WLS Top Ten for Week of August 2, 1971: 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'

Can anyone say fifty years ago?  Can anyone say half a century ago?  Who's old?

These were the songs playing on Chicago's WLS, 890 AM (World's Largest Store) back then.

1.  HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART--  Bee Gees

2.  NEVERENDING SONG OF LOVE--  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

3.  BEGINNINGS--  Chicago

4.  DRAGGIN' THE LINE--  Tommy James

5.  MERCY MERCY ME--  Marvin Gaye

6.  WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW /ABRAHAM, MARTIN  & JOHN--  Tom Clay

7.  RIDERS ON THE STORM--  Doors

8.  TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS--  John Denver

9.  MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY--  B.J. Thomas

10.  IT'S TOO LATE--  Carole King

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DEBUTS

24.  UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY--  Paul McCartney

25.  LIAR--  Three Dog Night

26.  AIN'T NO SUNSHINE--  Bill Withers

27.  I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE--  Rare Earth

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ALL HIT BOUND

TAKE ME GIRL, I'M READY--  Jr. Walker & the All Stars

CRAZY ABOUT THE LA LA LA--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

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"Liar" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" always remind me of my six weeks in the USMC at Quantico, Virginia.)

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Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Makin' A Livin' The Old Hard Way Takin' And Givin' By Day By Day."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Draggin' the Line"