Motor City Radio Flashbacks – Page 60 – Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life

KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 30’ MUSIC GUIDE: JULY 20, 1970

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

WQTE AM 560: A 1967 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGE AD

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

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WJBK RADIO 15: A 1967 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGE AD

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A special thank you to to our friend, John Bartoney (a.k.a. Jukebox John) of St. Claire Shores, MI., for providing the featured ad, published in the Detroit Free Press, November 1967.

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

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

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THIRTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Surf City” by Jan & Dean peaks this week at #1 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning July 14 through week-ending July 27, 1963. (Source: Joel Whitburn’s Pop Annual)

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

THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: JULY 20, 1968

Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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July 1
- The Central Intelligence Agency’s Phoenix Program is officially established.
- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opens for signature.
July 4 – Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero’s welcome as he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world trip.
July 13 – 1968 flu pandemic: Influenza A virus sub-type H3N2 first recorded in Hong Kong.
July 15 – The soap opera One Life to Live premieres on ABC television in the United States.
July 17 – Saddam Hussein becomes Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup d’état.
July 18 – The semiconductor company Intel is founded.
July 20 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
July 23–28 – Black militants led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
July 25 – Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical entitled Humanae vitae, on birth control.
July 26 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to 5 years hard labor, for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
July 29
- Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time in centuries.
- Yorkshire Television starts broadcasting.
July 30 – Thames Television starts transmission in London.
July 31 – BBC television sitcom Dad’s Army is broadcast for the first time in the UK.

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Source: ‘1968’; Wikipedia

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SENDING BELATED-BIRTHDAY ACCOLADES TO . . . DICK PURTAN! JULY 11

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends warm, belated Birthday wishes to Dick Purtan. Happy Birthday, Dick! We hope your day was truly special. And thank you again, for all those great D.P. Detroit radio memories you shared with us — over four decades — on the dial 🙂

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The above photo is courtesy of Jackie Purtan; Dick Purtan Facebook page.

**Dick Purtan** w/ daughter Jackie Purtan, circa 1970s.

SENDING BELATED-BIRTHDAY ACCOLADES TO . . . PAUL CANNON! JULY 12

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends warm, belated Birthday wishes to Paul Cannon. Happy Birthday, Paul! We hope your day was truly special. Thank you, again, for all those great P.C. KEENER 13 radio memories! 🙂

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The photos featured on this post is courtesy of Julie Carnegie Reams; Paul Carnegie Facebook page.

WXYZ RADIO 1270 | THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: JULY 11, 1966

**WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY** July 11, 1966

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.

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The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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A special thank you to Jim Heddle of Tuscon, Arizona, for providing this WXYZ 1270 playlist chart from July 1966 to our Motor City Radio Flashbacks archives.

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