HITSVILLE: THE MAKING OF MOTOWN | THE FULL DOCUMENTARY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkyK3iXIP0&list=LL&index=124&t=3303s

‘THE MAKING OF MOTOWN’

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HITSVILLE U.S.A.! Documentary film that focuses on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s.

The film tracks the unique system that Gordy assembled that enabled Motown to become the most successful record label of all time.

The creation and initial success of Motown was achieved during a period of significant racial tensions in America and amid the burgeoning civil rights movement.

(SHOWTIME Channel; You Tube)

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Note: Uploaded for a free view and for a limited time, as of March 21, 2021, the Showtime documentary ‘Hitsville: The Making of Motown’, has been removed from the official SHOWTIME You Tube Channel.

In its replacement (March 21, 2012), we will now feature the official SHOWTIME trailer for the documentary.

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Note: We are happy to inform you again the complete documentary ‘Hitsville: The Making of Motown’ is back up on the You Tube SHOWTIME Channel as of Thursday, February 17 2022, therefore, as featured here previously, we now have it back up on this site once again for your view here as well. 🙂

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THE SUPREMES ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN SHOW: REMEMBERING MARY WILSON

THE SUPREMES on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW

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Mary Wilson passed away on February 8, 2021. She was 76.

In memory of Mary Wilson, we are featuring three classic Motown video performances by The Supremes on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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The Supremes May 1, 1966 * The Supremes May 7, 1967 * The Supremes May 1, 1966

THE SUPREMES ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN SHOW: REMEMBERING MARY WILSON

IT’S BEEN QUIET ON THIS WEBSITE . . . HERE’S THE REASON FOR THAT

THIS SITE IS TEMPORARILY ON STANDBY

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A word to just inform our friends of the site . . . the reason this page has been “dormant” it is only due to certain notable PC issues having flared up, suddenly, this week. We were able to post our last feature this past Tuesday, barely, as had a difficult time in doing so in the process. It is our PC.

Essentially, at 11 years old, it is beginning to struggle a little bit. Having been inspected, it is going in for a needed fix (Monday, February 15) and it will be upgraded with two new drivers (as I was told it is much needed as “the current driver is old and beginning to slow down”). So, we will be back here on Motor City Radio Flashbacks as soon as we can.

In the meantime — as we pause — there is much you can view here in your Detroit radio repository. We’ve amassed 596 total pages thus far (times 10 posts per page!). Nearly 6,000 total posts to date. And there is much more you can peruse from the site’s face-page menus on the left. Also, having been archived, check out and see what our Categories contains with a simple ‘scroll down and click‘ of the mouse as well.

Thank you, for your continuous show of support. It is much appreciated, always. We will now stand by . . . 🙂 be back soon!

Jim Feliciano

Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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UPDATE 2/18/21: We are now ready to go on Motor City Radio Flashbacks! Look for our newest posts, beginning on Monday, February 22

CKLW RKO RADIO 80 NEWSPRINT AD: NOVEMBER 11, 1966

DETROIT FREE PRESS

— Friday, November 11, 1966 —

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DETROIT FREE PRESS | CKLW

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CKLW RADIO 80! GIANT CK 30 OFFICIAL SURVEY: FEBRUARY 6, 1967

CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS 1967

— FEBRUARY 6 —

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“The listing of 30 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.”

PREVIEWED FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6-13, 1967

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

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— 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 CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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JERRY LUBIN, ORIGINAL WABX ‘AIR ACE’, PASSED AWAY AT 80

JERRY LUBIN

— 1940-2021 —

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WABX Air Ace Jerry Lubin passed away from Covid 19 yesterday. He was a friend of mine and so much more.

My condolences to his sons Adam and Ethan Lubin and their families and also Beverly Lubin. Also my condolences to everyone who heard him on WABX or WLLZ or W4 and thought of him as an old friend when they heard his voice . . . that unmistakable voice.

Dan Carlisle mentioned to me that with Jerry’s passing all the original (day 1) WABX Air Aces are gone except for Dan.

September 21, 1940 – February 4, 2021

R.I.P. Jerry

John O’Leary (Facebook)

WABX

(Photo credit: John O’Leary; Facebook)

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For more on Jerry Lubin’s passing, published February 5, 2021 in the Detroit Free Press, GO HERE

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks expresses heartfelt condolences to the Lubin Family

‘Godspeed, Jerry Lubin. Take up your wings and soar high’

PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: FEBRUARY 5, 1962

**Detroit Free Press** *Monday Radio* February 5, 1962

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

DETROIT RADIO GUIDE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1962

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NO. 1 DISK DOESN’T CARRY WEIGHT IT USED TO . . . FEBRUARY 8, 1964

Vinton Laments Chart-toppers Not As Demanded Today As Previous Years

HOLLYWOOD — The power of having the No. 1 record in the nation seems to have diminished, claims Bobby Vinton, whose disk of “There! I Said It Again” and before that “Blue Velvet” haven’t opened as many magic doors as would have been the case five years ago.

“I’ve talked to several other young performers,” Bobby told Billboard, “and they’ve come to the same conclusion. Times have changed and having the No. 1 record in the country just doesn’t excite television producers and night club owners anymore.”

Vinton, who has been with Epic three years, is currently developing his night club act but finds it frustrating not being able to crack prime time television as easily as the disk artists of five years ago were able to do.

Vinton says he’s been told that TV producers think of him as a rock and roll artist mainly because he’s hit the No. 1 position. “They don’t listen to radio stations which play my records so they have no idea what I sound like and they’ve got me pegged as a strictly teen artist.”

The 25-year -old vocalist theorizes that perhaps one of the reasons for the decline of the disk artist in importance to the TV producer is that the producers had enough of fast rising disk names who only had a sound on record and did not come across effectively on the screen. “These people probably feel they’ve learned a lesson and are staying away from record people.”

During Vinton’s career with Epic he has had three No.1 disks and three more in the top 20. Yet his national TV work has been limited to the Dick Clark, Steve Allen and Lawrence Welk shows.

Besides emphasizing that talent buyers aren’t listening to top 40 stations, Vinton says people in the music industry feel that when an artist has the No.1 record “he’s home.”

“You’re not,” he claims. In Vinton’s case he knows he has to change his teenage image if he wants to crack the few variety format shows available on TV.

Citing Jack Jones and Wayne Newton as two new performers who don’t have a teen image, Vinton wonders whether they too might have been pegged as rock and rollers had they hit the glamorous top spot on the charts. END

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Information and news source: Billboard; February 8, 1964