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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Make It With You” by Bread peaked at #1 on August 22 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week beginning August 16 through week ending August 22. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * AUGUST 22, 1970
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “War” by Edwin Starr peaked at #1 on August 29 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 29 through September 12, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 12, 1970
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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Let It Be” by The Beatles peaked at #1 on April 11 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending April 11 through April 18, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * APRIL 11-18, 1970
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SIXTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson 5 peaked at #1 on October 17 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending October 17 through November 14, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * OCTOBER 17-NOVEMBER 14, 1970
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TWENTY WEEKS on the singles chart, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” by B. J. Thomas peaked at #1 on January 3 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending January 3 through January 24, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * JANUARY 3-24, 1970
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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” by Simon & Garfunkel peaked at #1 on February 28 (6 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending February 28 through April 4, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * FEBRUARY 28-APRIL 4, 1970
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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Thank You” by Sly & The Family Stone peaked at #1 on February 14 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending February 14 through February 21, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits 1970 go HERE
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * FEBRUARY 14-FEBRUARY 21, 1970
— A SOUL ENCOUNTERED —
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In closing out the year, we pay homage to WJR broadcasting legend Mike Whorf, who passed away in November, at the age of 88.
In wake of his passing, Kevin Collard, former producer at WJR for over 16 years, created and produced a special two hour tribute to the award-winning “Kaleidoscope” program host. We found Kevin’s tribute he featured on his ‘Soul Encountered‘ podcast page (see our Blogroll link) just four days after Mike’s passing, on November 14.
Kevin Collard also worked with over 30 hosts at WJR (not to mention Mike Whorf) including: Paul W Smith, Ken Calvert, David Newman and wrapping up his career there working with Frank Beckmann in 2009. Kevin also stated he did production work for Larry Patton, John McCullough, Kevin Joyce, Mitch Albom and other luminaries affiliated with Detroit radio as well.
Earlier this month, Kevin shared his ‘A Tribute to Mike Whorf’ podcast with Motor City Radio Flashbacks. A professed “fan and follower of the site”, we are truly honored to share this beautifully produced, Mike Whorf rememberance, here, on our web page today.
Thank you, Kevin Collard
For more on the passing of this WJR broadcasting legend, go HERE
Mike Whorf was on WJR from 1964 to 2003.
Mike Whorf, longtime radio host of the Peabody Award-winning WJR program Kaleidoscope, died in Detroit on Tuesday, November 10th. He was 88. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Whorf spent his childhood and teen years in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Whorf attended Provincetown High School and upon graduation in 1950, enlisted in the United States Air Force where he trained as a radio announcer on the Armed Forces Network.
After military service, Whorf worked on the radio in Massachusetts and in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, where he met and married his wife of 49 years, Barbara Ann Brown. From the 1960s through the 90s, Whorf was part of a WJR Detroit line-up of radio personalities known throughout the Great Lakes region. Whorf’s Kaleidoscope topics ranged from politics to religion, from the arts to sports. In 1968, he was recognized with one of the world’s top media honors: the George Foster Peabody Award for his documentary on the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mike Whorf also served during the mid-1980s as program director of classical station WQRS-FM in Detroit. While with WQRS, Whorf created the program “Quest for Excellence,” a juried music competition show for aspiring young talents broadcast live before a studio audience.
In 2008 he was inducted into the Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
Aside from broadcasting, Whorf’s greatest joy was his life as a family man. He and his beloved wife Barbara and their son and daughters enjoyed traveling to the Eastern US for visits with many relatives. In their golden years, Mike and Barb were blessed to alternate time between overseas trips and watching their grandchildren grow.
Michael’s wife Barbara preceded him in death in 2006. He is survived by son Peter (Jennifer), daughters Sarah, Jennifer (Quinn), Suzannah (Ian) and grandchildren Daniel, Annemarie, Michael, Noelle, Jack, Sean, Nate, Noah and Olivia.
Private services have been held.
Memorials appreciated to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pain & Palliative Care Center, 44405 Woodward Ave., Pontiac, MI 48341.
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Obituary (view online) courtesy of:
Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors | Clawson, MI.
A SOUL ENCOUNTERED: A TRIBUTE TO MIKE WHORF
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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison peaked at #1 this month (4 weeks overall) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending, December 26, 1970 through week-ending January 16, 1971.
(Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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‘The 25th Day of December’ is a Christmas album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1960. The heralded “Christmas Auld Lang Syne“, written by Manny Kurtz (d. 1984; wrote over 250 songs) and co-written by Francis Philip Military, made its debut on this album, and with backing of Darin’s vocals is the Bobby Scott Chorale. The track also was released on the Atco label as a single (6183) and released for the Christmas Holidays, debuting on Billboard, October 31, 1960.
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(Source: Wikipedia; AllMusic)
— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —
DECEMBER 25 * 01 * BOBBY DARIN
