Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 3]

Hy Walker (at his gut-bucket best) and Big Maybelle, to name a few.

~- dpuy some other kind of records.

_ how more frequently referred to as modern American jazz.

5 i oes:
Saturday, December 5, 1953,

~ listeners, each having different preferences in listening and each

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_ ~When the editors asked me to list the most popular records ssch
week, one of the questions: I should have asked them was, ~Popular

among whom?~ ne
You see, hee are several different segments among my WMRP

~of course, manifesting their choices when a go to-the record counters. i

For example, balks ~with several teen-agers this week served to

throw light on the fact that they go most for singing groups composed of youngsters, the Dominoes, Flamingoes, Orioles, Crows, |
among them.

~Of course, ~this. aves not aN the teenragers quickly point Otte
that ~they only like young vocal groups. Just remember if you wil
that this discussion is primarily concerned with Srrercitts or popularity.:

At agie levels slightly above adolesence there is no marked
change. aaut here it must be said that a larger number of the older
young folks seem to divide ~their interest betweenthe young vocal
aggregations and those reeording artists. = Jéan toward hues, exelusively.

Advaneing to the upper age age brackets, it is found that a more
definite preference is with the Siete. e blues ~ such as is personified by B. B. King, Memphis Slim, Willie Mae Thornton, T-Bone. ~hen, there are those who are almost exclusively followers of the
spirituals.; Among these, it is not clearly defined how many like and |
It is, or seems to be, conceeded that |

the buyers of spirituals: generally have passed their teens.

[oe eal limiting this to the rhythm and blues field, we must not.forget to reckon: with those -who prefer the progressive sounds in music,

"Age among the diseiples who worship at the shfine of what used
to be called bop seems~ to h&ve its confines within the young, but not
~entirely among those who have not yet become. voters.

So éven amid this brief attempt at~ an explanation of the difificulties attendant to selecting the most popular rhythm ~and blues platters
it doubtless becomes understandable to you the task of setting forth
what purports to be Flint~s most popular records eac'1 week., That jis
to say, of course, with any degree of accuracy.

Perhaps then it will be wiser to-list the various records that have
come my way in the form of weapests'' to be played on my radio show,

by doing it this way:

On the past two Saturdays (the onlyday that most teen-agers. can
listen because of no school classes) the most requested tunes werc.
Kid King~s Combos, ~Banana Split,~ the Orioles~ ~~~There~s Gonna Be
A Lonely Christmas, ~ Joe Weaver~s ~15- 40 Specialy, ~ the Dominoes~
~Christmas In Heaven,~ the Crows~ ~Gee.~

Monday through Friday of this weok most requested. on ~~Frniz
vand The Records,~ the jumping jive portion of my daily stint, werc
Biny Bradshaw~s ~Later,~ Little Walter~s ~Blues With A Feelin~,~

e Turner~s ~Honey Hush,~ Four Blazes~ ~Perfect Woman ~~~~ Clyde
Dominoes~ ~Christmas In Heaven,~

~Phatter~s ~Money Honey,~
Faye Adams~ ~I'll Be True,~~: Memphis

B. B. King~s ~~Blind Love,~~
Slim~s ~The Come Back~ and ~Mad Love~,
For All,~ Bill, Davis Trio~s ~Indian Summe~~ ~and Buddy Jchnzon~:

Be. 12. ~

this week for Prof: Alex Bradford~s ~Too Close To Heaven,~
Sister~s ~Marching To Zion,~ Sister Wyona Carr~s ~The Ball Game,~
Dixie Humming Bird~s ~Let's Go Out To the Programs.~

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ena? Safety Effort
~Drunk Driving

~the state associations

Tiny Bradshaw~s ~Free

Daily on Spiritual Time, listeners indicated their top preferences
Davis

Opening of the December statewide traffic safety emphasis program aimed at reducing accidents
due to drunk driving is announ
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paign is sponsored. by the State.
Safety Commission, Michigan
Liquor Control Commission and
of chiefs
of police, sheriffs, judges and
justices.

~Drunk: driving is one of ur
worst traffic accident problems
because of the deaths that result }
and the fact that-such aecidents
are avoidable,~~ Childs said. ~~According to ~National Safety Counrcil statistics, among drivers in-}
volved ~in fatal accidents whose
condition was reported, 18 cut jof
100 had been drinking.~
~Driving on high speed hig
ways requires every motorist ~to
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drink stimulates ~the. imdividaal
to ~take unusual risks or if it impairs his judgment or physical

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in modern traffic and, still worse,

neither do other motorists or}
pedestrians in his path.~
The commissioner cautioned

motorists. who are looking -forward to the holiday season with
its many festive events,
~The smart ones,~ he ~ said,
iake other transportation ar-.rangements if they are going ito
-drink.~ =, |
The - commissioner expressed
appreciation for the cooperation. being given ~the campaign by the
~iquor control commission and.the. Michigan Table Top Licensees Congress.
' In addition, chiefs. of polike
and sheriffs have called meetings
of all bar and tavern owners to,enlist their participation and the

liquor ~commission also asked
them to attend.:
~With all interested groups

working together we hope to
make the holiday period the safest we have ever had,~~ he stated.

More Deer C r0ss
The Straits

Mackinaw City ~ Southbound
nugters had carried 10,294 deer
south on the Straits of ~Mackin
ferries as of midnight Nov. 29..the conservation department. reports.
That figure is well above the
total of 8522 brought south dur~ng the 1952 season, game Wworrers note.

In addition, 326 bear, 21 mee
-otes, four. wolves, 35 bobcats, and

~Negro Leaders Commend Brown<~ll
beth. ELEGRAM
Hon. Herbert Brownell
U.S. Attorney General
| Washington, D.C F

"We, the undersigned, heartily endorse the position taken by the current administration eliminating
_segregation in education in the public schools of
1) our-ndtion, = 5 |.: Mr, and Mrs. J. Merrill Spencer
Mr, and Mrs. Livingston Beane
Mr, and Mrs. Dennis Brown
Mr. and Mrs. A: J. Edmunds
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Simms
Y Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Holt

rN Copy of this telegram was also sent to Pivesis

~three foxes were carried south.on the ferries. J
Last year hunters~ brought.more of those species into southern~ Michigan, but final totals for
the entire 1953 season may yet
alter this picture somewhat. ~

Timber Sales
Hit New High
Lansing ~~ Sales ot state timber in October were the highest
iy the history of the conservation department, foresters report.
Timber sold to. operators off
the 21 state forests brought more
than $52,360 to state coffers
during the month. 4
It was also the first time timber ~receipts exceeded $50,000

for one-month, the foresters say.
They attribute the high ~sales

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