Month: February 2014

It is now time to
Flashback “Up North”
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and hear some of Michigan’s greatest FM radio stations,
“caught on tape” back in the ’80s.
WHSB, WMQT, WHNN, WIOG, WFMK, WJML, WQLZ,
WATZ, WKHQ, WDZZ, WGLQ, WMLQ, WAIR, WGER,
and more!!

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• The late Sonny Bono (“Laugh At Me”) is born in 1935
• The late Herb and Hal Kalin- the Kalin Twins (“When”)- are born in 1939
• The late Bill Doggett (“Honky Tonk”) is born in 1916
• The late songwriter Otis Blackwell (“Don’t Be Cruel”, “Handy Man”, “Great Balls Of Fire” and many others) is born in 1931
• Doris Troy (“Just One Look”) dies of emphysema in 2004
• Tony Sheridan (sang with the Beatles on their early German records like “My Bonnie”) dies, 2013
• Charlie Ryan (“Hot Rod Lincoln”) dies of heart disease, 2008
• Billy Ward (“Star Dust” with his Dominoes) dies from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in 2002
• Paul Anka marries his first wife, Anne in the chapel of Orly Airport in Paris (it lasts 37 years), 1963
• Rod Stewart becomes a dad for the eighth time when wife Penny gives birth to son Aiden, 2011
• Ike Turner is convicted on cocaine charges and sentenced to four years in prison (he serves 18 months), 1990
• “Aretha Franklin Day” is celebrated in Detroit, 1968
• Billy Vera receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1988
• Rick Nelson starts his first-ever British tour, 1972
• Cher’s solo weekly TV show (cleverly named “Cher”) premieres on CBS with guest-star Elton John, 1975
• The Beatles make their second appearance on CBS-TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show”, 1964
• Aretha Franklin records “Spanish Harlem”, 1971