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Conceived, created, produced, and narrated by Dave Prince. WKMH; December 1962
WKMH Radio 1310 personality lineup: Robin Seymour, Dave Prince, Bill Phillips, Paul Connor and Lou Sherman. December 1962
THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR
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The above featured WKNR ad was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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The husband-and-wife duo of Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme were firmly established as one of the best traditional pop acts in the United States when they recorded this lush Christmas offering for Columbia Records in 1964. On ‘That Holiday Feeling!‘, Steve and Eydie deliver solid solo performances — Gorme on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “White Christmas,” Lawrence with “Let Me Be The First To Wish You Merry Christmas” and “The Christmas Song” — while they show off the splendid vocal give and take that made them stars on “Sleigh Ride,” “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Featuring arrangements from some of the best studio men in the business (including Don Costa, Al Cohn, and Patrick Williams), That Holiday Feeling! is a beautifully crafted artifact from the era of great singers, and captures Steve & Eydie at their best.
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(Source: AllMusic)
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THAT HOLIDAY FEELING! (COMPLETE LP) * 1964
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“Merry Christmas Darling” is a Christmas song by the Carpenters (music by Richard Carpenter, lyrics by Frank Pooler), and originally recorded in 1970. It was first available on a 7-inch single that year (A&M Records 1236), and was later re-issued in 1974 (A&M 1648) and again in 1977 (A&M 1991). The single went to number one on Billboard’s Christmas singles chart in 1970 (and did so again in 1971 and 1973) and peaked at number 41 in Cashbox. In 1978, the Carpenters issued their Christmas Portrait album, which contained a new version of “Merry Christmas Darling”. The original 1970 mix continued to be used for all single releases, however. The major difference between the 1970 and 1978 versions is a newly recorded vocal by Karen Carpenter on the latter, which was done at her request. Richard Carpenter himself calls the original recording one of his sister’s very best.
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(Source: Wikipedia)
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DECEMBER 23 * 03 * THE CARPENTERS
—DECEMBER 22, 1964—
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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 chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
—ACKNOWLEDGEMENT—
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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — December 22, 1964 — with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
Earlier in the year, Larry contributed 16 WXYZ 1964 charts for the website’s archive.
Thank you for this WXYZ Detroit radio contribution. Inasmuch, this site realizes these WXYZ charts from 1964 are scarce, having been a most difficult find today as in recent years. Much appreciated! 🙂
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A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra is a Christmas album by American singer Frank Sinatra, originally released by Capitol Records in 1957.
This was Sinatra’s first full-length Christmas album. It features the Ralph Brewster Singers along with an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins.
Capitol reissued the album in 1965 with different cover art and a new title, The Sinatra Christmas Album, both of which also featured on the album’s initial 1987 compact disc pressing. The original title and cover were eventually restored for subsequent CD pressings in 1990 and 1999. In 2001, the album art was altered from its 1957 version. The CD bonus tracks were originally issued on a 1954 Capitol 45 rpm single, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
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(Source: Wikipedia)
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A JOLLY CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP) * 1957
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“A Marshmallow World” (sometimes called “It’s a Marshmallow World“) is a popular song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Peter DeRose (music). The song is about winter and is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although the lyrics make no mention of the holiday. The song compares a snowfall to marshmallows covering the ground. It also describes the snowfall as whipped cream and the sun as a big red pumpkin head. The singer “waits for it the whole year ’round.” The song was a Christmas Holiday hit for many artists such as Bing Cosby, Vic Damone, Brenda Lee and Dean Martin (which is included in his 1966 album, ‘The Dean Martin Christmas Album‘).
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(Source: Wikipedia)
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DECEMBER 22 * 04 * DEAN MARTIN
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Aired on the night of December 22, 1963 on Detroit CBS WJBK-TV (Channel 2), 10:00 p.m., 57 years ago, on this day. Guests: Judy Garland’s children, Liza, Lorna and Joey; singers Jack Jones, Mel Torme, dancer Tracy Everett.
(Source: The Detroit Free Press; Sunday; December 22, 1963)
THE JUDY GARLAND CHRISTMAS SHOW * CBS-TV * SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1963
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‘Jackson 5 Christmas Album’ is the first Christmas studio album (and fourth overall) by Motown family quintet the Jackson 5, released in October 1970. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jackson 5’s hit single version of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”. The Jackson 5’s versions of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” remain frequent radio requests during the Christmas season. The album spent all four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine’s special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling Christmas album of that year, and, would repeat also in 1972.
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(Source: Wikipedia)
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JACKSON 5 CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf_hHU1Yu7o&t=47s
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Aired on the night of December 21, 1967 on Detroit NBC WWJ-TV (Channel 4), 10:00 p.m., 53 years ago, on this day. Guests: Dean and Jeanne Martin and their children, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Jr.
(Source: Detroit Free Press; Thursday, December 21, 1967)
THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS SHOW * NBC-TV * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1967