A LIFE REMEMBERED

CASEY KASEM

Casey Kasem’s career took him far from his Detroit roots, but he never
forgot the place where he first cut his teeth as a deejay – and where he
returned several times to celebrate Detroit radio.

Growing up in the Motor City, Kasem was involved with
Northwestern High School’s radio club and majored in speech education at Wayne State University. One of his early jobs in college was as an usher at a WXYZ quiz show. Soon, he was getting on-air gigs.

READ MORE in The Detroit Free Press

A LIFE REMEMBERED

DON DAVIS

Grammy-winning producer Don Davis, a Detroit native who started as a session guitarist at Motown but became an influential producer, studio owner and business executive, died June 5, 2014 after a brief illness. He was 75.

READ MORE in The Detroit News

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L.A. Detroiters & Michiganders Annual Picnic

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Mass Mob ~ Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church

Sunday, July 13, 2014

10 AM

Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church

4440 Russell

Detroit MI

READ MORE about Mass Mob in the Detroit Free Press

or visit

http://www.detroitmassmob.com/

Tribute to CKLW

The Fraternal Order of Eagles at 25455 South River Rd in Harrison Twp MI, 

will be holding a Special Tribute to CKLW (Oldies Night) on 

Saturday, July 19th from 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm

at the
Mount Clemens FOE Hall. 

Offered will be lots of great food, raffles galore, plenty of giveaways,
and, of course, all the music you remember from back then.

Jo-Jo Shutty will be the Special Guest and the event is open to the public.

Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit

Admission is FREE!

Summertime in Detroit

 The Swimmobile

Children's Zoo at Belle Isle

 Metropolitan Beach

Edgewater Park

 Tiger Stadium

 Bob-Lo

 Flag Day - Hudson's downtown

Tastee-Freez

The Early Detroit Photography of Dave Jordano

CLICK HERE for more photos from the 70s by Dave Jordano.

Dave is a 1966 grad of Kimball HS and his wife a 1969 of Lamphere.
They met over 40 years ago at what was then called the
Detroit Society of Arts & Crafts.

A LIFE REMEMBERED

HARRY JARKEY

(1913-2014)

Read about Harry:

http://detroitkidshow.com/jarkey.htm

Harry Jarkey was a Detroit TV host in the late 1950s and an entertainer 

at venues like the the Roostertail and Elmwood Casino in Windsor.
He was a summer fixture at the Wenona Beach Casino in
Bay City, MI for nearly 30 years.
He retired in 1975 and moved to Palm Desert CA.
Below is an interview with him at his home
conducted on Feb 6, 2010 by Michael Collins, 

a former Detroit newsanchor and videotaped by me, Eileen.

Harry was 97 years young on that day,

and was thrilled that we came to talk to him about his long career.

He was one of the sweetest men I've ever had the pleasure of knowing

and will be deeply missed.

He would have been 101 this August.

‘Detroit’s TV expert’ turns back time with eclectic collection

By Tracey Morris
Motor City Muckraker

Walk through Ed Golick’s front door and you’ll go back in time to the days when kids ate lunch with Soupy, dreamed of being friends with Bozo the Clown, and listened for their name during roll call on “Romper Room.” He lovingly describes his vast collection of books, photos, files, props, and tchotchkes as “the Bettman Archive of Detroit TV.” His role, once described by Time magazine as “Detroit’s TV expert,” is an inadvertent but treasured one.

Read More:
http://motorcitymuckraker.com/blog/2014/06/01/detroits-tv-expert-turns-back-time-with-eclectic-collection-of-icons-like-soupy/

A LIFE REMEMBERED

Ralph Pruitt, the last original member of the Detroit R&B group, The Fantastic Four, died Tuesday at Sinai Grace Hospital. The singer was 74.

Read more from The Detroit News: 
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140604/OBITUARIES/306040108#ixzz33hNPF8vw

Detroit's Bozo the Clown, Art Cervi

Anyone who grew up in metro Detroit remembers Bozo the Clown, portrayed by the multi-talented Art Cervi, who later became the producer of the highly successful Swingin' Time dance show starring Robin Seymour.

Herb Mentzer, a former radio personality at an assortment of stations around Detroit, has been working on writing about Art's career for some time. 

If all goes as planned, his book will be available online during the week of June 9th at www.Lulu.com, and, eventually, in bookstores (he hopes).

Dozens of photos will be included in the book, as well as plenty of memories and some real surprises about the alter ego of Bozo. 

Watch for details in the July issue of the Detroit Memories Newsletter!

Detroit Emmy nomination for 'History of Detroit TV'

Michigan's TV Emmy nominations were announced, including several for the team of former Detroit News TV writer Tim Kiska, who was nominated along with Michael Collins, Scott Kemp and Ed Golick for Best Historical Documentary and for Best Writer (Collins, Kiska and Golick) for "Detroit Remember When: The History of Detroit Television," which aired in December on WTVS Detroit Public TV.

The Emmys will be handed out on Saturday, June 14th at the MotorCity Casino Sound Board.

The documentary features a dazzling number of vintage clips, including our beloved Soupy Sales and also a 14-year old Ursula Walker singing on live TV, plus some 1959 Sagebrush Shorty 16mm kinescope footage discovered by Golick at an estate sale.

Read more from The Detroit News: 
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140516/ENT09/305160065#ixzz328ZfvvoU

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Detroit Remember When:

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Soupy Sales. Johnny Ginger. Auntie Dee. Sonny Elliot. 

Robin Seymour. Bill Bonds. 
The list of characters who entered our living rooms through 
Detroit television is long and colorful.

This one-hour documentary examines local TV from the 
late 1940s to the 1990s. Highlights include rare footage 
with an amazing vocal performance by 
14-year-old Ursula Walker, who today is a Detroit jazz legend; 
profiles of Soupy Sales, Sonny Elliot, Bill Kennedy 
and other local celebrities; the story behind one of the 
longest-running TV series in America, Detroit’s American Black Journal; recollections from Mitch Ryder and others, and much more. 

"Detroit Remember When: The History of Detroit TV" was produced by Michael Collins, Ed Golick, Bill Kubota and Tim Kiska. 


WATCH THE TRAILER:

Detroit Dragway

See more of Joe Stevens Detroit Dragway photos at:

http://www.joestevensphotos.com/DragRacing/DetroitDragwayPhoto-DragRacing/

Remember the commercial?
Recognize the voices?

J.L. Hudson's History

departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com

Check out the on-line museum of North America's independent department stores. The museum holds all sorts of information about classic department stores which either no longer exist, or are changed beyond recognition. A few of them are still with us, and provide an interesting connection to North America's retail past. The others are presented so that they may be properly remembered as a tangible part of the lives of their customers, shopping destinations where memories were often made.

A LIFE REMEMBERED

Deon Jackson

Soul singer and songwriter

by Art Vuolo, http://www.vuolovideo.com/

Deon Jackson sat in front of me in English class at Ann Arbor (Pioneer) High School in 1964.  He was on the bus with me to Detroit's historic Fort Wayne facility for our US Military Draft Physical and was managed by the same man who discovered Del Shannon, Ollie McLaughlin of "Ollie's Caravan" on local station WHRV 1600, now WAAM in Ann Arbor.  The 50th Class Reunion of AAHS is coming up in July.  Deon almost made it.  Damn shame.

He was best known for the #11 pop hit, "Love Makes The World Go Round," and died at his home near Chicago April 19. He was 68. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Deon was signed by producer Ollie McLaughlin while still in high school. After a couple of regional Detroit hits on Atlantic Records and much touring, he broke through with his composition of "Love Makes The World Go Round" on the Carla label in 1966. The song reached #3 on the R&B charts. Three more singles, however, failed to crack the top 60, but Deon kept performing—a fact that he kept secret from his students at a Wheaton, Illinois school where he later served as a counselor. They finally discovered him in 2008 on YouTube.

Photo Gallery: EDGEWATER PARK

Additional information and photos

http://water-winterwonderland.com/amusementpark.aspx?id=301&LocTypeID=2

Edgewater Park commercial

http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/multimedia/audio/EdgewaterPark.mp3

Edgewater Park Roller Coaster Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_2jU3eyjiY

The Pure Michigan Statewide Singalong

What happens when 4 guys take 7 days, drive 3000 miles 

and hit up 50 different cities? 

A Statewide Singalong!

Click here:

http://vimeo.com/49133017

US Navy marks upcoming debut of 6th USS Detroit

DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. Navy has held a ceremony to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit.

The USS Detroit is under construction at the Lockheed Martin Marinette Shipyard in Marinette, Wis., and will be launched and christened this summer. The Littoral Combat Ship is set to join the fleet in 2016.

Authorities held a ceremony Friday at Port Detroit to unveil the ship’s crest. Participants included Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority chief John Jamian, County Executive Robert Ficano, Deputy Mayor Ike McKinnon and Barbara Levin, wife of U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin.

The British built the first USS Detroit at Malden, Canada, in 1813. The U.S. Navy captured the 12-gunner in the Battle of Lake Erie that year.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/21/us-navy-marks-upcoming-debut-of-6th-uss-detroit/#ixzz2zA16FHDf