VARIOUS DJs and VARIOUS STATIONS aircheck year: 1962
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating this 1962 Detroit radio aircheck (Bob and Dan Murphy originally had recorded) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE BOB PRATT/DAN MURPHY COLLECTION *
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Tammy Terrell passed away, March 16, 1970. 48 years ago. Today, in Tammi’s memory, Motor City Radio Flashbacks is reposting this WKNR Motown Monday audio presentation from April 20, 2015.
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(Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
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This song, penned by the credited song writers, including Stevie Wonder, was exclusively written for Tammi Terrell to record in 1966.
On the tenth anniversary after Tammi’s passing, Stevie Wonder covered his version of the song. It is included in his album, ‘Hotter Than July,” released, September 1980.
Tammi Terrell, at the time signed to the Motown label, recorded the song under Stevie Wonder’s Tamla Records. It was never released as a single.
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These were the record singles you bought in 1965. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, March 1965, on Top 40 WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJBK and WJR radio.
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1968
Redding Tops in Singles and LP Sales
NEW YORK – Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash last December, is achieving the success that eluded him during his lifetime. This week, Redding’s Volt record of “Dock Of The Bay” passed the one million sales mark and went into No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart. It marks the first single of Redding’s ever to hit a million. and according to Atlantic Records‘ sales executives. who handle the Stax-Volt line, sales are continuing at a strong pace.
Redding is also setting new sales marks with his album product. His new LP on Volt, “Dock Of The Bay,” which was issued about two weeks ago, had the largest advance order of any of his LP’s. One of the previously unreleased sides in the “Dock of the Bay” LP, called “Open the Door” is receiving such strong airplay that there is a possibility Volt Records may issue it as Redding’s next single.
Sales of Redding’s albums spurted shortly after his death. His albums are among the best-selling items at Atlantic, keeping pace with the firm’s other top artists. The Redding LP’s most in demand are “Otis Blue,” “Otis Redding Live In Europe,” “History of Otis Redding” and the newly issued “Dock Of The Bay.”
The interest in Redding’s career since his death has grown in the consumer press and TV. Virtually every important music magazine has written about Redding and new stories are in the works. A TV film made in England of Redding performing “Shake” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” has been used on many U. S. stations. Currently, two networks are preparing shows on Redding which will he ready in the spring. Also, a packager of TV shows is interested in doing a one-hour documentary on Redding.
Redding’s trip to Europe with the Stax-Volt show last spring was filmed and reports indicate that there will be a one -hour film compiled from the footage. It will be available for showing on either TV or as a regular film feature for distribution on the college circuit. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; March 16, 1968)
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EIGHTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “(Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay” by Otis Redding peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, March 10 through April 06, 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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THE VENTURES IN SPACE is an album by the guitar-based instrumental group the Ventures, released in 1964. Information on the slip cover states that all the unique, unworldly sounds featured in the album’s tracks were made with musical instruments, rather than with electronic devices. It was one of the first albums on which the group played the new Mosrite brand guitars instead of their traditional Fender instruments. The album was released in January 1964 on the Dolton label, and was recorded in October 1963.
The principal members were rhythm guitarist Don Wilson (b. Feb. 10, 1933, Tacoma, Wash., U.S.), bassist Bob Bogle (b. Jan. 16, 1934, Portland, Ore.—d. June 14, 2009, Vancouver, Wash.), guitarist Nokie Edwards (b. May 9, 1935,–d. March 12, 2018), drummer Mel Taylor (b. Sept. 24, 1933, New York, N.Y.—d. Aug. 11, 1996, Tarzana, Calif.)
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Nole Floyd “Nokie” Edwards, original bassist and later guitarist for the Ventures, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018. He was 82. (Source: Wikipedia, Brittanica.com, and Discogs)
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A MCRFB Note: For the complete track listing from this album GO HERE.
