CHRIS CLARK
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A Berry Gordy composition, “Do Right Baby Do Right” was the first single Motown released for Chris Clark on the V.I.P. label. Released in 1965, the single never found its way on the Billboard Pop Singles and Billboard R&B singles chart. B-side: “Don’t Be Too Long”
V.I.P. 25031 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
NEW! JIMMY HAMPTON WXYZ aircheck date: *August 22, 1966
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* THE GARY HUNT COLLECTION*
A special THANK YOU to Gary Hunt for sharing this special Jimmy Hampton memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
A MCRFB Note: Motor City Radio Flashbacks pulled up the WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey guides for the week of *August 22, 1966. It appears the numbered song hits on this one WXYZ Jimmy Hampton aircheck verifies it was recorded sometime during that particular week, as was noted in this aircheck presentation.
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A special THANK YOU to Vaughn Baskin for recently contributing this WKQI ‘JAM’ jingles package (1993) to our Motor City Radio Flashbacks jingles archive!
The above material property of JAM Productions, Dallas, Texas
THE SUPREMES * We Remember Sam Cooke * APRIL 1965
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We Remember Sam Cooke is the fifth studio album recorded by The Supremes, issued by Motown in April 1965 (see 1965 in music). The album is a tribute album dedicated to soul musician Sam Cooke, who had died the previous December. Notable selections on the album, consisting entirely of Cooke covers, included covers of “A Change Is Gonna Come“, “You Send Me“ and “(Ain’t That) Good News” (led by Florence Ballard).
It was the second most successful in a series of themed albums enjoying a #5 peak on the Billboard R&B chart. It showcased the versatility of the group with a Brit-pop album under their belt, as well as, a country and western-themed album. According to Motown data, this album managed to sell over 325,000 copies. (Source: WiKipedia)
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“OCCASIONALLY in any field of endeavor there arises upon the scene so unique and unusual that critics as well and disciples alike immediately take notice. Sometimes it takes that talent years to grow and mature to its full height. On other occasions the rise to the zenith is like a shooting star. Always, however, that rise is an absolute predictable and foreseeable event. Such a man was Sam Cooke, his very existence exploding with the pent up creativity that was his natural gift, striving ever in the allied fields.
A composer and lyricist of unusual talent, he seemed to have a finger on the pulse of the times . . . being that fortunate artist who usually did not have to look for material because he created his own.
With his eye to the future with a well planned approach, Sam Cooke breached the beach the beachheads from his early R&B oriented approaches to the mature and additional vistas available; witness his outstanding success at the Copacabana and class clubs of like nature.
His untimely passing, if on this basis alone, shocked the entire music world. To his contemporaries not only was a creator of originality but likewise he was a real person. To have this young, successful and ‘great’ removed from the scene was a fact of total incongruity that was first reaction who knew, respected and loved him was one of disbelief.
Rising somewhat in a parallel spiral, but dominated by their artistic creativity, the Supremes in their own way have reached unbelievable heights of acceptance and success. Nothing they or any of us can do will bring back Sam Cooke, the man, the artist, the creator. But more than just paying respect to Sam Cooke they are, in their way, doing what Sam Cooke would have wanted them to do . . . bring music into this world. Sam Cook’s creativity in the form of his renown compositions . . . the Supremes with their unsurpassed artistry . . . a Tribute to Sam Cooke.
In a way he will live forever. He saw to it, he made it that way.” — Scott St. James (Source of notes: LP B-side; ‘We Remember Sam Cooke’)
THE SUPREMES
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Released May 7, “My World Is Empty Without You” peaked at #10 for one week (10 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1966. B-side: “Everything Is Good About You”
MOTOWN 1089 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
NEW! J. MICHAEL WILSON WKNR aircheck date: *September (12?) 1966
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* THE GARY HUNT COLLECTION *
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This is one interesting J. Michael Wilson aircheck find which Motor City Radio Flashbacks contributor Gary Hunt recently donated for our airchecks archives.
In listening in, this is not the best audio insofar as quality, as you will note. But it is the 10 p.m. night time hour. And you’re listening to the J. Michael Wilson Show in Detroit on WKNR in August 1966.
At first listen, I thought this aircheck probably had been recorded by someone who resided somewhere possibly east of the Detroit map at the time. As we know, the 1310 transmitted signal was deficient during the night time hours after sundown east of the city.
So I wrote back to Gary in regards, and here was his response, “the J. Michael Wilson aircheck was recorded at my best friend’s (Bob Becker) house on Covell Road N.W. Grand Rapids, MI via his TV antenna two stories high on the roof. This was from WKNR FM.”
Amazing. So there you have it. Another rare, but a classic J. Michael Wilson aircheck found, as was aired on the #1 radio station in the Motor City in 1966.
A special THANK YOU to Gary Hunt for sharing this special J. Michael Wilson memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
(Next week! Another NEW Gary Hunt WXYZ Jim Hampton aircheck from August 1966)
A MCRFB Note: Motor City Radio Flashbacks pulled up the WKNR Music Guide for the week of *September 12, 1966. And it appears the numbered song hits on this one WKNR JMW aircheck verifies it was recorded sometime during that particular week, as noted, for this aircheck presentation.
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A special THANK YOU to Vaughn Baskin for recently contributing this WKQI ‘JAM’ jingles package (late-1980s) to our Motor City Radio Flashbacks jingles archive!
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A special THANK YOU to Vaughn Baskin for recently contributing this WNIC ‘JAM’ jingles package (late-1990s) to our Motor City Radio Flashbacks jingles archive!