“MICHELLE” * David & Jonathan * Capitol Records (1966)
Author: Jim Feliciano
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
BOB LIND * 1966
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
“LIES” * The Knickerbockers * Challenge Records (1966)
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
“IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR” * Frank Sinatra * Reprise Records (1966)
A WXYZ CAPSULE COUNTDOWN: WEEK OF 01/08/1968!
WXYZ TOP 10 CAPSULE COUNTDOWN * January 1968 * A Henry Krueger Production
A WIXIE RADIO COUNTDOWN!
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A 1957 DETROIT CKLW RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!
Sunday, September 29, 1957
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: A RELAXED DJ ‘His Fans Love Bud Because He’s So Casual’
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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 01/07/1966
Friday, January 7, 1966
DETROIT FREE PRESS: FRIDAY RADIO
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50TH! THE TOP 40 ON DETROIT RADIO, THIS WEEK, 1966
Saturday, January 1, 1966
DETROIT RADIO’S BIGGEST 40 HITS
These were the most popular records tabulated by the Billboard Hot 100 (01/01/1966), all numbers gathered byway through Metro Detroit record dealers, record distributors, retail record sales. These were the most popular radio plays on Detroit top 40 WKNR, CKLW and WXYZ, and also on conservative-easy listening stations WJR, WJBK, and WCAR, week-ending December 24, 1965.
BILLBOARD HOT 50 COUNTRY SINGLES THIS WEEK: 1966
THE NO. 1 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA * Buck Owens * January 01, 1966
WEXL, DETROIT
These records were also many of the most popular radio plays on Detroit’s only country station 1340 on the AM dial at the time, WEXL, week-ending December 24, 1965.
THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES THIS WEEK: ’66
THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * James Brown * January 01, 1966
WCHB, WJLB, DETROIT
These records were also many of the most popular radio plays on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending December 24, 1965.