#16 | “Jenny Take A Ride” by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
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Debuted #100 week-ending December 11, 1965, “Jenny Take A Ride” peaks at #7 (2 weeks) on the Hot 100, week-ending, January 29, 1966. Having charted 11 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #35 for the week-ending, February 26, 1966.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1966]
#24 | A Well Respected Man” by The Kinks
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Debuted #84 week-ending December 4, 1965, “A Well Respected Man” peaks at #13 on the Hot 100, week-ending, February 12, 1966. Having charted 14 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #38 for the week-ending, March 5, 1966.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1966]
#41 | “Fever” by The McCoys
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Debuted #72 week-ending November 13, 1965, “Fever” peaks at #7 (2 weeks) on the Hot 100, week-ending, December 25, 1965. Having charted 11 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #41 for the week-ending, January 22, 1966.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1966]
#47 | “Michelle” by David and Jonathan
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Debuted #96 week-ending January 8, 1966, “Michelle” peaks at #18 (2 weeks) on the Hot 100, week-ending, February 12, 1966. Having charted 9 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #42 for the week-ending, March 5, 1966.
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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1966]
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Robert Zerwekh. From the Robert Zerwekh Collection
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Richard D. Haase was on WHND ‘Honey Radio’ from 1980 to 1994. Richard D. passed away on December 27, 2022 at the age of 87.
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New! A special thank you to Robert Zerwekh. From the Robert Zerwekh Collection
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This WDRQ recording was recently donated to our Detroit radio aircheck collection. Lee Alan’s New Year’s Eve Countdown, on WDRQ, December 31, 1977. This was to be his second, and last, on WDRQ. (Lee Alan hosted one other New Year’s Eve broadcast on WDRQ in 1976). In closing out the year, this exclusive posting is our special featured presentation on Motor City Radio Flashbacks on this last day of 2022.
In this recording, the tape begins – timewise – at the 9:59 p.m. hour (Detroit time) with Lee Alan’s presentation of Chuck Berry performing live at the Walled Lake Casino, sometime late-October, in 1963. Five years ago, we lost Chuck Berry in March 2017. Also in the broadcast you will hear Lee Alan paying a short tribute to Elvis Presley, who passed away four months earlier, August 16, 1977.
The broadcast was taped by our friend, Greg Innis. Greg has kept this tape in his personal Detroit radio airchecks collection for the past 45 years. And as always, this site is indebted to him for having shared this holiday memory. It is presented here for the very first time, today.
You will note this two hour recording highlights listener call-in’s and recollections, stories and sounds. And minutes before the end of the recording you will hear The Horn counting down the seconds to 1978 . . . as was heard on New Year’s Eve night, December 31, 1977.
Enjoy. Lee Alan’s WDRQ New Year’s Eve Countdown . . . . Happy New Year!
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A special THANK YOU to senior site contributor Greg Innis of Livonia, MI., for having provided this featured WDRQ audio memory for our Motor City Radio Flashbacks aircheck repository.
