WXYZ RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WXYZ-AM 1270 * 1981 * MARK SCOTT
NEW! Mark Scott WXYZ date: Friday, November 20, 1981
— MARK SCOTT SHOW guest: Anthony Summers (author; Conspiracy) —
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The Jim Feliciano Collection
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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * Strawberry Alarm Clock * 11/19/67 – 11/25/1967
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 1967
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!
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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Incense And Peppermints” by the Strawberry Alarm Clock peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week November 19 through November 25, 1967. (source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’62!
MARY WELLS * 1962
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’62
“TWO LOVERS” (INSTRUMENTAL) * MARY WELLS
NBC-TV 11/63: WHEN AMERICA FIRST SAW THE BEATLES
THE HUNTLEY BRINKLEY REPORT * NBC Television Network * NOVEMBER 18, 1963
THIS DAY in POP MUSIC HISTORY
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In the United States, November 18, 1963, on a Monday evening, the Beatles were given their first American television exposure, coast-to-coast. It was seen on NBC-TV during a broadcast segment of the Huntley Brinkley Report.
“Dispatches from Britain have been talking about a ‘new sound,’ for awhile we thought the new sound was Prime Minister Douglas Hume . . .” Chet Huntley lamented as he opened this special report. Narrating the NBC visual with his reporting, NBC correspondant David Newman referred to the Liverpool Beatles fans as “children,” detailing one account also when fans were screaming, watching (“not heard”) the Beatles perform while “under police protection,” having almost created, as he described to NBC television viewers that evening, “. . . a near riot.”
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— NOVEMBER 18, 1963 —
54 YEARS AGO. TODAY
MCRFB RADIO ADS: “FOOD FAIR, JUST COMPARE!” ’63
FOOD FAIR Markets * 1963
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MCRFB RADIO ADS: “BORROW CONFIDENTLY! HFC” ’61
HFC Household Finance Co. * 1961
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6/71: THE HISTORY OF DETROIT RADIO PREMIERES! ‘DRQ
THE LANDMARK 1971 WDRQ-FM BROADCAST!
ART VUOLO * WDRQ-FM June 19-20, 1971 * HOUR 3 PT. 5
ART VUOLO * WDRQ-FM June 19-20, 1971 * HOUR 3 PT. 6
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A special THANK YOU to Art Vuolo for donating his 1971 6 hour ‘THE HISTORY of DETROIT RADIO’ production now archived on Motor City Radio Flashbacks. The program premiered on WDRQ-FM 12 noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20. Originally conceived, created and produced by Art Vuolo, 1971.
MOTOWN SUPER SUPREMES: 1 ALBUM, 3 NO. 1 HITS! ’64
WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO * COME SEE ABOUT ME * BABY LOVE
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
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‘Where Did Our Love Go‘ is the second studio album by Motown singing group The Supremes, released in 1964. The album includes several of the group’s singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964. Included are the group’s first Billboard Pop Singles number-one hits, “Where Did Our Love Go“, “Baby Love“, and “Come See About Me“, as well as their first Top 40 hit, “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes“, and the singles “A Breathtaking Guy“ and “Run, Run, Run“.
With the release of this album, The Supremes became the first act in Billboard magazine history to have three number-one hits from the same album.
It was also, at the time, the highest-ranking album by an all-female group. It remained in the #2 position for 4 consecutive weeks in January 1965, having been shut out of the top spot by the Beatles’ blockbuster Beatles ’65 album.
Of the 12 tracks featured from the album, two were written by Smokey Robinson. Eight songs, including the Supremes three number one singles, were written by (what would be) Motown’s greatest song-writing, hit making trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Where Did Our Love Go remained on the Billboard album chart for an unprecedented 89 weeks. According to Motown data, the album ultimately sold over 3,000,000 copies. This album was also the first ever number one album on Billboard’s R&B album chart in January 1965. (Source: Wikipedia; All-Music)
DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’63!
THE SUPREMES * 1963