LOST IN THE ’50S! THIS WEEK: THE HONOR ROLL OF HITS!

BILLBOARD H R of Hits (5-9) 05-18-59

AMERICA’S WEEKLY POP THIRTY: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX

 KOOKIE, KOOKIE (Lend Me Your Comb) * Edd Byrnes * BILLBOARD (No. 03)

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 TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY * Everly Brothers * BILLBOARD (No. 18) 5/09/1959

BILLBOARD HONOR ROLL OF HITS (Cropped WK 5-9) 05-18-59

VENUS * Frankie Avalon * BILLBOARD (No. 22) 5/09/1959

AMERICA’S WEEKLY POP THIRTY: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX

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THE CKLW ‘BIG 8′ MOTOR CITY TOP 30 HITS: MAY 7, ’68!

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CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Hugo Montenegro * CKLW (No. 05) 05/07/68

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 CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Robert John * CKLW (No. 16) 05/07/68

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CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Gene Pitney * CKLW (No. 30) 05/07/68


CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

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FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’68 . . . MAY 18, 1968

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logo (2015)From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1968

Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town, 1968

 

 

 

 

 

DETROIT — Diana Ross and the Supremes are scheduled for a one-week engagement at the Fisher Theater, May 20-26 . . . . A production called Jazz Greats Volume II is booked into Cobo Arena Sunday (May 19). It will showcase such jazz personalities as Lou Donaldson, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell, and the Modern Jazz Quartet, with Flip Wilson furnishing the comedy. . . .  James Brown was presented a trophy by Bill Williams of station WCHB at the end of singer’s successful concert performance here last month.

Detroit hottest night spot for R&B entertainment, Driftwood Lounge at the 20 Grand.
DETROIT’S HOTTEST NIGHTSPOT for R&B entertainment in the 1960s. The Driftwood Lounge at the 20 Grand.

Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers just ended a week-long engagement at the 20 Grand Driftwood Lounge . . . . Terra Shirma Sound Studios has recently opened a new 8-track complex here at 15305 Livernois. Some of the first productions there has been on local artists Louis Curry, Danny Woods, the Utopias, Jimmy Delphs, Ortheia Barnes and Parish, for labels such as MGM, M&S, RCA and Columbia.

WCHB has filled its late-evening spot, formerly held by Robbie D, with a new disk jockey calling himself Butterball, Jr. . . .  Donald S. Condon has joined Stereodyne, the tape cartridge duplicator and manufacturer, introducing the spill-proof Dynapak tape cartridge. Condon will conduct the marketing for duplicating music, the Dynapak cartridge, and other Stereodyne products in the U. S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. . . . The Parliaments, Jimmy Delphs, Jimmy Ruffin, Bettye LaVette, Louis Curry and the Bandwagon will appear in one show at the Phelps Lounge, Friday, May 24. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; May 18, 1968)


Kenny Burrell circa 1968.
Kenny Burrell circa 1968.
KENNY BURRELL * Wonder Why” * Verve * Blues – The Common Ground’ (LP) * ’68

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