Music Surveys
A few CKLW music surveys that have been posted in various places:
[Note: Some of these have been slightly edited to correct obvious minor errors.]
From: [email protected] (Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s
Subject: CKLW HIT PARADE April 4, 1967
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 05:51:21 GMT
RADIO 8 HIT PARADE FOR THE MOTOR CITY
Issue No. 1 Previewed April 4, 1967
1. Somethin' Stupid-Nancy & Fr. Sinatra (Rep.) 2. Sweet Soul Music-Arthur Conley (Atco) 3. In The Midnight Hour-Wanted (A&M) 4. I Think We're Alone Now-T.James & Shndlls. (Roul) 5. Jimmy Mack-Martha & Vandellas (Gordy) 6. Western Union-Five Americans (Abnak) 7. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You-Aretha Franklin (Atl.) 8. The Love I saw In You Was Just A Mirage-Miracles (Tamla) 9. The Girl I Knew Somewhere-Monkees (Colgems) 10. This Is My Song-Petula Clark (W.B.) 11. Gonna Give Her All The Love-Jimmy Ruffin (Soul) 12. Love Eyes-Nancy Sinatra (Rep.) 13. With This Ring-Platters (Musicor) 14. Dry Your Eyes-Brenda & Tabs. (Dionn) 15. Don't You Care-Buckinghams (Col.) 16. Bernadette-Four Tops (Motown) 17. Music To Watch Girls By-Andy Williams (Col.) 18. It Takes Two-Kim Weston & M. Gaye (Tamla) 19. I'm A Man-Spencer Davis Group (U. A.) 20. The Happening-Supremes (Motown) 21. Nothing Takes The Place Of You-Toussaint McCall (Ronn) 22. What A Woman In Love Won't Do-Sandy Posey (MGM) 23. Sunday For Tea-Peter & Gordon (Cap.) 24. Happy Together-Turtles (Wh.Whale) 25. At The Zoo-Simon & Garfunkel (Col.) 26. Detroit City-Tom Jones (Parrot) 27. You Got What It Takes-Dave Clark Five (Epic) 28. I Found A Love Pt. 1-Wilson Pickett (Atl.) 29. Pipe Dream-Blues Magoos (Merc.) 30. Tell Me To My Face-Keith (Merc.) RADIO 8 FUTURE HITS When You're Young & In Love-Marvelettes (Tamla) Close Your Eyes-Peaches & Herb (Date) My Girl Josephine-Jerry Jaye (Hi) Shake A Tail Feaather-Jas. & Bobby Purify (Bell) When I Was Young-Eric Burdon & Animals (MGM) I Could Be So Good To You-Don & Goodtimes (Epic)
RADIO 8 CKLW. The CKLW HIT PARADE represents the judgement of
CKLW's record Selection Committee as to the relative popularity of
current recordings in the Motor City Area and is conditioned by such
factors as Industry Tabulations, Local Record Sales, and Telephone
requests.
The All Time Top 300 - The Greatest Hits In Motor City Music History arrives May 1, May 2 & May 3 on FUN RADIO 8 CKLW
FRONT COVER: THE MONKEES
From: Henry Itec <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s
Subject: CKLW - WKNR Top 30 - April 11th 1967
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 12:28:34 -0500
CKLW (Hit Parade from Radio 8 for the Motor City)
Issue #2***
(***Note CKLW Had Top 30's before this date, they were not numbered)
(** Note Spelling as listed on survey)
TW LW Title/Artist 1 2 Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley 2 1 Something Stupid - Fr.** & Nancy Sinatra 3 4 I Think Were Alone Now - T James & Shndlls 4 5 Jimmy Mack - Martha & Vandellas 5 18 It takes Two - Kim Weston & M Gaye 6 3 In the Midnight Hour - The Wanted 7 20 The Happening - Supremes 8 6 Western Union - Five Americans 9 7 I Never Loved a Man - Aretha Franklin 10 15 Dont You Care - Buckinghams 11 8 The Love I Saw In You - Miracles 12 11 Gonna Give Here All The Love - Jimmy Ruffin 13 10 This is My Song - Petula Clark 14 9 A Little Bit Me / Girl I Knew - Monkees 15 14 Dry Your Eyes - Brenda & Tabs 16 27 You Got What It Takes - Dave Clark Five 17 30 Close Your Eyes - Peaches & Herb 18 13 With This Ring - Platters 19 21 Nothing Takes The Place of You - Toussaint McCall 20 19 Im A Man - Spencer Davis Group 21 12 Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra 22 28 I Found a Love - Wilson Pickett 23 -- Psychdelic Used Car Lot Blues - Southbound Freeway 24 22 What a Women Wont Do - Sandy Posey 25 FH Dead End Street - Lou Rawls 26 -- I'll Try Anything - Dusty Springfield 27 -- Friday on My Mind - Easybeats 28 -- Sunshine Girl - Parade 29 25 At The Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 30 FH When You're Young & In Love - Marvelettes FUTURE HITS Casino Royal - Alpert & TJ Brass Mirage - T James & Shndlls Him or Me - Paul Revere & Raiders Respect - Aretha Franklin Melancholy Music Man - Righteous Bros. Happy Jack - The Who
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From: [email protected] (Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s
Subject: CKLW BIG 30 for April 2, 1968
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 03:28:49 GMT
[Note: previous week rankings added in subsequent message by Henry Itec <[email protected]>]
CKLW'S BIG 30 RECORDS IN THE MOTOR CITY
Issue No. 53 - Previewed April 2, 1968
(2) 1. Honey-Bobby Goldsboro (UA) (1) 2. The Unicorn-Irish Rovers (Decca) (3) 3. The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp-O. C. Smith (Columbia) (13) 4. Tighten Up-Archie Bell & The Drells (Atlantic) (11) 5. Look At What I Almost Missed-Parliaments (Revilot) (4) 6. I Got The Feelin'-James Brown (King) (8) 7. Sweet Inspiration-Sweet Inspirations (Atlantic) (6) 8. The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde-Georgie Fame (Epic) (19) 9. I Am The Man For You Baby-Edwin Starr (Gordy) (12) 10. Dance To The Music-Sly & The Family Stone (Epic) (9) 11. Lady Madonna-Beatles (Capitol) (5) 12. Since You've Been Gone-Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) (15) 13. The Way Of A Man-Darrow Fletcher (Revue) (21) 14. Does Your Mama Know About Me-Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers (Gordy) (7) 15. Scarborough Fair-Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) (20) 16. Young Girl-Union Gap (Columbia) (23) 17. Funky Street-Arthur Conley (Atco) (14) 18. Cry Like A Baby-Box Tops (Mala) (24) 19. Playboy-Gene & Debbie (TRX) (16) 20. The Mighty Quinn-Manfred Mann (Mercury) (26) 21. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly-Hugo Montenegro (RCA) (27) 22. U. S. Male-Elvis Presley (RCA) (22) 23. Forever Came Today-Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown) (25) 24. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day- Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (30) 25. If You Don't Want My Love-Robert John (Columbia) (HB) 26. Cowboys To Girls-Intruders (Gamble) (28) 27. Love Is All Around-The Troggs (Fontana) (29) 28. The Impossible Dream-Hesitations (Epic) (HB) 29. Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music-The Bandwagon (Epic) (HB) 30. Do You Know The Way To San Jose-Dionne Warwick (Scepter) BIG HITBOUNDS Suddenly You Love Me-The Tremeloes (Epic) A Beautiful Morning-The Rascals (Atlantic) Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing-Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
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From: Henry Itec <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s
Subject: Re: 1970 top 100?
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 02:08:01 -0400
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CKLW's The Top 100 of 1970 (CKLW - The Big 8 - Detroit/Windsor)
(Compiled from CKLW's Survey of Sales & Listeners Requests)
1. I'll Be There - Jackson 5 2. Love on a 2 Way Street - Moments 3. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel 4. Sprit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum 5. Ohh Child - 5 Stairsteps 6. Venus - Shocking Blue 7. Close to You - Carpenters 8. Looking Out My Back Door - CCR 9. Let it Be - Beatles 10. Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder 11. Thank You/Everybodys a Star - Sly & Family Stone 12. Ball of Confusion - Temptations 13. I Think I Love You - Partridge Family 14. Tears of a Clown - Miracles 15. One Less Bell - 5th Dimension 16. Lola - Kinks 17. War - Edwin Starr 18. ABC - Jackson 5 19. Cracklin Rosie - Neil Diamond 20 Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof(from this point on I'll just group in tens, and only i.d. the artist on lesser known songs - if you have questions on any, ask)
21-30. Rainy Night in Georgia Little Green Bag In The Summertime Aint No Mountian High Enough My Sweet Lord Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board I've Got a Thing - Funkadelics Cecilia Fire & Rain Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (31-40) Hitchin' a Ride Up Around The Bend Long & Winding Road Spill The Wine I Want You Back Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Turn Back The Hands of Time - Tyronne Davis Ma Belle Amie Lets Work Together - Wilbert Harrison Love Land - Watts 103rd Street Band (41-50) If I Were Your Women - Gladys Knight Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson If You Were Mine - Ray Charles Gimmie Dat Ding Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor Make It With You God Love Rock & Roll - Teegarden & VanWinkle He Aint Heavy - Hollies Still Water - 4 Tops Dont Play That Song - Aretha Franklin (51-60) We've Only Just Begun Band of Gold Pschydelic Shack Which Way You Going Billy - Poppy Family Who Will Stop The Rain/Travlin Band - CCR Hey There Lonely Girl That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch The Bells It's a Shame - Spinners As The Years Go By - Mashmakhan (61-70) Engine #9 - Wilson Pickett Stoned Love The Love You Save Didn't I Instant Karma Love or Let Me Be Lonely Patches - Clarence Carter All Right Now - Free That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family Express Your Self - Watts 103rd Street (71-80) 5-10-15-20 - The Presidents Green Eyed Lady Knock Three Times American Women/No Sugar Tonight - Guess Who Maybe Im Amazed - Paul McCartney Kentucky Rain - ELvis Love Grows Baby Take Me in Your Arms - Jefferson What is Truth - Johnny Cash It's Impossible - Perry Como (81-90) Everything is Beautiful Shilo Candida Do You See My Love - Jr Walker The Wonder of You - Elvis Call Me - Aretha Franklin Gyspy Women - Brian Hyland Stay Away - Major Lance He Aint Heavy - Neil Diamond Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman (91-100) Drop By My Place - Carl Carlton Make Me Smile Early in the Morning Its All in the Game - 4 Tops How Bout a Little Hand - The Boys in the Band Arizona Aint It Funky Now - James Brown 25 or 6 to 4 Black Magic Women Jingle Jangle - Archies
From: Henry Itec <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s
Subject: CKLW TOP 30 APRIL 1967
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 12:09:52 -0400
CKLW HIT PARADE WEEKS of April 4th thru April 26th
(dates on the charts)(Issue #1-#4)
26 18 11 4 Title - Artist 1 4 10 15 DON'T YOU CARE - BUCKINGHAMS 2 2 3 4 I Think Were Alone Now - T James & Shondells 3 11 FH -- Respect - Aretha Franklin 4 5 14 EX All I Need - Temptations 5 1 1 2 Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley 6 6 25 FH Dead End Street - Lou Rawls 7 26 FH -- Happy Jack - The Who 8 3 2 1 Something Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra 9 17 27 -- Friday On My Mind - Easybeats 10 29 FH -- Release Me - Englebert Humperdinck 11 FH -- -- I Got Rhythm - Happenings 12 7 7 20 The Happening - Supremes 13 24 EX -- My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye 14 5 11 8 Love I Saw In You - Miracles 15 15 16 27 You Got What It Takes - Dave Clark Five 16 -- FH -- Mirage - T James & Shondells 17 9 15 14 Dry Your Eyes - Brenda & Tabulations 18 28 FH -- Him or Me - Paul Revere & Raiders 19 -- -- -- Alfie - Dionne Warwick 20 FH -- -- Creeque Alley - Mama's & Papa's 21 10 20 19 I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group 22 FH -- -- Baby Please Come Back Home - J J Barnes 23 19 FH -- Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass 24 22 EX -- My Babe - Ronnie Dove 25 25 30 FH When You're Young & In Love - Marvelettes 26 -- -- FH Shake a Tail Feather - James & Bobby Purfiy 27 FH -- -- Too Many Fish/Three Little Fishes - Mitch Ryder 28 20 17 30*Close Your Eyes - Peaches & Herb 29 30 -- -- My Back Pages - The Byrds 30 -- -- -- Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon -- 8 12 11 Gonna Give Her All The Love - Jimmy Ruffin -- 12 19 21 Nothing Takes The Place - Toussaint McCall -- 13 8 6 Western Union - Five Americans -- 16 18 13 With This Ring - Platters -- 18 5 18 It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston -- 21 14 9 Little Bit Me/Girl I Knew - Monkees -- 23 26 -- I'll Try Anything - Dusty Springfield -- 27 21 12 Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra -- -- 4 5 Jimmy Mack - Martha & Vandellas -- -- 6 3 In The Midnight Hour - The Wanted -- -- 9 7 Never Loved a Man - Aretha Franklin -- -- 13 10 This Is My Song- Petula Clark -- -- 22 28 I Found a Love - Wilson Pickett -- -- 23 -- Psychdelic Used Car Lot Blues - Southbound Freeway -- -- 24 22 What a Women Won't Do - Sandy Posey -- -- 28 -- Sunshine Girl - Parade -- -- 29 25 At The Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel -- -- -- 16 Bernadette - Four Tops -- -- -- 17 Music To Watch Girls - Andy Williams -- -- -- 23 Sunday For Tea - Peter & Gordon -- -- -- 24 Happy Together - Turtles -- -- -- 26 Detroit City - Tom Jones -- -- -- 29 Pipe Dream - Blues Magoos -- -- -- 30*Tell Me To My Face - Keith FH (Future Hits) EX (Extra Hits) Future Hits April 26th Groovin' - Young Rascals On a Carousel - Hollies Just Look What You've Done - Brenda Holloway I've Lost You - Jackie Wilson Kaiser Bill's Batman - Whistling Jack (Smith) Aint No Mountian High Enough - Marvin & Tammi April 18th (That are not listed above) She'd Rather Be With Me - Turtles These Are Not My People - Billy Joe Royal April 11th Melancholy Music Man - Righteous Brothers April 4th When I Was Young - Animals I Could Be So Good To You - Don & The Goodtimes
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Still searching for the copies {original or photocopy} of the
Following Issues of the CKLW Top 30
(I only collect late 60's to early 70's)
Issue # 1, 6, 16, 21, 23, 25, 31, 40, 47, 50, 54-56, 61, 62, 65, 67,
69, 74, 73, 77, 79, 80, 83, 94, 101, 141, 143, 146.
contact henry i ([email protected])
or
plannine ([email protected])
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