Month: July 2016
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’66!
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’65
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 07/18/74
PRESS IMAGE FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST: WKNR, ’66!
A 1966 DETROIT WKNR RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK
Sunday, November 20, 1966
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Bob Green: He Found Big Beat Abroad’
(Above WKNR related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com).
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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: BOB GREEN!
WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * 1966 * BOB GREEN
A MCRFB Note: This is the aircheck of Bob Green (November 13, 1966) playing “international hits” exclusively on WKNR Keener 13, a Sunday evening, some time shortly after his return home from his trip abroad to Europe and Israel.
You’ll note this same Bob Green ‘international’ show was featured extensively in the article written by Loraine Alterman as well, which featured Bob Green as ‘DJ Of The Week,’ Detroit Free Press, Sunday, November 20, 1966 (read article HERE).
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 07/15/73
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JULY 16, 1966
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66 * Tommy James & The Shondells * WEEK OF 07/10/66 – 07/23/1966
NUMBER ONE FOR 1966!
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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James & The Shondells peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week-ending July 10 through July 23, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1966 GO HERE.