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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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J.L. HUDSON CO. on WOODWARD AVE.
DOWNTOWN DETROIT
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www.DetroitKidShow.com
Ed has posted a giant
WXYZ Christmas photo
featuring all of your favorite celebs from the ‘60s.
How many can you name?
(Click on the photo for the answers.)
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Plus, watch a vintage holiday video greeting from Sonny Eliot and his wife, Annette.
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WORTH READING
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VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE
December 2008 Issue
‘It Happened in Hitsville’
by LISA ROBINSON
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Detroit, Michigan: the two-story building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard looks like
an ordinary suburban house—except for the bright-blue Hitsville U.S.A. sign above the
front porch. The first floor of this national landmark includes a reception area,
a room filled with reel-to-reel tape machines and boxes of master tapes,
old vending machines filled with candy and cigarettes, a glass-windowed control room,
and a recording studio. Studio A, as it is known and preserved in this
Motown Historical Museum, was, at the beginning of the 1960.
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READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE 'IT HAPPENED IN HITSVILLE'
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SAVE THE DATE
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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
7:30-10:30 pm
Macomb Community College
Lorenzo Cultural Center
ROBIN SEYMOUR
will host a re-creation of Swingin' Time,
complete with a short video clip from his TV show.
Also appearing will be a local band comprised of
well-known musicians from the Detroit area.
Adding to the atmosphere will be a dance floor and a DJ to spin the ol' 45s.
Attendees are encouraged to dress in 60's style.
Admission: $25.00 per person
Food and a cash bar — and a fabulous time for everyone!
Detroit Memories (that'd be me, Eileen) will be there.
More details available as the date approaches.
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GOT QUESTIONS?
R THE DETROIT TV GUY
ED GOLICK
Webmaster of www.DetroitKidShow.com
and a vintage Detroit TV show expert
If you have a question you’d like Ed to answer, email it to info@detroitmemories.com
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QUESTION: Who said "Ready, Mr. Dale, roll 'em"?
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Larry Proghovnick
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ED: Bob Dale, the same guy who hosted Academy Award Theater sponsored by Rose Jewelers. Outside of Detroit, Bob acted under the name of Graydon Goss.
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QUESTION: Who was the voice of The Lone Ranger?
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ED: Brace Beemer was the most popular radio actor to portray The Lone Ranger on the radio (1941-1955). He replaced Earle Graser who died in a tragic automobile accident. The Lone Ranger radio show along with The Green Hornet and Challenge of the Yukon (Sgt. Preston) originated from WXYZ in Detroit. Brace's son Bob was Soupy Sales' manager. Another son, J.D. Beemer, was Justice Colt, a kid's show host on WXYZ-TV. Brace Beemer had a horse ranch in Oxford, MI. I believe there is still a statue of him as The Lone Ranger in Oxford.
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QUESTION: Do you remember a TV host called The Black Spider? He used to host serials like "Don Winslow of the Navy." He wore a Hawaiian shirt and looked like Ernie Kovacs on heroin.
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Elliot Feldman
ED: WXYZ-TV's The Black Spider hosted old mystery movies and serials in the mid 1950s. Dressed in a sweat stained t-shirt topped off with a wrinkled Hawaiian shirt, greasy black hair and pencil-thin moustache, he was introduced on every show as "Honest Eddie Palermo, The Black Spider, at his secret Caribbean hideout." The set consisted of an old wooden chair which sat next to a round table, topped with a lit candle shoved inside of an old whiskey bottle. The character commented on the movies while chain smoking and fondling a revolver.
Throughout the '50s, The Black Spider was portrayed by three different actors: Leonard Jaslove, Irv Immerman and Rube Weiss. Since the show was done live, before the advent of video tape, there is no video footage.
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FROM THE DETROIT MEMORIES
EMAIL INBOX
Occasionally I receive emails I feel would be of interest
to our Detroit Memories Newsletter subscribers.
With the permission of the authors, I'll publish them.
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JOHNNY GINGER
Eileen,
Great website! You've just about gotten all the bases covered.
Johnny Ginger's real name is Galen Grindle. I'm Jerry Gale Grindle, one of Johnny's sons and I was named after his first "stage name."
Thanks for keeping all these great memories alive!
Jerry Gale
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WXYZ-TV
Hi, Eileen,
I'm a regular reader of your newsletter and send it on to friends.
I was a Producer/Director with WXYZ-TV from 1952 to 1970. What a wonderful era in TV! In those days, we only had SIX HOURS of Network programming a week, all of the rest was locally originated with Channel 7 utilizing more live talent than any other station in town.
The item on 'Coffee and Cakes' (Nov 2008 issue) brought back old memories as the show was on the air when I first started at the station.
Speaking of Robin Seymour reminds me that his Production Coordinator, Beverly Kaye, whom I later married by the way, confessed to me that they used to watch our Channel 7, Saturday teen dance show, Club 1270, that I directed, with Lee Alan and Joel Sebastian as co-hosts, which was on before Swingin' Time', so that they could 'borrow' my production ideas.
We benefitted greatly by Motown being close by as we were able to feature such talents as; Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles and, yes, The Four Tops, as well as, the rest of the Motown stars on a regular basis.
Thanks for the memories and keep up the great work!
Chase (Chuck) Snead
San Diego
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THE BEAUBIEN FAMILY
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BEAUBIEN HOUSE
553 E. Jefferson, Detroit
Owned by Antoine Beaubien and builder Charles Trombly
Hi Eileen,
I am from the original Beaubien family. My grandfather was Philip D. Beaubien, and, as I recall, he was at one time the local Detroit historian. My father's name was Stanley and my cousin Anne's father was Fred Beaubien.
Another prominent piece of land that the family donated to Detroit was the property that the old City Hall was built on. My grandfather told my brother Philip and me that if the City Hall was ever razed, the ownership of that property would revert back to our family. A legal document was created with a copy inserted into a time capsule at the time the building was dedicated. This legal document never made it into either Phil’s or Anne’s hands. However, my grandfather did leave us some wonderful history books of early Detroit.
There were many grand stories of the family regarding their interface with the local Indian leaders. I've got to get those beautiful books out and into my granddaughters’ hands and get them interested in that early history.
I really appreciate all of your contributions to remembering Detroit’s History.
Appreciatively,
Tom Beaubien
P.S.: I certainly remember the Trombley name.
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Eileen to Tom: I Googled ‘Beaubien’ and was surprised to find a Beaubien/Trombly connection on Wikipedia. I also found:
Beaubien Street - Named for the Beaubien family and their farm, which was bordered by Beaubien Street. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Beaubien and St. Antoine originated from the two Beaubien brothers, Lambert and Antoine, each of whom received half of the family farm after the death of their father, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of the first white settlers on the river, opposite Fort Dearborn. Lambert was a colonel in the First Regiment of Detroit's militia. He fought in the War of 1812. Antoine chose to name his property after his patron saint, St. Antoine. Antoine was a lieutenant colonel in the Michigan Territorial Militia. He donated a chunk of his land for the Sacred Heart Academy, once located at the corner of Jefferson and St. Antoine."
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GOT HISTORY? If your family has roots in Detroit, email me at Eileen@detroitmemories.com. You might be featured in a future issue of the Detroit Memories Newsletter.
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LOUIS THE HATTER
Hi, Eileen,
I am the great-grandson of Louis "The Hatter" Bradlin, and great nephew of Bill Bradlin. I have spent my whole life in Los Angeles, but really like your site. I thought I would pass along the sad news that Bill Bradlin passed away in September of '07. My grandmother, Louis the Hatter's daughter and Bill's sister, also passed away in September. She raised me on stories of the store and Detroit in general.
Keep up the good work, and in this day of gentrification, sites like yours are important.
Sincerely,
Alexis Steppling
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Occasionally someone will forward an email to me containing an entire list of
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FW: YES, THOSE WERE OUR YOUNGER DAYS -- MEMORIES..."
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Amongst others, this email usually contains the following memory;
You used a pillowcase to go 'begging' on Halloween,
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