COCA-COLA BOTTLING Co. * The Troggs * Coca-Cola Merchandising Ad 1966
Category: Flashbacks
50TH! SUPREMES ALBUM SALES NEARING 300,000 MARK . . . AUGUST 14, 1965
A MCRFB NEWS brief: 1965
DETROIT — The Supremes, hottest property on the Motown line-up, rolled up close to 300,000 orders for their new album, “More Hit By The Supremes,” prior to its release on Thursday, August 27, according to Barney Ales, executive vice-president of Motown Records.
This makes it six albums and six singles for the girls in the year they have been recording with the label — with the first five of the singles each hitting the number one spot on Billboard charts. The sixth single, “Nothing But Heartaches,” is moving up the charts. The Supremes Thursday, July 29, opened a three-week stand at the New York Copacabana.
Ales confirmed that Motown has just signed singer Connie Haynes, who has been doing nightclub and television work recently. She formerly recorded with a female trio under another label. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; August 14, 1965)
IN 1973 OVER 2,000,000 RECORDS SOLD! ‘AMERICANS’
“AMERICANS“ * Byron Mac Gregor (CKLW) * WESTBOUND RECORDS, Det., MI
A MCRFB Note: For more information on the recording, “Americans,” click the underlined record “title” above. For more information on Byron MacGregor, click the underlined artist name above to access Wikipedia link.
NPR NEWS: CKLW, ‘ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,’ PART 02
NPR RADIO (PT. 2) * CKLW * ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (August 27, 1999)
“AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN’ “
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | CKLW | NPR.ORG
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NPR’s Don Gonyea remembers the heyday of powerhouse AM radio. Gonyea grew up in Detroit, where the big station in the 60’s and 70’s was CKLW. It broadcast from across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario. It was a loud, glitzy noise-making enterprise. Everything was shouted — even the news.
The 50,000-watt giant spewed rock and roll and hyped-news across 28 states and mid-Canada. Gonyea describes the formula that made CKLW and its imitators successful. Produced by Don Gonyea and Dale Willem. NPR.ORG
THANK YOU to the following people for opening up their personal archives, suggestions, participation and for their comments (1999) –
Jon Belmont, ABC News, New York. Charlie Brown, Perrysville, Ohio. Keith Radford, Buffalo, New York. Ron Hummany, Detroit, Michigan. Art Vuolo, The Michigan Radio Guide. Tom Connard, The Aircheck Factory, Wild Rose, Wisconsin. Dick Kernen, Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. Jo Jo Shutty MacGregor. NPR, August 27, 1999
MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS: VELVELETTES, 1964!
WKNR DETROIT TOP 31 KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK IN 1966!
YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE * The Supremes * WKNR (No. 01) 08/22/66
YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME * Thirteenth Floor Elevators * WKNR (No. 03) 08/22/66
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER * The Happenings * WKNR (No. 09) 08/22/66
GUANTANAMERA * The Sandpipers * WKNR (No. 11) 08/22/66
WADE IN THE WATER * Ramsey Lewis Trio * WKNR (No. 14) 08/22/66
AIN’T GONNA LIE * Keith * WKNR (No. 16) 08/22/66
SAY I AM * Tommy James & The Shondells * WKNR (No. 17) 08/22/66
SUMMERTIME * Billy Stewart * WKNR (No. 18) 08/22/66
SUGAR AND SPICE * Cryan’ Shames * WKNR (No. 20) 08/22/66
BUS STOP * The Hollies * WKNR (No. 27) 08/22/66
CHERISH * The Association * WKNR (No. 28) 08/22/66
OPEN UP YOUR DOOR * Richard & The Young Lions * WKNR (No. 31) 08/22/66
WKNR KEY SONG * THE 4 SEASONS
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All THIRTEEN featured song titles from the WKNR playlist randomly were selected for your listening enjoyment here.
CRUISING RADIO: WEBSITE HITS ‘DETROIT AUTO SCENE’!
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RADIO AND MUSIC THE DRIVE BEHIND ‘CLASSIC CRUISING’
By JIM STICKFORD | DETROIT AUTO SCENE | Monday, August 17, 2015
Reprinted by Motor City Radio Flashback by permission from the publisher.
A MCRFB THANK YOU goes out to DETROIT AUTO SCENE and reporter JIM STICKFORD for his featured story on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, August 17. Special THANKS to Jim Davis (CKLW) and Bob Green (WKNR) for their participation as well.
(This article was previously published, GM Tech Center News, August 10).
Published by Detroit Auto Scene and Springer Publishing Company. August 2015
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA: ‘HOT 100′ BILLBOARD! 08/1964
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 02 IN U.S.A. * Dean Martin * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 05 IN U.S.A. * The Animals * 8/22/64
MCRFB BILLBOARD NOTE: Only three weeks on the Billboard chart, The Animals’ “House Of The Rising Sun,” hits No. 5, week ending August 22, 1964.
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 07 IN U.S.A. * The Dave Clark Five * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 08 IN U.S.A. * The Ventures * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 11 IN U.S.A. * The 4 Seasons * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 12 IN U.S.A. * The Dixie Cups * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 04 IN U.S.A. * The Jelly Beans * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 18 IN U.S.A. * Nancy Wilson * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 26 IN U.S.A. * The Impressions * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 41 IN U.S.A. * Peter and Gordon * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 42 IN U.S.A. * Gene Pitney * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 69 IN U.S.A. * Joe Hinton * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 78 IN U.S.A. * The Shangri-Las * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 90 IN U.S.A. * Trini Lopez * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 97 IN U.S.A. * The Billy Strange Orchestra * 8/22/64
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
THIS WEEK. 51 YEARS AGO
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AUGUST 22, 1964
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These were some of the records you bought. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM Top 40 radio in Detroit on WKNR, CKLW, WXYZ, WJBK, WCAR in 1964.
‘THE ANIMALS’ TO BEGIN U.S. TOUR . . . AUGUST 22, 1964
From the MCRFB news archive: 1964
LONDON — The Animals, one of the hottest groups on records, will begin a tour of the United States late this month. The group, whose single, “House Of The Rising Sun,” is on the charts in Australia, Britain, and Europe and hit the No. 5 position on the Billboard Hot 100 in just three weeks, will find MGM Records promotion executives in the U.S. not in idle.
The group will be met at the airport by fan club members, who will wear special buttons. A motorcade of Rolls Royce vehicles will speed the Animals to the city from Kennedy Airport. The British band will be hosted at trade and consumer press parties, as well as a formal gala party to which the society jet-set will be entertained by invitation.
Stan Getz, currently riding the charts with “The Girl From Ipanema,” is writing an original score for the group’s first film. Sid Bernstein and Marty Cummer, who presented a live show at the Paramount Theater earlier in April, are preparing a show starring The Animals for the Paramount, September 4-13 (sponsored by WMCA).
The theater, which has been closed for several weeks, will reopen especially for the Animals concert there before being converted into commercial offices. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; August 22, 1964).
MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS: LITTLE STEVIE, 1964!
