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SCOTTIE REGEN, TAKES “HERMAN” OVER TO MOTOWN!

TAMLA MOTOWN Appreciation Society’s Margaret Phelps chaperones Stevie Wonder, Peter Noone outside Hitsville U.S.A. Friday, July 29, 1966

Friday, August 5, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘Herman Visits Motown Studio’ 

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MISS TEEN DETROIT, 1964! JO JO SHUTTY MACGREGOR

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DETROIT FREE PRESS | Thursday, October 15, 1964

DETROIT FREE PRESS | Monday, October 19, 1964

DETROIT FREE PRESS | Friday, February 4, 1966

The nation’s first female (CKLW) helicopter traffic reporter Jo Jo Shutty 1971

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DETROIT PRESS PHOTOS: JO-JO SHUTTY MACGREGOR!

Jo Jo Shutty, age 16. ‘Miss Teenage Detroit’ 1964. The initial photo caption read, “Jo Jo Shutty, she broke the mold!” (Press Photo; 1964)
Jo Jo Shutty, 17, a Youth Safety Spokesperson for Lincoln Mercury Division, pictured here with Ned Aberly, 17, the 1964 National Teenage Safe Driving Road-E-O winner. (Press Photo; 1965)
Byron MacGregor and Jo Jo Shutty MacGregor (Press Photo; 1995)

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT MEMORIES: GLADYS KNIGHT, ’67

‘EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE‘ became the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. It was recorded in 1966 and also in 1967, prior its release in September. The group having been signed in 1966 to the Motown SOUL label, their LP made the Billboard Top 200 peaking at No. 60, late-1967. The album ranked much higher at No. 12 on the Billboard R&B LP chart. Two tracks off the LP made the singles chart. “Everybody Need Love,” was also the group’s debut single. It reached No. 39 in early-1967. The second single from the LP, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” peaked at No. 1 (R&B) and hit No. 2 (Pop) in December 1967. The album was produced by Norman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, and Smokey Robinson.
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 1967

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‘RIF DETROIT RADIO: A ’72 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Sunday, August 27, 1972

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “WRIF PRESENTS”

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A DETROIT 102.7 ‘LBS FM 1984 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

Thursday, March 29, 1984

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WLBS-FM ‘Offbeat Home for New Music’ 

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DETROIT RADIO: LEE ALAN ’87 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

Detroit Free Press February 8, 1987

Sunday, February 08, 1987

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Detroit Sunday Magazine 

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DETROIT WKNR AM 1310 1965 NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

Sunday, October 24, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Dick Purtan (And That Other Voice)’ 

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WDEE-AM: DETROIT COUNTRY MUSIC TOP 40! 07/05/76

WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY June 5, 1976
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 01 * DAVE and SUGAR

WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY July 5, 1976 (click on image 2x for largest view)
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 02 * JOE STAMPLEY
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 03 * WAYLON & JESSI
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 04 * WILLIE NELSON
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 05 * TOM BRESH
WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY July 5, 1976
BIG “D” COUNTRY MUSIC NO. 06 * RAY STEVENS

BIG “D” RADIO 15. THIS WEEK 41 YEARS AGO

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The Top 40 country hits in Detroit. Featuring the ‘Top 6’ off the survey. As tabulated by WDEE 1500, for the week of July 5, 1976.

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

 In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WDEE music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate

“DETROIT’S MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC STATION”

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TOP DETROIT DEEJAY’S PICK THE WEEK’S TOP HITS! 1967

DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday, May 5, 1967 (click on image 2x for largest view)

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THE DETROIT RADIO TOP 10. 50 YEARS AGO LAST WEEK

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