On my *ahem* 60th birthday, the top singles from my 16th

[Faygo Kid]

WKNR/KEENER 13 , Detroit, MI
Survey for week ending Monday September 18, 1967
(Number on right is last week's position -- means first week on charts)

TW TITLE ARTIST LW
1. The Letter Box Tops 1
2. To Sir With Love Lulu 21
3. Little Ole Man Bill Cosby 6
4. Heavy Music Bob Seger 2
5. Never My Love Association 8
6. Ode to Billy Joe Bobby Gentry 3
7. Gimme Little Sign Brenton Wood 4
8. You Got To Pay The Price Al Kent 5
9. If This Is Love Precisions 9
10. What Now My Love Mitch Ryder 15
11. Hey Baby Buckinghams 29
12. San Franciscan Nights Animals 7
13. Your Precious Love Marvin & Tammi 23
14. It Must Be Him Vikki Carr 31
15. To Share Your Love Fantastic Four 14
16. Dandelion/We Love You Rolling Stones 16
17. You Keep Running Away Four Tops 17
18. Soul Man Sam & Dave 26
19. How Can I Be Sure Young Rascals 22
20. Expressway to Your Heart Soul Survivors 24
21. Where Do You Wanna Go Unrelated Segments 28
22. People are Strange Doors --
23. It Could Be We're In Love Cryan' Shames 27
24. Wide Trackin' Fabulous Pack 30
25. In The Heat of the Night Ray Charles 25
26. I Make a Fool of Myself Frankie Valli --
27. Lightnings Girl Nancy Sinatra --
28. Let Love Come Between Us James & Bobby Purify --
29. Ballad of You & Me Jefferson Airplane --
30. Memphis Soul Stew King Curtis --
31. Everlasting Love Robert Knight --

[Maccagirl]

1. Happy 60th Birthday!

Good times, eh? I remember listening to CKLW on summer nights with the wattage was strong enough.

[Faygo Kid]

3. The Big 8, CKLW. In the mo-tor citeeeee. . .

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/bigeight.html

In 1973, I backpacked through Europe and visited relatives for the first and only time in a small village in Sweden. The teen boy - a second cousin - didn't speak English (then), but shared his album collection. And there it was: "CKLW Solid Gold." Sweet.

[Maccagirl]

9. Beautiful Faygo-regarding your pic of JFK doing what he loved most

Did you catch any of the stories about Jackie Kennedy's audio tapes. Fascinating stuff, but there was one part that broke my heart-when Schlesinger asked little John Jr. if he knew what happened to his father- John said "He went to Heaven." Then he asked John if he remembered his father and and first John says "Yeah." Schlesinger says "What do you remember about him and John says "Umm...I don't remember anything." Isn't that sad?

[Auggie]

17. I grew up with CKLW in Cleveland...

until WMMS (in Cleveland) came along. Thanks for the memory bomb.

[marzipanni]

2. Happy Birthday!

I'm of the same vintage, and almost all of those oldies are stuck in the vestiges of my brain ;)

I like the grocery store that I go to because the owners are our age and have some good old music playing.

[Tom Ripley]

4. Happy Birthday!

that is an incredible playlist

[RedCloud]

5. Congrats! And smart money is on #22!

:toast:

[Faygo Kid]

8. Yeah, but I see #31 making a run, and #2 staying up there for a long time.

Not that they are favorites. I'm just clairvoyant.

[Taverner]

6. Happy 60th! Let me say one thing - ALEX CHILTON!!!!

Did you know Alex Chilton died because of lack of health insurance?

Living in NOLA, he was mowing the lawn when he felt chest pains. Not having insurance, he ignored them. The next day, he died.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Wow. Thanks.

Alex Chilton was lead singer for the Box Tops, for those who don't know.

[Dystopian]

10. Happy Birthday!

You gave us a gift!

Thank you...I remember...

Hope your day was beautiful...

You can have your cake...and look at it too!



Cheers!
I'm not far behind you...

peace~

[txwhitedove]

11. Happy happy, joy joy. Welcome to the 60's club. I remember all those songs.

:party:

[6000eliot]

12. Happy Birthday to you!

My partner is going to be 60 in five days. I wonder what he was listening to on the radio? Of this list, my choice for favorite is "Dandelion."

[rurallib]

13. No Beatles, No Stones, No Monkees, No Simon And Garfunkel?

strange.

Congratulations!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Happy Birthday, Faygo Kid !!

gawd, I love that list, the whole kit and kaboodle :bounce: I was 10 and popping gum :D

[musette_sf]

15. And bubbling under at number 29,

"The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil" from the epic "After Bathing At Baxter's". Good times.

Happy B-Day!

[dbt]

16. In a world before consultants...

Faygo Kid, that Keener playlist is rich with "regional" acts--which you'd expect out of a place as musically fertile as Detroit! F'rinstance:

Seger's "Heavy Music" at Number 4. We wouldn't hear about him down here (KAAY 1090 in Little Rock) until 1968's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man."

Al Kent at Number 8, The Precisions at Number 9 and The Fantastic Four at Number 15. Unknown here to this day.

The Cryan Shames at Number 23. We didn't get that one, but "Sugar And Spice" was all over the place.

The playlist you posted is obviously from a time before consultants were able to brainwash station owners into believing that regional music differences did not exist. I'd be interested to know if Keener played artists like The Gentrys, The Uniques, The Gants, The Hombres, Mouse And The Trapps, Roy Head and the pre-"Western Union" Five Americans. We heard 'em all on KAAY.

Hope your Big 6-0 was a Groove!

:hi:

[livetohike]

18. Happy Belated 60th Birthday! Hope it was a trip

:-). May you have many, many more :toast:.

I was 15 then...brings back some sweet memories.