DENNIS EDWARDS FEBRUARY 1, 2018
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! THE ‘TEMPTS, 1968
Month: February 2018
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’68!
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’68
“CLOUD NINE” (INSTRUMENTAL; EXT. VERSION) * THE TEMPTATIONS * ’68
AMERICAN PIE, DECIPHERED: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
SCOTT WESTERMAN * Sirius XM/KRKE Radio * 2010
AMERICAN PIE. AN ANALYSIS REVISITED
But February made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
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I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
ONE OF THE MOST analyzed records of all time is Don McLean’s “American Pie.” While it’s commonly agreed that the song is an ode to the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper, it’s nuances are still debated.
The closest McLean came to explaining it’s meaning was in his 2000 video, Starry Starry Night. “I’m very proud of the song,” he said. “It is biographical in nature and I don’t think anyone has ever picked up on that. The song starts off with my memories of the death of Buddy Holly. But it moves on to describe America as I was seeing it and how I was fantasizing it might become, so it’s part reality and part fantasy but I’m always in the song as a witness or as even the subject sometimes in some of the verses.”
While Don McLean never fully discussed it’s meaning, many of us have tried. The best analysis I’ve read was written by WKNR and WCFL veteran, Bob Dearborn.
Here is my breakdown of American Pie as broadcast on KRKE and XM/Sirius in 2010.
— Scott Westerman February 1, 2012
American Pie. Revisited.
A special THANK YOU to Scott Westerman for sharing his special Sirius XM ‘American Pie: Deciphered’ (2010) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
For more on the events of February 3, 1959, on this website, GO HERE.
DON McLEAN * American Pie * 1971
DENNIS EDWARDS, TEMPTATIONS’ LEAD, IS DEAD AT 74
DENNIS EDWARDS OBITUARY | CHICAGO CBS LOCAL (Special thanks to CKLW’s Ric Allen for providing the link)
CKLW-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: TOM CLAY
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * 1964 * TOM CLAY
TOM CLAY CKLW aircheck date: Wednesday, June 17, 1964
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating his CKLW radio aircheck (unscoped!) to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION *
A MCRFB Note: Tom Clay’s very last show on CKLW was Friday, June 19, 1964.
WXYZ-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: DON ZEE!
WXYZ RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WXYZ-AM 1270 * 1965 * DON ZEE
NEW! Don Zee WXYZ aircheck date: Saturday, January 30, 1965
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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *
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A MCRFB Note: While this is a very short aircheck, having recently been found, so shall we honor this legend and Detroit radio memory. The voice that was Don Zee on WXYZ
WXYZ 1270: A 1965 DAVE PRINCE NEWSPRINT FEATURE
Sunday, March 7, 1965
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WRIF ‘Dave Prince: How NOT to Advise’
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WXYZ 1270: ‘DAVE PRINCE SHOW’ 1967 NEWSPRINT AD
Sunday, February 26, 1967
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ ‘Dave Prince’
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DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGES, ’64! WJBK 15 & WKNR 13
Sunday, August 23, 1964
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJBK/WKNR ‘New Programming Pays Off’
A MCRFB Note: The Detroit Daily Press went to press for the first time on Wednesday, July 22, 1964. The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News were effectively still out on strike (beginning July 14) when this article went to print. Having reached an agreement on November 23, the Detroit dailies resumed publications on Tuesday, November 24, 1964.
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