BILLBOARD HOT 100 05/21/61 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 May 21, 1961
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These were the record singles Detroiters bought in 1961. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, May 1960, on Top 40 WJBK and WXYZ and WKMH.
THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES. 57 YEARS AGO
WHYT Hot Hits!May 12, 1983WHYT Hot Hits!May 12, 1983
WHYT DETROIT’S HOT HITS!
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35 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
May 12, 1983
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In Memory of George Griggs
Above WHYT music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
SOUL COAXING is the U.S. album recorded in 1967 and 1968 by the European international, French bandleader, orchestra director and composer, Raymond LeFevre. The album debuted on the Billboard LP chart on March 23, 1968. The album, having peaked at #117 on June 8, sustained a 16 week run on the Billboard Top 200, having been dropped from the chart on July 13, 1968.
The first track from the album was released as a U.S. single. “Soul Coaxing” or “Âme câline” is an instrumental single recorded in 1967 by the Raymond LeFèvreorchestra and released in 1968. It was a hit in the U.S. on the Four Corners label, peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April near the end of its 12-week run that year.
Raymond LeFèvre died on June 27, 2008 at the age of 78. (Source: WiKipedia and Discogs)
Raymond LeFevre1968
A MCRFB Note: for the complete track listing from this album GO HERE.
Frank Brody CKLW aircheck date: Wednesday, September 17, 1969
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, of Ferndale, MI., for recently donating this CKLW-AM radio aircheck (unscoped!) to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
* THE MIKE LOCKHART COLLECTION *
CKLWFrank Brody 1969
A MCRFB Note: While the donor apologetically stated there is an audio glitch noted around the 10:58 mark of this aircheck, it is extended over for just several seconds. Nonetheless, we appreciate having acquired — as is — this fabulous (1969) CKLW radio memory.
DETROIT (May 26) — Elvis Presley, the rock ‘n’ roll dreamboat, danced up a storm in Detroit Friday.
Some 15,000 teenagers, mostly girls, paid nearly $25,000 in small change to watch him sing, play the guitar and wiggle across the stage at the Fox Theater.
FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & The Drellspeaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100.May 12 through May 25, 1968. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968GO HERE.
