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During the late 1960s, Aretha Franklin, a singer-songwriter from Detroit, became America's preeminent female soul artist, recording on the competing Atlantic Records label. In the late 1960s, Metro Detroit was the epicenter for high-energy rock music with MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, [3] [4] the precursors of the punk rock movement.
Detroit Courier: 1966 [15] 1967 [15] Detroit: Detroit's News & Views Community Views (1960s) [17] 1960s [17] 1900s [16] Weekly [16] News & Views: LCCN sn98066102; OCLC 39136408; Community Views: LCCN sn97070649; OCLC 38415062; Attested for at least 1964–1970. [16] Detroit: Detroit Epic News: 1960s [18] 1900s [18] Irregular [18] LCCN ...
In 2017, Annapurna Pictures released Detroit, a feature film dramatization of the 12th Street Riot and the Algiers Motel incident, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. [82] Hysell acted as a special advisor on the film and was present every day on the set. [83] The movie soundtrack includes a singing performance by Algee Smith of Larry Reed's song ...
On November 11, the News began using the presses of the Times to help with its huge bump in circulation. Before the News bought the Times, its daily circulation was around 525,000 and 740,000 on Sunday. After the sale, the News was printing 900,000 copies daily and 1.2 million on Sundays. (The first such Sunday run, on November 13, 1960, broke ...
May 1 - Jack Adams, coach (1927-1947) and manager (1927-1962) of the Detroit Red Wings who discovered and signed 16-year-old Gordie Howe, at age 73 from a heart attack at his office in Detroit [25] October 28 - Wilber M. Brucker, Governor of Michigan (1931-1933) and United States Secretary of the Army (1955-1961), at age 74 in Detroit
March 9 - Detroit Tigers manager Charlie Dressen suffered a heart attack, sidelining him for the first part of the 1965 season. March 20 - The Michigan basketball team lost to UCLA, 91–80, in the NCAA championship game in Portland, Oregon; March 25 - Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo from Detroit was shot by members of the Ku Klux Klan in ...
Events from the year 1960 in Michigan.. The top stories of the year in Michigan included: (1) the nomination and election of John Swainson, a 35-year-old double amputee, as Governor of Michigan; (2) the decision of G. Mennen Williams not to run for a seventh term as governor; (3) the selection of Michigan's Nancy Fleming as Miss America; (4) John F. Kennedy's taking Michigan's electoral votes ...
Pages in category "1960s in Detroit" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Devil's Night; M.