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Sunday, February 12, 2023

WLS Top 25 Songs for Week of February 12, 1973-- Part 1: 'Dueling Banjos'

These were the top songs in Chicago according to powerhouse WLS, 890 AM, fifty years ago.

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

25.  *GIVE ME YOUR LOVE--  Barbara Mason         #31     About as sensual and erotic as you can get.  She had a #5  song in 1965 with "Yes, I'm Ready."  Was that a precursor to this new song?

24.  *I'M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND)--  Moody Blues     #12     No cerebral, just kickin'.

23.  *PEACEFUL EASY FEELING--  Eagles      #22     Can Glenn Frey get any more laid back?

22.  DUELING BANJOS--  Delieverance      #2 for 4 weeks       Actually Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell.    From the movie "Deliverance.  Some mighty strange folk up in them thar hills.  

21.  ME AND MRS. JONES--   Billy Paul   #1 for 3 weeks    You know they have a thing going on.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'm Just A Wandering On The Face Of The Earth."    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I'm Just A Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)"


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