For You – Ricky Nelson – 1963
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PLAY OF THE DAY
Don’t Fool With Fu Manchu – Rockin’ Ramrods – 1965
MCRFB COMMERCIALS: GENE MEROLLIS CHEVROLET!
GENE MEROLLIS CHEVROLET “What A Great, Great Guy!” (1967)
NEW FROM THE VAULT
WXYZ – Eddie Rogers, Dave Lockhart & Dick Purtan * All Scoped Airchecks * 1978
MCRFB COMMERCIALS VAULT: ROY O’BRIEN FORD ’64
ROY O’BRIEN FORD (Radio Commercial Bed) “Has The Best Deal Around” (1964)
TOM CLAY’S “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LOVE” ’72 (LP)
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LOVE
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THE RECORD VERSION — From the Tom Clay album, “What The World Needs Now Is Love,” MoWest Records (Motown Record Corporation) 1971. (Click album image 2x for detailed view).
“What Ever Happened To Love,” was the follow-up single to Clay’s “What The World Need Now Is Love”(Billboard No. 8; 8/14/1971). It was released by MoWest Records on 11/24/71.
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THE RADIO VERSION — In 1964, whenever Tom Clay read his “Whatever Happened To (Love)” on CKLW radio, he used instead for background music an instrumental track, entitled, “More.” A beautifully arranged score recorded by the (Italian) Ritz Ortolani Orchestra, the selection Clay originally used was from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, “Mondo Cane.” — M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S
WJBK RECORD REVIEW * JUNE 26, 1964
50TH! UA RECORDS RELEASE ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’ ‘LP
JUNE 26, 1964 : TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
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1964: United Artists Records (U.S.) released “A Hard Day’s Night,” the soundtrack album for the forthcoming Beatles first full-length film, two weeks before the Beatles released their U.K. album, titled by the same name, July 10, 1964.
Today In Pop Music History: June 26, 1964
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“A HARD DAY’S NIGHT” * George Martin Orchestra * UNITED ARTISTS Records (1964)
WNIC-FM BACK ON THE RADIO: ‘PILLOW TALK’
WNIC HEARD 24/7 ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WNIC-FM 100.3 * ALAN ALMOND * 1993
IT’S ‘SUMMER MADNESS’ W/ KOOL AND THE GANG! ’75
“SUMMER MADNESS” (12″ LP version) * Kool and the Gang * DE-LITE Records (1975)
WNIC-FM 100.3
During the ’80s, ’90s, “Summer Madness” was the closing instrumental piece heard fading out Detroit radio’s night-time favorite show, Alan Almond’s ‘Pillow Talk,’ weeknights, at 12 midnight on WNIC-FM 100.3 “Detroit’s Nicest Rock.”
“SUMMER MADNESS” * Kool and the Gang * DE-LITE Records (1975)