“YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE” (INSTRUMENTAL) * Marvin Gaye * 1964
Month: January 2017
A MOTOWN COVER BY THE RATIONALS! LEAVING HERE
A 1960S MOTOR CITY MUSIC FEATURE RECALLED: 1967!
A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Revisited: The Monkees in Detroit, 1967
FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967
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DETROIT — Fog delayed the plane carrying Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davey Jones and Micky Dolenz to Detroit last Saturday. So the Monkees arrived only an hour before show time. They sped to the airport in a limousine. All this means there was time only for hello and goodbye and little time to chat. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .
— DETROIT FREE PRESS
DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, January 20, 1967
DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, January 20, 1967
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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: STEVE ROBBINS!
WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * January 13, 1967 * STEVE ROBBINS
*** “THE MONKEES ARE COMING!” ***
A DETROIT WKNR-AM 13 NEWSPAPER 1967 FLASHBACK
Sunday, October 22, 1967
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Steve Robbins: “They Don’t Tune In to Hear Us Talk” ’
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LOST IN THE ’50S! THIS WEEK, ’59: HONOR ROLL OF HITS!
58-YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
AMERICA’S WEEKLY POP THIRTY: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES * The Platters * No. 01
CHIPMUNK SONG * David Seville * No. 02
MY HAPPINESS * Connie Francis * No. 03
16 CANDLES * The Crests * No. 04
DONNA * Ritchie Valens * No. 05
TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM * The Teddy Bears * No. 06
GOTTA TRAVEL ON * Harry Belafonte * No. 07
A LOVER’S QUESTION * Clyde McPhatter * No. 08
TOM DOOLEY * The Kingston Trio * No. 09
WHOLE LOTTA LOVING * Fats Domino * No. 10
AMERICA’S TOP 10 | January 10, 1959
AMERICA’S WEEKLY POP THIRTY: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX
These hits were the hottest ‘TOP 10’ popular records played on Detroit radio stations WJBK, WXYZ, WKMH, CKLW and WJR for the week-ending January 10, 1959.
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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 01/19/1959
Monday, January 19, 1959
DETROIT FREE PRESS: MONDAY RADIO GUIDE
(Above article courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).
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THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL. 58-YEARS AGO TODAY
A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’LP AD FLASHBACK! 01/21/1967
‘MORE OF THE MONKEES’ * (COMPLETE ALBUM) * COLGEMS 1967
PUSH-BUTTON HITS FOR 1966! CLASSIC JUKEBOX GOLD
