“NOWHERE TO RUN” (INSTRUMENTAL) * EARL VAN DYKE * 1965
CHUCK BERRY. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’S LEGEND REMEMBERED
CHUCK BERRY, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL INNOVATOR, DEAD AT 90
ROLLINGSTONE.COM | March 18, 2017
CHUCK BERRY * Walled Lake Casino (Detroit) * 1963
audio: ‘Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966‘
A CKLW-AM 800 DETROIT NEWSPAPER ’71 FLASHBACK!
Sunday, October 10, 1971
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “CKLW’s Rosalie — The Most Powerful Lady in Popdom”
(Above CKLW-related article courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).
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A 1963 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK!
Friday, March 15, 1963
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
Ad photo L-R: Dave Prince, Lee Alan, Joel Sebastian, Paul Winter, Don Zee.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM
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50TH! THE NATION’S TOP 150 ALBUMS, THIS WEEK IN ’67
Q: What second album still holds the longest weeks in the Billboard Top LP’s, this week, in 1967?
THIS WEEK’S TOP LP’s. 50 YEARS AGO
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50TH! THE NATION’S HOTTEST ALBUM: THIS WEEK IN ’67!
‘WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS’ * A&M (COMPLETE LP) * 1965
WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS
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This week in 1967, and still after an astounding 97 weeks on the LP chart, Herb Alpert’s album holds the number 11 spot (for the second week) on Billboard, week-ending March 18. The album, “Whipped Cream And Other Delights,” debuted on the Billboard Top LP chart at number 113, May 15, 1965.
JINGLES HEARD! THE JAM PRODUCTIONS SERIES: WNIC
WNIC ‘JAM’ Jingle Pak ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WNIC-FM * “Soft Rock Favorites of Yesterday and Today!” * 1989-1990
JINGLE HEARD! THE JAM PRODUCTIONS SERIES: WHND
WHND ‘JAM’ Jingle Pak ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WHND-AM * “In Deee-troit It’s Honey Radio!” * 1990-1994
WHEN PORTABLE RADIOS WAS EN VOGUE! 1960S: 1964
A ‘RADIO’ AD * “Take A Lively Companion Wherever You Go” * 1964
A ‘RADIO’ AD * “You Can Swing The Blues…” * 1964
A ‘RADIO’ AD * “Wherever You Go We’re Your Musical Host” * 1964
RADIO ADS. ENDORSEMENTS
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The above classic ‘radio’ endorsement ads, featured today on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, was sponsored and distributed for radio by the National Association of Broadcasters, 1964.
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 03/12/67 – 03/18/1967
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING MARCH 18, 1967
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!
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TEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Penny Lane” by The Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week March 12 through March 18, 1967. (source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.
