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

Friday, July 15, 2022

WLS Top 25 for Week of July 10, 1972-- Part 4: 'Lean On Me'

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

10.  ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan      #1

9.  TOO YOUNG--  Donny Osmond     #13

8.  ROCKET MAN--  Elton John      #6     My driving song when I drove from Georgia to NIU to see hum play at the Fieldhouse.  Driving that old Ramblin' Wreck, the '63 Ramble station wagon that burned a quart of oil every 50 or so miles.  You could smell me coming.

7.  NICE TO BE WITH YOU--  Gallery    #4

6.  DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST--  Wayne Newton      #4

5.  THE CANDY MAN--  Sammy Davis Jr.     #1   His highest-ever song on the Pop Charts.  From the movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."  What were those little orange guys called?

4.  TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW--  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose   #2    From Dania, Florida.

3.  LEAN ON ME--  Bill Withers      #1      This song really takes me back.    

2.  OUTA SPACE--  Billy Preston      #2

1.  SONG SUNG BLUE--  Neil Diamond    #1

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "She Packed My Bags Last Night, Pre-flight, Zero Hour, Nine AM."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Rocket Man"


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