THE TEMPTATIONS * 1968
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’64
“BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ ” (INSTRUMENTAL; EXT. VERSION) * The Four Tops * 1964
A WJBK ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’ TOP 63 CHART! 12/27/1963
A ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’ 1963 CHART from WJBK RADIO 1500
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These were the record singles you bought in the Motor City in December 1963, according to WJBK. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio, also on Top 40 WXYZ and CKLW, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
HAPPY 2018 NEW YEAR from MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
THE KEENER KEY MEN OF MUSIC: HAPPY NEW YEAR! ’68
WKNR ‘NEW YEAR’ BEST WISHES ’68 * Bob Green Productions * December 1967
50 YEARS AGO!
A 1967 WKNR Holiday “Best Wishes” for the coming New Year 1968. From all the Keener Key Men of Music!
THE BIG 8 CKLW: A NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN! ’73
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * December 31, 1973 * 12-HRS. NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN!
THE BIG 8. 44 YEARS AGO TODAY
Relive the LAST 12 HOURS on CKLW 1973!
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With all the commercials, sports, news and weather of the day, hear the sounds of the Big 8 on New Year’s Eve, 1973, with Pat Holiday, Brother Bill Gable, Johnny Williams, Ted Richards. Ted Richards kicks off the CKLW Top 100 Hits of 1973. And hear the actual midnight countdown with Super Max Kinkel as he ushers in the New Year 1974!
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Relive this entire 12 hour non-stop CKLW New Year’s Eve 1973 Countdown, “as it happened.”
HAPPY NEW YEAR from MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
CKLW IN REAL TIME!
NEW YEAR’S EVE ’73
* 12 CONTINUOUS HOURS! AS IT HAPPENED *
12:56 P.M. through 12 MIDNIGHT – DECEMBER 31, 1973
WCAR ’63 DETROIT RADIO: NEW YEAR’S NEWSPRINT AD
Sunday, December 29, 1963
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “Remember Me?”
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
BOYCE & HART * 1967
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
KING CURTIS * 1967
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
ROLLING STONES * 1967
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’67!
PETULA CLARK * 1967