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In Memory of George Griggs
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FROM THE PAGES OF BILLBOARD: THE DETROIT TOP 40Week Ending January 22, 1966
NO. 1 SINGLE IN DETROIT * Jenny Take A Ride * MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS
Saturday, January 22, 1966
DETROIT RADIO’S BIGGEST 40 HITS
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These were the most popular singles in the Motor City, as was tabulated by the Billboard Hot 100 (01/15/1966).
The singles numbered were charted in their order by Metro Detroit record dealers, record distributors, and retail record sales.
These hits were the most popular radio plays on Detroit top 40 WKNR, CKLW and WXYZ, and also on conservative-easy listening stations WJR, WJBK, and WCAR, for the week-ending January 22, 1966.
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A MCRFB Note: Three years after having founded Motown, this article was the very first mention Berry Gordy and Motown Records were given in print by the Detroit Free Press, December 26, 1962.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WRIF ‘Radio’s Disco-slamming’ Crew Stayin’ Alive’
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Six Years After Its Founding, Berry Gordy’s Motown Records Puts Detroit Musically On The Global Map
A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Revisited: 1965
DETROIT (March 21, 1965) — Eight doors off the first floor hallway at 2652 West Grand Boulevard and when they are closed, the tiny passageway grows eerie. You are alone there, but with a distant sound of music — a music that is part blues, part gospel and a lot of rhythm.
It takes a keen perception to open the right door to the music. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .
— DETROIT FREE PRESS
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MOTOWN RECORDS 1959 – 1965
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Motor City Radio Flashbacks is re-posting this article today, in commemoration of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records’ founding, 59 years ago, January 1959.
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This article was previously published on the website, April 17, 2017.
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