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PETULA CLARK on WARNER BROS. RECORDS
—1966—
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—ED McKENZIE—
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[Note: Industry ad for Jack the Bellboy, circa 1951, reprinted in the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, (IAJRC; Summer 1995) spotlighting Detroit DJ Ed McKenzie].
Ed McKenzie had been with WJBK since 1937. During WWII, he began to take over announcement chores for the short-handed station at the time, and eventually he became both engineer and the station’s chief announcer.
McKenzie did his first stint as a disc jockey in 1945. The name Jack the Bellboy was adopted from a favorite recording from Lionel Hampton.
He left WJBK for WXYZ, and will start (4-6:00 p.m.) Monday, February 4, 1952. ABS, owner of the station, also expressed of their plans to syndicate his show on the American Broadcasting Systems.
A special studio will be built for him at the Michigan Mutual Building, where WXYZ has its offices.
(Source: The Detroit Free Press; January 17, 1952)
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
A special THANK YOU to ‘Radio Muze” (as he prefers to be only called) of Los Angeles, California, for having shared this WJBK Ed McKenzie spread with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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1964
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Although the Contours never quite repeated the extraordinary success of “Do You Love Me,” they returned to the charts four times during 1963 and 1964 starting with “Shake Sherry.” They also charted on the R&B Charts with the “B-side” to “Can You Jerk Like Me,” the Smokey Robinson-penned “That Day When She Needed Me.”
In 1964, Billy Hoggs, Joe Billingslea, Hubert Johnson, and Sylvester Potts all left Motown.
Berry Gordy hired Council Gay, Jerry Green and Alvin English to back Billy Gordon, making the Contours a vocal quartet (with Davis remaining the group’s guitarist throughout their stint at Motown). During this period, tracks recorded by both line-ups were being put together for a second album for Motown entitled The Contours: Can You Dance (Gordy 910). However, for unknown reasons, this album was never released by Motown.
Within a year, Sylvester Potts returned to the group (replacing Alvin English), and Billy Gordon departed shortly thereafter. Gordon was replaced by Joe Stubbs, brother of Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs. Stubbs soon quit the act and was replaced by Dennis Edwards. Stubbs would later go on to become lead singer of the 1970s non-Motown R&B group, 100 Proof (Aged in Soul).
The group produced three R&B hits on the Gordy label in 1964. “Can You Do It” (#16 R&B); “Can You Jerk Like Me” (#15 R&B); “That Day When She Needed Me” (b-side of “Can You Jerk Like Me,” No. 37 R&B).
In 1964, The Contours comprised of Billy Gordon, Huey Davis, Council Gay, Jerry Green and Alvin English.
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Source: The Contours; Wikipedia
—THE CONTOURS—
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Released March 4, “Can You Do It” peaked at #16 (charted 9 total weeks R&B overall) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1964. B-side: “I’ll Stand By You”
GORDY 7029 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
DO YOU LOVE ME [INST.; AUDIO ENHANCED] * THE CONTOURS
THE KEENER PODCAST * 04/06/06 * SCOTT W. RECALLS ’60s CLASSIC COMMERCIALS!
As much as we’d like to deny it, those commercials we saw and heard in the 60s are as much a part of our consciousness as are the rock acts we listened to on WKNR. This week we bring back some of the most memorable ad themes of the Keener era. We also answer your requests for the Radiants, the Raiders and some 1970 reflections.
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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 —
The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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COCA COLA * THE VOGUES (1966) * THE COCA COLA CO.
COCA COLA * THE SUPREMES (1965) * THE COCA COLA CO.