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’61 MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! EDDIE HOLLAND

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EDDIE HOLLAND circa 1961
EDDIE HOLLAND circa 1961
EDDIE HOLLAND MOTOWN LP, 1962
EDDIE HOLLAND’S debut Motown LP, 1962
BRIAN HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER, EDDIE HOLLAND. H-D-H penned many of Motown's hit makers in the early, mid-1960s.
BRIAN HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER, EDDIE HOLLAND. Best known as the songwriting trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland, at Hitsville, they wrote many of Motown’s biggest hits, early, mid-60s.

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WXYZ 1270 NEWSMAN, TOM MCINTYRE, DIED 10/02/15


TOMMY McINTYRE 1936- 2015

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SADLY, WITH MUCH REGRET, Motor City Radio Flashbacks learned late-yesterday, former (Detroit radio) WXYZ, WWJ, and WXYT news reporter Tom McIntyre passed away Friday, October 2, 2015, in Venice, Florida.

His daughter, Kara McIntyre, stated he had been battling leukemia/lymphoma. He was 79. No funeral services will be held.

A memorial service for Tom McIntyre is planned for the first weekend in December, 2015,  in Venice. A definite date as yet pending. McIntyre was part of the (ABC News) WXYZ 1270 news team here in Detroit during the 1960s.

Tom McIntyre. July 7, 1936 – October 2, 2015. R.I.P. 

Press photo; 1981. Photo insert, right-bottom, courtesy of Lee Alan



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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: GLADYS KNIGHT ’67

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A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! Gladys Knight & The Pips, 1967
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! Gladys Knight & The Pips, 1967
Released by Motown (SOUL SS 706) in September 1967, it was the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The LP featured their million-seller single, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," made No. 2 on the Billboard chart, December that year.
Released by Motown (SOUL SS 706) in September 1967, “Everybody Needs Love” was the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The LP featured their million-seller single, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” peaked No. 2, December, on the Billboard HOT 100.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS! TEMPTATIONS 1964

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THE TEMPTATIONS, a publicity shot from their early-days, Motown, early-1964. (Click on image 2x for largest view).
A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: THE TEMPTATIONS, a publicity shot from their early-days, Motown, 1964. (Click on image 2x for largest view).
THE TEMPTATIONS performing live on stage in Detroit, 1965. (Click on image for largest view).
ANOTHER MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: Those “TEMPTIN’ TEMPTATIONS” performing live onstage at the Upper Deck in Detroit, late-’64. (Click on image for largest view).

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