGUST 14, 1965

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoA MCRFB NEWS brief: 1965

 

 

 

 

 

the_supremes_more_hits_lpDETROIT —  The Supremes, hottest property on the Motown line-up, rolled up close to 300,000 orders for their new album, “More Hit By The Supremes,” prior to its release on Thursday, August 27, according to Barney Ales, executive vice-president of Motown Records.

This makes it six albums and six singles for the girls in the year they have been recording with the label — with the first five of the singles each hitting the number one spot on Billboard charts. The sixth single, “Nothing But Heartaches,” is moving up the charts. The Supremes Thursday, July 29, opened a three-week stand at the New York Copacabana.

Ales confirmed that Motown has just signed singer Connie Haynes, who has been doing nightclub and television work recently. She formerly recorded with a female trio under another label. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; August 14, 1965)

The Supremes performing live on stage at the Detroit Roostertail, late-1965.

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IN 1973 OVER 2,000,000 RECORDS SOLD! ‘AMERICANS’

Byron MacGregor Americans (MCRFB.COM)
“AMERICANS“ * Byron Mac Gregor (CKLW) * WESTBOUND RECORDS, Det., MI

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A MCRFB Note: For more information on the recording, “Americans,” click the underlined record “title” above. For more information on Byron MacGregor, click the underlined artist name above to access Wikipedia link. 

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NPR NEWS: CKLW, ‘ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,’ PART 02

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NPR RADIO (PT. 2) * CKLW * ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (August 27, 1999)
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“AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN’ “

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | CKLW | NPR.ORG

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cklwcolorNPR’s Don Gonyea remembers the heyday of powerhouse AM radio. Gonyea grew up in Detroit, where the big station in the 60’s and 70’s was CKLW. It broadcast from across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario. It was a loud, glitzy noise-making enterprise. Everything was shouted — even the news.

The 50,000-watt giant spewed rock and roll and hyped-news across 28 states and mid-Canada. Gonyea describes the formula that made CKLW and its imitators successful. Produced by Don Gonyea and Dale Willem. NPR.ORG

THANK YOU to the following people for opening up their personal archives, suggestions, participation and for their comments (1999) –

Jon Belmont, ABC News, New York. Charlie Brown, Perrysville, Ohio. Keith Radford, Buffalo, New York. Ron Hummany, Detroit, Michigan. Art Vuolo, The Michigan Radio Guide. Tom Connard, The Aircheck Factory, Wild Rose, Wisconsin. Dick Kernen, Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts.  Jo Jo Shutty MacGregor. NPR, August 27, 1999

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