The Lovin’ Spoonful | #201 | Do You Believe In Magic
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The featured Kama Sutra Records ad was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Month: August 2022
RECORD WORLD | WARNER BROS. RECORDS: 1965 AD! FREDDY CANNON
Freddie ‘Boom Boom” Cannon | #5645 | Action (Where The Action Is)
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The featured Warner Bros. Records ad was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
MOTOWN MUSEUM: HITSVILLE! THE PAST and THE PRESENT
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The Motown Museum is currently undergoing a 50 million dollar renovation and museum expansion.
According to an article in the Detroit Free Press (October 10, 2021), Phase I of the project will consist of construction of a new concrete and granite plaza that will stretch across the front grounds of the museum, spanning across four adjoining houses. It will include a pop-up performance space structuring the front door of the new 50,000 square foot building expansion.
Phase I and Phase II has been completed, according to this Yahoo! News (August 8, 2022) article here. Phase III — adding a new 50,000 square feet expansion facility behind the museum — has yet to get off the ground.
The Motown Museum temporarily closed in July 2021 for the projected renovations. But according to The Detroit News, a partial tour of the museum and its campus was slated to resume, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
The Motown Museum was founded by Berry Gordy’s sister, Esther Gordy, in 1985.
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NOTE I: Recently, there has been some comments critical on social media outlets as to the removal of the lawn turf that was part of the Hitsville landscape since Berry Gordy first acquired the property in 1959. What do you think?
Share your comments here with us.
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NOTE II: All photos featured here were taken by Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) in 2021 and 2022, as dated. The added March 1966 Hitsville U. S. A. photograph (black and white) is courtesy of the Motown Museum Facebook page.
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WABX-FM BACK ON THE RADIO! DENNIS FRAWLEY: ELVIS PRESLEY REMEMBERED
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Dennis Frawley memorializes the death of Elvis Presley. 45 years ago
NEW! Audio recording was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL: DECADES MEMORIES! A POP ’60s YOU TUBE VIDEO REWIND
BOBBY GENTRY: DECADES MEMORIES! A POP ’60s YOU TUBE VIDEO REWIND
THE ASSOCIATION: DECADES MEMORIES! A POP ’60s YOU TUBE VIDEO REWIND
RECORD WORLD: THE 100 TOP POPS and 100 TOP LP’s CHARTS! AUGUST 8, 1964
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RECORD WORLD became one of three weekly music trade magazines (Billboard; 1894, Cash Box; 1942, being the other two) when it began its publication in 1946 as Music Vendor. The MV title was changed to Record World, April 1964, and so remained under that banner until it ceased publication, April 1982.
The featured singles and LP’s charts are courtesy of Record World, as issued, for this week in August, 1964.
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The featured Record World charts were digitally re-imaged and restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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THIS WEEK! 1963: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.
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FIFTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Fingertips PT II” by Little Stevie Wonder peaks this week at #1 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning August 4 through week-ending August 24, 1963.
Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual
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For our previous Billboard Number One 1963 U.S.A. Hits go HERE
WNIC 100 ‘REUNION WEEKEND’! BACK ON THE RADIO: LEE ALAN
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