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— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AUGUST 16-22, 1964
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AUGUST 22-28, 1965
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AUGUST 17-23, 1969
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The WJBK FORMULA 45 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.
This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.
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Previewed for the week of August 18, 1958
Note: By year’s start 1958, the WJBK “Big Four” was the former, which the year previous they were Clark Reid, Tom George, Don McLeod, Casey Kasem.
Kasem left Detroit for Buffalo’s WBNY, New York, in November 1957. Newly added to the Radio 15 lineup was Tom Clay as “TheBellboy”, who would fill the 7 to 12 midnight slot, previously held down by the departed Kasem. Also added in November 1957, Dan Baxter for the all-night hours on WJBK.
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WJBK RADIO 1500 August 18, 1958
— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
PRODUCED BY JIM HAMPTON. DRAPER & HAMPTON, INC., LOS ANGELES
Syndicated around the nation on the CBS Radio Network some thirty-eight years ago, Jim Hampton (WXYZ, WABX, WJBK, WCAR) recently pulled this special programming from his radio archives and provided this site with 6 hours of the ‘Great American Summer’ shows he produced in the early-1980s.
In these programs youwill hear great memories, events, and many of the hits by artists whose records were heard playing on the radio during the summer months the year they were released.
Jim Hampton and Ken Draper (WCAR, WCFL;Chicago) — Draper & Hampton, Inc., Los Angeles — produced this special summer programming for the CBS Radio Network.
The opening theme song was sung by, written and produced by production director Scott Chapin. Special programming features written by assistant writer, Scott Paton.
Program hosted by the great Tom Murphy (WCFL)
Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature more of CBS’ ‘Great American Summer’ throughout the 2019 summer months.
So look for them here . . . . meanwhile, enjoy what remains left of your summer! ?
JIM HAMPTON
Featured today the 4th of6 memorable pops of the ‘Great American Summer’
Missed our 3rd installment of the ‘Great American Summer’?GO HERE
A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton (Palm Springs, CA) for sharing this CBS summer radio summertime memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
Ernie Harwellpassed away onMay 4, 2010. He was known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He calledhis last Tiger gamein Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigiousFord C. Frick Award.
He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
“2 nothing the Tigers lead in the last half of the eight inning . . .”. . .
A special THANK YOU to our senior website contributor Greg Innis for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this Detroit Tigers Broadcasting (Ernie Harwell) audio play-by-play memory, as aired on WJR radio, Wednesday evening, August 20, 1986.
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones peaked this monthat No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 17 through September 13, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969GO HERE.
This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.
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For the month of August — each week — Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature all 5 weekly music charts WXYZ 1270 published in August 1966.
For last week’s featured WXYZ August 8, 1966 chart goHERE.
(The Jim Heddle Collection)
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