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Sunday, July 24, 2022

WLS Top Ten for Week of July 25, 1972: 'Brandy'

These were the Top ten songs and debuts on Chicago's powerhouse station, WLS, 890 AM fifty years ago today.

1.  LEAN ON ME--  Bill Withers

2.  TOO LATE TO  TURN BACK NOW--  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

3.  ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan

4.  DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST--  Wayne Newton

5.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass

6.  IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG--  Luther Ingram

7.  WHERE IS THE LOVE--  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

8.  TAKE IT EASY--  Eagles

9.  HOW DO YOU DO--  Mouth & McNeil

10.  TOO YOUNG--  Donny Osmond

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DEBUTS

20.  I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green

22.  COCONUT--  Nilsson

24.  THE RUNAWAY--  Grass Roots

26.  YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM--  Jim Croce

27.  GONE--   Joey Heatherton  Really good song.  Give it a listen on You Tube.  Do the same with the Grass Roots song.  I had never heard either of them before.

Two of my all-time favorite songs on this chart:  "Brandy" and "Take It Easy."

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Once I Said I Needed You, I Don't Remember Why."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"How Do You Do"


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