Only three weeks on the Billboard LP’s chart, Allan Sherman’s ‘My Son, The Nut‘ hits the #1 spot, week-ending, August 31, 1963. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top LP’s for nearly two months, from August 31 to October 25, 1963. It stayed on the charts for 140 weeks and sold 1.2 million copies. [Source: Wikipedia]
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The above charted country singles (notably the top 10) were some of the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s only country station 1340 on the AM dial at the time, WEXL.
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SPECIAL SURVEY CHART TABULATED by BILLBOARD
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“The listing of 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.”
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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.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks is in search of anything audio relating Eddie Chase, renown Detroit radio legend in the 1940s and 1950s on WXYZ and CKLW.
His granddaughter, Kathleen Thompson (resides in Anchorage, Alaska), and for the benefit of her immediate family as well, has reached out to this site for any audio recordings of Eddie Chase on the radio, which may include his top-rated WXYZ show program, Make Believe Ballroom. Material we have yet to find and add into our Detroit radio archive.
If there is someone out there who may possibly have a recording of this Detroit radio treasure, please contact me at (copy and paste):
Sexiest of the New Dances Is a Smash In Northern California, Sparked by the Bobby Freeman Recording of “C’mon And Swim”
Not since the twist swept all before it two years ago has any dance created so much excitement in the picturesque city of San Francisco. It has caught on in just a few months and one of the reasons, besides the excitement inherent in the dance itself, is the Bobby Freeman recording. Freeman’s new single, on the Autumn recording label, is in the Top 20 in sales in that city.
The recording of “C’mon and Swim” was made by Tom Donahue and Bob Mitchell of the Tempo Weekly Newsletter, a publication that tips the trade on current and new best-sellers in that city. The duo, top rated jockeys of KYA in San Francisco, says of the swim, “We think it has the potential to become the biggest dance sensation since the twist.”
An explanation of the popularity of the swim is apparent by a description of it in a story in Variety July 15. Story says it isa variation of the twist, which pantomimes various swimming strokes, like the breast stroke, dog paddle, back- stroke, etc. “Done well it is the most graceful of these dances. It is also far and away the sexiest.”
Another reason for the success of the swim in San Francisco could also be attributed to the fact that it is done in clubs along Broadway, the late-night districts in North Beach, and in several of these clubs by girls in topless bathing suits. Crowds usually gather before the open windows of these clubs and try to peer in to see the dancers.
About 25 clubs in San Francisco‘s North Beach nightclub belt are now featuring the swim. It’s the biggest attraction the clubs have had in two years and San Francisco clubs play all types of acts, from nudes to hypnotists. Best known are The Galaxie and The Condor.
Bobby Freeman is credited with having originated the swim about a year ago. He taught it on his appearances at dances and shows in the Bay Area. Suddenly it caught on and turned into a high school sensation.Onehighschoolprincipal banned the swim from school dances and it became famous.
The Bobby Freeman record, issued in May, broke wide open in the Bay area after a weekend of play by disc jockey John Hardy of KDIA. Subsequently it caught on in Seattle, San Diego, Fresno, San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton and other California cities.
“C’mon and Swim” has built into a national hit. The dance has yet to break out of the West Coast. However, with the Dick Clark show featuring the dance and with Freeman demonstrating it on the Dick Clark tour, it could happen nationally too. END
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Information, credit and news source: Music Business; August 15, 1964
Bobby Freeman upstaging his own performance of The Swim(Credit: Music Business)
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:39:36 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:41:48 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:42:41 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:41:30 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:40:23 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM July 19, 2021[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 3:40:54 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:49:47 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:50:04 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022 [Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:51:02 p.m.]
MOTOWN MUSEUM August 10, 2022[Photo credit: Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) 5:51:11 p.m.]
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The Motown Museum is currently undergoing a 50 million dollar renovation and museum expansion.
According to an article in the Detroit Free Press (October 10, 2021), Phase I of the project will consist of construction of a new concrete and granite plaza that will stretch across the front grounds of the museum, spanning across four adjoining houses. It will include a pop-up performance space structuring the front door of the new 50,000 square foot building expansion.
Phase I and Phase II has been completed, according to this Yahoo! News (August 8, 2022) article here. Phase III — adding a new 50,000 square feet expansion facility behind the museum — has yet to get off the ground.
The Motown Museum temporarily closed in July 2021 for the projected renovations. But according to The Detroit News, a partial tour of the museum and its campus was slated to resume, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
The Motown Museum was founded by Berry Gordy’s sister, Esther Gordy, in 1985.
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NOTE I: Recently, there has been some comments critical on social media outlets as to the removal of the lawn turf that was part of the Hitsville landscape since Berry Gordy first acquired the property in 1959. What do you think?
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NOTE II:All photos featured here were taken by Jim Feliciano (Motor City Radio Flashbacks) in 2021 and 2022, as dated. The added March 1966 Hitsville U. S. A. photograph (black and white) is courtesy of the Motown Museum Facebook page.
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