From the MCRFB news archive: 1968
Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town 1967-1968
DETROIT — The Roostertail, Detroit’s largest nightclub, plans to devote one night a week to the 21 and under crowd. Disk jockey Robin Seymour will host the first “night for the young” Sunday (January 7) with four bands providing entertainment. Seymour has also taped a special New Year’s Eve TV show for CKLW Channel 9. Featured on that show will be Deon Jackson, Robert Knight, Bobbie Gentry, the Cowsills, and others . . . . Radio station WCHB hosted its annual Christmas stage show at the Fox Theater December 16, featuring Motown acts.
The annual Motor Town Revue ran for ten days (December 23-January 1). Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Marvelettes, Willie Tyler and Lester, and a new Motown group called Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers appeared for the ten-day run of the show. Stevie Wonder headlined the first five days, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles headlined the last five shows . . . . Gino Washington and Merit Music Distributors have released Gino’s successful recording of “Gino Is A Coward” . . . .
The Utopias, released their first recording locally on the LaSalle label, titled, “Girls Are Against Me,” distributed by Solid Hitbounds Productions . . . . Brenda Holloway is in town to work on her next Motown recordings. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; January 6, 1968).
