DETROIT TOP DEEJAYS PICK THE WEEK’S TOP 10 HITS: 1965!

**DETROIT FREE PRESS** December 10, 1965

Friday, December 10, 1965

THE WEEK’S TOP SINGLES

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The above featured Week’s Top Singles article was clipped, saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

“These are the week’s top 45 rpm singles, as selected by Detroit’s top disc jockeys and the consensus of sales in Detroit and the U.S. as reported by Billboard, international recording news weekly.”

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 11 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘LITTLE ALTAR BOY‘

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“Little Altar Boy” was written in 1961 and first recorded that year by vocalist Vic Dana for his album This Is Vic Dana. Released as a single, it reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In an introspective moment, Dana performs this quiet song in the 1962 musical-comedy film Don’t Knock the Twist.

The song was also recorded by Andy Williams on his 1965 album Merry Christmas, by Glen Campbell on his 1968 album That Christmas Feeling, and by Jack Jones on his 1969 album A Jack Jones Christmas.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

VIC DANA * 11 * DECEMBER 15

A STEVIE WONDER CHRISTMAS ALBUM RECALLED: 1967!

‘SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS’

— ABOUT THIS LP —

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Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27, 1967 by Motown Records under its Tamla imprint. It was his eighth studio album release. The title song was previously released as a single in 1966 and reached #24 on the Billboard Christmas singles chart that year.

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(Source: WiKipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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STEVIE WONDER * SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP) * 1967

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK! 1965

**THE SUPREMES * DECEMBER 1965 * MOTOWN RECORDS**

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! 1965

“WINTER WONDERLAND” (INSTRUMENTAL) * FUNK BROTHERS

A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘SLEIGH RIDE‘

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“Sleigh Ride” was covered by the American girl group The Ronettes. The Phil Spector-produced recording has become the most popular version outside the traditional pop standard genre, charting yearly in Billboard’s Top Ten U.S. Holiday 100 and was #26 in 2018 in the Hot 100. It features the well-known “Ring-a-ling-a-ling, ding-dong-ding” background vocals, and the clip-clop and the whining of a horse at its beginning and end.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

DECEMBER 14 * 12 * THE RONETTES

WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: DECEMBER 12, 1966

THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY

— DECEMBER 12, 1966 —

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

— THE JIM HEDDLE COLLECTION —

This WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1965 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’

— ABOUT THIS LP —

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). The album was released in December 1965 in the U.S. by Fantasy. It is the soundtrack to the Christmas television special of the same name.

Guaraldi composed most of the music, though he included versions of traditional carols such as “O Tannenbaum”. He recorded some of the score at Whitney Studio in Glendale, California, then re-recorded some of it at Fantasy Records Studios in San Francisco with a children’s choir from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in nearby San Rafael. The sessions ran late into the night, with the children rewarded with ice cream afterwards.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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VINCE GUARALDI * A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP)

WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ TOP 31 HITS: THIS WEEK! NOVEMBER 12, 1963

WKNR NEW RADIO 13!

—DECEMBER 12, 1963—

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—57 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—

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 and your continuous support.

Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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