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RECORD WORLD! THE 100 TOP POPS and THE 100 TOP LPs CHARTS: JUNE 12. 1965

**RECORD WORLD 100 TOP POPs** June 12, 1965

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Bob Austin, publisher, and Sid Parnes, editor-in-chief of Record World, and Sam Chase, publisher of Music Business, are pleased to announce the absorption of the publication Music Business and its assets into Record World. We believe that this association will be a strong, constructive force in the industry.

It had been evident to us for sometime that four papers were proving to be a financial burden to the industry, thus limiting the growth of both publications. This step will not only eliminate that burden but will create a highly vital force by taking what has been most positive in both magazines and combining them into one strong entity. Because this combination reflects what, in our opinion, the industry has been requesting and looking forward to,we did everything in our means to achieve it.

Therefore, Music Business has now ceased publication, but many of its features will shortly be incorporated in a newly expanded Record World. There will also be an integration of staffs which will serve the industry as a knowledgeable and experienced working group.

Record World will immediately embark on an extensive expansion program. With the amalgamation of staffs, we will be equipped to cover even more thoroughly every area of interest and use to those associated with the music and record fields.We intend to initiate projects that will be beneficial both to our readers and our advertisers and to reach into areas which are now either not being covered or only lightly touched upon.

With the combination of Record World and Music Business circulations, we believe that we will now be able to offer the second highest paid circulation of any of the trade papers in our field. The strength of this circulation should make itself felt immediately. This move has been made by all the parties concerned in the interests of building a stronger paper for our industry and serving it in the most useful way possible.

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Information, credit, and news source: Record World June 12, 1965

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**RECORD WORLD 100 TOP LPs** June 12, 1965

POWER 96 FM! WHYT: ‘DETROIT’S BEST MUSIC’ THIS WEEK, JUNE 9, 1986

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A sincere thank you Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.

Above WHYT music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! WXYZ RADIO 1270: JUNE 7, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 06/07/1965 chart survey was digitally restored completely in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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By mid-January 1965, the Detroit Sound Survey charts was no longer printed for the public in general. The WXYZ charts, as featured above, were instead published solely for Detroit record retailers, music outlets, one-stop jobbers, and distributors only.

These Radio 1270 top 40 charts was the largest of the WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey charts ever printed, having measured 17.5″ W x 22 L” inches in size. These charts were primarily used for weekly record rank based by popularity, position, retail sales, and were used for record retail rack displays as well.

For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year, 2024.

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! JUNE 1, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

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For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year, 2024.

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WKNR MUSIC GUIDE: THE KEENER 13 TOP 30! MAY 26, 1970

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In recognition also of the Beatles ‘Let It Be’ motion picture advertisement published on the back-side of this WKNR Music Guide, 54 years ago, this week . . . .

The original 1970 film “Let It Be,” directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, launched exclusively on Disney+ on May 8, 2024. This film provides a rare glimpse into The Beatles’ studio sessions and their final live performance as a group. If you’re a fan of The Beatles, it’s definitely worth watching. Streaming today, exclusively on Disney Plus!

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! MAY 24, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 05/24/1965 chart survey was digitally restored completely in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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MUSIC BUSINESS | A LONG ISLAND LETTER to the EDITOR: ‘THANK GOD THERE IS A TOM SHANNON’ . . . . MAY 22, 1965

A Letter Addressed in Long Island, New York, Props Highly Tommy Shannon at CKLW Radio

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A RAVE FOR SHANNON

To the Editor,

Now that WINS in New York is no longer a music station, we in New York have lost another fine disc jockey in Joel Sebastian. Just recently, Murray the K left New York radio. Because of this lack of good disc jockeys and radio stations in New York, I, and many of my friends have been listening to some fine stations out of town.

I’d like to call to the attention of those who read your fine magazine that there is one very fine disc jockey who is on CKLW in Detroit-Windsor. He is Tom Shannon, formerly of WKBW in Buffalo, and he is on every evening from 6:30-11:30.

He plays a good amount of new records, and he is very well informed about the pop music situation in the world. CKLW is at 800 on the radio dial, and it is a fine station.

I hope many people take note of Tom Shannon, the best DJ in the business. It is too bad that in New York, one station plays only 28 different songs a week, and the other is totally mediocre. Thank God there is a Tom Shannon and CKLW.

Sincerely,
Jon Stroll
127 Circle Drive
Roslyn Heights, L. I., N.Y. 11577

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REMEMBERING TOM SHANNON

Tom Shannon passed away in Salinas, California, on May 26, 2021, while under hospice care for pancreatic cancer. He was 82.

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Information, credit, and news source: Music Business, May 22, 1965

WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! MAY 17, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 05/17/1965 chart survey was digitally restored complete in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year, 2024.

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COMING TO WKNR . . . NEW KEENER DJ! MAY 17, 1965 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: OCTOBER 10, 1955 [The Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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