Month: February 2018

PAUL MAURIAT & HIS ORCHESTRA: BLOOMING HITS! ’68

PAUL MAURIAT * BLOOMING HITS (COMPLETE LP) * 1967-1968

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

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Blooming Hits was a studio instrumental album by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra. The LP was released in 1967 and hit the number one spot in 1968. The single “Love Is Blue” hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 4, 1968.

Mauriat’s album “Blooming Hits” stayed 2 weeks on top the Billboard LP chart from March 23, 1968 through April 5, 1968.

His single, “Love is Blue”, and the album Blooming Hits, each sold over one million copies. The single was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America in March 1968. (Source: WiKipedia and AllMusic)

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A MCRFB Note: For the complete track listing from this album GO HERE.

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’LP AD FLASHBACK! 02/10/1968

A BILLBOARD PHILIPS RECORDS LP’s AD PAGE RIP: February 10, 1968 (click image 2x for largest detailed view)

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

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * Paul Mauriat Orchestra * 02/04/68 – 03/09/1968

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING February 10, 1968

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!

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EIGHTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Love Is Blue” by The Paul Mauriat Orchestra peaked this week at No. 01 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, February 04 through March 09, 1968. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.

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CKLW RADIO 80: THE TOP 50 HITS, THIS WEEK, 02/04/64

CKLW RADIO 80 February 4, 1964

THE CKLW “GREAT EIGHT”

CKLW * NO. 01
CKLW * NO. 02
CKLW * NO. 03
CKLW * NO. 04
CKLW * NO. 05
CKLW * NO. 06
CKLW * NO. 07
CKLW * NO. 08
CKLW (BONUS!) * NO. 22
CKLW (BONUS!) * ‘READY TO GO ON EIGHT-0’

CKLW. THIS WEEK 54 YEARS AGO

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The Top 50 hits in Detroit. Featuring the ‘Top 8’ off the survey. As tabulated by CKLW Radio 80 for the week of February 04, 1964.

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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.

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IN MEMORY. A 1984 DENNIS EDWARDS REMEMBRANCE

DENNIS EDWARDS w/SEIDAH GARRET * 1984
DENNIS EDWARDS w/SEIDAH GARRET * 1984 (ACAPELLA)
DENNIS EDWARDS w/SEIDAH GARRET * 1984 (INSTRUMENTAL)

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MOTOWN MONDAYS: A 1980S ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINT

DETROIT FREE PRESS March 27 1981 (click on image 2x for largest detailed read)
DETROIT FREE PRESS March 27 1981 (click on image 2x for largest detailed read)

Friday, March 27, 1981

 

A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

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(Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.

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