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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT MEMORIES: GLADYS KNIGHT ’70s

RECORDED LATE -1972, ‘NEITHER ONE OF US‘ would become the last album Gladys Knight and the Pips would record for Motown. By March 1973, when this LP was released, the group by that time had signed to record with Buddah Records in February. Their 1973 single, “Daddy Could Swear I Declare,” would become the second single taken off the album by the group, having made the top 20 (pop #19; R&B #2) after it’s release in April. The first single from the LP, “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye),” would become the last single prior Gladys Knight & The Pips departure from Motown. But it would become one of their biggest. The single peaked at #2  (2 weeks) on Billboard, April 4, 1973. The single (Soul S 35098) was released on December 26, 1972.
GLADYS KNIGHT
GLADYS KNIGHT and the PIPS

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DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1966 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Saturday, April 16, 1966

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM Joey Reynolds 

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DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1966 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Friday, April 22, 1966

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘Pal Joey Has Spies’ 

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DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1966 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Friday, September 23, 1966

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘Why Joey Is Not on Radio’

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! THE ‘TEMPTS, 1964

IN JANUARY 1964, MOTOWN RECORDS released The Temptations first album, aptly titled, ‘Meet The Temptations.’ This album would also be a first for a new entry member of the group, David Ruffin. Ruffin had replaced member Al Bryant, who was released by Berry Gordy in December 1963. This album features, as main lead, Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who divided the twelve songs listed on the album. A track off the album, “The Way You Do The Things You Do,” written by Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, became a Top 20 chart-topper (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) as it was their first single. It would reach #11 on the Billboard pop chart on April 11, 1964. The album would be released by the Gordy label in monaural sound only.
THE TEMPTATIONS circa 1964

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WJR RADIO 760: GREAT ‘VOICES’ OF THE GREAT LAKES!

WJR-AM 760 J. P. McCarthy 1965 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Jimmy Launce 1965 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Bob Reynolds 1966 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 John Bell 1966 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM Gene Elsey 1967 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Mike Whorf 1967 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

A special THANK YOU to Detroit radio historian Greg Innis for donating recently these WJR radio personalities photos (1965-1967) — archived here —  Motor City Radio Flashbacks. 

 

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A WJR DETROIT RADIO ’65 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK

Monday, March 29, 1965

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJR

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