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NEW! KEENER 13 BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN

WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

DICK PURTAN WKNR aircheck date: MONDAY, MAY 23, 1966

— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to our newest website contributor, Peter Faulkner, of Calgary, Alberta, for recently donating this WKNR-AM radio aircheck (he personally recorded in 1966) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

THE PETER FAULKNER COLLECTION 

Dick Purtan 1965

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TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP SINGLES OF 1970!

 

 

 

— THE 5 STAIRSTEPS —

Debuted at #95 on March 21, 1970 (as the B-side of “Dear Prudence”). Sixteen weeks playing the Billboard Singles chart, “Ooh Child” climbs to #8, this week, July 19-25, 1970.

 

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Note: Seven weeks after its B-side debut, in the May 2, 1970 issue, Billboard listed the single as “Ooh Child/Dear Prudence” at #66 (after “Dear Prudence” was stuck at #66 for three weeks; beginning April 18) and dropped down to #68 on May 16. The single was relisted as  “Ooh Child” (as titled) at #71 — after a two week absence off the charts — on May 30, 1970. [JF]

 

 

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