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Johnny recorded, "Tell the
Dave started out as a dishwash-
Lady I Said Goodbye" and
er for his dad, Sol Shpargel ...
"Whiskey and Gin" ... Local
By 11, Dave Shpargel was the
disc jockey Robin Seymour
city's youngest counterman ...
D ANNY
(Seymour Altman) liked the
continuing on later at Sol's
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sides
and played them ...
other sites ... and eventually
Local Columnist Robin particularly "pushed"
becoming his partner ... Today,
Johnny as "Johnny Ray the
David is manager of the New
performer" as well as "Johnny Ray the
Detroit Bagel and Deli on Woodward
singer" ... An out-of-town recording
and 13 Mile in Royal Oak.
company recognized his bright star ...
AN EARLY '70S POLL taken of
"Cry" and "Little White Cloud" were
write-in watchers of WJBK-TV includ-
recorded ... and the rest became history
ed three categories ... Best Pizza, Best
... as they went on to become million-
Local Bar and Best Place to Eat.
sellers.
Best Pizza went to Buddy's on Six
An interesting sidelight to the
Mile and Conant ... a good and popu-
lar choice ... but the other two
were quite surprising ... Best
Local Bar was at a bowling
alley, Bowlero in Royal Oak ...
and Best Place to Eat was the
biggest surprise of all ... Bar-B-
Q House of Warren ... fol-
lowed by Joe Muer's, Mitch's
and La Taverna ... Behind
Buddy's were Mitch's, Shield's,
Little Caesar, Dino's,
Buschemi's and Louie's.
Only one person out of 20
that I asked at the time had
ever heard of the Bar-B-Q
House of Warren ... Hard to
conceive that it would have
been a better place to eat than
the multitude of fine restau-
rants in the metropolitan
Detroit area ... Sure didn't say
much for the taste-buds of
WJBK-TV'S audience.

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local booking agent Steve
Massi brought Johnny Ray
into the Flame Show Bar to
entertain crowds at the piano
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