WLS Top Ten for Week of August 31, 1970: 'In the Summertime'

That would be fifty years ago in case you're counting.  WLS and WCFL, both AM stations,  battled it out for domination in Chicagoland for pop music.

1.   WAR--  Edwin Starr
2.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago
3.  I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B,J, Thomas

4.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry
5.  SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon
6.  SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder
7.  HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who--

8.  LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival
9.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross
10.  NEANDERTHAL MAN--  Hotlegs

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DEBUTS

27. CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond
28.  RUBBER DUCKIE--  Jim (Ernie Henson)

29.  SNOWBIRD--  Anne Murray
30.  I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth

HBD.  PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN)--  Melanie

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If you are a big fan of 1970 music, make sure you listen to Bob Stroud this Coming Sunday, September 6, when he will close out his Summer of 1970 Rock and Roll Roots shows with three hours of the songs on the radio and in our record collections

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Waiting For The Break Of The Day, Searching For Something To Say."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"25 or 6 to 4"

Well, I Went to My Local Record Store on Record Store Day Today

I drove to McHenry, Illinois, just a few hours ago and visited my usual mom and pop record store, The Vinyl Frontier.  I always thought that was a great name for a record store.  Quite catchy.

However, this year, the store was not participating.  Evidently there is a $1500 cost involved to be in it, and business has been so bad thanks to you-know-what, they are sitting this one out.

However, I did what I was going to do anyway and that was buy at least one album and five CDs.

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ALBUM

K-Tel Hit Machine  ($3)  1976  Those old K-Tel and Ronco collection albums were a great way to build up your record collection cheaply.  They usually had at least 20 songs.

Some of the ones on this album:

Shake Your Booty--  K.C. & Sunshine Band
Summer-- War
When Will I be Loved--  Linda Ronstadt
Disco Duck--  Rick Dees

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CDs  The Vinyl Frontier always has a 5 for $20 special.

**Nuggets from Nuggets  Great Garage Rock.

**  The Copulation Compilation  Including "The Rodeo Song" and "The I-95 Song"

**  American Beauty--  Grateful Dead  I loved their studio albums, but hated their shows, but I hate jamming.

**  Some Girls--  Rolling Stones

**  Electric Barnyard--  Kentucky Headhunters

I Did My Part for the Mom and Pop Record Stores.  --RoadDog

PONDER THIS:  The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.  Amen to that!

Record Store Day is Saturday, August 29: Tomorrow

It was canceled back in April, but rescheduled.  And, this year, something a little different.  To avoid the big crowds these events pull, instead of all the record releases being released on that one day, this year, they will be released over three different dates.

You've got to remember, these mom and pop record stores are usually on the small size, and any crowd seems to be a bit too much.  And, in these days of social distancing, not a good thing.

So, it is spread out over three days:

Saturday, AUGUST  29

Saturday, September 26

Saturday, October 24

I know I'll be heading over to my favorite local store, The Vinyl Frontier in McHenry, Illinois.

Old records.  Oh Boy!!  --RoadDog

PONDER THIS:  I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Going All Out for the 47th Anniversary-- Part 1

Today marks the 47th anniversary of our wedding back on August 25, 1973.  That makes 47 years for those of you counting.

We got married at the Newman Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and then  had our wedding reception at the DeKalb Holiday Inn on Illinois Highway 39, the Lincoln Highway and then that night, drove all the way out to the Mississippi River where we went to the Palace Motel.  We arrived about 2 am and our room had been left open for us.

I had just signed my contract to teach in Round Lake, Illinois, the day before and we had our rehearsal dinner at a Algauers in Mount Prospect on Milwaukee avenue.

To say this was a busy few days for me is a bit of an understatement.

Our honeymoon was cut short and I had to start teaching three days later.

Bust Times.  --RoadDog

School Has Started Again, Happy 15th Year of Retirement to Me

School started last week in Round Lake, Illinois, where I taught for 33 years before retiring in 2006.  But, as a teacher, your real retirement doesn't start on the last day of the school year, but on the first day school is back in session in fall (now, of course, in August).

As such, this is the start of my 15th year of being retired.  And, made even better not to be teaching in these days.

Though I have enjoyed retirement immensely, I do have to complain about how fast it has gone. Every month is like 2 weeks long these days.

I reckon time flies when you're having fun, even in this virus age.

Retirement Is Good. So Good.  Just Goes By Way TOO FAST.  --RoadTired

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 24, 1970: "25 or 6 to 4"

Fifty years ago on Chicago's WLS 890 AM, these were the hit songs playing over and over and over.

1.  WAR--  Edwin Starr
2.  I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B.J. Thomas
3.  SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon

4.  SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED--  Stevie Wonder
5.  MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread
6.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry
7.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago

8.  HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who
9.  WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU--  Ronnie Dyson
10.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross

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DEBUTS

22.  JULIE DO YA LOVE ME--  Bobby Sherman
27.  SOLITARY MAN--  Neil Diamond
29.  CANDIDA--  Dawn

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HITBOUND

I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth
PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN)--  Melanie

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Anybody Here See The Noise, See The Fear And Commotion."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Hand Me Down World"

Three New Inductees Into Country Music Hall of Fame-- Part 2: Marty Stuart and Dean Dillon

Marty Stuart is a five-time Grammy winner who started his career as a sideman before going solo.  He charted six Top Ten Country songs with :Hillbilly Rock,"  "Little Things" and "Tempted.

Dean Dillon is known for being the tunesmith behind George Strait dozens of hits, including "The Chair,"  "Oceanfront Property" and "Here for a Good Time.

With Linda Hargrove, he wrote the timeless classic "Tennessee Whiskey."  This song was originally recorded by David Allan Coe who had a #77  hit with it.  Then George Jones took it to #2.  But, by far the biggest version of the song is the one done by Chris Stapleton who had a #1 on the Country chart and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

When I'm at a bar, I like to play "Tennessee Whiskey" and follow it up with Darius Rucker's version of "Wagon Wheel."  Those two songs go really well together.

--RoadSong

Three New Inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame-- Part 1: Dillon, Williams and Stuart

From the August 13, 2020, Chicago Tribune  "Artists to join country hall of fame."

Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon are the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.

This was announced on Wednesday, August 12 by the Country Music Association.  Williams will join his father, country legend Hank Williams Sr in the Hall of Fame's rotunda.

"I have been making Top Ten records for 56 years, said Williams, 71.  "I fell off a mountain and tried to reinvent myself as a truly individual artist and one who stepped out of the shadows of a very famous man, one of the greatest.  I've got to thank all those rowdy friends, who, year after year, still show up for me.

"It's an honor to carry one this family tradition.  It is much appreciated."

Bocephus, as he is also known, is known for his songs like "A Country Boy Can Survive,"  "Family Tradition" and "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight."  He has had 10 No. 1 Billboard Hot Country songs.  That's him singing at the beginning of Monday Night Football games.

One of my absolute favorite country singers. Back when male country singers did not sound so similar.  You knew when Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash or George Jones was singing.

--RoadBocephus

WDRV Playing 'Lodi' Right Now (the Old Delta Sig 'Buffalo Song')

I am listening to Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, The Drive,  right now and Bob Stroud is playing Creedence Clearwater's "Lodi."  This was my fraternity's "song" back in 1970-1973 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.  Only we called it "The Buffalo Song."

It was on one of the four albums we would play at all our parties.  We'd play one side of each album (stacked to four) then flip them over and play the other side.

Our four "party" albums:

"Green River" by Creedence which had "Lodi" on it.
Temptations Greatest Hits
Four Tops Greatest Hits
Sly & the Family Stone Greatest Hits

So, as you can see, we really liked out soul music, much like the guys on the movie "Animal House."

Only, we had other words to "Lodi" which I won't recount here.  Czych and Beazey put the new words to the song.  When it came on, we'd all get in a circle, arms on each others' shoulders and sing at the top of our voices as we swayed back and forth.  When we got to a break in the singing, that was time to take a swig of a beverage.

Sure brought back some fun memories.  Thank You, Bob.

By the way, all day today, the Drive is doing Two-For-Tuesday.  Two songs in a row by an artist.  Coming up at 10 am, Bob will be doing "Just" songs, songs with the word "Just" in the title.  It streams and will have a repeat at 10 pm.

"Just About A Year Ago, I Took Out the Buffalo."  --RoadDog

FOX HUNTING: Who played the title character in the movies "Foxy Brown" in 1974 and "Jackie Brown" in 1997?


"Pam Grier"

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 17, 1970: "Close to You"

Fifty Years ago in Chicago.

1.  SPILL THE WINE--   Eric Burdon
2.  SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder
3.  MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread

4.  WAR--  Edwin Starr
5.  I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B.J. Thomas
6.  CLOSE TO YOU--  Carpenters
7.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry

8.  WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU--  Ronnie Dyson
9.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago
10.  HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who

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HPD   DEBUTS

20.  HI-DE-HO--  Blood, Sweat & Tears
25.  I WHO HAVE NOTHING--  Tom Jones

29.  GROOVY SITUATION--  Gene Chandler
30.  OVERTURE FROM TOMMY--  Assembled Multitude

HPD:  (I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU--  Rare Earth

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Like A Fool, I Went And Stayed Too Long.  Now, I'm Wondering If Your Love's Still Strong."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"

We Had a Very Windy and Hard-Hitting Storm on Monday, Even a Tornado

In just a few minutes I will be going outside to pick up some more twigs and branches from Monday's storm.  I have been doing this for the last few days as I sure had a lot of them.  There was even one medium sized branch that came down.

But our neighbors in the subdivision here in Spring Grove had more damage.  My neighbor to the west lost about half of his Bradford pear tree, but they have notoriously weak wood.  As a matter of fact, I used to have three of them, but just one remains now after wind storms.

Drive down any street in the subdivision and there are lots of bundles of branches sitting out by the street.

Monday's storm raced west to east across Illinois at about 70 miles per hour and packed winds of up to 100 miles.  We even had an EF-1 tornado touch down in the northeast corner of Spring Grove and run along the ground 3.5 miles before ending up in Wisconsin.  That would be a touchdown about four miles from us.

Wednesday, when we drove to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, we saw lots of downed trees, even more so as we neared the Wisconsin border.

I was at Walgreens when it started raining and I just got home before it hit and got wet trying to put away stuff that would blow over or away.  The trees were really bending over for what we could see in the driving sheets of rain that we had.

--RoadDog

FOX HUNTING:  What is the name of Peter and Jason's sister in the comic strip "Fox Trot?"


"Paige"

Seems to Be the Time of Music from 1970: "Blue Money"

I listened to part of WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback, 93.1 FM this morning.  They went back to the year 1970.  Again, lots of memories of a great college year for me at Northern Illinois University as a member of Delta Sigma Phi.

NATURE'S WAY--  Spirit
ROCK AND ROLL--  Velvet Underground
VEHICLE--  Ides of March

UNCLE JOHN'S BAND--  Grateful Dead
DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN--  Neil Young
BRON-Y-AUR STOMP--  Led Zeppelin

THE LETTER--  Joe Cocker
BLACK MAGIC WOMAN/GYPSEY QUEEN--  Santana
COUNTRY COMFORT--  Elton John

BLUE MONEY--  Van Morrison
WAITING FOR THE SUN--  Doors
EL CONDOR PASA--  Simon & Garfunkel

INSTANT KARMA--  John Lennon
MEMO FROM TURNER--  Mick Jagger
HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who

LAYLA--  Derek & Dominos
RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE--  Blues Image
COUNTRY GIRL--  CSNY

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'm a Friendly Stranger In a Black Sedan."  Answer below.--  RoadDog


"Vehicle"

WLS Top 30 for Week of August 10, 1970-- Part 5: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"

Fifty years ago this week on Chicago's WLS 890 AM.

10.  O-O-H CHILD--  Five Stairsteps    #8
9.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry    #3
8.  LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME--  Robin McNamara    #11

7.  TIGHTER & TIGHTER--  Alive & Kicking    #7
6.  I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B.J. Thomas    #9
5.  SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder   #3
4.  SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon     #3

3.  WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU--  Ronnie Dyson    #8
2.  CLOSE TO YOU--  Carpenters    #1
1.  MAKE IT WITH YOU--   Bread     #1

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I May Be Climbing On Rainbows, But Baby Here Goes."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Make It With You"

WLS Top 30 for Week of August 10, 1970-- Part 4: "Big Yellow Taxi"

*  Means dropping on the chart.

15.  *THE LOVE YOU SAVE--  Jackson Five    #1     That was quite a string of hits they had when they first burst on the music scene.  From late 1969 to the spring of 1971 they had four straight #1s and then two straight #2s.  Not bad for a start.

14.  HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who    #17    Burton Cummings and gang.  First hit after  Randy Bachman left the band.

13.  WAR--  Edwin Starr     #1    As in Vietnam.  Well, it's 1-2-3 What Are We Fighting For?"  His biggest hit.

12.  BIG YELLOW TAXI--  The Neighborhood     #29   Great take on the Joni Mitchell song.  One comment said they were from Chicago, but I am unable to find anything about them because of another band called Neighbourhood.

11.  *BAND OF GOLD--  Freda Payne    #3    It was #1 in UK for six weeks.  One comment said:  ""Got out of Navy in the summer of 1970.  Every dive bar in San Diego was playing this song."

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Anybody Here See The Noise, See The Fear And Commotion."  Kind of appropriate to today, isn't it?   Answer below.   --RoadDog


"Hand Me Down World"

WLS Top 30 for Week of August 10, 1970-- Part 3: "Mississippi Queen"

*  Song is dropping down the charts.

20.  *MAMA TOLD ME--  Three Dog Night    #1    I've had nights and days like this, but not so much anymore.  Full title "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"  Written by Randy Newman.

19.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross    #1   Now this is a Motown effort.  Her first Top Ten after going solo.

18.  *MISSISSIPPI QUEEN--  Mountain   #21  One of my all-time favorite songs.  Puts the heavy in Heavy Metal.  More COWBELL!!  Their only Top 40.

17.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago    #9   Horns, baby, Horns!!!

16.  SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Who    #27    Rockin' up an old song.    First Eddie Cochran did it in 1958, then Blue Cheer (#14) in 1968.  This version live from "Live at Leeds" album.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "This Is The Craziest Party There Could Ever Be."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Mama Told Me"

Doing That Ol' Coronavirus Thing: Sturgis-- Schools-- MAC-- Pam's-- Indy 500

Seems to be the thing these days:

1.  STURGIS--  Well, we'll be seeing what impact having a huge number of people congregating in one area has on the spread of the cv.  250,000 folks and probably not much in the way of masks or social distancing.

2.  SCHOOLS--  Chicago has put off opening schools for awhile.  All schools should do that and don't open until a vaccine is found or the cv has run its course.

3.  MAC--  The Mid American Conference canceled all fall sports, including football, until spring.  Good move.  All college football teams should follow suit.  (Just a moment ago I saw that the Big 10,11,12,13,14 had also put off fall til spring.)

4.  PAM'S--  Saturday we went to Pam's house in Johnsburg and got together with friends who had move to New Mexico.  We social distanced.

5.  INDY 500--  The Indy 500 did the right thing and won't allow people to see the race August 23.  The friends from New Mexico and I have seen the last eight Indys.

No Indy for Us This Year.  --RoadLess

WLS Top 30 for Week of August 10, 1970-- Part 2: "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"

*  Song is dropping down charts.

25.  MORNING MUCH BETTER--  Ten Wheel Drive     #74   (D)  A horn band that surprisingly didn't chart better.  They even had a banjo in it.  Ten member jazz-rock ensemble led by Genya Ravan.

24.  PATCHES--  Clarence Carter     #4    A soulful "Honey."  Now Dr. CC's father was a real father.

23.  *LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND)--  Melanie     #6   This song will always remind me of the Kent State Riots at Northern Illinois University.  I distinctly remember looking out the window of my dorm room in Lincoln Hall and watching protesters form a line on the west side of Annie Glidden Road and their being attacked by police.  This song was playing on the school radio station, WNIU.

22.  *ARE YOU READY--  Pacific Gas & Electric   #14    West Coast blues-rock quintet.

21.  *BALL OF CONFUSION--  Temptations     #3    Funny how some songs just transcends the ages.  And, we're talking half a century, 50 years on this tune.  Full title:  "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)."

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth.  Vote For Me And I'll Set You Free.  Rap On, Brother, Rap On."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Ball of Confusion"

WLS Top 30 for Week of August 10, 1970-- Part 1: "Neanderthal Man"

July 13, 1970 was WLS' last time publishing the Top 40.  They reduced it to the Top 30 on July 20.  They also added HBD (Hit Bound).  As usual, the number after the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100.  * Means the song was dropping down in the charts.

HBD  I WHO HAVE NOTHING--  Tom Jones     #14   Typical Tom Jones song.The voice just goes withy the music.  A comment said this song could have been a James Bond theme.  I agree.

HBD  GROOVY SITUATION--  Gene Chandler      #12     Kind of starts like "Little Green Apples."   Can you dig it?  A comment said it brought back Vietnam memories.

30.  *THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD--  Beatles      #1    Kind of relates to today.  A very troubled time.

29.  *A SONG OF JOY--  Miguel Rios     #14     All those foreign words.  Lots of foreign comments. An opera/symphony goes to pop music.

28.  NEANDERTHAL MAN--  Hotlegs     #22   (D)   This is one cool song.  A comment said "I'm the Covid Man, You're the Covid Girl."  Their only Top 100 hit.  They eventually evolved into 10CC.  Doing all sorts of things in a Neanderthal way.

27.  LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival      #2     (D)  As I have said before, my favorite 60s/70s group.

26.  *SILVER BIRD--  Mark Lindsay    #25    What happened to Paul Revere and the rest of those Raiders?

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Just Got Back From Illinois Lock The front Door Oh Boy."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Looking Out My Back Door"

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 10: "In the Summertime"

Songs on the radio and in your record collection on August 2, 1970.  From Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM. the Drive.  He will have one last Summer of 1970 show on Sunday,  September 6.  It streams so giver it a listen 9 to noon, CDST.

CLOSER TO HOME/I'M YOUR CAPTAIN--  Grand Funk Railroad
FUNK #49--  James Gang
COTTAGE CHEESE--  Crow

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME--  Three Dog Night
IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry  Still my all-time favorite summer song.
WESTBOUND #9--  Flaming Ember

UNCLE JON'S BAND--  Grateful Dead
MISSISSIPPI--  John Phillips
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN--  Mountain

SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Who
SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN YOU GAVE--  Dave Mason
MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread  The #1 song in Chicago.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Everybody Listen To Me, And Return Me My Ship."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home"

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 9: "Hand Me Down World"

Music playing on the radio and in your record collections fifty years ago on August 2, 1970.

SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon & War
DELTA LADY-- Leon Russell
QUESTION--  Moody Blues

EVERYBODY I LOVE YOU--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
MAYBE I'M AMAZED--  Paul McCartney
O-O-H CHILD--  Five Stairsteps

HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who
TIGHTER & TIGHTER--  Alive & Kicking
TIME IN A WORD--  Yes

25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago
LUCRETIA MacEVIL--
MORNING MUCH BETTER--  Ten Wheel Drive

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Little Girl What's Your Game?  Hard Luck and Trouble Bound To Be Your Claim To Fame."    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lucretia MacEvil"

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 8: "War"

On Sunday, August 2, Bob Stroud played Part 3 of his Summer of 1970  on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  These were the songs on the radio and in your record collection (that would be albums and 45s back then) on August 2, 1970.  For those of you counting, that would be FIFTY years ago.  My how time does fly by.

My family had just moved from Palatine, Illinois, where we had lived for seven years (the longest I ever lived in one place growing up), to Dunwoody, Georgia.  My dad was transferred a lot working for Quaker Oats.  He was now working at the Southern Regional Office of the company.

I was with my family in Georgia, but would be returning to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for my sophomore year and living at the Delta Sig house out on Greek Row.

WAR--  Edwin Starr     (An appropriate song for this time.)
BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ME--   Creedence Clearwater Revival
LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND)--  Melanie    (As I have said before, this song takes me right back to the Kent State riots at NIU in May.)

BORDER SONG--  Elton John
TWO OF US--  Beatles
GLAD--  Traffic

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Were So Close, There Was No Room.  We Bled Inside Each Other's Wounds."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lay Down (Candles in the Wind)"

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 3, 1970: "O-o-h Child"

Fifty years ago these were the Top Ten sings in Chicago according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread
2.  CLOSE TO YOU--  Carpenters
3.  TIGHTER & TIGHTER--  Alive & Kicking

4.  WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU--  Ronnie Dyson
5.  SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon
6.  LAY A LITTLE LOVING ON ME--  Robin McNamara
7.  SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder

8.  BAND OF GOLD--  Freda Payne
9.  O-O-H CHILD--  Five Stairsteps
10.  I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B.J. Thomas

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DEBUTS (NOW REFERRED TO AS HIT PARADE BOUND (HPB).

22.  WAR--  Edwin Starr
29.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago

30.  PATCHES--  Clarence Carter
HPB  LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

HPB  EVERYBODY'S GOT THE NIGHT TO LOVE--  Supremes

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Hey Have You Ever Tried Really Reaching Out For The Other Side."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Make It With You"

Happy 44th Year to Tom Fuchs at Oak Park Lounge on Illinois' Pistakee Lake

In a few hours, we are going to go over to Oak Park Lounge to wish owner Tom Fuchs who will be celebrating his 44th year of owning the place today.  He opened for business on August 1, 1976.  Of course, the place dates to the 1890s and looks quite a bit like it did back in the 1930s (we've seen pictures of the inside of the place from back then).

In short, it is one of our favorite "Dive Bars."  It is a Chain of Lakes original.  A big party is planned with food, a band and deejay all outside.  Plus, our favorite bar mutt, Bomber, will be lording over everything.  He is a black lab.  Tom may think he's the boss, but all of us know better.  Is there any more spoiled dog than a bar dog?  He fits the bill.

Forty-four years owning a bar is a real long time.  So, congrats to Tom!!!

Of Course, Social Distancing.  --RoadBomber

Where Were You in 1967?

Okay, 53 years ago.

I was a just getting ready to begin my junior year at Palatine Township High School in Palatine, Illinois.  My athletic career had been cut short the year earlier when I broke my leg in wrestling, but I joined the school newspaper as a sportswriter and became sports editor my senior year.

I met Liz at a party in November, and the rest, as they say, is history.  We are still married, celebrating our 47th anniversary this August 25.

Bob Stroud played 1967 on his Ten at Ten on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1, 96.9 FM on Wednesday, July 29.   It brought back some memories.

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
GIMME SOME LOVIN'--  Spencer Davis Group
FIXIN'-A-HOLE--  Beatles

SWALBR--  Cream
CARRIE ANNE--  Hollies
CASTLES MADE OF SAND--  Jimi Hendrix
DANDELION--  Rolling Stones

LITTLE BIT OF SOUL--  Music Explosion
WHITER SHADE OF PALE--  Procul Harum
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW--   Tommy James & the Shondells

That Real Fine Year--  Road'67

Get Your Music Here: 1984, 1978, Beach Music, the Beatles and August 2, 1970

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

**  Right now, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM is having Bill St. James do his Time Warp which is back to 1984.    He's on from 6 to 10 am every Saturday.  All times are CDST in this entry unless otherwise noted.

**  Shortly, Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM will start their Saturday Morning Flashback from 9 am to noon.  This week they go back to 1978.

**  North Myrtle Beach, S.C.'s WVCO, the Surf, will play the top 30 Beach Music Songs from 9 to 11 am, EDST.

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SUNDAY AUGUST 2

**  Terri Hemmert will do her weekly Breakfast With the Beatles show from 8 to 10 am on WXRT, 93.1 FM.

**  Bob Stroud will be doing Part 3 of his annual trip back to Summer on WDRV.  This year, we go back to August 2, 1970, where he will be playing songs playing on your radio and in your record collection.  (That's tight, fifty years ago.  That's half a century.)  His show runs from 9 am to noon.

So Many Tunes, So Little Time.  --RoadNeedSomeMoreTime