NEW! FRED WOLF WXYZ aircheck date Thursday, December 10, 1964
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This classic early-1960s WXYZ Futuresonic package was retrieved from the Motor City Radio Flashbacks jingles collection and will be deposited under our ‘Radio Jingles’ menu bar found on the main home page.
UPDATE: Jim Hampton says on May 7, 2019 (at 12:11 AM)
I think this was a demo package. I don’t believe this ever ran on the air.
(Thank you, Jim Hampton, for your added comment! 🙂 )
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Marv Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993) was an American R&B and soul singer, notable for performing on the first record issued by Tamla Records, which later became Motown.
Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1938. He began his career singing with a doo-wop group, the Serenaders, in the mid-1950s. With budding talents not only as a singer but also as a songwriter and pianist, he was discovered by Berry Gordy while Johnson performed at a carnival. Gordy had already decided to form his first record label, Tamla, and Johnson’s recording of their song “Come to Me” was the label’s first single, released in May 1959. The fledgling label did not have national distribution, so the song was released by United Artists. It reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Johnson went on to co-write another four songs with Gordy. After he issued the first release for the Tamla (Motown) label, Johnson was signed by United Artists. He released three albums and several singles for UA but continued to record in Motown’s homegrown studios at Hitsville USA.
He then re-signed with Motown in 1964, writing and producing as well as recording. “Why Do You Want to Let Me Go” was his first Motown single after he rejoined the company, released by Motown’s Gordy subsidiary in May 1965. Johnson’s final US chart appearance was “I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You)”, which was a minor hit, reaching number 39 on the R&B chart in April 1966. His next release, “I’ll Pick a Rose for My Rose”, issued in 1968, failed to chart; it was his last American single.
Johnson died of a stroke on 16 May 1993, in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 54. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit. His headstone reads “Motown Pioneer”.
(Source: Wikipedia; Marv Johnson)
MARV JOHNSON
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Released May 9, “I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You” peaked at #39 for two weeks (2 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1966. B-side: “Just The Way You Are”
GORDY 7051 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
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THE COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. * 1985 * MAX HEADROOM
Do you remember?
In 1985 the Coca Cola Co., after 99 years, decided to “reformulate”, rebrand and market their “new” Coke soda product.
Here is one of the company’s radio spots promoting the New! Coke brand. But it wouldn’t last long.
For more about the real New! Coke story, click on the year above when this Coke radio spot was heard playing on the radio, 1985.
Do you remember?
In 1985 the Coca Cola Co., after 99 years, decided to “reformulate”, rebrand and market their “new” Coke soda product.
Here is one of the company’s radio spots promoting the New! Coke brand. But it wouldn’t last long.
For more about the real New! Coke story, click on the year above when this Coke radio spot was heard playing on the radio, 1987.
DAVE McNEA CHYR aircheck date: Friday, September 16, 1977
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea, former CHYR morning personality for donating his CHYR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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NEW! EDWARD ALAN BUSCH WKNR aircheck date Sunday, July 13, 1969
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