Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.

Monday, May 30, 2022

WLS Top Ten for Week of May 29, 1972: 'Tumbling Dice'

These were the Top ten songs as well as the debuts in Chicago exactly fifty years ago according to powerhouse WLS, AM890.

1.  OH GIRL--   Chi-Lites

2.  I'LL TAKE YOU THERE--  Staple Singers

3.  SYLVIA'S MOTHER--  Dr. Hook

4.  LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE--  Michael Jackson 

5.  TUMBLING DICE--  Rolling Stone

6.  MORNING HAS BROKEN--  Cat Steven  

8.  SONG SUNG BLUE--  Gallery

9.  LOOK WHAT YOU DONE  FOR ME--  Al Green

10.  (LAST NIGHT) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL--  Fifth Dimension

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DEBUTS

20.  TROGOLDYTE (CAVEMAN)--  Jimmy Castor Bunch

24.   ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT--  Millie Jackson

26.  I NEED YOU--  America  

And remember that next Sunday, 9 am to noon CDST, Bob Stroud will be taking us back to the songs on the radio and in your record collection fifty years ago on June 5, 1972 on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'd Be In Trouble If You Left Me Now."  --Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Oh Girl"


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