JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS
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Released May 31, “What Does It Take” peaked at #1 for two consecutive weeks (16 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1969. B-side: “Brainwasher (Pt. 1)”
SOUL 35062 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
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THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’69
“I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME” (EXT. INSTRUMENTAL; w/VOCAL) * THE SUPREMES and THE TEMPTATIONS
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * Tommy Roe * 03/09/69 – 04/05/1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING March 22, 1969
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe peaked this month at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending March 9 through April 5, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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TOM CLAY AUDITIONS FOR WNIC: ‘ … I WANT DETROIT’
TOM CLAY * WNIC (audition tape) * AUGUST 14, 1976
ABOUT THIS TOM CLAY AUDITION TAPE
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I’ve had possession of this Tom Clay audition recording, along with his personally signed letter (as attached; see below), having first obtained this reeled tape while working for WNIC in 1983, some 36 years ago.
The Clay letter and reel tape was initially addressed to WNIC program director Paul Christy, sent 7 years earlier as dated, August 14, 1976.
In 1983, then WNIC music programmer Greg Kennedy did not know who Tom Clay was. While there, from time to time Kennedy would clear out tapes and other audition and production tape recordings having been submitted to the station at the time. I noticed this recording was one of the tapes he designated to be tossed out.
I recall having informed Greg Kennedy (age late-20s) who Tom Clay was to Detroit radio in the 1950s and 1960s. I asked him if I could instead have the tape. My request was immediately granted.
When Clay submitted this recording to WNIC, he was still at KRLA in Los Angeles. He was 45 years old.
Tom Clay died from lung cancer, in Los Angeles, on November 22, 1995 at the age of 66.
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * Sly & The Family Stone * 02/09/69 – 03/08/1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING February 15, 1969
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!
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NINETEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Everyday People” by Sly & The Family Stone peaked this month at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending February 9 through March 8, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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50 YEARS AGO: NATION’S TOP HIT! THIS MONTH, 1969
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * Tommy James & The Shondells * 01/26/69 – 02/08/1969
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING February 1, 1969
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!
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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Crimson And Clover” by Tommy James & The Shondells peaked this month at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending February 1 through February 8, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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