ROSALIE TROMBLEY: CKLW LEGENDARY HIT-MAKER DIES AT 82

ROSALIE TROMBLEY CKLW (Windsor Star)

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Dalson Chen | November 24, 2021

Rosalie CKLW

Rosalie Trombley — a Windsor radio figure whose influence reverberated across the region and beyond — has passed away at the age of 82.

A pioneer in music radio broadcasting from the days when CKLW was known as The Big 8, Trombley died peacefully on Nov. 23, according to her loved ones.

Through her programming choices, Trombley has been credited with jump starting the music careers of The Guess Who, Bob Seger, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Gordon Lightfoot, Kiss, Alice Cooper, and many more.

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Courtesy The Windsor Star. Complete article published in The Windsor Star, November 24, 2021

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For the rest of this published Windsor Star Obituary please go HERE

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends our heartfelt condolences to the entire Trombley family, her friends, to CKLW, and to her fans everywhere.

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THIS WEEK, 1964: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.!

NUMBER ONE 1964

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TWELVE WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Leader Of The Pack” by The Shangri-las peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning November 22 through week ending, November 28, 1964. (Source: Billboard)

For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE

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