Time Warp-- January 11, 1972

Continuing with Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots Time Warp to this date. His comment after the group. Mine in parentheses.

I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING-- HILLSIDE SINGERS-- Go ahead and reach for that Coke. On TV all the time in a Coca-Cola commercial. On a hill somewhere, I think it was in Italy. The New Seekers also had a version of this one. (Hey, don't look at me, I'm a Pepsi/Dr. Pepper guy.)
HE, BIG BROTHER-- RARE EARTH-- brand new
THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS-- REDBONE-- Hey, it was a very paranoid time.

LET'S STAY TOGETHER-- AL GREEN-- one of the biggest R&B hits by the Rev. Recorded down Memphis way.
SUNSHINE-- JONATHAN EDWARDS-- Well into the top ten.
BRAND NEW KEY-- MELANIE-- solo artist

BLACK DOG-- LED ZEPPELIN-- current 45 from the "IV" album. (Can anybody say "Stairway To ...)
DAY AFTER DAY-- BADFINGER-- From the album "Straight Up." Badfinger and Harry Nilsson were recording in the same studio, just down the hall from each other. Badfinger was working on "Straight UP" and Nilsson on his "Nilsson Schmilsson" album. The story goes that Nilsson walked down the hall to get them to come back to his session so they could see what he was doing with their song "Without You." They had no idea he was recording one of their tunes.
WITHOUT YOU-- NILSSON-- One of two Badfinger songs in the radio.

STAY WITH ME-- FACES-- Might as well face the music and dance with the Faces. Bonafide hit with Rod Stewart out front.
ROCK & ROLL-- DETROIT-- Pile-driving version of the old Lou Reed and Velvet Underground song, this time with Mitch Ryder who was out front of his new group just called Detroit (No more Wheels)
AMERICAN PIE-- DON MCLEAN-- The Number One Song in Chicago as we approached the 13anniversary. Number one on both surveys (WLS and WCFL)

He introduces each segment with part of a song. Two of them were the Jacksons" "Sugar Daddy" in the Top Ten and from Gary, Indiana,and the Osmonds "Down by the Lazy River." (Sure gagged through these two and am glad he didn't play all of the song.) Temptaions' "Superstar" and they've been with us eight years now. Chicago's own Chi-lites had "Have You Seen Her?"

Sure Brought Back memories. --RoadDog

Funny Cop Comment: "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than that one you just ran through."