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THE DETROIT RADIO TOP 12. 60 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
TOP DETROIT DEEJAY’S PICK THE WEEK’S TOP HITS! 1957
Author: Jim Feliciano
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD ‘HOT 100′: 10/1960
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 October 3, 1960
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These were the record singles you bought in 1960. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, October 1960, on Top 40 WJBK and WXYZ and WKMH, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.
THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1960
A MOTOWN AD FLASHBACK: MARVIN & TAMMI, 1967!
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’67!
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL * 1967
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’65
“GIRL WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE” (INSTRUMENTAL) * EARL VAN DYKE * 1965
WKNR TOP 31 DETROIT KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK 09/1968
49 YEARS AGO. SEPTEMBER 1968
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
PRESS IMAGE FROM DETROIT RADIO’S PAST: WKNR, ’69
ON THIS DATE: HARWELL CALLS HIS LAST TIGERS’ GAME
WXYT-FM 97.1 * Ernie Harwell’s Final Game Broadcast * SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2002 (Complete Game 1-6 Innings)
WXYT-FM 97.1 * Ernie Harwell’s Final Game Broadcast * SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2002 (Complete Game 7-9 Innings)
ON THIS DAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
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Fifteen years ago, on September 29, 2002, Ernie Harwell called his final game for the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 1-0.
This special airing of Ernie Harwell’s last game was rebroadcast in its entirety by WXYT 97.1 Sunday, May 9, 2010.
Monday, May 10, 2010 was declared ‘Ernie Harwell Day’ at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers’ MLB HOF broadcaster was “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over four decades.
Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010.
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NEW! An added WXYT audio feature to the MCRFB Aircheck Library. From the Jim Feliciano collection
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
ERNIE HARWELL * 2002 – The Final Broadcast * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK
‘2002 – THE FINAL BROADCAST’
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Besides the voice of Ernie Harwell, the various narratives you will hear throughout the entire audio book is by Raleigh, N.C. sports broadcaster Gordon Miller. Occasional questions you will also hear is by veteran Duke University sports broadcaster Bob Harris.
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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was commonly known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award. He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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THE VOICE of SUMMER REMEMBERED
(CD audio set availability, link: Ernie Harwell’s Audio Scrapbook 2009)
WKNR TOP 31 DETROIT KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK 09/1967
50 YEARS AGO. SEPTEMBER 1967
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
