Category: MCRFB Flashback Record ’45

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’65!

FRANK WILSON * 1965
JACK WHITE’S THIRD MAN RECORDS (Detroit) NOW OWNS THIS ULTRA-RARE MOTOWN SINGLE!

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Recently, Detroit’s own Jack White reportedly paid $70,000 (according to WDIV; June 21) to Eastpointe’s Melodies and Memories for the titled Frank Wilson 1965 Motown single and will be keeping it in Detroit. Purportedly, out of 250 initially pressed (the entire lot was alleged having been destroyed by Motown) the Frank Wilson single is just one of two known to exist today.

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For more on this story go HERE, HERE and also HERE.

Frank Wilson “Do I Love You” (A side) [Photo: Jim Feliciano]
Jack White recently made headlines when he purchased an ultra-rare 1965 Motown single by Frank Wilson from Melodies and Memories owners Denise and Dan Zieja. The record and music memorabilia shop is located in Eastpointe, Michigan. (Photo credit: Third Man Records)
Frank Wilson “Sweeter As The Days Goes By” (B-side) [Photo: Jim Feliciano]

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * Herb Alpert * 06/16/68 – 07/13/1968

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING June 22, 1968

(Click on chart image 2x for detailed view)

NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!

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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “This Guy’s In Love With You” by Herb Alpert peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. June 16 through July 13, 1968. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.

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