WLS Ten for Week of September 18, 1972: 'Rock and Roll Part 2'

These were the Top Ten songs in Chicago back fifty years ago this week according to powerhouse radio station WLS, 890 AM.

1.  BLACK AND WHITE--  Three Dog Night

2.  BACK STABBERS--  O'Jays

3.  BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME--  Mac Davis

4.  SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

5.  ROCK AND ROLL PART 2--  Gary Glitter

6.  ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan

7,  LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies

8.  I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green

9.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass

10.  GUITAR MAN--  Bread

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DEBUTS

25.  YOU WEAR IT WELL--  Rod Stewart

26.  BEN--  Michael Jackson

27.  NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN--   Moody Blues

28.  USE ME--    Bill Withers

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Girl You're Getting That Look In Your Eyes."   Answer below.  --RoadDog

WLS Top 26 for Week of September 11, 1972-- Part 4: The Top Ten Songs, 'Back Stabber'

That's right, fifty years ago.  If you remember thesesongs you are more than a half century old.

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

10.  *BLACK AND WHITE--  Three Dog Night      #1     Reminds me of driving the ol' Ramblin' Wreck ('63 Rambler station wagon) on the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois.

9.  *SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago    #3    Pound that piano, bring in the horns.

8.  ROCK & ROLL PART 2--  Gary Glitter    #7

7.  BACK STABBERS--  O'Jays    #3   

6.  YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM--  Jim Croce     #8     Sure wish we'd had him around longer.

5.  LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies     #2    Just when you thought they were finished.

4.  *BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME--  Mac Davis    #1 for three weeks.

3.  ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan    #1   It was #1 for six weeks.

2.  *I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green   #3

1.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass.     #1    This is its third straight week in a row at #1 on the WLS survey.  It was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week.

I don't know about you, but this is one of the best Top Tens I've ever seen.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "People Dancing, People Laughing, A Man Selling Ice Cream."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Saturday in the Park"

Summer of 1972 Again-- Part 12: 'Long Cool Woman'

Sure enjoyed this trip back to the Summer of 1972 compliments of WDRV's Bob Stroud.  That's fifty years ago, HALF a CENTURY.

LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS--  Hollies

I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU--  Foghat

SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

YOU'RE STILL A YOUNG MAN--  Tower of Power

ROCKS OFF--  Rolling Stones

LIVING IN THE PAST--  Jethro Tull

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC--  Doobie Brothers

RUNNING BACK TO SASKATOON--  Guess Who

SMOKE ON THE WATER--  Deep Purple

BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL)--  Looking Glass    The Number 1 song in Chicago on September 4, 1972.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What A Good Wife You Would Be."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

""Brandy"

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of September 4, 1972: 'Rock & Roll Pt. 2'

These were the Top Ten songs in Chicago back fifty years ago.

1.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass

2.  LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies

3.  ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan

4.  HOLD YOUR HEAD UP--   Argent

5.  I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al  Green

6.  YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM--  Jim Croce

7.  BACK STABBERS--  O'Jays

8.  ROCK & ROLL PT. 2--   Gary Glitter

9.  GOODBYE TO LOVE--  Carpenters

10.  BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME--  Mac Davis

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DEBUTS

24.  HONKY CAT--  Elton John

25.  PLAY ME--  Neil Diamond

27.  EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL--  Main Ingredient

28.  POP THAT THANG--  Isley Brothers

By the way, Bob Stroud's Summer of 1972 Roots Salute will be replayed tonight from 9 pm to midnight CDST on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.  It streams and he'll be playing some of these songs.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What They Do?  They Smile In Your Face."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Back Stabbers"

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 28, 1972: 'You Don't Mess Around with Jim'

These were the Top Ten songs (and Debuts) in Chicago fifty years ago this week.

1.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass    "You're a Fine Girl"

2.  ALONE AGAIN(NATURALLY)--  Gilbert O'Sullivan

3.  LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies

4.  HOLD YOUR HEAD UP--  Argent

5.  I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green

6.  IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG--   Luther Ingram

7.  GOODBYE TO LOVE--  Carpenters

8.  YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM-  Jim Croce

9.  COCONUT--  Nilsson

10.  GUITAR MAN--  Bread

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DEBUTS

17.  BLACK AND WHITE--  Three Dog Night

24.  RUN TO ME--  Bee Gees

26.  GO ALL THE WAY--  Raspberries 

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Who Draws The Crowd And Plays So Loud."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for Week of August 21, 1972: 'Hold Your Head Up'

The Top Ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago.

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

2.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass

3.  LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies

4.  I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green

5.  IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG--  Luther Ingram

6.  HOLD YOUR HEAD UP--  Argent

 7.  WHERE IS THE LOVE--  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

8.  YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM--  Jim Croce

9.  GOODBYE TO LOVE--  Carpenters

10.  HOW DO YOU DO--  Mouth & McNeil

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DEBUTS

22.  SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

27.  JOIN TOGETHER-- Who

28.  POWER OF LOVE--  Joe Simon

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "He Came On A Summer's Day Bringing Gifts From Far Away."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Brandy"

WLS Top 27 for Week of August 14-- Part 4: The Top Ten

Fifty Years Ago this week.  That's half a century if you're counting.

10.  *GOODBYE TO LOVE--  Carpenters    #7

9.  TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW--  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose   #2    #2 for two weeks.

8.  *I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Al Green    #3    Began career as a gospel singer.

7.  DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST--  Wayne Newton     #4     His highest-ever ranking song.

6.  *HOW DO YOU DO--  Mouth & McNeil     #8      

5.  *LONG COOL WOMAN--  Hollies       #2      One of the best intros ever.

4.  *WHERE IS THE LOVE--  Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway    #5    Their next song went to #1 for five weeks in 1973.

3.  *IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG--  Luther Ingram        #3      Full title  "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)".

2.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass     #1      Even Star Lord and the Cekestrial Being liked this song.

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

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Spending My Day Thinkin' 'Bout You Girl."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Still In Love With You"

Summer of 1972 Again-- Part 8: 'Too Late to Turn Back Now'

Songs that were on the radio and in our record collections on August 7, 1972, fifty years ago.

It's Bob Stroud's annual trip back fifty years to a great summer back in our youth on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, The Drive.

I was still in Georgia at the University of Georgia, finishing up my summer school classes, but getting ready to transfer back to Northern Illinois University where I had gone freshman and sophomore years.  Slowly, I was becoming aware that as much as I was enjoying college life, and I sure did, it was getting time to go to the next phase of my life.

HAPPY--  Rolling Stones

SUMMER SUN--  Jamestown Massacre

SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW--  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL)--  Looking Glass

JACKIE WILSON SAID--  Van Morrison

HERCULES--  Elton John

LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS)--  Hollies

WITCHY WOMAN--  Eagles

I NEED YOU--  America

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "But He Made It Clear He Couldn't Stay, No Harbor Was His Home."  --Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Brandy"

WLS Top 10 for Week of August 7, 1972: 'Where Is the Love'

These were the Top Ten songs and Debuts on Chicago Powerhouse WLS AM, 890, fifty years ago this week.

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

2.  BRANDY--  Looking Glass

3.  DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST--  Wayne Newton

4.  TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW--  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

5.  WHERE IS THE LOVE--  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

6.  IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG--  Luther Ingram

7.  HOW DO YOU DO--  Mouth & McNeil

8.  LONG COOL WOMAN-- Hollies

9.  LEAN ON ME--   Bill Withers

10.  DAY BY DAY--  Godspell

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DEBUTS

25.  GUITAR MAN--  Bread

26.  BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY--  Daniel Boone

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "In A  Little While From Now If I'm Not Feeling Any Less Sour."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Alone Again (naturally)"