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MONDO CANE GETS MUCH DISK ACTION . . . JUNE 15, 1963

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB news archives: 1963

Italian Import LP Enjoying Disk Attention

 

 

 

 

 

HOLLYWOOD — “Mondo Cane,” the independent Italian film import, is enjoying unusually wide disk notice and exposure. The original music, written by R. Ortolani with English lyrics by Norman Newell, is published in this country by E. B. Marks Music Corp. The motion picture is a Times Film Release.

'MONDO CANE' (1963)
‘MONDO CANE’ (1963)

The score was among the first to be handled here by Bob McCluskey, the local rep for the Marks firm. ‘Mondo Cane’ disk versions include a United Artists original soundtrack LP, plus three UA singles, including a Danny Williams jazz single, and a single, “More,” from the original soundtrack. Other disks are a Martin Denny single and LP (Liberty), Steve Lawrence (Columbia), Della Reese (RCA Victor), Charlie Byrd (Riverside), Clebenoff (Mercury), and a soon to be issued, a jazz version on Cameo-Parkway, and a recording by Katyna Panieri on London Records. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; June 15, 1963).

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WAY-BACK DETROIT RADIO PAGES: WJR (1946) AND WXYZ (1949)

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logoFrom the MCRFB radio scrapbook:1946 / 1949

EAR PLUGS ARE FREE (WJR Fred Wolf; 1946)

RADIO IN THE ALLEYS
WXYZ Fred Wolf; 1949)

 

 

 

FLASHBACKDETROIT (October 12) — Bowling, viewed by one branch of show business — motion pictures theater owners — as a major threat to their operation, is receiving a friendly hand from WJR.  Starting tomorrow, the state’s only 50,000-watter will air a Sunday night program, The Tenth Frame, with Fred Wolf, a former champion, as commentator.

Program will feature alley-side broadcast, which will be handled via wire recorder. Remotes from alleys are usually considered impossible because of the noise. Wolf did, however, handled the on-the-spot broadcasts from the bowling congress at Buffalo last year. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; October 12, 1946).

 

FLASHBACKDETROIT (November 26) — Bowling now merits recognition as a sport on radio, judging from the action on WXYZ in sending Fred Wolf, station bowling commentator, to Chicago to cover three special alley-side broadcasts. The airings, totaling 75 minutes, described the five-man match game world championship held there at the Samuelson Arcade.

The time was sold to Detroit’s E&B Brewing Company thru the D. B. Donner Agency for the event, in which Detroit teams participated. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; December 3, 1949).

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