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WCFL Chicago Top 40 Charts 1965-1976

WCFL Chicago Top 40 Charts 1965-1976
Author: Ron Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780595431809

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WCFL Chicago Top 40 Charts 1965-1976 lists, by title and artist, every tune that charted on the WCFL-AM weekly music surveys in the Windy City from the first chart in late 1965 through the final survey in February of 1976 (less than a month before the station itself stopped playing top 40 music altogether). WCFL's status as Chicago's second great top 40 radio station should in no way diminish the memory of what it accomplished and the enjoyment it brought to the city in a little over a decade-a decade that can truly be called the "golden age of Chicago top 40 radio." Combining high energy, attitude and musical daring, WCFL even managed at one point to dethrone perennial top 40 powerhouse WLS-AM. Re-live the days of "The Voice of Labor" with these rankings of the top songs of each year, the top artists and songs of the decade and a listing of every #1 hit. For those who grew up in the Windy City or are fans of Chicago radio, WCFL Chicago Top 40 Charts 1965-1976 is an essential reference.


WCFL Weekly Music Charts

WCFL Weekly Music Charts
Author: Frank Hoffmann
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2015-04-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781511811422

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WCFL fought a close battle with WLS for the lucrative Chicago Top 40 radio market from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. In fact, many of the top deejays in the nation worked at both stations. This volume includes WCFL's weekly pop music charts from December 1965 through December 1970. Also includes an historical survey of the station. Like the other radio charts titles, my goal was to provide a convenient chronological compilation of weekly surveys with corrections of the considerable errors found in both the original sources and in translation to online sites. These radio charts - which exist in the public domain - can be found in a multitude of sources, including original published sheets distributed via retail outlets, mail inquiries, etc., notation of on-air broadcasts, back issues of area newspapers (where stations are located) and music trade periodicals, specialized reference books, and websites interested in historical documentation, most notably, Oldiesloon, musicradio77, and ARSA. I employed multiple sources in the compilation of each radio chart volume in order to provide the most accurate data possible.


Joy and Fear

Joy and Fear
Author: John F. Lyons
Publisher: Permuted Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1682619338

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For many, the Beatles offered a delightful alternative to the dull and the staid, while for others, the mop-top haircuts, the unsettling music, and the hysterical girls that greeted the British imports wherever they went were a symbol of unwelcome social and cultural change. This opposition to the group—more widespread and deeper rooted in Chicago than in any other major American city—increased as the decade wore on, especially when the Beatles adopted more extreme countercultural values. At the center of this book is a cast of characters engulfed by the whirlwind of Beatlemania, including the unyielding figure of Mayor Richard J. Daley who deemed the Beatles a threat to the well-being of his city; the Chicago Tribune editor who first warned the nation about the Beatle menace; George Harrison’s sister, Louise, who became a regular presence on Chicago radio; the socialist revolutionary who staged all of the Beatles’ concerts in the city and used much of the profits from the shows to fund left-wing causes; the African-American girl who braved an intimidating environment to see the Beatles in concert; a fan club founder who disbelievingly found herself occupying a room opposite her heroes when they stayed at her father’s hotel; the University of Chicago medical student who spent his summer vacation playing in a group that opened for the Beatles’ on their last tour; and the suburban record store owner who opened a teen club modeled on the Cavern in Liverpool that hosted some of the biggest bands in the world. Drawing on historical and contemporary accounts, Joy and Fear brings to life the frenzied excitement of Beatlemania in 1960s Chicago, while also illustrating the deep-seated hostility from the establishment toward the Beatles.


Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?

Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?
Author: Raymond I. Schuck
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2012-10-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476600368

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Since its release in 1971, Don McLean's song "American Pie" has become an indelible part of U.S. culture. It has sparked countless debates about the references within the lyrics; been celebrated as a chronicle of American life from the late 1950s through the early 1970s; and has become iconic itself as it has been remade, parodied, and referenced within numerous texts and forums. This volume offers a set of new essays that focus on the cultural and historical significance of the song. Representing a variety of perspectives and fields of study, the essays address such topics as historical and literary interpretations of the song's lyrics, its musical qualities, the commentary the song offers on rock and roll history, the continuing significance of the song, and the ways in which the song has been used by various writers and artists. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.


Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969

Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969
Author: Ron Smith
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2001-08-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781469712475

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We Americans love to rank things. Whether it's the top television programs or movies at the box office, we have a burning desire to know when something is "number one." Music is no exception. Music charts have been around as long as recorded music and radio programs from Your Hit Parade to American Top 40 have capitalized on the idea of counting down the day's top hits. It is said that the first printed radio survey of the current top tunes was the WIND Top 21 in Chicago. Whether that's true is irrelevant. Because of it, Chicagoans got into the habit of picking up a list of the latest hits at their local record stores. When ABC bought WLS, "The Prairie Farmer Station" in 1960 and switched it to the fledgling "top 40" format, it soon followed with the "Silver Dollar Survey" of Chicago's top 40 tunes. For over 30 years, WLS (and its FM successor, WYTZ) kept the surveys going each week. And with its 50,000 watt clear channel signal and enormous respect in the industry, to be listed on WLS' survey was perhaps more of an honor than to appear on the national Billboard Hot 100.Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 documents those songs that dominated the Midwestern airwaves during that decade- considered by many to be top 40's "golden age." Many of the songs listed did not appear at all on the national charts. Others, including local acts, fared much better in Chicago than in the rest of the country. Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 contains an alphabetical listing by title and by artist of every tune listed on the WLS Silver Dollar Surveys during those years. It also lists the top 40 songs of each year and for the entire decade, as well as a supplemental listing of songs on the station's Rhythm-and-Blues chart of 1964. For those who grew up listening to radio in the Windy City as well as for record collectors from anywhere, Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 will be a valued addition to any music reference library.


Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979

Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979
Author: Ron Smith
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2001-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0595206220

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Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979 examines the Windy City's top hits as documented by the weekly record store surveys issued by radio station WLS. As rock 'n' roll music entered its third decade, it was finding itself increasingly fragmented, which challenged the ratings dominance top 40 radio had exhibited throughout the 1960s. But while FM listening overtook AM in the rest of the country by the decade's end, Chicago was the exception. WLS managed to stave off its competition with their commitment to playing Chicago's favorite music- regardless of genre. That music is documented in this book. Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979 lists every song to reach the WLS survey alphabetically by title and artist, with debut and peak dates, highest position reached and number of weeks on the charts. The top songs of each year and for the entire decade are ranked as well. As an added bonus, it features the "Big 89 Artists of the 1970s". For those who grew up listening to Chicago radio as well as for record collectors from anywhere, Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979 will be a valued addition to their music reference libraries.


Superjock

Superjock
Author: Larry Lujack
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Disc jockeys
ISBN: 9780809283026

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The Black Musician and the White City

The Black Musician and the White City
Author: Amy Absher
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-06-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472119176

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An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century


Radio Voices

Radio Voices
Author: Michele Hilmes
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780816626212

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Looks at the history of radio broadcasting as an aspect of American culture, and discusses social tensions, radio formats, and the roles of African Americans and women


Radical Media

Radical Media
Author: John D. H. Downing
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2000-08-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1452238243

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This is an entirely new edition of the author′s 1984 study (originally published by South End Press) of radical media and movements. The first and second sections are original to this new edition. The first section explores social and cultural theory in order to argue that radical media should be a central part of our understanding of media in history. The second section weaves an historical and international tapestry of radical media to illustrate their centrality and diversity, from dance and graffiti to video and the internet and from satirical prints and street theatre to culture-jamming, subversive song, performance art and underground radio. The section also includes consideration of ultra-rightist media as a key contrast case. The book′s third section provides detailed case-studies of the anti-fascist media explosion of 1974-75 in Portugal, Italy′s long-running radical media, radio and access video in the USA, and illegal media in the dissolution of the former Soviet bloc dictatorships.