THE COWSILLS
“Hair” by the Cowsills played the Billboard Pop Singles chart in February-March and on Detroit Top 40 radio at the time. 50 years ago in 1969. (Thank you for the correct date, Ric Allen!)
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Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go (shown as “At Whisky-A-Go-Go” on the original label) is a live album and is the debut album from American rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Johnny Rivers.
The album was released in February 1964, just as The Beatles and the British music invasion was getting into full swing. Rivers was asked to open the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles starting January 15, 1964 and during that run he recorded the album. With the help of producer Lou Adler, Johnny helped introduce the “Go Go sound” to rock and roll. The album reached #13 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart, (#12 on the Billboard 200) and became Johnny’s first gold album. The album also gave Rivers his very first big hit, a cover version of Chuck Berry‘s 1959 hit “Memphis“. Rivers’s version went to #2 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart in the summer of 1964, and became his first gold single.
Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go would be the first of five albums that Rivers would record live at the nightclub.
(Source: Wikipedia and Discogs)
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‘Memories from the Soundtrack of Your Life‘



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Nesbitt’s is a brand of orange-flavored soda pop that was popular in the United States during much of the 20th century. Nesbitt’s was produced by the Nesbitt Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles, California. The company also produced several other flavors of soda pop under the Nesbitt’s brand and other brand names. Nesbitt’s orange, strawberry and peach-flavored sodas are still available today, presently marketed by Monarch Beverage of Atlanta.
(Source: WiKipedia)

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Armour and Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago’s most important business and had helped make Chicago and its Union Stock Yards the center of America’s meatpacking industry. During the same period, its facility in Omaha, Nebraska, boomed, as well, making the city’s meatpacking industry the largest in the nation by 1959.
Presently, the Armour food brands are split between refrigerated meat (Armour, owned by Smithfield Foods) and canned shelf-stable meat products (Armour Star, owned by Pinnacle Foods).
(Source: WiKipedia)

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Michelob Draft Beer is a 4.7% ABV pale lager which was first developed by Adolphus Busch in 1896 as a “draught beer for connoisseurs”. In 1961, Anheuser-Busch produced a pasteurized version of Michelob which allowed legal shipment of the beer across state lines. Bottled beer began to be shipped soon after, and the brand was introduced in cans in 1966. Bottled Michelob was originally sold in a uniquely shaped bottle named the teardrop bottle because it resembled a water droplet. The teardrop bottle was awarded a medal from the Institute of Design in 1962. Five years later the bottle was redesigned for efficiency in the production line. This bottle was used until 2002 when it was dropped in favor of a traditional bottle. The teardrop bottle was used again from January 2007 to October 2008.
(Source: WiKipedia)

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Hurry! Only 13 day left to submit your entries!!
Vote for your fave 60’s songs – we’re compiling the Top 100 of The 60’s 2019 Edition for Memorial Day Weekend.
One lucky winner selected will win a classic Big 8 poster — printed on archival paper — suitable for framing (as pictured below) and mailed right your door. Why not you?
But enter now. Send us TEN of your favorite song titles from the ’60s decade — 1960-1969.
Send your 10 favorite ’60s song entries to: big8radio@gmail.com
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This classic CKLW Futuresonic package was retrieved from the Motor City Radio Flashbacks jingles collection and will be deposited under our ‘Radio Jingles’ menu bar found on the main home page.
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