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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! APRIL 26, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 04/26/1965 chart survey was digitally restored completely in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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By mid-January 1965, the Detroit Sound Survey charts was no longer printed for the public in general. The WXYZ charts, as featured above, were instead published solely for Detroit record retailers, music outlets, one-stop jobbers, and distributors only.

These Radio 1270 top 40 charts was the largest of the WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey charts ever printed, having measured 17.5″ W x 22 L” inches in size. These charts were primarily used for weekly record rank based by popularity, position, retail sales, and were used for record retail rack displays as well.

For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year.

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! APRIL 12, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 04/12/1965 chart survey was digitally restored completely in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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By mid-January 1965, the Detroit Sound Survey charts was no longer printed for the public in general. The WXYZ charts, as featured above, were instead published solely for Detroit record retailers, music outlets, one-stop jobbers, and distributors only.

These Radio 1270 top 40 charts was the largest of the WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey charts ever printed, having measured 17.5″ W x 22 L” inches in size. These charts were primarily used for weekly record rank based by popularity, position, retail sales, and were used for record retail rack displays as well.

For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year, 2024.

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THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: KEENER GOLD! THIS WEEK, APRIL 10, 1967

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE April 10, 1967 [A]

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE April 10, 1967 [B]

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The above WKNR chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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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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WXYZ RADIO 1270! MAY 4, 1953 [The Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

The Detroit Free Press Monday, May 4, 1953

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This article/advertisement courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2024. Newspapers.com

Printed in black and white, the featured Detroit Free Press ad was digitally re-imaged, colorized, and was entirely restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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MCRFB Note: Special THANKS to our friend, John Bartony (a.k.a. Jukebox John) St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for providing the above Detroit Free Press WXYZ 1270 ad (November 1960) for this site, as featured today.

A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have provide for this site since 2016.

Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂

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THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES: THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! WEEK-ENDING APRIL 9, 1966

BILLBOARD HOT 100 Week Ending April 9, 1964

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

April

Main Article: April 1966
  • April 2 – The Indonesian army demands that the country rejoin the United Nations.
  • April 3 – Luna 10 is the first man-made object to enter lunar orbit.
Detroit Free Press  Saturday, April 9, 1966 (Double-click over newspaper image 2x for largest detailed PC view. Or, tap on and stretch the image across your mobile device screen for detailed view).
  • April 5 – During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese military prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
  • April 7 – The United Kingdom asks the United Nations Security Council for authority to use force to stop oil tankers that violate the embargo against Rhodesia (authority is given April 10).
  • April 8
    • Buddhists in South Vietnam protest against the fact that the new government has not set a date for free elections.
    • Leonid Brezhnev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Union, as well as Leader of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R.
  • April 14
    • Kenyan Vice President Oginga Odinga resigns, saying “invisible government” representing foreign interests now runs the country. He will head a new party, the Kenya People’s Union.
    • The South Vietnamese government promises free elections in 3–5 months.
  • April 15 – An anti-Nasser conspiracy is exposed in Egypt.
  • April 18
    • China declares that it will stop economic aid to Indonesia.
    • The 38th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California: The Sound of Music wins Best Picture.
  • April 21
    • An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston, Texas, hospital.
    • The opening of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is televised for the first time.
    • Haile Selassie visits Jamaica for the first time, meeting with Rasta leaders.
    • Moors murders: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley go on trial at Chester Crown Court in north west England for the murders of 3 children who vanished between November 1963 and October 1965.
  • April 24 – Uniform daylight saving time is first observed in most parts of North America.
  • April 26
    • A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
    • The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
  • April 27 – Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet in the Vatican (the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Soviet Union).
  • April 28 – In Rhodesia, security forces kill seven ZANLA men in combat; Chimurenga, the ZANU rebellion, begins.
  • April 30 – Regular hovercraft service begins over the English Channel (discontinued in 2000).

Source Credit: 1966 (April) Wikipedia

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! MARCH 29, 1965

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ 03/29/1965 chart survey was digitally restored complete in its entirety by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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By mid-January 1965, the Detroit Sound Survey charts was no longer printed for the public in general. The WXYZ charts, as featured above, were instead published solely for Detroit record retailers, music outlets, one-stop jobbers, and distributors only.

These Radio 1270 top 40 charts was the largest of the WXYZ Detroit Sound Survey charts ever printed, having measured 17.5″ W x 22 L” inches in size. These charts were primarily used for weekly record rank based by popularity, position, retail sales, and were used for record retail rack displays as well.

For the very first time, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be featuring a dozen or so — as chart dated — of these extremely rare WXYZ 1965 surveys throughout the year, 2024.

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RECORD WORLD! THE 100 TOP POPs CHART: WEEK OF MARCH 25, 1967

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 chart courtesy of Record World, as issued, for this week in March 1967.

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The featured Record World chart were digitally re-imaged and restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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BILLBOARD HONOR ROLL of HITS! THE NATION’S TOP 30 TUNES: WEEK ENDING, MARCH 27, 1957

The Billboard Honor Roll of Hits for week-ending, March 27, 1957

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The Honor Roll of Hits comprises the nation’s top tunes according to record sales and sheet sales, disk jockey and jukebox performances as determined by The Billboard’s weekly nationwide sales.

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The above Honor Roll Of Hits  chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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