DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘Dave Prince Looks at His World’
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “So Good To Be Home With . . . 1-1-3”
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VAN PATRICK1916-1974(press photo; 1952)VAN PATRICK: MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM ADcirca 1966.VAN PATRICK. The perennial radio and television voice for Mutual and Detroit sports through 1940s – 1970s decades — WKMH, WKNR, WJR and WJBK-TV (press photo; 1971)
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING DECEMBER 03, 1966
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66* The New Vaudeville Band *WEEK OF 11/27/66 – 12/03/1966
NUMBERONEFOR 1966!
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Winchester Cathedral” by The New Vaudeville Band peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week November 27 through December 03, 1966. (source: Billboard)
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