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WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND TOP 12! THIS WEEK IN 1966

“THE SOUND IS BIGGER AND BETTER” (Jingle) * WXYZ * 1966
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 01 * Chris Montez * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 02 * The Chiffons * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 03 * Love * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 04 * Shades Of Blue * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 05 * Simon & Garfunkel * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 06 * Mamas & The Papas * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 07 * Bob Dylan * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 08 * The Capitols * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 09 * James Brown * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 10 * The Rolling Stones * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 11 * The Mindbenders * WXYZ (05/09/66)
WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 12 * The Supremes * WXYZ (05/09/66)
“PERSONALITY PLUS, 1, 2, 7, 0!” (Jingle) * WXYZ * 1966

BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 13 * The Holidays * WXYZ (05/09/66)
BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 14 * Terry Knight & The Pack * WXYZ (05/09/66)
BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 24 * Frankie Valle * WXYZ (05/09/66)
BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 29 * B. J. Thomas * WXYZ (05/09/66)
BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 30 * The Shy Guys * WXYZ (05/09/66)
BONUS! DETROIT SOUND No. 35 * The Tidal Waves * WXYZ (05/09/66)

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY. MONDAY, MAY 09, 1966

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The WXYZ TOP 12 (1-12) and “BONUS” hits featured in this Detroit Sound Survey (05/09/1966) were selected for your listening enjoyment here.

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TOP DETROIT DEEJAY’S PICK THE WEEK’S TOP HITS! 1967

DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, May 5, 1967 (click on image 2x for largest view)

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THE DETROIT RADIO TOP 10. 50 YEARS AGO THIS DAY

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WXYZ DETROIT RADIO: ’75 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK

Tuesday, April 08, 1975

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “LET WXYZ 1270 PUT YOU ON ITS’ PAYROLL”

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DETROIT 1972 WNIC AM 1310 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

Tuesday, April 25, 1972

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WNIC-AM “Format Change for WNIC To Take Middle of Road” 

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! JIMMY RUFFIN 1967

‘JIMMY RUFFIN SINGS TOP TEN.’ If there was ever a “greatest hits” album Motown came close having produced for Jimmy Ruffin, this LP was it. By the time of its release in early-1967, it produced 4 singles, three songs having made the Billboard Hot 100. The first single off the album, “As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love,” was initially released in 1965, but failed to crack the singles chart. “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted,” was released during the summer of 1966, and it would be Ruffin’s biggest. The single broke top ten (#7 Pop; #6 R&B) and stayed 17 weeks riding the chart. A follow-up, “I’ve Passed This Way Before” (Pop #17), was released later that year. The fourth single off this album, “Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got” (Pop #29; R&B #14) made Billboard in February 1967. It was also Ruffin’s last Top 40 single with Motown.
JIMMY RUFFIN 1936 – 2014

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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: GARY STEVENS!

WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1964 * GARY STEVENS

Gary Stevens WKNR aircheck date: Friday, July 17, 1964

Gary Stevens’ last show on WKNR was Saturday, March 27, 1965.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT MEMORIES: GLADYS KNIGHT ’70s

RECORDED LATE -1972, ‘NEITHER ONE OF US‘ would become the last album Gladys Knight and the Pips would record for Motown. By March 1973, when this LP was released, the group by that time had signed to record with Buddah Records in February. Their 1973 single, “Daddy Could Swear I Declare,” would become the second single taken off the album by the group, having made the top 20 (pop #19; R&B #2) after it’s release in April. The first single from the LP, “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye),” would become the last single prior Gladys Knight & The Pips departure from Motown. But it would become one of their biggest. The single peaked at #2  (2 weeks) on Billboard, April 4, 1973. The single (Soul S 35098) was released on December 26, 1972.
GLADYS KNIGHT
GLADYS KNIGHT and the PIPS

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WKNR TOP 13 DETROIT KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK IN 1966!

WKNR March 30, 1966
WKNR (No. 01) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 02) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 03) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 04) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 05) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 06) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 07) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 08) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 09) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 10) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 11) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 12) * 03/30/66
WKNR (No. 13) * 03/30/66
WKNR March 30, 1966

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1966

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All THIRTEEN top Keener hits (1-13) were selected from this WKNR Music Guide (03/30/1966) for your listening enjoyment here.

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.

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WJR RADIO 760: GREAT ‘VOICES’ OF THE GREAT LAKES!

WJR-AM 760 J. P. McCarthy 1965 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Jimmy Launce 1965 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Bob Reynolds 1966 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 John Bell 1966 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM Gene Elsey 1967 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)
WJR-AM 760 Mike Whorf 1967 (credit: Greg Innis Collection)

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

A special THANK YOU to Detroit radio historian Greg Innis for donating recently these WJR radio personalities photos (1965-1967) — archived here —  Motor City Radio Flashbacks. 

 

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