These are some of the top twenty songs from Dave McAleer's "Book of Hit Singles: Top 20 Charts" being played for the month of May that Bob Stroud didn't play. My quotes.
ABC-- JACKSON FIVE-- These guys really had some great songs back then, before Mikey went all weird on us.
TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME-- TYRONE DAVIS-- Great soul classic
LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET-- MOMENTS
FOR THE LOVE OF HIM-- BOBBI MARTIN
WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY-- POPPY FAMILY-- Cry Me a River after you gag me.
GET READY-- RARE EARTH-- Blue-eyed soul at its best.
McAleer also does a monthly British chart. For the month of May:
BACK HOME-- ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD-- What? Is this a soccer song?
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN-- FRIJID PINK-- A heavy version
YELLOW RIVER-- CHRISTIE-- If I had to pick just ONE all-time favorite song, this would probably be it. It ranked #7 in May, but was the #1 song in the UK for June. Looking at several of the US charts, it never made the top twenty. When this song comes up on my juke box, I'm very liable to play it many, many times.
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-- SIMON & GARFUNKEL
TRAVELIN' BAND-- CCR-- My boys!!!
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE-- ANDY WILLIAMS
WHEN JULIE COMES AROUND-- CUFF LINKS
GIMME DAT THING-- PIPKINS-- How do you get better than this.
HONEY COME BACK-- GLEN CAMPBELL-- Oh well.
*** The Beatles were still together, but rumors were all over the place tat they were on the brink of ending as a group. All had solo projects going on.
*** It may have been the start of the seventies, but a sixties revival was underway with "The Letter (Box Tops/Joe Cocker), "House of the Rising Sun" (Animals/Frijid Pink), and "Get Ready (Temptations/Rare Earth).
Great Times Back Then. --RoadDog
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