NEW! J. MICHAEL WILSON WKNR aircheck date: Wednesday, November 16, 1966
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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *
A MCRFB Note: In 1984, besides being an actor, singer and composer, Curtis Gadson was WDIV Channel 4 special projects director when he cut this recording (he co-wrote), “Bless You Boys (This Is The Year).”
As well at the time, Gadson produced and was host to ‘Saturday Night Music Machine,’ broadcast on WDIV-TV in Detroit, 1983-1984.
“BLESS YOU BOYS!”
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Besides the voice of Ernie Harwell, the various narratives you will hear throughout the entire audio book (or excerpts) is by Raleigh, N.C. sports broadcaster Gordon Miller. Occasional questions you will also hear is by veteran Duke University sports broadcaster Bob Harris.
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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was commonly known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award. He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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(CD audio set availability, link: Ernie Harwell’s Audio Scrapbook 2009)
BOB GREEN WKNR aircheck date: Friday, April 30, 1971
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Green, of Bob Green Productions, Houston, TX, for recently donating this WKNR aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WJLB music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’On Target!”
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’The Right Sound Today”
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In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WNIC music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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United is a studio album by Motown artists musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released August 29, 1967 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album, with the exception of “You Got What It Takes“ (produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr.) and “Oh How I’d Miss You” (produced by Hal Davis). Fuqua and Bristol produced “Hold Me Oh My Darling” and “Two Can Have a Party” as Tammi Terrell solo tracks in 1965 and 1966, and had Gaye overdub his vocals to them in order to create duet versions of the songs.
United yielded four Top 100 Billboard chart hits, including the two Top 10 singles “Your Precious Love,” “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You,” the Top 20 single, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “If This World Were Mine“. United peaked at #69 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and #7 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart upon its release. The album was the first of three collaborative albums by Gaye and Terrell. (Source: WiKipedia and AllMusic)
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A MCRFB Note: For the complete track listing on this album GO HERE.
