VOTE FOR KENNEDY * Frank Sinatra * HIGH HOPES (1960)
Category: MCRFB JFK Related
ABC RADIO: PAUL HARVEY NEWS; NOVEMBER 26, 1963
AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY * Paul Harvey * ABC RADIO 11/26/1963
WKNR-AM 1310: ‘IN RETROSPECT,’ NOVEMBER 22, 1964
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.
A MCRFB Note: click on above image for largest detailed view.
ABC RADIO: JFK ASSASSINATION; NOVEMBER 22, 1963
AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY * Alex Dreir * ABC RADIO 11/22/1963
ABC RADIO: PAUL HARVEY NEWS; NOVEMBER 22, 1963
AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY * Paul Harvey * ABC RADIO 11/22/1963
HOT 100: THE WEEK THAT WAS. BILLBOARD, 11/23/1963
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 SONG NUMBER 02 IN U.S.A. * Village Stompers * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 03 IN U.S.A. * Nino Tempo & April Stevens * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 04 IN U.S.A. * Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 05 IN U.S.A. * The Impressions * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 06 IN U.S.A. * Lesley Gore * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 07 IN U.S.A. * Tommy Roe * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 08 IN U.S.A. * Elvis Presley * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 09 IN U.S.A. * The Singing Nun * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 10 IN U.S.A. * Los Indios Tabajaras * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 11 IN U.S.A. * Dixiebelles * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 14 IN U.S.A. * Bobby Bare * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 16 IN U.S.A. * Rick Nelson * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 17 IN U.S.A. * Roy Orbison * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 18 IN U.S.A. * Robin Ward * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 19 IN U.S.A. * Beach Boys * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 20 IN U.S.A. * Lenny Welch * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 22 IN U.S.A. * Caravelles * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 23 IN U.S.A. * Barry & The Tamerlanes * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 24 IN U.S.A. * Skeeter Davis * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 40 IN U.S.A. * Sunny & The Sunglows * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 47 IN U.S.A. * Jack Jones * 11/23/63
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 57 IN U.S.A. * Dynamics * 11/23/63
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
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.
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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)
NBC NEWS: THE WARREN REPORT. A COMPLETE REPORT
NBC MONITOR ’64 * Frank Blair * NBC RADIO (WWJ-AM 950/11-11:30 PM) 09/27/64
Note: The two major Detroit newspaper dailies were on strike during the time this substitute publication, DETROIT DAILY PRESS, was still in print in September 1964.
A MCRFB NOTE
WWJ-AM 950 was the NBC affiliate in Detroit in 1963. This NBC News “MONITOR ’64” commentary (by Frank Blair) coming out of New York, regarding the Warren Commission’s release of its much-anticipated report, was broadcast nationally on NBC Radio coast-to-coast. This ‘MONITOR ’64’ (Warren Report) special was aired in Detroit on WWJ 950, late Sunday night, September 27, 1964.
TWO RECORD ALBUMS TO MARK SLAYING OF JFK . . . NOVEMBER 14, 1964
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
RCA, COLPIX To Mark President Kennedy’s Death on Anniversary
NEW YORK — Two record companies will observe the first anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy November 22 with special product marking the Dallas tragedy.
RCA Victor is releasing “The Kennedy Wit,” an album which captures the humor displayed by the late President during the 1960 campaign and during his abbreviated term in office.
Material was selected by the best-selling book of the same title by Bill Adler. Introduction is by Adlai Stevenson, and David Brinkley does the narration.
Colpix Records is re-releasing “Four Days That Shocked The World,” an album produced late last year and released earlier this year in association with United Press International. The actual voices and sounds of November 22-25, 1963, are taken from UPI tapes. A booklet, “The Murder Of The Young President,” written by UPI’s White House correspondent, Merriam Smith, accompanies the album. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; November 14, 1964)
In commemorating the first anniversary of President Kennedy’s passing, ‘The Kennedy Wit‘ album was initially released, Saturday, November 21, 1964. (Click on both images 2x for large detailed view).
THE KENNEDY WIT * JFK * Audio Highlights JFK Press Conferences (1961-1963)
SCOTT WESTERMAN WKNR KEENER13.COM PODCASTS!
‘THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION’
The Keener Podcast
On this best-of Keener podcast, we replay our November 20th, 2004 study of how radio reported the Kennedy Assassination. We begin with a rare logger tape from KLIF in Dallas. Keener fan and Kennedy scholar Jim Feliciano connected us with this one-of-a-kind historical record which can be heard in its entirety on the ReelRadio.com website. Rex Jones, Gary DeLaune, Joe Long and Gordon McLendon (yep, that Gordon McLendon – one of the fathers of Top 40 radio) described the rapidly unfolding events. Then we fast-forward one year later to the WKNR documentary about that day, produced by Bob Green and Philip Nye for WKNR News. It is said that television news came of age on that day, 41 years ago (Broadcast 10 years ago. Fast forward 2014, 51 years ago!) But for many, radio was still a trusted source of timely, if not always accurate information. The Keener podcast is hosted by Scott Westerman, Curator of Keener13.com. (Notes by Scott Westerman)
(Podcast “The Kennedy Assassination” description above courtesy the Keener13.com archives. November, 2004)
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A SPECIAL ‘THANK YOU’ goes out to our friends and hosts as well of the official WKNR website, Scott Westerman and Steve Schram, for granting MCRFB.COM honors allowing us to archive every one of those memorable classic keener13.com podcasts
Scott produced for the WKNR website from 2004 through 2006. These WKNR/S.W. podcasts were acclaimed by many then as the consummate podcast medium at the time — a new form of entertainment, communication art suited for the internet — a template model how all podcasts should sound like when first launched on the WKNR website, 2004. We agree.
Today, MCRFB will showcase the November, 2005, “THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION” podcast — there are over forty podcasts we have listed the WKNR website produced a decade back. For Detroit radio purists alike, this was podcasting “Keener” gold for the 21st. century!
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To relive the WKNR experience 24/7 visit http://keener13.com/ On Facebook? Visit Keener 13 there as well for all the news and updates and more. We salute you both, Scott Westerman, Steve Schram! Well over a decade there — still keeping those fabulous KEENER MEMORIES alive.
THE KEENER PODCAST * The Kennedy Assassination * KEENER13.COM (Nov. 2005)
ENTERTAINMENT VENUES TAKES ON DARK LOOK ON BLACK WEEKEND . . . DECEMBER 7, 1963
From the MCRFB news archives: 1963
BROADWAY, THEATERS, ENTERTAINMENT PLACES SILENT ACROSS NATION
NEW YORK — The sudden and stunning events of Friday, November 22, and the aftermath of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, left this city’s music and entertainment business virtually paralyzed and sorrowing.
Record shops, Broadway theaters, moving picture houses and night clubs closed for one, two or three days of mourning. Some disk dealers are known to have closed their shops in Brooklyn and Queens Friday afternoon after the President’s death was confirmed and did not reopen until Tuesday, November 26.
Weekend entertainment business and establishment losses were estimated at about 35 to 50 percent, but few store keepers and Broadway producers complained about the loss of business in the light of the tragic events.
Many record dealers reached this week were still recovering from the shock those four days, and they noticed a sudden upsurge in consumers buying of patriotic and religious-themed records. A number of requests were noted for recordings of the late President’s speeches. It is understood that at least two albums has been produced and are on the way (see separate story).
Dark Nights
The assassination caused the cancelling of all sorts of entertainment programs, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and on Monday, November 25. Broadway darkened its houses on two nights. At least 24 legitimate theaters cancelled performances on Friday night and then again on Monday night, the official day of mourning.
Out of town, three incoming shows canceled Monday night performances. Two of them are musicals, the highly-rated Noel Coward musical, “The Girl Who Came To Supper,” in Philadelphia and the Broadway play, “Hello Dolly,” starring Carroll Channing performing at the Fisher Theater in Detroit.
Those classical concerts that were held offered subdued musical performances. A jazz concert for the Student Non-Violent Co-Ordinating Committee at Carnegie Hall Saturday, November 23 became, at least in part, a memorial concert for the late President.
Subdued Tone
Disk Jockey Mort Gega and Lutheran minister Reverend John Gemsel, who shared emceeing chores for the shows, kept things on a fairly subdued level. Shelley Berman read a tribute to the late President he had written called “The Coatless Man.” Bruce Gordon, an officer in the organization that benefited from the concert, also spoke of the fallen leader.
Many concert performances were canceled and those that were not were altered dramatically in programattic fashion. The tone for almost all entertainment during the tragic weekend was exemplified by Mary Martin who spoke briefly before a matinee performance of “Jennie” Saturday, November 23. In what she called her first pre-curtain address to an audience, Miss Martin said: “We in show business are schooled in the discipline that ‘the show must go on.’ But, having seen the First Lady of our land, the new President and the new First Lady showing their courage and their sense of duty to carry on, we have all learned a great lesson. I cannot ask you to forget, but perhaps we can help each other for the next few hours.” END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; December 7, 1963).
