Jack Ely was the man behind the microphone when the Kingsmen recorded Keener’s very first Hit Number One. When he passed away this past week, we looked back at the story of how a garage band created one of the most listened-to songs of the Keener era. Here’s USA Today’s remembrance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1p1dM3snQ

Here is a fun vintage 1960’s TV western / vintage Detroit TV tidbit. From 1962, WXYZ TV’s kids’ show host, Johnny Ginger, made an appearance on THE RIFLEMAN, starring Chuck Connors. This episode, “Two Ounces Of Tin”, featured a guest appearance by Sammy Davis, Jr, as a gunfighter. (Trivia: Johnny’s real name was Galen Grindle) As a kid – we loved watching him host 3 STOOGES, shorts Channel 7.

http://youtu.be/VegwJmx2JQ4

A big “Motortown Revue” at Detroit’s Fox Theatre – 1966. What a talent lineup!

A little optimistic perhaps.. Did you ever own a reel to reel?

From London’s Telegraph: The life and times of Cynthia Lennon, John’s first love, first wife and the mother of Julian.