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Month: December 2021
A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 11 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
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“The Man With All The Toys” is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album. As a single that year it had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history, though well below the Beach Boys’ 1963 Christmas single, “Little Saint Nick”.
Source: Wikipedia
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For previous Holiday Yule Tides Countdown record #12 GO HERE
WXYZ RADIO 1270: DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! DECEMBER 8, 1964
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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.
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The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — December 8, 1964 — with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
Earlier in the year, Larry contributed 16 1964 WXYZ charts for the website’s archive.
Thank you for this WXYZ Detroit radio contribution. Inasmuch, this site realizes these WXYZ charts from 1964 are scarce, having been a most difficult find today, as in recent years. A valuable contribution to the archives, much appreciated! 🙂
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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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“Sleigh Ride” was covered by the American girl group The Ronettes. The Phil Spector-produced recording has become the most popular version outside the traditional pop standard genre, charting yearly in Billboard’s Top Ten U.S. Holiday 100 and was #26 in 2018 in the Hot 100. It features the well-known “Ring-a-ling-a-ling, ding-dong-ding” background vocals, and the clip-clop and the whining of a horse at its beginning and end.
Source: Wikipedia
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KEENER GOLD! THE MOTOR CITY TOP 30 HITS: DECEMBER 13, 1971
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— In Memory of George Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1965
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SEASON’S GREETINGS! THE HOLIDAY SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1964
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THIS WEEK, 1964: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.!
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FIFTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Mr. Lonely” by Bobby Vinton peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning December 6 through week ending, December 12, 1964. (Source: Billboard Pop Annual)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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SOUL SHOTS! BILLBOARD TOP R&B SINGLES, LPs: DECEMBER 9, 1967
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Many of the above titled Billboard ‘Top 40’ R&B singles were also the most popular radio plays heard on two Detroit’s soul stations 1400 WJLB and 1440 WCHB on the AM dial, December 1967.
As tabulated by Billboard, the featured R&B Top 50 record singles and R&B Top 30 LP listing was the nation’s most popular and best-selling soul records, for the week-ending December 9, 1967.
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NOTES: In the R&B Top 50 listing, you will find there are eight (8) Detroit Motown singles and note as well a single by Detroit’s own Parliaments on the Revilot Records label.
In the R&B top 30 LP’s, marking the charts this week are seven Motown names and groups having comprised the list. It bears noting as well, Detroit’s Aretha Franklin’s second LP on the Atlantic label is positioned in the top 5, holding strong in sales at 16 weeks on the chart. Franklin’s debut LP, positioned at #26 for two weeks, still holds strong at 36 weeks on the Billboard R&B LPs survey.
The hottest soul LP in America on this date in 1967, you will note is in the Top 10. Nearly a year on the soul charts, The Temptations’ Greatest Hits holds an astounding 52 weeks listing overall in the Top Selling R&B LPs.
The Billboard Hot R&B singles and LPs. This week, fifty-four years ago. December 1967.
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THE RIFF: CELEBRATING 101 WRIF! 50 YEARS ROCKIN’ THE MOTOR CITY
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In celebration of WRIF’s 50th year, Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today station’s videos in commemoration of the birth of this legendary Detroit rock station — 101 WRIF — the home of rock ‘n’ roll. Stay tuned here, there’s more to come!
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A special THANK YOU to site contributor Vaughn Baskin for recently sharing these WRIF videos with Motor City Radio Flashbacks 🙂
