DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’Detroit: 1963 The Special Session”
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’Pro Football Out Of Bounds?”
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JAZZ CLUB LEGEND FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT HER DETROIT HOME; DEAD AT 37
DETROIT — (Sunday, December 15) — In the jazz clubs they say that Dinah Washington merely stepped out of a hand-clapping church choir, dropped by the Brill Building to pick up some lyrics and began to wail.
The regulars in the Jazz clubs were wailing on Saturday.
Dinah — whom they considered the greatest blues singer since Bessie Smith — is dead at 37. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .
— DETROIT FREE PRESS
DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, December 15, 1963 (click on newsprint 2x for largest detailed read)
DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, December 16, 1963 (click on image 2x for largest detailed read)
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Also: Click HERE to view the location of the Thompson Funeral Home, today, the funeral parlor where Dinah Washington was viewed by Detroiters, 1963. Location address, 7643 Dexter Avenue, Detroit.
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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO STATIONS GUIDE
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 December 8, 1962
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These were the record singles you bought in 1962. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, December 1962, on Top 40 WJBK and WXYZ and WKMH, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.
A rip from the Billboard pages. THE BILLBOARD TOP LP’S chart December 08, 1962(click on image 2x for largest detailed view)
THIS WEEK’S TOP LP’s. 55 YEARS AGO
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‘RAINBOW FUNK’ WAS THE 10TH ALBUM for Junior Walker and the All Stars, released on the Motown subsidiary label, SOUL, in 1971. Two tracks from the LP were released as singles. “Take Me Girl, I’m Ready” (Billboard Pop #50) peaked on September 11, 1971.“Way Back Home” (Billboard Pop #52) peaked on January 22, 1972. The two singles also peaked on the U.S. R&B chart at #18 (’71) and #24 (’72), respectively.JR. WALKERcirca 1970
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