Now this is truly rare from Hy-Lit's Show in Philly. Marvin Gaye does a medley of his early hits! Now if we can just get Jerry Blavats to release some of his old shows and we'll see a lot of rare Motown!
Now this is truly rare from Hy-Lit's Show in Philly. Marvin Gaye does a medley of his early hits! Now if we can just get Jerry Blavats to release some of his old shows and we'll see a lot of rare Motown!
Amazing footage, Marv. Just wonderful to see. What a terrific find. Thanks very much for posting.
Although Hy Lit is deceased, Hy's 2 radio shows are continuing on the air:
- HyLitRadio.com - Oldies
- HyLitRhythm.com - Rhythm of Philadelphia
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I assume that Hy Lit is a person. Is that right? Which years was this show on TV? Was it a national show?
Would Can I Be A Witness be his latest single?
Great clip isn't it. Thanks for posting.
Hy-Lit was indeed a person with a BIG personality LOL! I don't know the exact years ,but his program ran from roughly the mid 60s to the very early 70s. It began as a local show and I just learned recently that it was syndicated to other markets/cities mostly along the East Coast of the US. "Can I Be A Witness would not have been his latest single at the time of this clip as I strongly believe this to be in the 1967-68 time frame.
This is from 1967 because he did "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Tammi on the same show.
I first saw some of this footage on Marvin's episode of VH1 Legends back in 1996. That's why I'm so familiar with the footage. I figured it was some popular East Coast show.
Those early hits were so propulsive... I'm sure in later years Marvin loved those recordings.
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