Month: May 2018

MOTOWN MONDAYS: A 1960s ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINT

Detroit Free Press November 22, 1968

Friday, November 22, 1968

A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

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1965! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 05/15/65

NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * LITTLE MILTON
NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * MARVIN GAYE
NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * TEMPTATIONS
NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * MIRACLES
NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SUPREMES
O’JAYS * IMPERIAL
THE KNIGHT BROS. * CHECKER
WALTER JACKSON * OKEH

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 05/09/65 – 03/15/1965

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 05/15/1965

A BILLBOARD IMPERIAL RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: “What The World Needs Now Is Love” Jackie DeShannon May 15, 1965 (On your PC? Click on image 2x for largest view)
JACKIE DeSHANNON * 1965

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 05/15/1965

A BILLBOARD BYRDS / HULLABALOO AD PAGE RIP: “Mr. Tambourine Man” The Byrds May 15, 1965 (click on image 2x for largest view)
THE BYRDS * 1965

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A BILLBOARD TRINI LOPEZ AD FLASHBACK: 05/15/1965!

A BILLBOARD REPRISE RECORDS LP AD PAGE RIP: Trini Lopez May 15, 1965 (click on image 2x for largest view)

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