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BROADCASTING 1952: A WXYZ-AM DETROIT RADIO AD
BROADCASTING 1952: A WXYZ-AM DETROIT RADIO AD
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WXYZ RADIO 1270 DJ STARS, LIVE, ON STAGE! 6/13/63
Tuesday, June 13, 1963
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * Hugh Masekela * 07/14/68 – 07/27/1968
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING July 20, 1968
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!
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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Grazing In The Grass” by Hugh Masekela peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. July 14 through July 27, 1968. (Source: Billboard)
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
MASON WILLIAMS * 1968
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
THE ROLLING STONES * 1968
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
NANCY WILSON * 1968
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
STATUS QUO * 1968
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
ERNIE HARWELL * Ty Cobb * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK
‘TY COBB’
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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)
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
ERNIE HARWELL * Willie Mays * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK
‘WILLIE MAYS’
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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.
*****
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)