50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!



 

 

O. C. SMITH

“Friend, Lover, Women, Wife” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969

 

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!



 

 

RAY STEVENS

“Gitarzan” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969

 

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!



 

 

THE EDWIN HAWKINS’ SINGERS

“Oh Happy Day” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969

 

 

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!


 

 

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

“Let Me” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969

 

 

 

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!



 

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * The Beatles * 05/18/69 – 06/21/1969

 

 

 

 

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING May 24, 1969

(Click on chart image 2x for detailed view)

 

 

 

 

NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!

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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Get Back” by the Beatles peaked this month at No. 01 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending May 24 through June 21, 1969. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.

 

 


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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!



 

 

MERCY

“Love (Can Make You Happy)” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969

 

 

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!



 

 

THE COWSILLS

“Hair” by the Cowsills played the Billboard Pop Singles chart in February-March and on Detroit Top 40 radio at the time. 50 years ago in 1969. (Thank you for the correct date, Ric Allen!)

 

 

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NEW! WJBK-AM 15 BACK ON THE RADIO: BOB LAYNE


 

WJBK RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WJBK-AM 1500 * 1964 * BOB LAYNE

 


 

NEW! BOB LAYNE WJBK aircheck date Saturday, January 11, 1964

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 * THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *

 

WJBK Bob Layne 1964

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LIVE! ’64 LP: JOHNNY RIVERS AT THE WHISKY A GO-GO


 

 

Johnny Rivers At The Whisky À Go-Go

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

 

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Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go (shown as “At Whisky-A-Go-Go” on the original label) is a live album and is the debut album from American rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Johnny Rivers.

The album was released in February 1964, just as The Beatles and the British music invasion was getting into full swing. Rivers was asked to open the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles starting January 15, 1964 and during that run he recorded the album. With the help of producer Lou Adler, Johnny helped introduce the “Go Go sound” to rock and roll. The album reached #13 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart, (#12 on the Billboard 200) and became Johnny’s first gold album. The album also gave Rivers his very first big hit, a cover version of Chuck Berry‘s 1959 hit “Memphis“. Rivers’s version went to #2 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart in the summer of 1964, and became his first gold single.

Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go would be the first of five albums that Rivers would record live at the nightclub.

 

(Source: Wikipedia and Discogs)

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Memories from the Soundtrack of Your Life

 

 

Johnny Rivers‘ booking at the famous Whisky a Go-Go in Los Angeles. February 1964
Johnny Rivers circa 1964


 

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DETROIT RADIO SPOTS: NESBITT’S ORANGE SODA POP!



 

 

NESBITT FRUIT PRODUCTS CO. * 1980s * NESBITT’S ORANGE SODA

 

Nesbitt’s is a brand of orange-flavored soda pop that was popular in the United States during much of the 20th century. Nesbitt’s was produced by the Nesbitt Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles, California. The company also produced several other flavors of soda pop under the Nesbitt’s brand and other brand names. Nesbitt’s orange, strawberry and peach-flavored sodas are still available today, presently marketed by Monarch Beverage of Atlanta.

(Source: WiKipedia)

 



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