PRESS IMAGES FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST! CKLW ’65

**CKLW TOM SHANNON** *1965* *(Press Photo)*

DETROIT CKLW AM 800: 1965 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Sunday, August 22, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Tom Shannon and Ferocious Fame’

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DETROIT RADIO’S TOMMY SHANNON, SNAPSHOT ‘PICS!

**TOM SHANNON** with Henry Ford II *circa 1970*

TOM SHANNON

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During his illustrious long and popular career behind the microphone on Detroit radio spanning through four decades, Tom Shannon was heard on these great Detroit radio stations CKLW (1965; 1975; 1989) WXYZ (1969), WTWR (1980) and WMJC (1986).

A special THANK YOU is going out to Tom Shannon for recently having shared with Motor City Radio Flashbacks several of his photographic memories we are featuring today.

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THANKS FOR THE GREAT MEMORIES, TOMMY SHANNON! 🙂

CAROLYN CRAWFORD: A ’64 MOTOWN STAR MEMORY

**CAROLYN CRAWFORD** (age 13) won a 1963 talent contest staged by radio station WCHB in Detroit, the prize being a contract with the city’s biggest label, Motown Records. Her debut single, which she wrote, *“Forget About Me,”* proved unsuccessful at the time (1963). But she had a minor US hit in 1964 (R&B; #39) with Smokey Robinson’s “My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down).” Her third release, *“When Someone’s Good To You,”* flopped in the USA, but became a cult record among British soul fans. *“I’ll Come Running,”* written by her as well, would be Carolyn Crawford’s last single she would record for the Detroit label. Crawford would depart from Motown Records sometime before the end of 1964. (Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin)

**DETROIT FREE PRESS** *Wednesday, July 8, 1964.* In this newspaper ad, Carolyn Crawford is denoted having been the named winner, previous year, of the WCHB Talent Contest in 1963.

THE STATE OF DETROIT RADIO: RESPONSE RATING; 1965

**DETROIT RADIO RESPONSE RATING** *Billboard July 17, 1965*

**DETROIT RADIO STATIONS BY FORMAT** *Billboard July 17, 1965*

DETROIT RADIO. THIS WEEK. JULY 1965

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THE GOLDEN WORLD’ OF A NEW DETROIT SOUND! 1965

**A *GOLDEN WORLD* BILLBOARD AD PAGE RIP**: *July 31, 1965*

SCOTTIE REGEN, TAKES “HERMAN” OVER TO MOTOWN!

**TAMLA MOTOWN Appreciation Society’s** Margaret Phelps chaperones Stevie Wonder, Peter Noone outside Hitsville U.S.A. *Friday, July 29, 1966*

Friday, August 5, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘Herman Visits Motown Studio’

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MISS TEEN DETROIT, 1964! JO JO SHUTTY MACGREGOR

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