CLASSIC 1971 LP: ISAAC HAYES’ SCORES WITH ‘SHAFT’!

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

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‘Shaft,’ the soundtrack score (click highlight for tracks listing link) to the movie of the same name, was written, produced, and sung by Isaac Hayes in 1971. The album was released in August that year, becoming the first double-album “of original studio material released by a R&B artist.”

The album peaked at number one on The Billboard 200 chart, and spent sixty weeks on the chart. It took the top position on the Top R&B Albums chart for 14 weeks. Both “Theme from Shaft” and “Do Your Thing” became Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with the former peaking at number one.

At the 1972 Grammy Awards, “Theme from Shaft” won the awards for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical and Best Instrumental Arrangement. The film score as a whole won for Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically For A Motion Picture or for Television. The National Association of Television and Radio Announcers gave Shaft its Album of the Year award.

At the Academy Awards that year, Hayes became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a non-acting category when “Theme from Shaft” won the award for Best Original Song. Isaac Hayes was nominated for Original Dramatic Score as well, losing to Michel Legrand for the score to Summer of ’42.

A commercial and critical success, Shaft is Hayes’ best-known work and the best-selling LP ever released on a Stax label. In 2014, the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” (Source: Wikipedia)

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A MCRFB Note: This week, ‘Theme from Shaft,’ the single, began its ascent on the Detroit radio dial. The single charted on the CKLW Big 30 survey at #25, September 21, 1971. The single debuted at #29 on the WKNR Music Guide, September 20, 1971.

A DETROIT ‘WAY-BACK’ RADIO PROGRAM: 09/22/1951

Saturday, September 22, 1951

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO STATIONS GUIDE

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BIG EIGHT CKLW! MOTOR CITY BIG 30 HITS: 09/21/1970

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 21, 1970* *(Click on chart image 2x for largest view)*

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 21, 1970*

47 YEARS AGO. SEPTEMBER 1970

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

WJR BACK ON THE RADIO: THE ‘DINNER DATE’ SHOW

**WJR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS**

WJR-AM 760 * JAN WYNN (‘DINNER DATE‘) w/THE JIMMY CLARK QUARTET

WJR aircheck date: ‘DINNER DATE’ (segments) 1958-1960

**DETROIT FREE PRESS** *Sunday, January 2, 1955*

**WJR** (‘*DINNER DATE*‘) **JAN WYNN** 1959 *(Press Photo)*

JAN WYNN on WJR

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Jan Wynn’s real name was Janet Marie Winkler Iagulli (1935-2008).

In the 1950s and in the early 1960s, Jan Wynn was a local Detroit vocalist/singer who was the prime feature on WJR’s evening programming called ‘Dinner Date,’ a 15 minute daily show accompanied by WJR’s house band The Jimmy Clark Quartet (see above ad). The program was aired live, from 6:15 to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday on the “Goodwill Station.” Wynn’s vocal talents also was heard on other WJR programming. She also made frequent appearances on WJR’s day-timer, “Open House,” hosted by Jack Harris.

In the post-war era, WJR was known as a prestigious radio station which featured local musicians, vocalists, talents, and personalities throughout their regular scheduled daily programming at the time, in most cases performing live musical shows in the studio while on the air.

In this special WJR aircheck, the performances by Jan Wynn presented here date from 1958-1960 and actually this audio is a compilation from more than one ‘Dinner Date’ broadcast which was recorded during that time.

**WJR** (‘*DINNER DATE*‘) **JAN WYNN** 1965 *(Press Photo)*

BIG EIGHT CKLW! MOTOR CITY BIG 30 HITS: 09/16/1969

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 16, 1969 (Click on chart image 2x for largest view)*

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 16, 1969*

48 YEARS AGO. SEPTEMBER 1969

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’67 DEFINED!

**AL KENT * 1967**

— BILLBOARD: Peaked #49; September 30, 1967 —

THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’67 DEFINED!

**LEON HAYWOOD * 1967**

— BILLBOARD: Peaked #63; October 21, 1967 —

BIG EIGHT CKLW! MOTOR CITY BIG 30 HITS: 09/10/1968

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 10, 1968 (Click on chart image 2x for largest view)*

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** *September 10, 1968*

49 YEARS AGO. SEPTEMBER 1968

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * The Box Tops * 09/17/67 – 10/14/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING SEPTEMBER 23, 1967

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “The Letter” by the Box Tops peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week September 17 through October 14, 1967. (source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.