A WJR 1996 NEWS PRINT: JIMMY LAUNCE REMEMBERED

Saturday, June 29, 1996

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJR | “Launce Cut Loose by WJR”

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DETROIT RADIO NEWSPRINT: JIMMY LAUNCE RECALLED

Saturday, April 11, 1998

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Jimmy Launce | “A House For All Seasons”

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A SUMMER HIATUS! WEBSITE WILL RESUME ON 09/04/18

HAPPY LABOR DAY, 2018!

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WPON 1460 PONTIAC: ‘THE LIVE 25’ PLAYLIST! 7/1/1965

WPON ‘LIVE 25’ CHART

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Thursday, July 1, 1965

A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, Ferndale, MI., for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this *rare* find WPON Top 25 playlist. Issued; July 1, 1965.

WCZY-FM: THE Z 95.5 ALL HIT LIST! WEEK OF 08/03/1987

**Z 95.5 FM** ALL HIT LIST *August 3, 1987*

DETROIT WCZY-FM THE ‘ALL HIT’ LIST

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31 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

August 3, 1987

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

Above WCZY music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

MOTOWN FUNK BROTHER EDDIE WILLIS, DEAD AT 82

Eddie Willis

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June 3, 1936 – August 20, 2018

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**Funk Brothers** Motown guitarists ***Eddie Willis*** and *Joe Messina*, pictured together here, circa early 2000s. Joe Messina is the last surviving member of the original Funk Brothers, according to today’s Detroit Free Press article, 8/20/2018.

A special thank you to Ric Allen, Michigan Music historian, for directing this Detroit Free Press story (printed this afternoon 3:25 p.m; online) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.