BECKY LAMB * 1967
A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 12/09/1967
A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 12/09/1967
ED AMES * 1967
THE HOTTEST HITS! THE TWENTY ‘POP’ RECORDS OF 1962
BILLBOARD 20 TOP POP SINGLES
LOOKS LIKE OLD-STYLE CROSBY-TYPE CHRISTMAS . . . DECEMBER 8, 1962
From the MCRFB NEWS archives: 1962
Christmas ‘Oldies’ Dominate Holiday Platter Selections
NEW YORK — As Thanksgiving faded into memory last week, many of the country’s top deejays turned to their yuletide singles and albums and began to do their Christmas hoppin’ early.
One result of this fast-off-the mark action with holiday songs was a flurry of sales action across the country for both new and old Christmas platters. Record
industry sources felt that the action was developing “faster than last year,” largely as a result of the early promotion.
Among oldies moving in the singles field were Bing Crosby’s durable Decca waxing of “White Christmas“; as much a Christmas feature as sidewalk Santas, currently just a single notch under the “Hot 100” list.
Also oldie-but-active were David Seville and the Chipmunks‘ Liberty waxing of “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Chipmunk Song” and “Alvin’s Harmonica.” Back on radio station turntables was the Harry Simeone Chorale’s “Little Drummer Boy,” on 20th Fox; Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock,” on Decca, and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree.”
No New Stuff Yet
There weren’t a whole lot of new Christmas singles yet anyway, and only a few were developing action. Among the strongest were Ray Stevens‘ “Santa Claus Is Watching You,” and the Simeone Chorale’s “Do You Hear What I Hear?” Both on Mercury. In the album field, there was even stronger emphasis on established artists and material. An album developing action – thanks to a growing amount of radio exposure for various tracks – was the Philadelphia Orchestra’s “The Glorious Sounds Of Christmas.”
Mitch On Hand
Other Christmas albums on the move included Columbia’s “Holiday Sing Along With Mitch,” Johnny Mathis’ “Merry Christmas” and Ray Conniff’s “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” RCA Victor’s “Elvis’ Christmas Album” was moving up also, as was Bing Crosby’s new waxing for Warner Bros. Bobby Vee, whose “Merry Christmas” album on Liberty was developing action, was a virtual newcomer to the circle of established album artists scoring Christmas sales.
The Christmas sweepstakes isn’t over yet, by any means. More Christmas records are due to be released, and stations are not yet really in the swing of full blast of Christmas programming.
However, it didn’t appear likely last week that the Christmas oldies were going to be displaced radically by new yuletide releases. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; December 8, 1962)
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD ‘HOT 100′: 12/1962
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 December 8, 1962
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These were the record singles you bought in 1962. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, December 1962, on Top 40 WJBK and WXYZ and WKMH, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.
THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1962
CHRISTMAS SNEAKS IN BEHIND ‘FIRST FAMILY’ . . . DECEMBER 8, 1962
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1962
Two Billboard Top LP’s Break Top 30 After 1 Week
NEW YORK — The sound of jingle bells was heard in recordland last week along with the merry sound of cash registers racking up sales of the “The First Family” (#11; 1 week, LP), “My Son, the Folk Singer” (#1; 6 weeks, LP) and the Elvis Presley “Girls, Girls, Girls” (#27; 1 week, LP) albums. With Christmas less than four weeks away, sales were starting to pick up both standards and newly issued packages.
Hottest of the Christmas albums so far this year were Mitch Miller’s “Holiday Sing Along,” Johnny Mathis’ “Merry Christmas,” Elvis Presley’s Christmas album and the Ray Conniff LP “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” All of these are re-issue sets that sold well last year.
Among the new albums getting action were “The Glorious Sound of Christmas” with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Bing Crosby Christmas set on Warner Bros. There was also some action on the Ramsey Lewis LP “The Sound of Christmas.”
Christmas singles were also getting calls during these strong record days. Singles included old perennials such as Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” Harry Simone Chorale’s “Little Drummer Boy,” three by the Chipmunks, “The Chipmunk Song,” “Rudolph, the Red -Nosed Reindeer” and “Alvin’s Harmonica,” and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree,” and Bobby Helm’s “Jingle Bell Rock.”
New Christmas singles starting to perk in various markets include Ray Stevens’ “Santa Claus Is Watching You,” and there was some action and a good deal of radio play on the new Harry Simeone Chorale recording, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; December 8, 1962)
THE NATION’S TOP 150 ALBUMS! THIS WEEK 12/08/1962
THIS WEEK’S TOP LP’s. 55 YEARS AGO
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WHEN THE ‘STARS’ CAME ON THE SCOTT REGEN SHOW!
THE SCOTT REGEN PROMOS * WKNR KEENER 13 * 1965-1967
THE SCOTT REGEN PROMOS!
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Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents a collage of promos and memories recorded for famed ’60s WKNR legend, Scott Regen.
These WKNR Scott Regen promos were recorded in 1965, 1966 and 1967. You will hear nearly 40 minute of Keener moments Scottie Regen shared in studio (and out) with many of the greatest ’60s pop stars, artists and groups who appeared on the Scott Regen Show, heard nightly, 7-10 p.m. on WKNR.
During those noted ‘Keener’ years in the mid-1960s, Scott Regen was the No. 1 night-time radio disk jockey in Detroit. By that time he attained a phenomenal 25-29 share of the radio audience tuning in to his show on Keener 13.
WKNR 1966: SCOTT REGEN’S ‘BURGER CLUB’ RECALLED!
SCOTT REGEN * WKNR (1967) * THE ‘BURGER CLUB’ STORY
OFFICIAL MEMBER
“ROYAL ORDER of REGEN BURGERS”
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On WKNR, by year’s end 1966, the expression “Burger” or “Burger Club” became a popular, self-promoting prop (or station gimmick) to further retain, “entice” the station’s large Detroit teen following with one other great reason to “keep listening” to the Scott Regen show on Keener 13.
If you signed up for the “Burger Club,” the popular WKNR DJ, “Scott Burger,” whose picture bore on the card as well, would call out the member’s number (printed on the card) for various station prizes, giveaways during his 7-10 nightly show, 1966 and 1967.
Oak Park, MI. very own The Shy Guys even paid tribute to Scott Regen with “The Burger Song” they wrote, produced and recorded in dedication to “Scott Burger” in 1966! 🙂
‘THE BURGER SONG’ * THE SHY GUYS * 1966
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: JR. WALKER, 1971
