WMCA NYC: A FAREWELL MESSAGE BY GARY STEVENS!

The New York Daily News, Friday, August 30, 1968. — **The New York Daily News** Friday, August 30, 1968

A WMCA GARY STEVENS ’65 FLASHBACK!

GARY STEVENS (ex-WKNR) * April 8, 1965 * WMCA 570 (Stevens’ First Show) New York

Gary Stevens aircheck audio courtesy musicradio77.com/

A MCRFB GARY STEVENS POSTSCRIPT

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GARY STEVENS, ONE OF THE LEGENDARY WMCA “GOOD GUYS,” having signed on April, 1965, did his last radio gig on ‘Fabulous 570,’ Thursday, September 18, 1968. Prior, Gary Stevens was one of the most popular jocks in Detroit while on WKNR “Keener 13” from November 1963 through March 1965.

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ALSO: For an extensive Gary Stevens feature previously posted (February 18, 2013) on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, see ‘GARY STEVENS: FROM JOCK TO DOUBLEDAY EXECUTIVE‘

WHEN GARY STEVENS WAS LAST ‘FAB’ ON WMCA 570!

**A WMCA GARY STEVENS ’68 FLASHBACK**

GARY STEVENS (ex-WKNR) * September 13, 1968 * WMCA 570 New York

Gary Stevens aircheck audio courtesy musicradio77.com/

WJBK 15 TOP 53 HITS IN DETROIT: ON THIS DAY IN 1964!

WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY

WJBK DETROIT’S TOP 15: NUMBER 13 * The Wailers * WEEK OF 3/27/64

WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY

ON THE WAY ON ‘JBK : NUMBER 40 * Shirley Matthews * WEEK OF 3/27/64

WJBK RADIO 15. 51 YEARS AGO

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65 * Supremes * WEEKS OF 3/21 – 4/3/1965

TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Stop! In The Name Of Love” by the Supremes peaked No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, weeks of March 21, 1965 through April 3, 1965. (source: Billboard).

MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.

WXYZ-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: RADIO 1270! 1963

**WXYZ HEARD ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS**

WXYZ-AM **1270 * 1963 * JOEL SEBASTIAN / DAVE PRINCE**

AMERICA’S HOT 100 HITS: BILLBOARD MARCH 23, 1963

M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S

BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 52 IN U.S.A. * Joe Harnell Orch. * WEEK ENDING 3/23/63

BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 94 IN U.S.A. * Baby Washington * WEEK ENDING 3/23/63

M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: ‘LITTLE STEVIE’ ’65!

Little Stevie Wonder performs (Motor Town Revue) on stage the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NYC in 1965. (Click on image 2x for largest view). — **Little Stevie Wonder performs (Motor Town Revue) on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NYC in 1965.** *(Click on image 2x for largest view).*

TV GIVES ASSIST TO NEW SOUPY SINGLE . . . APRIL 3, 1965

A MCRFB news brief: 1965

NEW YORK — ABC-Paramount Records is cashing in on the TV appearances of Soupy Sales to plug the artist’s latest single, “The Mouse,” The disk was introduced on the comic’s local TV show and later was performed on NBC-TV “Hullabaloo.”

As a Result of these performances, according to an ABC-Paramount spokesman, some 66, 000 copies were sold in the New York and Newark markets in a single week. Sales first ABC-Paramount album, “Spy With A Pie,” is one of the label’s best selling LP’s. END.

(Information and news source: Billboard; April 3, 1965).

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