ARCHIVES| BEATLES RECORDS BOOMING ON GLOBAL SCALE . . . FEBRUARY 29, 1964

From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964

BEATLES GROSS $17,000,000 PLUS IN 6 MONTHS

NEW YORK — In the six months prior to the peak of their American success, Beatles records grossed $17,500,000, according to EMI Managing Director John Wall.

This figure, which does not include the huge sales of Beatles records here in the United States, shows the staggering impact the group has had on the record industry around the world.

**Beatles in Montreal** September 8, 1964

Beatles records, whether “I Want To Hold Your Hand” or “I Saw her Standing There,” have risen to the top of the charts around the world on a grand scale. Besides England and the United States, the Beatles have topped charts globally whether in Australia, Eire, France, Holland, New Zealand, Norway and Hong Kong. Yet to be tapped by the hot British band are the Spanish speaking nations in Europe and South America, Germany and Japan.

The push is already on. In Spain, for instance, strong publicity is being done to further advance the pop group’s sensational rise. Also, the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and other Beatles chart hits is gaining widespread popular airplay on the radio in Spain. A recent cover of the Spaniard fan magazine Discomania showered the Liverpool group with a large feature coverage. As planned, the strategy would be to further promote the “new Liverpool sound” which could potentially translate into a huge global market share there as well.

With the Beatles’ music popularity on the rise in Spain, it is anticipated it may become easier to introduce Beatle records through Central and South America, in the coming months ahead. It is commonly known that Spanish-speaking nations are tougher markets for English-speaking artists.

For the powerful German market, the Beatles have cut records in that country’s native language. This country has become a tough market for English-speaking artists in recent years as well. The German Beatles disks were cut in France during the group’s recent tour there prior to coming to America. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; February 29, 1964)

WJBK 1500 FORMULA ’40 SURVEY SOUNDS: 11/11/1957

— NOVEMBER 1957 —

WJBK RADIO 15

62 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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The WJBK FORMULA 40 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.

This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.

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Previewed for the week of November 11, 1957

Note: By year’s end, 1957, Casey Kasem was no longer at WJBK 1500. Kasem left Detroit for Buffalo’s WBNY, New York, in November 1957. To fill Kasem’s departure, Dan Baxter became the new replacement. Baxter was hired for the all-night shift on WJBK.

Eventually, by early-1958 Tom Clay would fill the time slot allocated the same hours Casey Kasem held prior his exit on WJBK.

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

‘BROADCASTING’ 1962: A WWJ 950 DETROIT RADIO AD

**A ‘BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 1500 AD** PAGE RIP: March 26, 1962 *(On your PC? click image 2x for largest view)*

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‘BROADCASTING’ 1960: A WWJ 950 DETROIT RADIO AD

**A ‘BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 950 AD** PAGE RIP: July 18, 1960 *(On your PC? click image 2x for largest view)*

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WWJ DETROIT RADIO 1990 PRESS PHOTO: SONNY ELIOT

**WWJ SONNY ELIOT** *(Press Photo)* **1990**

WXYZ DETROIT RADIO PRESS PHOTO: FRED WOLF, 1959

**WXYZ FRED WOLF** *(Press Photo)* **1959**

A WXYZ DETROIT RADIO PRESS PHOTO: DICK OSGOOD

**WXYZ DICK OSGOOD** *(Press Photo)* **1967**

WXYZ RADIO 1270 DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: 11/7/1966

**WXYZ RADIO 1270** Detroit Sound Survey **NOVEMBER 7, 1966**

WXYZ 1270

— THIS WEEK in NOVEMBER 1966 —

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

— The Jim Heddle Collection —

This WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: THE TOP 100 HITS! 1965

**WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY** Top 100 **1965**

WXYZ 1270

— SOUND SURVEY TOP 100 DETROIT RECORDS for 1965 —

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This list was selected from our weekly surveys as was determined by WXYZ Radio, based on reports by leading record outlets, record sales and popularity in the Detroit area throughout 1965.

— The GREG INNIS Collection —

This WXYZ (year-end) 1965 chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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A special THANK YOU to Greg Innis, Livonia, Mi., for previously sharing this WXYZ music chart with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

MIKE JOSEPH: WHO INVENTED SHORT TOP 40 PLAYLIST?

— MIKE JOSEPH —

A DETROIT TOP 40 RADIO PIONEER

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Before there was Bill Drake, Ron Jacobs, Paul Drew in the mid-1960s, in the beginning of Top 40 radio in the 1950s there was Mike Joseph. In essence, before the KHJ phenomenon was to hit the radio top 40 industry in 1965, Joseph was the perennial radio programmer who birthed the shortened ’30 hits playlist’ in Buffalo’s WKBW in 1957.

Mike Joseph also transcended the short playlist concept here in Detroit when WKMH hired the legendary programmer in 1963. Under Mike Joseph, WKMH became the former on October 31, 1963 — becoming the new WKNR Radio 13 — short playlist and all — and the rest is Detroit radio history.

In the early 1980s, Mike Joseph would return back to Detroit. WJR and station owner Capital Cities Communications hired Joseph for program consultancy for its adult, easy-listening WJR-FM — turning it instead into a new and successful Top 40 powerhouse in the Motor City in 1982 with his ‘Hot Hits’ formula — the new FM WHYT 96.3.

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A MCRFB NOTE: This page/article was taken from a R&R (Radio & Records) special edition published in 1996. The magazine, ‘Bill Gavin’s Top 40’, was published twenty-three years ago in recognition of the 40th anniversary, birth of top 40 radio, 1956.