“RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN” * Lou Christie * M-G-M Records (1966)
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
“SWEET TALKIN’ GUY” * The Chiffons * Laurie Records (1966)
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’66!
“THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE (Anymore)” * The Walker Brothers * Smash Records (’66)
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 05/07/66
MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * May 1966 * A Henry Krueger Production
A MCRFB.COM 1966 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN!
TODAY’S ’60s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK
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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s 1966 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING MAY 7, 1966
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66 * The Mamas & The Papas * WEEK OF 05/01/66 – 05/21/1966
NUMBER ONE FOR 1966!
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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Monday, Monday’” by The Mamas & The Papas peaked this week at No. 01 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week-ending May 01 through May 21, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1966 GO HERE.
A 1978 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK
Wednesday, June 28, 1978
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ 1270 ‘Purtan Jumping To CKLW?’
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(Above WXYZ article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com).
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A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 04/30/1966
“THE ‘A’ TEAM” * SSGT. BARRY SADLER
A BILLBOARD CLASSIC ’45 AD FLASHBACK! 04/30/1966
“LOUIE LOUIE” * THE KINGSMEN
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 05/06/65
MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * May 1965 * A Henry Krueger Production
A MCRFB.COM 1965 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN!
TODAY’S ’60s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK
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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s 1965 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM.
THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD ’66 R&B SINGLES LAST WEEK
THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * The Temptations
THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Joe Tex
THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Wilson Pickett
THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * The Poets
THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Otis Redding
DETROIT ‘TOP 5’ WJLB WCHB
Many of these records were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending 04/23/66.
