“WONDERFUL WORLD” * Herman’s Hermits * MGM (1965)
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’65!
“THE ‘IN’ CROWD” * Dobie Gray * Charger Records (1965)
THE ALL HIT LIST Z-95.5! WCZY-FM WEEK OF 06/15/1987
WCZY-FM TOP 40 MUSIC GUIDE COMPILED THRU RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Herb Alpert w/ Janet Jackson * WCZY-FM (No. 04)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Kenny G * WCZY-FM (No. 08)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Jody Watley * WCZY-FM (No. 25)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Suzanne Vega * WCZY-FM (No. 38)
WCZY-FM TOP 40 MUSIC GUIDE COMPILED THRU RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
A MCRFB VIEWING TIP: To fully appreciate this WCZY Z95.5 ALL HITS Survey (week of) June 15, 1987 chart feature click on image 2x and open to second window. Click image anytime to return to NORMAL image size.
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While MCRFB has every song selection on this WCZY playlist archived in it’s massive music library, the above four songs randomly were selected for your listening enjoyment here.
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * The Four Tops * WEEK OF 6/13 – 6/19/65
FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I Can’t Help Myself” by The Four Tops peaked No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100 week of June 13 through June 19, 1965. (source: Billboard).
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.
THE OFFICIAL CKLW RADIO 80 SURVEY: THIS WEEK 1964
CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
“THE CK GREAT EIGHT” * The Chartbusters * CKLW (No. 4) 06/16/64
“AS THEY SHOW ON EIGHT-O” * Jamie Coe * CKLW (No.15) 06/16/64
“READY TO GO ON EIGHT O” * Patty & The Emblems * CKLW (06/16/64)
“CK’S PLUS PLAYS” * Louis Armstrong * CKLW (06/16/64)
A CKLW RADIO 80 ‘CK SURVEY. AN RKO GENERAL STATION
CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’67!
THE TEMPTATIONS * All I Need * GORDY (Motown 1967)
THE CHOKER CAMPBELL ‘BIG BAND’ MOTOWN SOUND!
CHOKER CAMPBELL 16 PIECE ORCHESTRA * “Baby I Need Your Loving ” * 1965
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’66
“REACH OUT” (INSTRUMENTAL) * The Four Tops * 1966
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’65 DEFINED!
EDWIN STARR * 1965
— BILLBOARD: Peaked #21 October 2, 1965 —
A MCRFB Note: When Ric-Tic Records first released “Agent Double-O-Soul” in Detroit in the fall of 1965, many thought this was another Motown single. While it was not — in a sense — it was.
Notice the distinct Motown sound. At time not obligated nor legally bound solely to Gordy’s Motown stable, the Funk Brothers, the likes of James Jamerson (bassist), Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin (drummer) Robert White (guitarist), et al, would “moonlight” their talents inside the recording studios of Golden World and Ric-Tic Records.
Hence, outside the boundaries that was confined Hitsville, U.S.A., that “Motown sound,” in essence, had been produced for this label’s Edwin Starr release. The Funk Brothers plied their trade as well, at several other independently-owned recording studios in the 1960s. Such as D-Back Records and the Detroit United Sound Studio.
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’66 DEFINED!
EDWIN STARR * 1966
— BILLBOARD: Peaked #48 March 26, 1966 —
A MCRFB Note: When Ric-Tic Records first released “Stop Her On Sight” in Detroit in early-1966, many thought this was another Motown single. While it was not — in a sense — it was.
Notice the distinct Motown sound. At time not obligated nor legally bound solely to Gordy’s Motown stable, the Funk Brothers, the likes of James Jamerson (bassist), Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin (drummer) Robert White (guitarist), et al, would “moonlight” their talents inside the recording studios of Golden World and Ric-Tic Records.
Hence, outside the boundaries that was confined Hitsville, U.S.A., that “Motown sound,” in essence, had been produced on this label’s Edwin Starr release. The Funk Brothers plied their trade as well, at several other independently-owned recording studios in the 1960s. Such as D-Back Records and the Detroit United Sound Studio.
