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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

WLS Top 40 for Week of June 8, 1970-- Part 6: "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"


That's right.  Fifty years ago.

15.  LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN)--  Melanie      #6      Her voice can pierce your heart.  The perfect voice for a generation.  Whenever I hear this song it takes me back to the disturbances at Northern Illinois University in the wake of the Kent State tragedy.   Her biggest hit.

14.  COME SATURDAY MORNING--  Sandpipers     #17    From the movie "The Sterile Cuckoo."  Male vocal group.   So sweet.  Their biggest hit was "Guantanamera"  (#9-1966).  

13.  GIMME DAT THING--  Pipkins      #9   Tony Burrows' group.  He is doing the Wolfman Jack voice on this song.   He sure had a hot streak going back.  He was lead singer of Edison Lighthouse  "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", White Plains  "My Baby Loves Loving" which is at #9 on this week's survey and Brotherhood of Man "United We Stand."

12.  MAKE ME SMILE--  Chicago.    #9   Give me those horns.  Their first big hit.

11.  RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE--  Blues Image    #4     Is it a nautical song?   Their only Top 40.   From Tampa, Florida.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "That's Right, That's Right, I'm Sad And Blue."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Gimme Dat Thing"




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