Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 2, 1971: 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'

Can anyone say fifty years ago?  Can anyone say half a century ago?  Who's old?

These were the songs playing on Chicago's WLS, 890 AM (World's Largest Store) back then.

1.  HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART--  Bee Gees

2.  NEVERENDING SONG OF LOVE--  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

3.  BEGINNINGS--  Chicago

4.  DRAGGIN' THE LINE--  Tommy James

5.  MERCY MERCY ME--  Marvin Gaye

6.  WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW /ABRAHAM, MARTIN  & JOHN--  Tom Clay

7.  RIDERS ON THE STORM--  Doors

8.  TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS--  John Denver

9.  MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY--  B.J. Thomas

10.  IT'S TOO LATE--  Carole King

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DEBUTS

24.  UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY--  Paul McCartney

25.  LIAR--  Three Dog Night

26.  AIN'T NO SUNSHINE--  Bill Withers

27.  I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE--  Rare Earth

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ALL HIT BOUND

TAKE ME GIRL, I'M READY--  Jr. Walker & the All Stars

CRAZY ABOUT THE LA LA LA--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

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"Liar" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" always remind me of my six weeks in the USMC at Quantico, Virginia.)

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Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Makin' A Livin' The Old Hard Way Takin' And Givin' By Day By Day."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Draggin' the Line"


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