CKLW | “Love Will Keep Us Together” | THE CAPTAIN AND TENILLE
CKLW 1975 BIG 30 RECORDS
“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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PREVIEWED FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19 – AUGUST 25, 1975
The above CKLW chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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— In MemoryofGeorge 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, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
The late Charlie Watts, drummer with The Rolling Stones, with the late Tommy Shannon (CKLW) circa 1965. (Photo credit: Tom Shannon)
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In paying homage to the passing of the legendary Rolling Stones drummer, we are providing here a link to an excellent article in tribute to Charlie Watts.
The article was published Tuesday, in Rolling Stone, August 24.
ON YOUR PC? To fully appreciate this WKNR Music Guide for the week of August21, 1967 chart feature click on image 2x and open to second window. Click image anytime to return to NORMAL image size.
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AUGUST 21-27, 1967
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You betcha! Yes, WKNR was serious about their title for this Keener contest the station promoted back in August 1967.
Here’s a snapshot of WKNR music director Paul Cannon holding the little mascot cub in front of the WKNR studios on Michigan Avenue.
Now what school’s name was deemed the winner, that we do not know. (We’ll try to reach out to Paul Cannon for the rest of the story). But here’s picture proof we do have which shows THAT one Keener mascot contest was the real deal! 🙂
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— STORY UPDATE! —
PAUL CANNON
We reached out to Paul Cannon yesterday afternoon (Thurs., Aug 26) and, according to what he shared more into the story, after the name of the winning school was announced, WKNR immediately acquired the lion cub at a pre-selected exotic pet store outlet in the metro Detroit area for its delivery (yes, acquiring such pets in those days for private ownership was not illegal!).
The little cubby, still in the crate, was “not at all too friendly, growling and hissing at us” during its transport to the winning school. The following day, several of the school’s personnel and students returned to the station. With the cub tagging along on a leash. As overly cantankerous the cub was, Paul Cannon, exclaimed, “how did you manage to get a leash around its neck?” Someone replied, “With hockey mitts!” 🙂
Oh, the winning school’s name? It was a Catholic school, according to Paul, located either on 6 Mile or 7 Mile at the time, back in August of 1967. Any recollection as to the school’s precise name is yet to be determined.
A Kodak moment, indeed. Great story. Thank you, Paul Cannon, for sharing the memory!
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— THIS WEEK 54 YEARS AGO —
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In MemoryofGeorge 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, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
“AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH” | DIANA ROSS | MOTOWN
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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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PREVIEWED FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 17 – AUGUST 23, 1970
The above CKLW chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
THANK YOU
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A special THANKS to Ray Tessier, of Allen Park, MI., for recently contributing this CKLW August 1970 survey/playlist chart with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks celebrates today the return this year of the Woodward Dream Cruise!
In commemorating this year’s event, we are featuring Jim Hampton’s 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise three hour radio special — “DJ’s, Cars and Cruisin’ ” — which aired on WOMC 104.3, August 15, 2015, the 21st anniversary of the Woodward cruise event. “Do you remember . . . do you remember?”
A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton for having shared this exclusive RADIO RECALL audio gift with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
It’s time to celebrate those amazing days of yesterday, with host Jimmy Hampton . . . DJ’s, cars, and cruisin’ . . . enjoy the WOMC 2015 Dream Cruise memory! 🙂
Today we present a selected WXYZ Joey Reynolds audio extraction from the Motor City Radio Flashbacks airchecks library.
Long archived in the collection, this audio file has been digitally renewed, enhanced in sound, much improved overall (note there are several ‘drop-out’ flaws in place from the original recording).
Also corrected was the recording’s faster speed pitch, having slowed the recording down to a more ‘normal’ state than what the original recording archived sounded previously.
Another classic Motor City radio flashback. Joey Reynolds on WXYZ. This month, fifty-five years ago.
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THE MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS AIRCHECKS COLLECTION
The original featured recording was posted HERE on Motor City Radio Flashbacks seven years ago, September 12, 2014.
In 1966, WXYZ radio promoted heavily Joey Reynolds’ anticipated arrival from Cleveland to Detroit. Having been discovered by Lee Alan on radio WIXY 1260 while on a business trip there, one of the station’s promotions was having distributed for their listeners this record 45, “Joey Reynolds’ Theme”, as recorded by The 4 Seasons. Joey Reynolds was the late-night personality on Radio 1270 from 9-midnight. Short-lived at the station, Reynolds tenure on WXYZ was a little over 6 months, from April to October of that year.
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This audio feature was restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
FOURTEEN WEEKS overall on the single pop charts, “Where Did Our Love Go” by The Supremes peaked at #1 this week (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning August 16 through week ending, August 29, 1964. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
PREVIEWED FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19 – AUGUST 25, 1975
