A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: MARVELETTES ’63!
Month: April 2018
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’63!
THE MARVELETTES * 1963
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’65
“DON’T MESS WITH BILL” (EXT. INSTRUMENTAL; w/VOCAL) * THE MARVELETTES * 1965
WAY-BACK RADIO: ‘HONOR ROLL OF HITS’ 04/03/1948
NATION’S WEEKLY MUSIC POPULARITY CHART: THE TEN TOP TUNES INDEX
BING CROSBY * Now Is The Hour * No. 01
ART MOONEY * I’m Looking For A Four Leaf Clover * No. 02
PEGGY LEE * Manana * No. 03
FRANKIE CARLE * Beg Your Pardon * No. 04
BING CROSBY * But Beautiful * No. 05
VAUGHN MONROE * Ballerina * No. 06
ART MOONEY * Baby Face * No. 07
FREDDY MARTIN * The Dickey-Bird Song * No. 08
WOODY HERMAN * Sabre Dance * No. 09
GORDON McCRAE * You Were Meant For Me * No. 10
NATION’S WEEKLY MUSIC POPULARITY CHART: THE TEN TOP TUNES INDEX
WAY-BACK RADIO – MARCH 26, 1948
(Week-Ending)
1948 IN THE NEWS
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NEWS THROUGH MARCH — Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Burma gains independence from the U. K. Winter Olympics opens in Switzerland. First color newsreel is shown by Warner Brothers. Soviets began to jam Voice of America broadcasts. In the U. S. NASCAR is formed. U. S. Supreme Court rule religious teachings in public schools unconstitutional. The Hell’s Angels motorcycle club is formed in California.
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DETROIT HEADLINES. APRIL 3, 1948
DETROIT RADIO. 1948
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In March-April 1948 these same Top 10 hits had their spins on Detroit radio music shows, such as WJR (760) “Music Hall,” “Club 15,” and “Harvest Of Stars.” On WWJ (950) “Musical Clock” and “Supper Club.” On WXYZ (1270) “I’ve Got Your Number” and “Vox Pop.” On CKLW (800) “Musical Airs” and “Midnight Nocturne.” On WJBK (1490) “Tune Time” and “Album Time.” And on WJLB (1400) “1400 Club.”
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These records were America’s most popular TEN TOP RECORDS for the week ending March 26, 1948 on the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits.
70 YEARS AGO. ABOUT THIS FEATURE
Certainly this was not the music of our generation, nor that of the present as well. But from time to time this website will bring light to a certain time in decades’ past. These were the bands and artists Americans found themselves enamored with. The ’40s era. The greatest generation? Many historians arguably would agree today it was.
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CBS NEWS RADIO REPORT: THE AFTERMATH 04/05/1968
A CBS RADIO SPECIAL REPORT * Douglas Edwards (CBS) * FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968
A CBS SPECIAL REPORT. THE DAY AFTER DR. KING DIED
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968
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ABOUT THIS CBS RADIO BROADCAST
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This was the news the CBS Radio Network reported the evening after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
You will hear various reports of widespread rioting and disturbances from around the country, the aftermath. In the wake of Dr. King’s assassination the night before. Hardest hit overnight were 11 major American cities. You will hear reports from Jeb Duvall in Chicago; Jim McQuarry in Detroit; reports by Tony Sargent and Robert Pierpoint in Washington D. C.; reports by Ed Rable and Tony Brunton in Memphis; Bill Stout in Los Angeles, and reports by CBS Washington correspondents Dan Rather and Eric Severeid. Anchored by CBS’ Douglas Edwards in New York.
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THE CBS RADIO NETWORK. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
This special report aired on CBS affiliate WJR-AM 760 Detroit, April 5, 1968.
A FINAL WORD
While a minute and a half was found missing at the end of this CBS report, the substance of the news having been reported that day is most somber in having described the mood of a nation, having felt over this tragic event, and having witnessed, fifty years ago.
This CBS reporting on the death of Dr. King bears reminding much what the nation had lost on this day in April 1968.
MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING (THE KING OF LOVE IS DEAD)
WHY? * APRIL 1968
Recorded live at the Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, New York. April 7, 1968
WABX-FM 99.5 DETROIT TOP 29: THIS WEEK! 04/04/1983
WABX 99.5 FM. 34 YEARS AGO
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WABX music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
BEATLEMANIA! THE HOT 100 U. S. TOP FIVE: 04/04/1964
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD BEATLES’ TOP 5: SONG NUMBER 01 * 04/04/64
BILLBOARD BEATLES’ TOP 5: SONG NUMBER 02 * 04/04/64
BILLBOARD BEATLES’ TOP 5: SONG NUMBER 03 * 04/04/64
BILLBOARD BEATLES’ TOP 5: SONG NUMBER 04 * 04/04/64
BILLBOARD BEATLES’ TOP 5: SONG NUMBER 05 * 04/04/64
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
THIS DAY! THE BEATLES CHART U.S. TOP 5
APRIL 4, 1964
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BEATLEMANIA! 54 YEARS AGO
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These were the HOTTEST Beatles records you bought in early-1964. The TOP FIVE Beatles hits listed above in Billboard, week-ending April 4, 1964.
They were the most popular Beatles singles played on AM Top 40 radio in Detroit — WKNR, WJBK, CKLW, and WXYZ.
CLASSIC DETROIT RADIO SOUND BYTES: WABX-FM, ’77!
WABX-FM * JOHN O’LEARY * APRIL 1977
ABOUT THIS WABX SOUND BYTE
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WABX put together this 99x DJ audio collage for their 10th Anniversary concert at Cobo Arena, Thursday, April 28, 1977. During the concert this 99X production piece was played while the WABX Air Aces were all onstage in between acts. Headlining the event that evening were the groups HEART and THE KINKS.
A special THANK YOU to John O’Leary of WABX-FM for recently contributing this 1977 99X memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
CLASSIC DETROIT RADIO SOUND BYTES: WABX-FM, ’80!
WABX-FM * JOHN O’LEARY * SEPTEMBER 1980
ABOUT THIS WABX SOUND BYTE
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In this WABX audio you will hear John O’Leary with 99X newsman David Segal updating the news about John Bonham’s (Led Zeppelin) sudden, and unexpectant cause of his reported death. It is after 3:00 in the afternoon of September 25, 1980.
A special THANK YOU to John O’Leary of WABX-FM for recently contributing this 1980 99X memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.