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Friday, December 17, 2021

WLS Top 30 Songs for Week of December 13, 1971-- Part 3: 'American Pie'

Fifty years ago in Chicago.  *  Means the song was rising on the charts.  The number after the artists is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

20.  *THEME FROM THE SUMMER OF '42--  Peter Nero     #21   Theme from the movie "The Summer Knows."  That's Peter on the keyboard.  Born Bernard Nierow.  His one and only appearance in the Top 40 which makes him a ___ ___ ______.

19.  *SCORPIO--  Dennis Coffey    #6    A song like you didn't hear anywhere else.  That great bass played by Bob Babbitt who also played on Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours."  That was Dennis on guitar.

18.  *AMERICAN PIE--  Don McLean   #1    All  that music history if you could figure it out.

17.  *LET IT BE--  Joan Baez    #49     What a pure voice.   A new take on the Beatles' song.

16.  A NATURAL MAN--  Lou Rawls    #17     Not one of his better-known songs, bit a good one.  His next Top 40 didn't come until 1976 and went to #2.  Born in Chicago.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "When I Find Myself In Times Of Trouble Mother Mary Comes To Me."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Let It Be"


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