BEARSKIN RUG SOUNDS: “Is There A Chance For Me” * Tom Shannon * CKLW 1966
(Above article courtesy freep.com newspapers archive).
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A NEW FEATURE ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJBK ‘PAYOLA’ ‘WJBK Fires Disk Jockey, Bandstand MC Resigns’
(Above WJBK article courtesy freep.com newspapers archive).
Missed the previous ‘Detroit Radio Back-Pages’ WKNR BOB GREEN feature? GO HERE.
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JANUARY 29, 1966 (click on image 2x for detailed view).
A MCRFB Note: A previous ‘Number One in America ’65‘ single – 01/02/66 – 01/15/1966
TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “We Can Work It Out” by the Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of January 23 through January 29, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1966 GO HERE.
Seventy-four years ago. The world is at war. The United States declares war on Japan when Japanese Imperial naval forces bombards U.S. naval and military bases at Pearl Harbor from the air, just three months earlier, December 7, 1941.
Meanwhile, here in the United States, these were the most popular records that was played on the radio — coast-to-coast — during the winter of 1941-1942. They were America’s most popular TEN TOP RECORDS for the week ending February 27.
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