DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK! 1965

**THE SUPREMES * DECEMBER 1965 * MOTOWN RECORDS**

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! 1965

“WINTER WONDERLAND” (INSTRUMENTAL) * FUNK BROTHERS

THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1965 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). The album was released in December 1965 in the U.S. by Fantasy. It is the soundtrack to the Christmas television special of the same name.

Guaraldi composed most of the music, though he included versions of traditional carols such as “O Tannenbaum”. He recorded some of the score at Whitney Studio in Glendale, California, then re-recorded some of it at Fantasy Records Studios in San Francisco with a children’s choir from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in nearby San Rafael. The sessions ran late into the night, with the children rewarded with ice cream afterwards.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing on this album.

VINCE GUARALDI * A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP)

WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ TOP 31 HITS: THIS WEEK! NOVEMBER 12, 1963

WKNR NEW RADIO 13!

—DECEMBER 12, 1963—

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—57 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—

The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity and your continuous support.

Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1964 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

THE BEACH BOYS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM

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‘The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album’ is the seventh studio album by the Beach Boys, released in November 1964. It contains five original songs and seven standards on a Christmas theme. The album proved to be a long-running success during subsequent Christmas seasons, initially reaching number six in the US Billboard 200 chart in its year of release and eventually going gold. Music historian James Perone wrote that it is “regarded as one of the finest holiday albums of the rock era”.

While leader Brian Wilson produced and arranged the rock songs, he left it to Dick Reynolds (an arranger for the Four Freshmen, a group Wilson idolized) to arrange the forty-one piece orchestral backings on the traditional songs to which the Beach Boys would apply their vocals. One single was released from the album, the original song “The Man with All the Toys” backed with the group’s rendition of “Blue Christmas”. “Little Saint Nick”, a single which had already been released the previous year, was included on the album.

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(Source: Wikipedia)

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

Click on (COMPLETE LP) for the complete track listing from this album.

THE BEACH BOYS * THE BEACH BOYS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1964

THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * NOVEMBER 21, 1970

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NINETEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family peaked at #1 this month (3 weeks overall) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending, November 15-21, 1970. (Source: Billboard)

For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE

NEW! WKNR KEENER 13 ON THE RADIO: DICK PURTAN

WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

**WKNR-AM 1310 * 1966 * DICK PURTAN**

DICK PURTAN WKNR aircheck date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966

— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to our website contributor, Peter Faulkner, of Calgary, Alberta, for recently donating this WKNR-AM radio aircheck (he personally recorded in 1966) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

THE PETER FAULKNER COLLECTION