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Debuted August 3, 1963. Peaked #10 (1 week). “Hey, Girl” charts 11 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles charts.
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1963 DEFINED!
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Debuted September 21, 1963. Peaked #6 (1 week). “Talk To Me” charts 17 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles charts.
Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]
THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1963 DEFINED!
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Debuted September 21, 1963. Peaked #61 (October 12; 1 week). “Baby Get It (And Don’t Quit It)” charts 5 total weeks overall in the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
NOTE: “Baby Get It” did not make the Billboard R&B charts for 1963.
Source: Billboard Top Pop Singles [2006 Edition]
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF 1963!
Debuted #90 week-ending August 31, 1963, “Be My Baby” peaks at #2 on the Hot 100, week-ending, October 10, 1963. Having charted 13 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #49 for the week-ending, November 23, 1963.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1963]
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF 1963!
Debuted #87 week-ending August 17, 1963, “Only In America” peaks at #25 on the Hot 100, week-ending, September 28, 1963. Having charted 11 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #49 for the week-ending, October 26, 1963.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1963]
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP SINGLES IN 1963!
Debuted #71 week-ending August 17, 1963, “Then He Kissed Me” peaks at #6 (2 weeks) on the Hot 100, for week-ending, September 14, 1963. Having charted 12 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #49 for the week-ending, November 2, 1963.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1963]
THE BIG 8! CKLW BACK ON THE RADIO: CHARLIE VAN DYKE, 1976
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WKNR 1310: A 1972 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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