Only three weeks on the Billboard LP’s chart, Allan Sherman’s ‘My Son, The Nut‘ hits the #1 spot, week-ending, August 31, 1963. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top LP’s for nearly two months, from August 31 to October 25, 1963. It stayed on the charts for 140 weeks and sold 1.2 million copies. [Source: Wikipedia]
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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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MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:39:36 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:41:48 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:42:41 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:41:30 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:40:23 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:40:54 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:49:47 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:50:04 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:51:02 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:51:11 p.m.]
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The Motown Museum is currently undergoing a 50 million dollar renovation and museum expansion.
According to an article in the Detroit Free Press (October 10, 2021), Phase I of the project will consist of construction of a new concrete and granite plaza that will stretch across the front grounds of the museum, spanning across four adjoining houses. It will include a pop-up performance space structuring the front door of the new 50,000 square foot building expansion.
Phase I and Phase II has been completed, according to this Yahoo! News (August 8, 2022) article here. Phase III — adding a new 50,000 square feet expansion facility behind the museum — has yet to get off the ground.
The Motown Museum temporarily closed in July 2021 for the projected renovations. But according to The Detroit News, a partial tour of the museum and its campus was slated to resume, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
The Motown Museum was founded by Berry Gordy’s sister, Esther Gordy, in 1985.
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NOTE I: Recently, there has been some comments critical on social media outlets as to the removal of the lawn turf that was part of the Hitsville landscape since Berry Gordy first acquired the property in 1959. What do you think?
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NOTE II:All photos featured here were taken by Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) in 2021 and 2022, as dated. The added March 1966 Hitsville U. S. A. photograph (black and white) is courtesy of the Motown Museum Facebook page.
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MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:51:58 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:54:03 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:52:19 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:50:23 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:54:57 p.m.]
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 August, 1964.
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Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2022. Newspapers.com
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“These are the week’s top 45 rpm singles, as selected by Detroit’s top disc jockeys and the consensus of sales in Detroit and the U.S. as reported by Billboard, international recording news weekly.”
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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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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends warm, Birthday wishes today to Scott Regen. Happy Birthday, Scotty, we hope your special day will be truly special. And thank you again for all those great S.R. Keener 13 radio memories! 🙂
The photos featured on this post is courtesy of Scott Regen. The above photo was taken from his book, ‘Once Upon Time’, available on Amazon Books. The photo below courtesy Robert Bernstein Facebook page.
Note: Hear the WKNR Scott Regen Promos ’65-’67 on this site, go HERE
Scott Regen, WKNR, July 1967(Credit: Robert Bernstein)
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