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Friday, October 15, 2021

WLS Top 30 for Week of October 11, 1971-- Part 4: 'Spanish Harlem'

Fifty years ago on Chicago's WLS, 890 AM.

*  Means it was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

15.  GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES--  Cher       #1   Another persecuted group.  Real name Cherilyn Sarkisian.

14.  SPANISH HARLEM--  Aretha Franklin      #2       Aretha making another song her own.

13.  TIRED OF BEING ALONE--  Al Green     #11    His first Tip 40.   Had that perfect voice for that music.

12.  I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING-- Partridge Family      #13    Great song from a Cowsills knock off band.  But, they had Susan Dey.  The TB series ran from 1970-74.

11.  ONE FINE MORNING--  Lighthouse    #24      One fine horn band.  From Toronto, Canada.   One of two Top 40 hits.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Was Born In The Wagon Of A Travellin' Show."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"


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