Month: June 2017

A 1960S MOTOR CITY MUSIC FEATURE RECALLED: 1963!

From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1963

When Detroiters Read About the ‘Beatles’ the Very First Time

 

 

 

FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1963

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LONDON — AP — Police admitted Monday that Beatlemania — one of the wildest teenage phenomena yet — just about has them beat. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .

— DETROIT FREE PRESS

DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, October 29, 1963

TWO ‘BEATLES’ GET A FAN’S ATTENTION (Associated Press; Monday, October 28, 1963)

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: THE 4 TOPS, 1964!

RELEASED BY MOTOWN RECORDS, January 1965, the group’s self-titled ‘Four Tops‘ studio album would be their very first for the Motown label. Produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, six of the album’s 11 tracks were written by the Motown song-writing trio. Two of the H-D-H songs would become singles. The first, “Baby I Need Your Loving” (Pop; #11) would become their first million-selling single, released, July 1964. Their follow-up, “Without The One You Love (Life’s Not Worth While)“ (Pop; #43) was released by Motown in the fall of 1964. The Four Tops‘ third single was written by Mickey Stevenson and Ivy Joe Hunter. “Ask The Lonely“ (Pop; #24) was released in February 1965. The album peaked at #63 on the Billboard Top 200 LP chart, 1965.
THE FOUR TOPS circa 1964

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THIS WEEK: 1964! A WJBK RADIO 1500 RECORD REVIEW

WJBK RADIO 15 June 19, 1964
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 01
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 02
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 03
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 04
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 05
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 06
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 07
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 08
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 09
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 10
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 11
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 12
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 13
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 14
DETROIT’S TOP 15 * WJBK No. 15
WJBK RADIO 15 June 19, 1964
ON THE WAY ON ‘JBK * WJBK No. 26

WJBK RADIO TOP 15

THIS WEEK. JUNE 1964

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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DETROIT WXYZ AM 1270 1959 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!

Saturday, November 28, 1959

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM Shorr Fired by WXYZ; Denies He Took Payola 

(Above WXYZ related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).

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