TODAY’S ’70s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK
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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’75 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM
MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * May 1968 * A Henry Krueger ProductionTODAY’S ’60s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK
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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’68 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM.
TODAY’S ’70s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK
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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’75 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM
RUSS FREEMAN (The Rippingtons) * The Girl With The Indigo Eyes * WVMV-FM
DAVE KOZ * You Make Me Smile * WVMV-FM
NORMAN BROWN * Third World * WVMV-FM
BOBBY CALDWELL * What You Won’t Do For Love * WVMV-FM
LEE RITENOUR * A Little Bumpin’ * WVMV-FM
KEIKO MATSUI * Bridge Over The Stars * WVMV-FM
EARL KLUG * Just You And Me * WVMV-FM
3RD FORCE * In The Full Moon Light * WVMV-FM
VENESSA WILLIAMS * The Sweetest Days * WVMV-FM
RAMSEY LEWIS * Les Fleurs * WVMV-FM
PETER WHITE * Romance Dance * WVMV-FM
BONEY JAMES * Lights Down Low * WVMV-FM
DAVE GRUSIN & LEE RITENOUR * Water To Drink * WVMV-FM
SADE * Kiss Of Life * WVMV-FM (Bonus Track)
BRIAN McKNIGHT * Anytime * WVMV-FM (Bonus Track)
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Detroit’s ‘Smooth Jazz’ WVMV premiered on 98.7 FM, December 1995. Detroit has since been without a ‘Smooth Jazz’ format on the FM dial since WVMV-FM last signed-off on October 9, 2009.
Throughout the 14-plus years WVMV was on the air, the station put out 12 ‘Smooth Jazz’ charity CDs. Motor City Radio Flashbacks has all of them, such as the premiere V98.7 CD Volume 1 (released 1998) featured today on MCRFB.COM.
Missed Detroit’s ‘Smooth Jazz’ on the radio? MCRFB.COM will be showcasing these classic WVMV charity CD’s on this website here from time-to-time. Stay tuned!
From the MCRFB news archive: 1966
MOTOR CITY MOBILE OUTLET SETS SIGHTS ON STEREO 4-Track BOOM EXPANSION FOR AUTO, HOME MARKETS, 1966
DETROIT — An $1,800 investment about five years ago has grown into the flourishing Michigan Mobile Radio, Inc., which bills itself as the “world’s largest automotive sound specialist.”
The present 11,000 – square -foot installation handles the complete Muntz line of 4-track stereo tape cartridge players for car and home.
Jack Frankford, 27-year-old president of the corporation, estimates sales of about 500 units a month from the present 11,000-square-foot outlet, which does retailing and installations.
Michigan Mobile also carries the cartridge catalogs of ITCC and Muntz, and recently completed a deal with Motown Records to distribute Motown tapes in 4 -track cartridge. Frankford said the Motown arrangement means the label will sell and promote tapes as a separate item for the first time. The importance of Motown in the Detroit scene was evidenced by Frankford’s initial order of 1,500, followed by an additional 1,500 order.
Frankford, using the image of “Crazy Jack,” has relied heavily on radio advertising to spur business, buying 43 broadcast hours a week on stations in the Detroit area and nearby Canada. The idea is to hit the potential buyer via the car radio. The nickname was born as an ad lib, tailored by a local disk jockey. It was used by Frankford when he began operations in a former car wash of 2,400 square feet because he felt the Michigan Mobile name would sound too imposing for the relatively small operation. The firm’s present advertising agency developed the name further to personalize the corporation.
After going from car lot to car lot since the age of 16 repairing auto radios, Frankford opened his first outlet to sell car radios in 1960. Late that year the business was expanded to include citizen bands. In 1962 Motorola Vibrosonic sound units were added, with record players coming 18 months later, the A. R. C. (Automatic Record Changer) Electronics 45 r.p.m. machine. Late in 1964 and early the next year, cartridge players were added.
Michigan Mobile Radio also is involved in the distribution of cartridges to other dealers, both in and outside of Michigan. Frankford pointed out that the cartridge market was different from the record field, thus making it difficult for record distributors to hit major outlets in the automotive field, including service stations.
Frankford said there were now three distinct markets, records, 8-track cartridges and 4-track cartridges. He conceded he couldn’t supply record dealers, who work through their record distributors, but he said he supplies an inventory of cartridge product to non-record outlets. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; May 14, 1966)
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These were the record singles you bought in 1968. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, May 1968, on Top 40 CKLW and WKNR, newly-formatted adult pop-contemporary WXYZ and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR, WJBK and WCAR.
Tracks listed for this 05/11/68 chart feature randomly were selected by the author.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks attained its first million page hits mark on May 29, 2014. MCRFB.COM achieved the 6 million mark on THIS DATE.
Many of these records were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending 04/23/66.
