HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED

ERNIE HARWELL * McLain Wins 30 * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK
Detroit Free Press Sunday, September 15, 1968 (On your PC? click image 2x for largest detailed read)

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‘McLAIN WINS 30‘

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Besides the voice of Ernie Harwell, the various narratives you will hear throughout the entire audio book is by Raleigh, N.C. sports broadcaster Gordon Miller. Occasional questions you will also hear is by veteran Duke University sports broadcaster Bob Harris.

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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award.

He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

THE VOICE of SUMMER REMEMBERED

(CD audio set availability, link: Ernie Harwell’s Audio Scrapbook 2009)

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WJBK 1500 FORMULA ’40 SURVEY SOUNDS: 09/16/1957

WJBK RADIO 1500 September 16, 1957

WJBK. DETROIT TOP 40 

SEPTEMBER 1957

61 YEARS AGO

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The WJBK FORMULA 40 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 September 16, 1957

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WJBK RADIO 1500 November 1957

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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CKLW-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: DUKE ROBERTS!

CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

CKLW-AM 800 * 1970 * DUKE ROBERTS

Duke Roberts CKLW aircheck date: Friday, March 20, 1970

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, of Ferndale, MI, for recently donating this CKLW-AM radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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* THE MIKE LOCKHART COLLECTION *

CKLW Duke Roberts 1970

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 09/12/64

BILLBOARD HOT 100 September 12, 1964
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 September 6-12, 1964

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These were the record singles you bought in 1964. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, September, on Top 40 WKNR, CKLW, WXYZ, WJBK and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1964

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 09/14/63

BILLBOARD HOT 100 September 14, 1963
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 September 8-14, 1963

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These were the record singles you bought in 1963. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, September, on Top 40 WJBK, WXYZ, CKLW, WKMH and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR  radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1963

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 09/16/1963

A BILLBOARD CAMEO-PARKWAY RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: “Crossfire” Orlons September 14, 1963 (On your PC? Click on image 2x for largest view)
THE ORLONS * 1963

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 09/16/1963

A BILLBOARD ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: “Red Sails In The Sunset” Fats Domino September 14, 1963 (On your PC? Click on image 2x for largest view)
FATS DOMINO * 1963

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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 09/16/1963

A BILLBOARD EPIC RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: “Blue Velvet” Bobby Vinton September 14, 1963 (On your PC? Click on image 2x for largest view)
BOBBY VINTON * 1963

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