THIS WEEK! SEPTEMBER 1963: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.

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FIFTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Blue Velvet” by Bobby Vinton peaks this week at #1 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning September 15 through week-ending October 5, 1963.

Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual

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For our previous Billboard Number One 1963 U.S.A. Hits go HERE

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SOUL SINGLES! THE BILLBOARD TOP R&B 40: WEEK-ENDING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1965

BILLBOARD TOP RHYTHM & BLUES SINGLES September 1965

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Many of the above titled Billboard R&B singles were the most popular radio plays heard on two Detroit soul stations 1400 WJLB and 1440 WCHB on the AM dial, September 1965. 

As tabulated by Billboard, the featured R&B Top 40 record singles were the nation’s most popular and best-selling soul records, for the week-ending September 18, 1965, 57 years ago.

MCRFB Note: By September of 1965 the Motown stable was churning out hits after hits after hits. It bears noting that 10 Motown records comprised this particular Billboard R&B chart alone. Add as well the #9 record, by Edwin Starr (Ric-Tic) and that will total 11 overall Detroit records having been tabulated for the chart — over one quarter listed overall!

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WDRQ! THE FM 93 ‘Q’ SINGLES: WEEK-ENDING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1975

WDRQ ‘Q’ SINGLES September 8, 1975

WDRQ ‘Q’ SINGLES September 8, 1975

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WDRQ Top 23 singles and Top 10 LPs for week-ending September 8, 1975

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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 WDRQ music guide courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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WDRQ ‘Q’ SINGLES September 8, 1975

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WJLB 1400! A DETROIT RADIO 1965 [Detroit Free Press] BACK-PAGE

Detroit Free Press September 12, 1965

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Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂

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DETROIT’S ROCK ‘N’ EASY 100 FM: THIS MONTH! SEPTEMBER 1978

WNIC FM 100 [A] September 1978

WNIC FM 100 [B] September 1978

WNIC FM 100 [C] September 1978

Showcasing WNIC mid-day morning personality Jim Harper on the cover.

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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

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WNIC FM 100 [D] September 1978

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WJBK RADIO 1500: A 1957 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGE AD

Detroit Free Press June 24, 1957

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MCRFB Note: Special THANKS to our friend, John Bartony (a.k.a. Jukebox John) St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for providing the above Detroit Free Press WJBK 1500 ad (June 24, 1957) for this site, featured today.

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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT AM RADIO DIAL: SEPTEMBER 7, 1966

Detroit Free Press Wednesday Radio September 7, 1966

Above Wednesday Radio courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2022; Newspapers.com

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A MCRFB Note: Glancing over the above Detroit radio guide, it bears noting CKLW had Dusty Rose (actually last name is misspelled — not Rose — it was Dusty Rhodes) competing in the morning drive going against WKNR’s own Dick Purtan. Both were Cincinnati’s WSAI-AM radio personalities during a time in 1964-1965.

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THIS WEEK! SEPTEMBER 1963: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.

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FOURTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “My Boyfriend’s Back” by The Angels remains on top at #1 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning August 25 through week-ending September 14, 1963.

Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual

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For our previous Billboard Number One 1963 U.S.A. Hits go HERE

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