WLS Top 25 for Week of July 10, 1972-- Part 1: 'Sylvia's Mother'

These were the Top 25 songs in Chicago back fifty years ago this week.  That's half a century, folks!!

* Means the song was climbing the charts.  The number behind the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

25.  LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED--  Cher    #22     She originally recorded with Sono Bono under the name"Caesar & Cleo" in the early part of their career.

24.  SYLVIA'S MOTHER--  Dr. Hook    #5     Their first hit.  Formed in Union City, New Jersey.

23.  *LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies      #2    From Manchester, England.   Their first Billboard Top 40 was "Look Through Any Window" (#32-1966). This was either the very first 45 I bought or the second one.  The other one was "Anyway You Want It" by Dave Clark 5.  That was the first 45 of many, many, many.

22.  *HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.--  Donna Fargo      #11     A country crossover by a gal from Andy Griffith's real hometown (the one that Mayberry was based on), Mt. Airy, North Carolina.

21.  OH GIRL--  Chi-Lites      #1     Some really fine belly-rubbing Soul.  Their biggest hit and as you might guess from the name, from Chicago.

And remember, tonight from 9 pm to midnight, Bob Stroud's Summer of 1972 will be rebroadcast on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM CDST.  It streams.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Saturday Morning I Was Downtown Working For The FBI."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Long Cool Woman"