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Monday, June 21, 2021

WLS Top Ten for Week of June 21, 1971: 'It's Too Late'

These were the Top Ten songs (and Debuts) in Chicago according to powerhouse WLS AM, 890 on your dial.  That's right, good ol' AM radio. Good ol' fifty years ago today.

Thanks to the Oldiesloon site for the WLS Surveys.

1.  IT'S TOO LATE--  Carole King

2.  RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS--  Carpenters

3.  THAT'S THE WAY I ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE--  Carly Simon

4.  WANT ADS--  Honey Cone

5.  DOUBLE BARREL--  Dave & Ansil Collins

6.  NATHAN JONES--  Supremes

7.  DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE--   Wilson Pickett

8.  DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  P-Nut Gallery

9.  DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE--  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

10.  INDIAN RESERVATION--  The Raiders

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DEBUTS  

25.  FUNKY NASSAU--  The Beginning of the End

27.  DRAGGIN' THE LINE--  Tommy James

28.  RAINY JANE--  Davy Jones

29.  SOONER OR LATER--   Grass Roots

30.  SUMMER SAND--  Dawn

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ALL HIT BOUND

I DON'T WANT TO BE WRONG--  Gladys Knight & the Pips

BEGINNINGS--  Chicago

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'll Just Lay Me Down And Cry For A Hundred Years."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Don't Pull Your Love"


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