THE YOUNGBLOODS
“Get Together” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP
“This Girl Is A Women Now” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
“Green River” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
NEW! WKNR BACK ON THE RADIO: JERRY GOODWIN
WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * 1966 * JERRY GOODWIN
NEW! JERRY GOODWIN WKNR aircheck date: TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1966
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* THE GARY HUNT COLLECTION *
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
A special THANK YOU to Gary Hunt of Grand Rapids, MI., for contributing this special Jerry Goodwin memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
In sharing, Gary Hunt stated he personally taped this featured WKNR audio recording directly from the WKNR AM studio board — 53 years ago this day — August 1966.
SUMMERTIME! CBS RADIO: GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER
— CBS RADIO NETWORK —
THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER
PRODUCED BY JIM HAMPTON. DRAPER & HAMPTON, INC., LOS ANGELES
Syndicated around the nation on the CBS Radio Network some thirty-eight years ago, Jim Hampton (WXYZ, WABX, WJBK, WCAR) recently pulled this special programming from his radio archives and provided this site with 6 hours of the ‘Great American Summer’ shows he produced in the early-1980s.
In these programs you will hear great memories, events, and many of the hits by artists whose records were heard playing on the radio during the summer months the year they were released.
Jim Hampton and Ken Draper (WCAR, WCFL;Chicago) — Draper & Hampton, Inc., Los Angeles — produced this special summer programming for the CBS Radio Network.
The opening theme song was sung by, written and produced by production director Scott Chapin. Special programming features written by assistant writer, Scott Paton.
Program hosted by the great Tom Murphy (WCFL)
Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature more of CBS’ ‘Great American Summer’ throughout the 2019 summer months.
So look for them here . . . . meanwhile, enjoy what remains left of your summer! ?
Featured today the 4th of 6 memorable pops of the ‘Great American Summer’
Missed our 3rd installment of the ‘Great American Summer’? GO HERE
A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton (Palm Springs, CA) for sharing this CBS summer radio summertime memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
WJR 760 * Ernie Harwell * AUGUST 20, 1986
ERNIE CALLS WALT TERRELL’S NO-HIT BID
— THE GREG INNIS COLLECTION —
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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award.
He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
“2 nothing the Tigers lead in the last half of the eight inning . . .”. . .
A special THANK YOU to our senior website contributor Greg Innis for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this Detroit Tigers Broadcasting (Ernie Harwell) audio play-by-play memory, as aired on WJR radio, Wednesday evening, August 20, 1986.
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * The Rolling Stones * 08/17/69 – 09/13/1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING August 23, 1969
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones peaked this month at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 17 through September 13, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
JOHNNY CASH
“A Boy Named Sue” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
THE LETTERMAN
“Hurt So Bad” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
JACKIE DeSHANNON
“Put A Little Love In Your Heart” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
