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Saturday, February 19, 2022

WLS Top 30 for Week of February 14, 1972-- Part 5: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'

These were the Top Ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago.

*  Means the song was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 national chart.

10.  *ANTICIPATION--  Carly Simon      #13    Why do I always thing ketchup when I hear this song?

9.  *LET'S STAY TOGETHER--  Al Green    #1

8.  *THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT--  Robert John       #3     Again?

7.  AMERICAN PIE--  Don McLean       #1       And, I've never had a drink of rye.

6.  *JOY--  Apollo 100     #6

5.  *NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN--  Three Dog Night       #5

4.  *DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER--  Osmonds      #4     The white Jackson Five

3.  *WITHOUT YOU--  Nilsson    #1

2.  PRECIOUS AND FEW--   Climax    #3      Their only Top 40.  Makes them a you-know-what.

1.  *HURTING EACH OTHER--  Carpenters      #2   

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'm, I'm So In Love With You, Whatever You Want Me To Do."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Let's Stay Together"


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