“I’M A ROAD RUNNER” (INSTR.; EXT. VERSION) * JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS * ’66
Category: Flashbacks
WRIF: J. J. & MORNING CREW WAGES DISCO WAR, ’79
Sunday, August 19, 1979
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WRIF ‘Radio’s Disco-slamming’ Crew Stayin’ Alive’
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WRIF: (ANTI-DISCO) ’79 CODE OF D.R.E.A.D. CONDUCT
MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS: MARVIN GAYE, ’76
I WANT YOU (COMPLETE LP) * TAMLA * 1976
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
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I WANT YOU is the fourteenth studio album by Motown artist and musician Marvin Gaye, released March 16, 1976, on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place throughout 1975 and 1976 at Motown Recording Studios, also known as Hitsville West, and Gaye’s personal studio Marvin’s Room in Los Angeles, California.
Gaye and album co-producer Leon Ware recorded and mixed the album at Gaye’s newly christened “Marvin’s Room Studio“, located on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, and at Motown Recording Studios. Much like Gaye’s previous studio effort Let’s Get It On, I Want You featured Gaye’s contribution of background vocals and heavy multi-tracking. Gaye’s vocalizing style was in classic doo-wop tradition accompanied by the low tempo of string arrangements and other instrumentation was provided by The Funk Brothers.
“I Want You,” the song (also noted title of the album), was written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur “T-Boy” Ross and performed Marvin Gaye. It was released as a single on October 2, 1995 on the Tamla label. The song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye, who before then had recorded songs with a funk edge. Songs such as this gave him a disco audience thanks to Ware, who produced the song alongside Gaye.
The single topped the Billboard Soul Singles chart, quickly becoming Marvin Gaye’s eleventh number-one hit on that chart, while peaking at number fifteen on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. (Sources: WiKipedia; AllMusic)
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A MCRFB Note: Click on (COMPLETE LP) for track listing on this album.
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’76
“I WANT YOU” (INSTRUMENTAL) * MARVIN GAYE * 1976
WKNR DETROIT TOP 13 KEENER HITS! THIS WEEK 01/1964
DIONNE WARWICK * KEENER 01 * 1964
THE MARKETTS * KEENER 02 * 1964
LESLEY GORE * KEENER 03 * 1964
CLIFF RICHARDS * KEENER 04 * 1964
RIVIERAS * KEENER 05 * 1964
BOBBY VINTON * KEENER 06 * 1964
MAJOR LANCE * KEENER 07 * 1964
TIMMY SHAW * KEENER 08 * 1964
THE MURMAIDS * KEENER 09 * 1964
THE TAMS * KEENER 10 * 1964
THE PIXIES THREE * KEENER 11 * 1964
SHIRLEY MATHEWS * KEENER 12 * 1964
THE TRASHMEN * KEENER 13 * 1964
WKNR JINGLE * POWERHOUSE ONE-DERFUL (Richard Ullman) * 1964
SUSAN PERRIN * KEY SONG * 1964
54 YEARS AGO. JANUARY 1964
A KEENER NOTE: Sam Holman? He was only on WKNR for several weeks during January 1964. Sam Holman filled the void left open when Jim Sanders left for Milwaukee (December 1963) during which time WKNR awaited the anticipated arrival (by month’s end) of Jerry Goodwin from WQAM, Miami.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
CKLW-AM 800 BACK ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN!
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * 1979 * DICK PURTAN
NEW! Dick Purtan CKLW aircheck date: Thursday, May 17, 1979
The Jim Feliciano Collection
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: THE TEMPTS, 1968!
The third single, “Please Return Your Love to Me“, features Kendricks on lead, and was released in July after Ruffin’s departure. The song’s b-side, “How Could I Forget” (led by Paul Williams), is not included here, because it was newly recorded on June 29 to accompany the a-side. The album’s producers were credited to Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Henry Cosby, Harvey Fuqua, Deke Richards, and Johnny Bristol. The LP was recorded in 1967 and completed in March 1968. (Sources: WiKipedia; AllMusic)
THE BIG 8 CKLW: A NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN! ’73
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * December 31, 1973 * 12-HRS. NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN!
THE BIG 8. 44 YEARS AGO TODAY
Relive the LAST 12 HOURS on CKLW 1973!
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With all the commercials, sports, news and weather of the day, hear the sounds of the Big 8 on New Year’s Eve, 1973, with Pat Holiday, Brother Bill Gable, Johnny Williams, Ted Richards. Ted Richards kicks off the CKLW Top 100 Hits of 1973. And hear the actual midnight countdown with Super Max Kinkel as he ushers in the New Year 1974!
A MCRFB Note: For a more approximate “real-time” experience START the PLAY button at approximately 12:56:40 p.m., this afternoon.
Relive this entire 12 hour non-stop CKLW New Year’s Eve 1973 Countdown, “as it happened.”
HAPPY NEW YEAR from MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
CKLW IN REAL TIME!
NEW YEAR’S EVE ’73
* 12 CONTINUOUS HOURS! AS IT HAPPENED *
12:56 P.M. through 12 MIDNIGHT – DECEMBER 31, 1973
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
ROLLING STONES * 1967
