* in front of the song means it was climbing the WLS chart. The number behind the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 national charts.
15. *COUNTRY ROAD-- James Taylor #37 Talk about your laid back.
14. * WHAT'S GOING ON-- Marvin Gaye #2 A song of the times fifty years later.
13. *LOVES, LINES, ANGLES & RHYMES-- Fifth Dimension #19 Not one of their better known ones, but good nonetheless. Dorothea Joyce wrote the song.
12. IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND-- Gordon Lightfoot #5 From Canada. A comment: There is beauty in the sadness of the song."
11. ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE-- Brewer & Shipley #10 Folk-rock duo. Tom Shipley currently lives in Rolla, Missouri, on Route 66. I also like their "Tarkio Road" song, which is about the roads in northwest Missouri they used to drive between college gigs.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Sittin' Downtown In A Railway Station." Answer below. --RoadDog
"One Toke Over the Line"
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