A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK ’69! DAVID RUFFIN

BY THE END OF JUNE 1968 DAVID RUFFIN had been dropped as the Temptations’ front-man due to personal indifferences alleged with Berry Gordy and members in the group. But by year’s end, Ruffin, by then vigorously still pursuing his talents as a solo artist with Motown, was awarded his first single, My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me).’  The single, written and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, was released by Motown Records, January 1969. The album above, titled as same as Ruffin’s first solo single, was to be released later in May of that year.

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A DETROIT ‘CZY-FM 95.5 NEWSPAPER 1988 FLASHBACK


Saturday, June 17, 1989

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WCZY-FM ‘Kim Carson Joins Rank of the Ex-WCZY Army’ 

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HUDSON’S: A DETROIT 1963 RADIO DJ AD FLASHBACK!


Sunday, May 12, 1963

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “See Celebrities All Week Hudson’s Music Store”

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A DETROIT ‘WAY-BACK’ RADIO PROGRAM: 09/01/1945


Saturday, September 1, 1945

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO STATIONS GUIDE

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK ’62! EDDIE HOLLAND

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EDDIE HOLLAND, circa 1962, was one-third of the legendary hit-writing trio at Motown, best known as Holland-Dozier-Holland. Eddie Holland went on to record 10 singles for the Detroit label between 1961 through 1964. "Leaving Here," was Eddie's eighth single he released for Motown in 1964, also featured today on Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
EDDIE HOLLAND, circa 1962. He went on to become one-third of the legendary hit-writing trio for Motown, best known as Holland-Dozier-Holland. Eddie Holland went on to record ten singles for the Detroit label from 1961 through 1964. Produced by Berry Gordy, Jr.,Leaving Here,” was Eddie’s eighth single released by Motown Records 1052, December 1963. “Leaving’ Here” is our featured Motown Monday single today on MCRFB.COM.

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A 1960S MOTOR CITY MUSIC FEATURE RECALLED: 1967!

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FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967

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DETROIT — Fog delayed the plane carrying Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davey Jones and Micky Dolenz to Detroit last Saturday. So the Monkees arrived only an hour before show time. They sped to the airport in a limousine. All this means there was time only for hello and goodbye and little time to chat. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .

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A DETROIT WKNR-AM 13 NEWSPAPER 1967 FLASHBACK

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Sunday, October 22, 1967

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Steve Robbins: “They Don’t Tune In to Hear Us Talk” ’ 

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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 01/19/1959

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Monday, January 19, 1959

DETROIT FREE PRESS: MONDAY RADIO GUIDE 

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THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL. 58-YEARS AGO TODAY


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