WLS Top 40 for January 13, 1969-- Part 2: "For Once In My Life"

Seventeen of the Top 40 were music from black acts, including 7 Motown.  A big week for black music.

35.  BABY, BABY DON'T CRY--  Smokey Robinson / Miracles     #8   Oh, that voice.  Take us into it, Smokey.

34.  I'M LIVING IN SHAME--  Diana Ross / Supremes    (D)     #10   Another social issue song.

33.  FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE--  Stevie Wonder    #2     Three great Motown songs in a row at this point.

32.  THERE'S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN--  Archie Bell & the Drells     #21     This song gets played  a lot in Beach Music.   They're from Houston like he said in "Tighten Up."

31.  YOU SHOWED ME--  Turtles      #6   The vocals this group could do!!    Group formed at Winchester High School in Los Angeles in 1961.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Mama Was Cooking Bread.  She Wore A Dirty Raggedy Scarf Around Her Head."

IN FIFTY YEARS OF LIVING:   People who tell you they have an excellent sense of humor are telling you that they have no sense of humor.

"I'm Living In Shame."