HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED


 

WJR 760 * Ernie Harwell * AUGUST 20, 1986

 


 

ERNIE CALLS WALT TERRELL’S NO-HIT BID

THE GREG INNIS COLLECTION

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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award.

He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

“2 nothing the Tigers lead in the last half of the eight inning . . .”. . .

A special THANK YOU to our senior website contributor Greg Innis for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this Detroit Tigers Broadcasting (Ernie Harwell) audio play-by-play memory, as aired on WJR radio, Wednesday evening, August 20, 1986.

 

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Detroit Free Press August 21, 1986


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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!



 

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * The Rolling Stones * 08/17/69 – 09/13/1969

 

 

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING August 23, 1969

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!

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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones peaked this month at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 17 through September 13, 1969. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.

 


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