GARY STEVENS (ex-WKNR) * April 8, 1965 * WMCA 570 (Stevens’ First Show) New York
Gary Stevens aircheck audio courtesy musicradio77.com/
A MCRFB GARY STEVENS POSTSCRIPT
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GARY STEVENS, ONE OF THE LEGENDARY WMCA “GOOD GUYS,” having signed on April, 1965, did his last radio gig on ‘Fabulous 570,’ Thursday, September 18, 1968. Prior, Gary Stevens was one of the most popular jocks in Detroit while on WKNR “Keener 13” from November 1963 through March 1965.
WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY
WJBK DETROIT’S TOP 15: NUMBER 13* The Wailers *WEEK OF 3/27/64
WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY
ON THE WAY ON ‘JBK : NUMBER 40 * Shirley Matthews *WEEK OF 3/27/64
WJBK RADIO 15. 51 YEARS AGO
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65* Supremes *WEEKS OF 3/21 – 4/3/1965
TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Stop! In The Name Of Love” by the Supremes peaked No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, weeks of March 21, 1965 through April 3, 1965. (source: Billboard).
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1965 GO HERE.
“SET ME FREE”* Lee Alan with the Vandellas * Recorded at Motown Records (1963)
AM C R F B P O S T S C R I P T
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THEYMCA, once vibrant in popularity as it was in the greater Detroit metropolitan area, this organization has seen better years prior the 1980’s and 1990’s decades. Once scattered throughout Detroit and its surrounding suburbs, many YMCA began closing their local branches, for the most part, prior the year 2000. Many of these YMCA buildings were enormous, as these structures were intended by design for supporting temporary lodging and housing as well.
By the end of the 1970s, many of the YMCA buildings were either too old in structure or were no longer found adequately sustainable as “living” quarters. Thereby many were forced to close — due to lack of funding, high maintenance costs, and primarily due to lack of charities once sustained and supported by local communities the “Y” once had served.
Later up in years, many of the YMCA abandoned buildings were either purchased by local counties or were left vacant, only to be razed. Today, several of the former YMCA buildings left in Detroit now stand in urban blight, ruin and decay, such as the one pictured below in SW Detroit. Only a few YMCA locations exist dotting the Detroit map to date.
AND NOW. For the REAL story behind Lee Alan’s Motown’s single, “Set Me Free,” as only Lee Alan could personally re-tell it, pleaseGO HERE.
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An abandoned YMCA. The Western Branch. Located in southwest Detroit on Clark Street, just yards north of W. Vernor Hwy., as it currently stands today. This local branch permanently closed it’s doors some twenty-five years ago.
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER52 IN U.S.A.* Joe Harnell Orch. *WEEK ENDING 3/23/63
BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS COMPILED BY NATIONAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD SONG NUMBER 94 IN U.S.A.* Baby Washington *WEEK ENDING 3/23/63
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