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RECORD WORLD | THE 100 TOP POPS and 100 TOP LP’s CHARTS! JUNE 6, 1964

**RECORD WORLD 100 TOP POPs** June 6, 1964

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RECORD WORLD became one of three weekly music trade magazines (Billboard; 1894, Cash Box; 1942, being the other two) when it began its publication in 1946 as Music Vendor. The MV title was changed to Record World, April 1964, and so remained under that banner until it ceased publication, April 1982.

The featured singles and LP’s charts are courtesy of Record World, as issued, for this week in June, 1964.

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**RECORD WORLD 100 TOP LP’s** June 6, 1964

IN MEMORY OF A DETROIT RADIO LEGEND. DAVE PRINCE

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**Jim Hampton** (L) with Dave Prince (R), photographed while doing a live Barry Manilow Coast to Coast for CBS Radio Network, Los Angeles, in the 1970s.

I was sadden to learn that my friend, mentor and broadcaster, Dave Prince, passed away (last week). He was 91.

Dave was one of the legends of Detroit radio, 45 years in broadcasting. Having worked at WKMH, WXYZ, WCAR, WCZY, CKLW. For a short time, he was also TV host of Club 1270 on Channel 7.

In the mid-1970s, Dave moved to LA to partner with me consulting radio stations, creating 100s of syndicated radio specials featuring interviews with Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart and more.

He narrated ‘One Solitary Life’, a 1971 Christmas release on one of the Motown labels, Rare Earth. Plus, he narrated and produced countless radio and television commercials in Los Angeles and also in the Motor City.

He was a big influence in my life, my broadcasting career. And I will miss him, dearly.

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Photo courtesy of Jim Hampton | Facebook

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NEW YORK — When BMW (Billboard Music World) goofed twice in succession and switched captions on photos on disk jockeys Bill Williams (WNEW, here in New York) and Jerry Marshall (WMGM, here) appearing in the paper’s Programming Panel feature, it was facetiously suggested that the jocks be good sports and consider exchanging names.

Michigan deejay David Pringle took us at our word and is doing just that. The jock was also a victim of a BMW goof, when his photo appeared in a panel feature identifying him as “David Prince.”

Pringle, who moved from WPAG, Ann Arbor, Mi., to WKMH, Detroit, (in the 7-11:30 p.m. time-slot), August 2, writes: Because of a goof in Billboard, I will be using the air name Dave Prince. They gave me a tag a while back in a misprint and it sounded so much better than Pringle — more adaptable to jingles, etc., that I’ve decided to use it!” END

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Information, credit and source, as published: Billboard August 14, 1961

DETROIT ‘BIG D’ TOP COUNTRY 40: THIS WEEK! MAY 21, 1979

**WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY** May 21, 1979

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 RECORDS: MAY 7, 1966

Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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May 1966

May 4
- Fiat signs a contract with the Soviet government to build a car factory in the Soviet Union.
- May 1966 lunar eclipse: A penumbral lunar eclipse takes place, the 64th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 111.
May 5 – The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup in ice hockey.
May 6 – The Moors murders trial ends in the UK with Ian Brady being found guilty on all three counts of murder and sentenced to three concurrent terms of life imprisonment. Myra Hindley is convicted on two counts of murder and of being an accessory in the third murder committed by Brady, receiving two concurrent terms of life imprisonment and a seven-year fixed term for being an accessory.
May 7 – Irish bank workers go on strike.
May 12
- African members of the UN Security Council say that the British army should blockade Rhodesia.
- Radio Peking claims that U.S. planes have shot down a Chinese plane over Yunnan (the U.S. denies the story the next day).
May 14 – Turkey and Greece intend to start negotiations about the situation in Cyprus.
May 15
- Indonesia asks Malaysia for peace negotiations.
- The South Vietnamese army besieges Da Nang.
- Tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators again picket the White House, then rally at the Washington Monument.
May 16
- The Chinese Communist Party issues the ‘May 16 Notice’, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- A strike is called by the National Union of Seamen in the United Kingdom.
- In New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War.
May 19 – Gertrude Baniszewski is found guilty of torturing and murdering 16-year-old Sylvia Likens at a court in Indianapolis, United States, and is sentenced to life in prison (she is released on parole in December 1985).
May 24
- Battle of Mengo Hill: Ugandan army troops arrest Mutesa II of Buganda and occupy his palace.
- The Nigerian government forbids all political activity in the country until January 17, 1969.
May 25
- Explorer program: Satellite Explorer 32 (Atmosphere Explorer-B) is launched from the United States.
- No. 9 Squadron RAAF becomes part of the 4,500 strong Australian Task Force assigned to duties in Vietnam, leaving for Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney.
May 26 – British Guiana achieves independence, becoming Guyana.
May 28
- Fidel Castro declares martial law in Cuba because of a possible U.S. attack.
- The Indonesian and Malaysian governments declare that the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation is over (a treaty is signed on August 11).
- Boat ride “It’s a Small World” opens at Disneyland.
- May 29 – Sports stadium Estadio Azteca officially opens in Mexico City in advance of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- May 31 – The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.

Source Credit: 1966 (May) WiKipedia

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WJBK RADIO 1500: ‘FORMULA 45’ SURVEY! THIS WEEK, APRIL 1958

**WJBK FORMULA 45 SURVEY** April 21, 1958

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The WJBK FORMULA 40 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.

This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.

Previewed for the week of April 21, 1958

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THE HOUSE THAT GORDY BUILT: AS SKETCHED BY CKLW’s CHARLIE O’BRIEN!

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Motown Monday! A special THANK YOU to CKLW and Big 8 Radio’s own Charlie O’Brien for permitting Motor City Radio Flashbacks to display his fabulous lithograph (recently having discovered online) he penned of The Motown Records Museum, a.k.a. Berry Gordy’s house he personally had named — Hitsville U. S. A. Suitable for framing . . . that is one great sketch, Charlie!

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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: WEEK OF APRIL 9, 1964

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ROCK ‘N ROLL! THE WKNR MUSIC GUIDE: MARCH 20, 1972

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After 8 years, 19 weeks, and 435 official WKNR surveys having been published since the November 7, 1963 premiere, this is, by all accounts, the last official music guide (03/20/1972) the legendary Detroit radio station published before WKNR changed it’s call letters and music format to WNIC in April of 1972.

A reliable music source and collector informed this site that the station, in essence, had publish one more chart, dated March 27, 1972 (which the collector is still in search of). Throughout the years having passed we’ve yet to see of such chart — anywhere — if such chart is known to exist, to this day.

One month after issuance of this chart, WKNR became the former. The station gave birth to a new Detroit radio sound on a Tuesday morning, April 25, 1972.

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: MARCH 22, 1969

Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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March 1
Clay Shaw, the only person ever indicted for conspiracy in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, was acquitted of all charges by a jury in New Orleans. The jury deliberated for only 55 minutes and concluded that Garrison had not proven his case.
March 2 — Eleven spectators at a dragstrip track were killed, and more than 40 others injured, when one of the race cars went out of control at a speed of 180 miles (290 km) per hour.
March 3
- In a Los Angeles court, Sirhan Sirhan admits that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
- Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 (James McDivitt, David Scott, Rusty Schweickart) to test the Apollo Lunar Module.

March 4 – Arrest warrants are issued by a Florida court for Jim Morrison on charges of indecent exposure during a Doors concert three days earlier.
March 10 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. (he later retracts his guilty plea).
- The United States Navy establishes the Navy Fighter Weapons School (also known as Top Gun) at Naval Air Station Miramar.
- The novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo is first distributed to booksellers by the publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
March 13 – Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
March 18 – Operation Breakfast, the covert bombing of Cambodia by U.S. planes, begins.
March 28 – Former United States General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower dies after a long illness in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Source Credit: 1969 (March) WiKipedia

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CKLW! THE BIG 8 MOTOR CITY ‘BIG 30’ RECORDS: MARCH 15, 1977

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“The listing of records herein is the opinion of CKLW based on its survey of record sales, listener requests and CKLW’s judgement of the record’s appeal.”

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