Day: October 13, 2015
WKNR DETROIT TOP 13 KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK IN 1968!
HEY JUDE * The Beatles * WKNR (No. 01) 10/10/68
OVER YOU * Gary Puckett & The Union Gap * WKNR (No. 02) 10/10/68
HOLD ME TIGHT * Johnny Nash * WKNR (No. 03) 10/10/68
THOSE WERE THE DAYS * Mary Hopkin * WKNR (No. 04) 10/10/68
PIECE OF MY HEART * Big Brother & Holding Company * WKNR (No. 05) 10/10/68
THE SNAKE * Al Wilson * WKNR (No. 06) 10/10/68
HARPER VALLEY PTA * Jeannie C. Riley * WKNR (No. 07) 10/10/68
GIRL WATCHER * The O’Kaysions * WKNR (No. 08) 10/10/68
SUNDAY SUN * Neil Diamond * WKNR (No. 09) 10/10/68
WHITE ROOM * The Cream * WKNR (No. 10) 10/10/68
ELENORE * The Turtles * WKNR (No. 11) 10/10/68
I LOVE YOU MADLY * Fantastic Four * WKNR (No. 12) 10/10/68
SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS * Fever Tree * WKNR (No. 13) 10/10/68
BONUS! NATURALLY STONED * Avante Garde * WKNR (No. 15) 10/10/68
BONUS! RIDE MY SEE SAW * The Moody Blues * WKNR (No. 21) 10/10/68
BONUS! BRING IT ON HOME TO ME * Eddie Floyd * WKNR (No. 23) 10/10/68
BONUS! KEEP ON LOVIN’ ME HONEY * Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell * WKNR (No. 25) 10/10/68
BONUS! LES BICYCLETTES DEL BELSIZE * Englebert Humperdinck * WKNR (No. 26) 10/10/68
BONUS! DO SOMETHING TO ME * Tommy James & The Shondells * WKNR (HP) 10/10/68
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THE WEEK THAT WAS
The week of October 10, 1968 was an historic week here in the Motor City. The Detroit Tigers (and the entire city of Detroit!) celebrated the team’s win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series, Game 7 at St. Louis, on October 10, 1968.
These were the hits played on Top 40 WKNR, highlighting that memorable week in Detroit. Also, from across the Detroit river, many of the same records listed on this WKNR October 10, 1968 playlist was also played on the No. 1 Top 40 station on the radio dial at the time, CKLW-AM, Windsor, Ontario.
