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In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WABX music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
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These were the HOTTEST Beatles records you bought in early-1964. The TOP FIVE Beatles hits listed above in Billboard, week-ending April 4, 1964.
They were the most popular Beatles singles played on AM Top 40 radio in Detroit — WKNR, WJBK, CKLW, and WXYZ.
WABX-FM * JOHN O’LEARY * APRIL 1977
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WABX put together this 99x DJ audio collage for their 10th Anniversary concert at Cobo Arena, Thursday, April 28, 1977. During the concert this 99X production piece was played while the WABX Air Aces were all onstage in between acts. Headlining the event that evening were the groups HEART and THE KINKS.
A special THANK YOU to John O’Leary of WABX-FM for recently contributing this 1977 99X memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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In this WABX audio you will hear John O’Leary with 99X newsman David Segal updating the news about John Bonham’s (Led Zeppelin) sudden, and unexpectant cause of his reported death. It is after 3:00 in the afternoon of September 25, 1980.
A special THANK YOU to John O’Leary of WABX-FM for recently contributing this 1980 99X memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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(Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
The above featured ‘Motown’ article was clipped, saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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Trouble Man is a soundtrack and twelfth studio album by Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye, released on December 8, 1972, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. As the soundtrack to the 1972 Blaxploitation film of the same name, the Trouble Man soundtrack was a more contemporary move for Gaye, following his landmark politically charged album What’s Going On. This was the first album to be written and produced solely by Gaye. The only other album recorded under Gaye’s full creative control was In Our Lifetime, released in 1981.
Signing the contract in early 1972, Gaye sought to take advantage of his opportunities. Bolstered by the successes of film soundtracks such as Shaft and Superfly, Motown offered the musician a chance to compose his own film soundtrack after winning rights to produce the crime thriller,Trouble Man.
Following the closing of Detroit’s Hitsville USA studios in 1972, Motown had primarily moved its location to Los Angeles, where Gaye also relocated where he recorded the Trouble Man album. Gaye invited several musicians, including some from the Funk Brothers and musicians from Hamilton Bohannon‘s band.
Gaye would compose five different versions of the title track, including an alternate vocal version, which was used primarily for the film’s intro. The alternate version featured Gaye double-tracking two lead vocal parts into one, bringing his falsetto vocals with his tenor on top of the falsetto. The single version, which was also featured on the soundtrack, would feature a single lead vocal take. The other three versions were put on the album as instrumentals with Gaye providing synthesizer keyboards while saxophone solos (and occasionally guitar) accompany him.
The only other songs in which Gaye vocalized harmonies or performed lead vocals included “Poor Abbey Walsh”, “Cleo’s Apartment”, “Life is a Gamble”, “Don’t Mess with Mister T” and “There Goes Mister T”. (Source: WiKipedia and AllMusic)
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NEW! J. MICHAEL WILSON WKNR aircheck date: Wednesday, November 16, 1966
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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *
A MCRFB Note: In 1984, besides being an actor, singer and composer, Curtis Gadson was WDIV Channel 4 special projects director when he cut this recording (he co-wrote), “Bless You Boys (This Is The Year).”
As well at the time, Gadson produced and was host to ‘Saturday Night Music Machine,’ broadcast on WDIV-TV in Detroit, 1983-1984.
“BLESS YOU BOYS!”
