Author: Jim Feliciano

THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 06/29/63

BILLBOARD HOT 100 June 29, 1963
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 June 23-29, 1963

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These were the record singles you bought in 1963. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, June, on Top 40 WJBK, WXYZ, CKLW and WKMH, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR  radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1963

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 06/27/64

BILLBOARD HOT 100 June 27, 1964
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 June 21-27, 1964

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These were the record singles you bought in 1964. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, June, on Top 40 WKNR, WXYZ, WJBK and CKLW, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1964

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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’65!

FRANK WILSON * 1965
JACK WHITE’S THIRD MAN RECORDS (Detroit) NOW OWNS THIS ULTRA-RARE MOTOWN SINGLE!

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Recently, Detroit’s own Jack White reportedly paid $70,000 (according to WDIV; June 21) to Eastpointe’s Melodies and Memories for the titled Frank Wilson 1965 Motown single and will be keeping it in Detroit. Purportedly, out of 250 initially pressed (the entire lot was alleged having been destroyed by Motown) the Frank Wilson single is just one of two known to exist today.

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For more on this story go HERE, HERE and also HERE.

Frank Wilson “Do I Love You” (A side) [Photo: Jim Feliciano]
Jack White recently made headlines when he purchased an ultra-rare 1965 Motown single by Frank Wilson from Melodies and Memories owners Denise and Dan Zieja. The record and music memorabilia shop is located in Eastpointe, Michigan. (Photo credit: Third Man Records)
Frank Wilson “Sweeter As The Days Goes By” (B-side) [Photo: Jim Feliciano]

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MOTOWN MONDAYS: A 2018 ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINT!

Detroit Free Press April 19, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018

A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

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Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.

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