WLS Top 40 for December 15, 1969-- Part 6: "Leaving On a Jet Plane"

Theses were the Top 40 songs in Chicago according to pop station WLS, 890 AM fifty years ago this week.

15.  SMILE A LITTLE SMILE--  Flying Machine      #5    Brings back those NIU memories.  "Rosemarie, you'll get over it."  A studio project of British songwriters Tony MacAuley and Geoff Stephens.  Their only Top 40.

14.  LEAVING ON A JET PLANE--  Peter, Paul & Mary      #1    One comment said it was the last song he heard before leaving for Vietnam...and the first song he heard returning from Vietnam.    Lots of comments were about the Vietnam War.   Their last charting single and biggest hit.  Saving the best for last.

13.  BABY, I'M FOR REAL--  Originals       #14    It was quite popular in Chicago, but for some reason I don't remember it.  Great song, though.

12.  HOLLY HOLY--  Neil Diamond      #6    Kind of a set piece with "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show."   Born Noah Kaminsky.

11.  UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK--  Band      #25      One of my all-time favorite bands from then.  "A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one" you know.    Their biggest hit on the charts. 

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "When I Get Off This Mountain, You Know Where I Want To Go."  Answer below.


"Up On Cripple Creek"