Tuesday, February 16, 2021

WLS Top Ten for Week of February 15, 1971: 'Amos Moses'

Right now, I am sitting here listening to Mardi Gras music and haven't my own little party since they canceled the one in New Orleans because of you-know-what.

These songs were on the WLS 890 AM chart Top Ten from fifty years ago this week.  That would make it 1971.

1.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five

2.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmond Brothers

3.  IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND--   Gordon Lightfoot

4.  BORN TO WANDER--  Rare Earth

5.  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

6.  WATCHING SCOTTY GROW--  Bobby Goldsboro

7.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed   Country Rappin'?

8.  SWEET MARY--  Wadsworth Mansion    Was this a smoking song?

9.  (THEME FROM) LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini

10.  I HEAR YOU KNOCKING--  Dave Edmunds

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DEBUTS

27.  COUNTRY ROAD--  James Taylor

28.  TEMPTATION EYES--  Grass Roots

29.  BLUE MONEY--  Van Morrison

30.  ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley

WLS HIT PARADE BOUND:    TONGUE IN CHEEK--  Sugarloaf

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Just Like An Old Time Movie 'Bout A Ghost From A Wishing Well."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"If You Could Read My Mind"


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