THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: JOEL SEBASTIAN OBIT 1/19/86
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CKLW RADIO 80 SURVEY! WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25, 1964
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CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
“AS THEY SHOW ON EIGHT O” * Royaltones * CKLW (No. 20) 02/25/64
A CKLW RADIO 80 ‘CK SURVEY. AN RKO GENERAL STATION
CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
“READY TO GO ON EIGHT O” * Kingsmen * CKLW (Ready To Go) 02/25/64
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BRAND NEW FOR 1960! FM CAR RADIO BY MOTOROLA
NEW FOR 1960! FM CAR RADIO! A POPULAR MECHANICS Magazine ad, April, 1960. Below, a previous POPULAR MECHANICS Motorola FM Car Radio piece, February, 1960 issue. (Click on both images 2x for largest detailed view).
TAMLA-MOTOWN EXECS SWING ACROSS EUROPE . . . MARCH 23, 1960
A MCRFB news brief: 1960
Motown Heads Make First European Excursion
LONDON — Berry Gordy, Jr., Esther Edwards and Barney Ales, executives of the Tamla-Motown group of Detroit, left here March 9 on a swing around Europe. After calls in Berlin and Hamburg last week, the trio will be in Rome until Monday, March 18.
The subsequent itinerary was Venice (Hotel Bauer Grunwald) March 18-21; Milan (Principe e Savoia) March 21-22; Zurich (Carlton Elite) March 22-23; Paris (King George V) March 23-29; Amsterdam (Hilton) March 29-31; Copenhagen March 31-April 2, when the party is due back in London. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; March 23, 1960).
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Gordy And Friends On Talking Whirl
DETROIT — Barry Gordy, Jr., Esther Edwards and Barney Ales, three executives of the Tamla-Motown Records group, hit London as their first stage of their European tour to investigate future expansion.
As well as meeting with Oriole executives, their current representative in Britain, they met British Decca Records executive Sir Edward Lewis; L. G. Wood, managing director of EMI Records, and a host of publishing personalities in connection with their Jobete firm during their first week here.
After visiting continental firms in a number of cities, they return to London on the way back to Detroit before making final decisions. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; March 23, 1960).
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 HITS! NO. 33: FEBRUARY 20, 1965
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 33 IN U.S.A. * Sam Cooke * WEEK OF 2/20/65
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50 YEARS AGO: SEVEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100, week of March 6, 1965.
(source: Billboard)
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA: BILLBOARD HOT 100! 02/20/65
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
HOT 100. THIS WEEK. FEBRUARY 1965
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These were the record singles you bought in 1965. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, February 1965, on Top 40 WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW and easy-listening WJBK and conservative album-oriented WJR.
THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1965
FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’67-’68. . . JANUARY 6, 1968
From the MCRFB news archive: 1968
Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town 1967-1968
DETROIT — The Roostertail, Detroit’s largest nightclub, plans to devote one night a week to the 21 and under crowd. Disk jockey Robin Seymour will host the first “night for the young” Sunday (January 7) with four bands providing entertainment. Seymour has also taped a special New Year’s Eve TV show for CKLW Channel 9. Featured on that show will be Deon Jackson, Robert Knight, Bobbie Gentry, the Cowsills, and others . . . . Radio station WCHB hosted its annual Christmas stage show at the Fox Theater December 16, featuring Motown acts.
The annual Motor Town Revue ran for ten days (December 23-January 1). Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Marvelettes, Willie Tyler and Lester, and a new Motown group called Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers appeared for the ten-day run of the show. Stevie Wonder headlined the first five days, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles headlined the last five shows . . . . Gino Washington and Merit Music Distributors have released Gino’s successful recording of “Gino Is A Coward” . . . .
The Utopias, released their first recording locally on the LaSalle label, titled, “Girls Are Against Me,” distributed by Solid Hitbounds Productions . . . . Brenda Holloway is in town to work on her next Motown recordings. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; January 6, 1968).
WKNR KEENER 13 DETROIT 31 HITS: FEBRUARY 15, 1968!
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE * Lalo Schifrin Orchestra * WKNR (No. 12) 02/15/68
SOUL COAXIN’ * Raymond LeFevre Orchestra * WKNR (No. 26) 02/15/68
LOST IN THE ’50S: THIS WEEK! THE HONOR ROLL OF HITS!
AMERICA’S WEEKLY HIT PARADER: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX
MELODY OF LOVE * Billy Vaughn * BILLBOARD (No. 01) 2/12/1955
AMERICA’S WEEKLY HIT PARADER: THE NATION’S TOP TUNES INDEX
MR. SANDMAN * The Chordettes * BILLBOARD (No. 04) 2/12/55
KAREN CARPENTER DIES AT AGE 32 . . . FEBRUARY 12, 1983
From the MCRFB news archive: 1983
’70s POP MUSIC ICON FOUND UNRESPONSIVE; DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST
LOS ANGELES — Karen Carpenter, one-half of the Carpenters, the top-pop duo of the 1970s, died Friday (February 4) of full cardiac arrest at Downey Community Hospital near here. Carpenter, 32, was taken to the hospital at 9:23 a.m. by her parents and brother Richard, and was pronounced dead at 9:51 a.m.
An autopsy is pending though it is known that Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa for which she was first hospitalized several years ago.
The Carpenters signed with A&M in 1969 and went on to cut 11 albums for the label, of which eight went gold. They also reached Billboard’s Hot 100 with all 28 of their singles releases, of which 10 went gold.
(Information and news source: Billboard; February 12, 1983).
