“WORDS OF LOVE” * THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS * DUNHILL (1967)
Author: Jim Feliciano
50TH! ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES PLAY TO WIN AT WHISKY-A-GO GO . . . JANUARY 28, 1967
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1967
Miracles’ Whisky Performance Stellar; Club’s Mikes Are Not
LOS ANGELES — Smokey Robinson and the Miracles prove that a hit record creates loyal fans. When the Whisky A Go Go reopened last Thursday (January 12) after a face-lifting, fans flocked to the opening show. The foursome’s opening was a happy, noisy affair. Some 85 per cent of the crowd were young girls who bounced and sang in their seats with the performers.
The club’s management has reacted to the recent abolishing of teenage dance permits, by moving the stage out where the dance floor formerly was. The hour was SRO for the Miracles, whose singing was marred by poor mike balances with a good eight-piece band which covered them up front with their own
dynamics.
Consequently, much of the quartet’s harmonies and counterpoints were lost in the front seats. Robinson handles his solos with exuberance while his aides provide the oohs and aahs.
Repertoire encompasses some good numbers like “Poinciana” and “Yesterday” and the “Best Is Yet to Come,” but they suffered because of bad sound balances. On the jump tunes, like “Mickey’s Monkey,” “Ooh Baby, Baby” and “Going To A Go-Go,” the quartet works hard and involves the crowd.
Motown act has a subtle sex appeal which helps build visual appeal. To be an effective club act, the group needs better control over its back up bands to allow their own vocal blendings to come through. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; January 28, 1967)
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK ’69! DAVID RUFFIN
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’69!
DAVID RUFFIN * My Whole World Ended * MOTOWN 1969
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’60
“SHOP AROUND” (INSTRUMENTAL) * The Miracles * 1960
THE ALL HIT LIST Z-95.5! WCZY-FM WEEK OF 01/04/1988
WCZY-FM TOP 40 MUSIC GUIDE COMPILED THRU RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Michael Jackson * WCZY-FM (No. 01)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * George Harrison * WCZY-FM (No. 02)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Whitney Houston * WCZY-FM (No. 03)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Eric Carmen * WCZY-FM (No. 04)
Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Elton John * WCZY-FM (No. 05)
BONUS! Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Huey Lewis * WCZY-FM (No. 08)
BONUS! Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Whitesnake * WCZY-FM (No. 11)
BONUS! Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Expose * WCZY-FM (No. 20)
BONUS! Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Jody Watley * WCZY-FM (No. 22)
BONUS! Z-95 FM THE ALL HIT LIST * Stevie Wonder * WCZY-FM (No. 38)
WCZY-FM TOP 40 MUSIC GUIDE COMPILED THRU RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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Above WCZY music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
A DETROIT ‘CZY-FM 95.5 NEWSPAPER 1988 FLASHBACK
Saturday, June 17, 1989
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCZY-FM ‘Kim Carson Joins Rank of the Ex-WCZY Army’
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HUDSON’S: A DETROIT 1963 RADIO DJ AD FLASHBACK!
Sunday, May 12, 1963
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “See Celebrities All Week Hudson’s Music Store”
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WAY-BACK DETROIT RADIO PAGES: WWJ . . . SEPTEMBER 01, 1945
From the old MCRFB RADIO scrapbook: 1945
AIR PROFILE OF THE MOTOR CITY
Scripps Dynasty Feature of WWJ Broadcast Party
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DETROIT, Aug. 25, 1945 — Highlight of the WWJ silver anniversary show Monday (August 20) was probably the public realization for the first time that radio has come of age sufficiently to establish a real continuity of tradition. This was embodied in the veritable dynasty of the Scripps family association with the station.
Two generations were present, William E. Scripps, president of The Detroit News, and his grandson, William J. Scripps, who was general manager of WWJ until entering the armed forces. Interest actually dated back still another generation to the late James E. Scripps, father of William E. Scripps, and founder of The News, who, together with his son, provided the funds to establish an experimental wireless station here in 1902.
Thomas E. Clark, pioneer wireless inventor, who built and developed this station, resulting in the ultimate establishment of WWJ in 1920, was especially honored at the broadcast and at the party in the Book Cadillac Hotel which followed.
Clark’s showbiz experience takes the pioneer history of radio still further back to the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, when he was in charge of the General Electric exhibit. Clark there was intrigued by the operations of Nikola Tesla in early wireless, and returned to GE, headquarters to begin his own experiments.
Entertainment program at the party following the broadcast included a 35 minute sketch roasting every well-known station character, with Joe Gentile, of CKLW, in the lead role. Event was attended by station staff, press and radio figures of the town, and their guests, crowding the grand ballroom of the hotel. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; September 01, 1945)
A DETROIT ‘WAY-BACK’ RADIO PROGRAM: 09/01/1945
Saturday, September 1, 1945
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO STATIONS GUIDE
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