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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: GLADYS KNIGHT ’67

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! Gladys Knight & The Pips, 1967
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! Gladys Knight & The Pips, 1967
Released by Motown (SOUL SS 706) in September 1967, it was the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The LP featured their million-seller single, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," made No. 2 on the Billboard chart, December that year.
Released by Motown (SOUL SS 706) in September 1967, “Everybody Needs Love” was the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The LP featured their million-seller single, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” peaked No. 2, December, on the Billboard HOT 100.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS! TEMPTATIONS 1964

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THE TEMPTATIONS, a publicity shot from their early-days, Motown, early-1964. (Click on image 2x for largest view).
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: THE TEMPTATIONS, a publicity shot from their early-days, Motown, 1964. (Click on image 2x for largest view).
THE TEMPTATIONS performing live on stage in Detroit, 1965. (Click on image for largest view).
ANOTHER MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: Those “TEMPTIN’ TEMPTATIONS” performing live onstage at the Upper Deck in Detroit, late-’64. (Click on image for largest view).

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DETROIT NEWS, APRIL 7, 1959: CKLW ‘RADIANT’ RADIO!

CKLW 800, featuring Bud Davies, Myrtle Labbitt, Austin Grant, Ron Knowles Dick Smythe, Joe Van, Mary Morgan, Toby David. Also, Terrance O' Dell, "Speed" Anderson and Jim Van Kuren. From the entertainment section of The Detroit News, April 7, 1959.
CKLW 800, featuring Bud Davies, Myrtle Labbitt, Austin Grant, Ron Knowles, Dick Smythe, Joe Van, Mary Morgan, Toby David. Also, Terrance O’ Dell, “Speed” Anderson and Jim Van Kuren. From the entertainment section of The Detroit News, April 7, 1959.

Special THANKS to Greg Innis for sharing this (’59) Detroit News CKLW newspaper ad with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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CRUISING RADIO: WEBSITE HITS ‘DETROIT AUTO SCENE’!

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RADIO AND MUSIC THE DRIVE BEHIND ‘CLASSIC CRUISING’

By JIM STICKFORD | DETROIT AUTO SCENE | Monday, August 17, 2015

Cruisin' Woodard in the mid-1950s (Photo credit: Tech Center News; Royal Oak Historical Society).
Cruisin’ Woodard in the mid-1950s. (Photo credit: Detroit Auto Scene; Royal Oak Historical Society).

Reprinted by Motor City Radio Flashback by permission from the publisher.

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(This article was previously published, GM Tech Center News, August 10).

Published by Detroit Auto Scene and Springer Publishing Company. August 2015

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CRUISING RADIO: WEBSITE MAKES TECH CENTER NEWS!

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RADIO AND MUSIC THE DRIVE BEHIND ‘CLASSIC CRUISING’

By JIM STICKFORD | TECH CENTER NEWS | Monday, August 10, 2015

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Cruisin' Woodard in the mid-1950s (Photo credit: Tech Center News; Royal Oak Historical Society).
Cruisin’ Woodward in the mid-1950s (Photo credit: Royal Oak Historical Society; Tech Center News, Warren, MI).

Reprinted by Motor City Radio Flashback by permission from the publisher.

A MCRFB THANK YOU goes out to TECH CENTER NEWS and reporter JIM STICKFORD for his featured story on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, August 10. Special THANKS to Jim Davis (CKLW) and Bob Green (WKNR) for their participation as well.

Published by Tech News Center and Springer Publishing Company. August 2015

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