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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro peaked this week at No. 01 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. April 07 through May 11, 1968. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.
GARY BURBANK CKLW aircheck date: Wednesday, April 23, 1975
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating his CKLW radio aircheck (unscoped!) to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION *
(Week-Ending)
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NEWS THROUGH MARCH — Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Burma gains independence from the U. K. Winter Olympics opens in Switzerland. First color newsreel is shown by Warner Brothers. Soviets began to jam Voice of America broadcasts. In the U. S. NASCAR is formed. U. S. Supreme Court rule religious teachings in public schools unconstitutional. The Hell’s Angels motorcycle club is formed in California.
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In March-April 1948 these same Top 10 hits had their spins on Detroit radio music shows, such as WJR (760) “Music Hall,” “Club 15,” and “Harvest Of Stars.” On WWJ (950) “Musical Clock” and “Supper Club.” On WXYZ (1270) “I’ve Got Your Number” and “Vox Pop.” On CKLW (800) “Musical Airs” and “Midnight Nocturne.” On WJBK (1490) “Tune Time” and “Album Time.” And on WJLB (1400) “1400 Club.”
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These records were America’s most popular TEN TOP RECORDS for the week ending March 26, 1948 on the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits.
Certainly this was not the music of our generation, nor that of the present as well. But from time to time this website will bring light to a certain time in decades’ past. These were the bands and artists Americans found themselves enamored with. The ’40s era. The greatest generation? Many historians arguably would agree today it was.
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A CBS RADIO SPECIAL REPORT * Douglas Edwards (CBS) * FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968
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This was the news the CBS Radio Network reported the evening after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
You will hear various reports of widespread rioting and disturbances from around the country, the aftermath. In the wake of Dr. King’s assassination the night before. Hardest hit overnight were 11 major American cities. You will hear reports from Jeb Duvall in Chicago; Jim McQuarry in Detroit; reports by Tony Sargent and Robert Pierpoint in Washington D. C.; reports by Ed Rable and Tony Brunton in Memphis; Bill Stout in Los Angeles, and reports by CBS Washington correspondents Dan Rather and Eric Severeid. Anchored by CBS’ Douglas Edwards in New York.
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This special report aired on CBS affiliate WJR-AM 760 Detroit, April 5, 1968.
While a minute and a half was found missing at the end of this CBS report, the substance of the news having been reported that day is most somber in having described the mood of a nation, having felt over this tragic event, and having witnessed, fifty years ago.
This CBS reporting on the death of Dr. King bears reminding much what the nation had lost on this day in April 1968.
