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Sunday, March 8, 2020
WLS Top 40 for Week of March 9, 1970-- Part 6: "Psychedelic Shack"
15. HEY THERE LONELY GIRL-- Eddie Holman #2 Does a slow dancing song get any better than this? His only Top 40.
14. HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER-- Hollies #7 Words to live by. Comment: "Every time I hear this song I think of my 58,000 brothers we left behind in Vietnam. I carry them in my heart every day."
13. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM-- Glen Campbell & Bobby Gentry #27 Glen was born in 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas.
12. PSYCHEDELIC SHACK-- Temptations #7 One real crazy party going on. "Screaming guitars, a thousand colored lights."
11. THANK YOU-- Sly & Family Stone #1 Full title: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". Now if this ain't funk, I don't know what is.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "The Road Is Long With Many A Winding Turn." Answer below. --RoadDog
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
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