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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: AUGUST 13, 1966
— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —
“SUMMER IN THE CITY” | THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL | KAMA SUTRA
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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August 7 through August 13, 1966
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“Summer In The City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful debuted on the Billboard single charts at #53, for the week ending, July 23, 1966. The single by the Greenwich Village band would make its eventual climb to its three-week stay at the top — its fifth week on the charts — week-ending August 13 through week-ending August 27, 1966.
Twelve weeks overall on the pop single charts, “Summer In The City” dropped to #37 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending September 24, 1966.
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WXYZ RADIO: A RADIO 1270 NEWS PRINT AD! JANUARY 1964
— THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964 —
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Above article/ad courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2021. Newspapers.com
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A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
Missed any of our previous ‘Detroit Radio Back-Pages‘ features? GO HERE
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SOUL SHOTS! BILLBOARD TOP SELLING R&B SINGLES, LP’s: AUGUST 7, 1965
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NATION’S TOP R&B RECORD SINGLES and ALBUMS
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Many of the above titled Billboard ‘Top 40’ R&B singles were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s soul stations 1400 WJLB and 1440 WCHB on the AM dial, August 1965.
As tabulated by Billboard, the featured R&B Top 40 record singles and R&B Top 10 LP listing was the nation’s most popular and best-selling soul records, for the week-ending August 7. Fifty-six years ago.
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WEEK of AUGUST 1-7, 1965
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Source: Billboard; August 7, 1965
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NOTES: In the R&B top 40 listing, you will find there are eight (8) Detroit Motown singles and note as well a single by Detroit’s own Edwin Starr on the Ric-Tic label. Motown? In a sense, it is. The Motown house band — Funk Brothers — they incorporated their Motown brand, having backed Starr’s hottest Ric-Tic single to date, “Agent 00-Soul.”
Also, the Rolling Stones made the R&B charts as well, with their Billboard pop charted #1 hit, “Satisfaction”, having climbed to #19.
In the R&B top 10 LP’s, four Motown names and groups comprised the list. And finally, it bears noting Billy Preston, a (little-known) Vee Jay artist at the time, his album hits #5.
In the Top R&B DJ ‘Pick of the Week’ bracket, WCHB Bill Williams selected his two soul “up-and coming” singles. By the Radiants and by Jimmy Williams.
This week, fifty-six years ago, August of 1965.
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KEENER GOLD: THE TOP 31 KEENER HITS! JULY 28, 1965
WKNR | “I GOT YOU BABE” | SONNY & CHER
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— JULY 28-AUGUST 3, 1965 —
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— THIS WEEK 56 YEARS AGO —
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In Memory of George Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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A BIG 8 RADIO SOUVENIR EDITION: THE CKLW TOP 100 of 1969
BIG8RADIO.COM | BROADCASTING DATE: JULY 3-4 2021
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The Top 100 has been compiled from the weekly CKLW weekly Big 30 charts of 1969. The listing reflects total record sales, requests, highest chart positions and number of weeks on the charts.
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— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Charlie O’Brien for contributing this featured 2021 Special Edition (brochure) of the ‘CKLW Top 100 of 1969’ with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: JULY 31, 1965
— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —
“(I Can’t Get No) SATISFACTION” | THE ROLLING STONES | LONDON 9766
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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JULY 10 through July 31, 1965
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“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones debuted on the Billboard singles chart at #67, for the week ending, June 12, 1965. The Stones’ single would make its eventual climb to its four-week stay at the top — its fifth week on the charts — week-ending July 10 through week-ending July 31, 1965.
Fourteen weeks overall on the pop singles chart, “Satisfaction” dropped to #41 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending September 11, 1965.
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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: AUGUST 1, 1964
— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —
“A HARD DAY’S NIGHT” | THE BEATLES | CAPITOL 5222
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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JULY 26 through AUGUST 8, 1964
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“A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles debuted on the Billboard singles chart at #21, for the week ending, July 18, 1964. The Fab Four’s single would make its eventual climb to the top — on its third week on the charts — week-ending August 1 through week-ending August 8, 1964.
Thirteen weeks overall on the pop singles chart, “A Hard Day’s Night” dropped to #50 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending October 10, 1964.
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BROADCAST HOUSE: A WXYZ 1270 BROCHURE, CIRCA 1963
WXYZ 1270 | BROADCAST HOUSE | SOUTHFIELD
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A rare ABC/WXYZ Radio brochure from early-1963. The featured flyer was distributed freely for station visitors, clients, sales staff, and media personnel. The Broadcast House studios was located on Ten Mile Rd., near Northwestern Hwy., in Southfield, Michigan.
WXYZ 1270. Fifty-eight years ago.
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NOTE: For a formidable look-back of WXYZ and its legendary, Detroit broadcasting glory years (previously published on this site), please go HERE.
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Ray Tessier, of Allen Park, MI., for contributing this rare WXYZ brochure with Motor City Radio Flashbacks 🙂
THE RAY TESSIER COLLECTION
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