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Thursday, January 9, 2020

WLS Top 40 for January 12, 1970-- Part 3: "Leaving On a Jet Plane"


I always go to You Tube and listen to every one of the Top 40 songs when I do this.  Really takes you back.  My comments come from listening to these You Tube songs.

30.  YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY--   Stevie Winder      #7    Yeah, that great Motown sound.  Little Steveland Morris, born in 1950.

29.  LEAVING ON A JET PLANE--  Peter, Paul & Mary     #1   Two Vietnam veterans made comments and said they heard this song last and first when going to and returning from that war.  Really hits home.  Their biggest hit and last Top 100 song.

28.  EARLY IN THE MORNING--  Vanity Fare      #12      Is that a harpsicord?  Great pop song.  I always thought it was Vanity Fair.  British pop quintet.

27.  MY HONEY & ME--  Luther Ingram       #55   Never heard it before, but what a great song.  One comment said they were playing it on Chicago's WVON back in January 1970.  Probably Herb Kent, the Cool Gent playing it then.  The pride of Jackson, Tennessee.

26.  WALKIN' IN THE RAIN--  Jay & the Americans     #19    Another smooth outing for Jay.  Real name John "Jay" Traynor.  Group formed at New York University in 1959.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What Happened To The World We Knew When We Would Dream And Scheme and While The Time Away."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"

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