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Showing posts with label WLS Surveys 1970. Show all posts
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Monday, December 28, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of December 28, 1970, the Last Survey of the Year: 'Knock Three Times'

These were the Top Ten Songs and Debuts in Chicago this week fifty years ago on WLS 890 AM.  Back when AM rules the waves.

1.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn  (Imagine Dawn knocking a Beatle out of the top spot like this week.)

2.  MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison

3.  STONED LOVE--  Supremes

4.  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

5.  DOMINO--  Van Morrison

6.  LONELY DAYS--  Bee Gees

7.  ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER--  Fifth Dimension

8.  IMMIGRANT SONG--  Led Zeppelin

9.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

10.  LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH--  Steven Stills

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DEBUTS

24.  YOUR SONG--  Elton John

28.  REMEMBER ME--  Diana Ross

29.  BORN TO WANDER--  Rare Earth

30.  LET YOUR LOVE GO--  Bread

HITBOUND:  MOST OF ALL--  B.J. Thomas

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Don't Wanna Discuss It.  Think It's Time for a Change." Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Domino"


Monday, December 21, 2020

WLS Top Ten for December 21, 1970: 'My Sweet Lord'

The Top Ten songs in Chicago according to the WLS 890 AM Survey.

1.  MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison    Did he copy this song?

2.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn  Or do you say Tony Orlando and Dawn.

3.  ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER--  Fifth Dimension

4.  STONED LOVE--  Supremes   Who needs Diana?

5.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago  Or is this Chicago Transit Authority?

6.  NO MATTER WHAT--  Badfinger

7.  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

8.  AFTER MIDNIGHT--  EricClapton

9.  DOMINO--  Van Morrison

10.  BE MY BABY--  Andy Kim 

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DEBUTS

25.  I HEAR YOU KNOCKING--  Dave Edmund

28.  FOR THE GOOD TIMES--  Ray Price

29.  IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN--  Gladys Knight & the Pips

30.  STONEY END--  Barbra Streisand

Name That Tune(from the above songs):  "As I Was Walking Down The Street One Day A Man Came Up To Me."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"


Monday, December 14, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of December 14, 1970: 'Knock Three Times'

The Top ten in Chicago fifty years ago this week according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison   One nice thing about the group breaking up was that we got even more Beatles music.

2.  ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER--  Fifth Dimension

3.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

4.  AFTER MIDNIGHT--  Eric Clapton

5.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn

6.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom

7.  BE MY BABY--  Andy Kim

8.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

9.  STONED LOVE--  Supremes   Who needs Diana?

10.  NO MATTER WHAT--  Badfinger 

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We're Gonna Stimulate Some Action, We're Gonna Get Some Satisfaction."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"After Midnight"


Sunday, December 13, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of December 7, 1970-- Part 5: 'One Less Bell to Answer'

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

10.   *BE MY BABY--  Andy Kim    #17    Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwall and Phil Spector.

9.  *KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn      #1     As in Tony Orlando & Dawn.  How many times do you knock on the pipe?

8.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland   #3   His last big hit.

7.  *ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER--  Fifth Dimension    #2   

6.  *DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IT--  Chicago        #7    That really fine horn band.

5.  *AFTER MIDNIGHT--  Eric Clapton     #18

4.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles    #1

3.  SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who      #10    Their last Top Ten.

2.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom     #8        Still thought he was a black guy.

1.  *MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison      #1   No plagiarism here.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Now If There's A Smile On My Face, It's Only There Tryin' To Fool The Public."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Tears of a Clown"


Friday, December 11, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of December 7, 2020-- Part 4: 'Domino'

*  Means the song was climbing the charts. The number after the artiste refers to how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 national chart.

15.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME--  Elvis Presley        #11    Onto his gaudy jumpsuit days  Great voice.

14.  *DOMINO--  Van Morrison     #9    Van the Man and those horns.

13.   I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family      #1    So what, made for TV band or not, this is great music.  I see some of you humming and grooving to it right now.

12.  *STONED LOVE--  Supremes     #7    Who needs Diana?  Evidently not these ladies who had two songs in the Top 30 this week.  Diana didn't have any.  Leave Us.  Hah!     Another appropriate song for these troubled days.  That's Jean Terrrell out front singing.

11.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who      #12     Loved the Woodstock performance of this song.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "A Love For Each Other Will Bring Fighting To An End."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Stoned Love"


Monday, December 7, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of December 7, 1970-- Part 3: 'Black Magic Woman'

*  Means the song is climbing the charts.  The number after the artists is how high the song got on Billboard's Hot 100 charts.

20.  *BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana     #4   Carlos putting his mark on Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac song.  One of those great intros.  One of the comments called Carlos the Mexican Jimi Hendrix.  Their biggest hit.

19.  *HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER--  Hollies     #7    Allan Clarke taking lead vocals.  Brotherly love I reckon.

18.  5-10-15-290 (25-30 YEARS OF LOVE)--  Presidents       #11      What they call Old School.  A great way to learn you table five  multiplication.  I can hear Chicago's Herb Kent introducing this one right now.  Their only Top 40.

17.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat     #26     Another good song for these troubled times.  Hey, I said ________ times.  That means you take a drink.

16.  *NO MATTER WHAT--  Badfinger     #8     Welsh/English band.  First group signed by the Beatles' Apple label.  Their first hit single, "Come and Get It" was written and produced by Paul McCartney in 1969.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "The Road Is Long With Many A Winding Turn."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"No Matter What"


Sunday, December 6, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of December 7, 1970-- Part 2: 'We've Only Just Begun'

*  Means the song was climbing the charts.

25.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters     #2   You have to wonder how many weddings this song has been played for the first dance?  Follow up to "Close to You."

24.  CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker     #11   A real Mad man up there on stage.  Born John Robert Cocker.

23.  *CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU--  Tom Jones     #25    Stop throwing that stuff up on stage, Ladies!!  I was unfamiliar with this song, but it is a good one.    The Pride of Wales.

22.  *ONE MAN BAND--  Three Dog Night     #19   Chuck, Canny & Corey on vocals, and then that great organ.  Blue-Eyed Soul with the Sound of the Seventies.

21.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder      #9   Still a good song for these troubled days.

Mane That Tune (from the above songs):  "Ain't No Two Ways About It I Just Can't Live Without Ya."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"One Man Band"


Saturday, December 5, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of December 7, 1970-- Part 1: 'River Deep, Mountain High'

These were the Top 30 Songs in Chicago back 50 years ago according to WLS, 890 AM.

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

HBD  GAMES--  Redeye    #27   From Los Angeles  Great song which I haven't heard in a long time.  Reminds me a bit of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

30.  *RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH--  Supremes / Four Tops    #14   The whole Motown production here.  That's Jean Terrell replacing Diana Ross.  She was the sister of former WBA Heavyweight boxing champ Ernie Terrell. Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong rounding out the trio.

29.  *IMMIGRANT SONG--  Led Zeppelin    This one will jolt you.  Hammer of the gods, indeed.  Robert could sure bounce his hair  Watch the video of the band.

28.  *THE STEALER--  Free    Follow up to "All Right Now.'  Paul Rodgers singing.

27.  GREENEYED LADY--  Sugarloaf      Do you like the 6:52 or 3:40 version?

26.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five   Last of five straight #1s.  Not a bad way to start your career.  No One-Hit Wonders here.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Come From The Land Of Ice And Sun.  From The Midnight Sun, Where The Hot Springs Flow."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Immigrant Song"


Monday, November 30, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of November 30, 1970: 'See Me, Feel Me'

Fifty years ago on Chicago's 50,000 Watt Powerhouse, WLS AM 890.

1.  TEARS OF A CLOWN-- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

2.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom

3.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

4.  SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who

5.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who

6.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

7.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME--  Elvis Presley

8.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

9.  AFTER MIDNIGHT--  Eric Clapton

10.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

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DEBUTS

27.  NO MATTER WHAT--  Badfinger

28.  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

29.  CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU--  Tom Jones

30.  ONE MAN BAND--   Three Dog Night

HBD  RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH--  Supremes / Four Tops

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Now If There Is A Smile On My Face It's Only There Trying To Fool The Public."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Tears Of a Clown"

 

Monday, November 23, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of November 23, 1970: "I Think I Love You"

1.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

2.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

3.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom  As I have said before, I really, really thought this was a black guy.  I was wrong.

4.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

5.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

6.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder

7.  CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker  And, I originally thought this might have been an original for him, but it was a cover.

9.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who

10.  FIRE & RAIN-- Hames Taylor

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DEBUTS

20.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

23.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn

28.  HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER--  Neil Diamond

29.  DOMINO--  Van Morrison

30.  MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison

HBD  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Listening To You, I get The Music."  Answer below.  RoadDog


"See Me, Feel Me"


Monday, November 16, 2020

WLS Top Ten or Week of November 16, 1970: 'Tears of a Clown'

Fifty years ago.  In other words, half a century.  

1.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family   Something about the Cowsills here.

2.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

3.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

4.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

5.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom  I was always under the impression that he was a black guy.

6.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder

7.  FIRE & RAIN--  James Taylor   Oh those singer/songwriters

8.  CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker

9.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

10.  SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who

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DEBUTS

24.  BE MY BABY--  Andy Kim

26.  ENGINE #9-- Wilson Pickett

29.  STONED LOVE--  Supremes

30.  ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER--  Fifth Dimension

Hitbound  STEALER--  Free

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'm Sleeping And Right In The Middle Of A Good Dream."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I Think I Love You"


Sunday, November 15, 2020

WLS Top 30 Songs for Week of November 9, 1970-- Part 5: "Let's Work Together"

Fifty years ago this week in Chicago, these were the Top Ten songs according to WLS, 890 AM.

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

I don't make many comments on these songs because I have already commented on them on Past Top 30s.

10.  *HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder    #9

9.  *MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom       #8      Actually a white guy.  I was always under the idea that he was a black man.  Died at age 28 by a supposedly accidental gunshot.

8.  SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING--    100 Proof    #8

7.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters    #2

6.  *LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat    #26

5.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five     #1   This was the fourth and last of four straight out-of-the-gate  #1s for them.  Not a bad start.  The next two "only" got to #2.    So sad.

4.  *TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles    #1

3.  *GYPSEY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland    #3

2.  FIRE & RAIN--  James Taylor     #3

1.  I THINK I LOVE YOU  --Partridge Family   #1

Name That Tune (from the above songs)"  "Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, I Can Feel The Presence Of Someone."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Somebody's Been Sleeping"


Friday, November 13, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of November 9, 1970-- Part 4: "Green Eyed Lady"

Fifty years ago (REALLY!!) in Chicago according to WLS 890 AM radio.  Young people listened to WLS and WCFL, 1000 AM for the latest songs.  FM was just getting started.

15.  LOLA--  Kinks    #9     Three straight of the greatest songs intros ever.  Instant recognition.  See  the Nov. 10 post for the other two.  Originally banned on some stations, but not because of what Lola was, but because of the mention of "Coca-Cola" which was changed to Cherry Cola.

14.  *SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who      #10     Also instantly recognizable first notes.  Appropriate for the troubled times back then and now.  Their last Top Ten until "Clap for the Wolfman"  (#6-1974).

13.  GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf     #3    The fifth straight song om this countdown with those ear-catching first notes.  Do you prefer the 3:39 radio version or 6:52 album cut?  A comment on You Tube:  "The coolest thing ever for a 10-year-old was to go cruising with his older brother in his LeMans  with this playing on the 8-track."

12.  DEEPER & DEEPER--  Freda Payne     #24    Hardly ever gets played these days unless you're listening to MeTV FM, but on a lot back then.  The glory days of AM radio.  Follow up to "Band of Gold" (#3-1970).

11.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread     #10    The man with that romantic voice. Mr. David Gates who married his high school sweetheart.   I did too.  Great follow up to "Make It With You."

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Girls Will Be Boys And Boys Will Be Girls.  It's A Mixed Up, Muddled Up World."   Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lola"


Wednesday, November 11, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of November 9, 1970-- Part 3: "Cry Me A River"

Top 30 songs in Chicago fifty years ago.   *  means the song was climbing the charts.
 
20.  *CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker     #11     What you call quite a musical interpreter.  I actually thought this might have been an original by him until I read that Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra Streisand had sung the song before Joe.  If you've never heard the Ella version, go to You Tube.  It will be worth your while.  Barbra did a great version as well.  Joe definitely rocked it up, but I really like that Ella version.

19.  *EL CONDOR PASA--  Simon & Garfunkel     #18    Based on a Peruvian song.  Love those pipes.  From that great "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" album.

18.  LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA--  New Seekers     #14   Covering a Melanie song.   Several comments saying this version was better than Melanie's.  I don't know, both are good but I am quite a Melanie fan.  British-Australian group.  Their biggest hit was the following year with "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)."

17.  LUCRETIA MacEVIL--   Blood, Sweat & Tears     #29     Love those horns at the beginning.  Another one of those instantly recognizable songs from the first few chords.  Off "BST 3."  A song any woman named Lucretia probably doesn't like.

16.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free       #4      FULL VOLUME, BABY!!   Is there a speaker anywhere big enough to handle the volume this needs to be played at?  Back in my deejay days, always a song guaranteed to get people out dancing.  Another one of those songs instantly identifiable by the opening chords.  Their only Top 40 out of just two Hot 100s.  One-Hit Wonder, anybody?

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  ""I'd Rather be A Sparrow Than A Snail."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"El Condor Pasa"


Tuesday, November 10, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of November 9, 1970-- Part 2: "King of Rock and Roll"

*  Means the song is climbing the charts.

25.  IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE--  Glen Campbell    Fine job on this former Conway Twitty song that reached #1 in 1958.

24.  *SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who   Slow at beginning, but built up.    Of course there was them doing it in the movie "Woodstock" and with all Roger Daltry's fringe flying around.  Watch the YouTube Woodstock version of this.

23.  *STAND BY YOUR MAN--  Candi Staton  Tammy's song with a soul twist.

22.  *KING OF ROCK AND ROLL--  Crow   Full name of it almost as long as the song at 2:33: "(Don't Try to lay No Boogie Woogie On the ) King of Rock and Roll."    Written by Jeff Thomas and also a famous English version by Long John Baldry.

21.  *STILL WATER--  Four Tops  One of the greatest belly rubbin' songs ever.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Listening To You, I Get Music.  Gazing At You I Get The Heat."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


(See Me, Feel Me"


Monday, November 9, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of November 9, 1970-- Part 1: 'Stoned Love'

Fifty year ago on Chicago's WLS 890 AM.   * Means it was climbing the charts.    The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

HBD   *STONED LOVE--  Supremes     #7     No Diana this time.

30.  *YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME--  Elvis Presley      #11    Elvis doing that Vegas thing.  From the movie "Elvis:  That Is the Way That It Is."

29.  *10- 15 (20-25 YEARS OF LOVE)--  Presidents     #11       What they call Old School Soul.   Herb Kent, where are you?  

28.  *AFTER MIDNIGHT--  Eric Clapton     #18     Doing a J.J. Cale song.

27.  CRACCKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond      #1    Watch the Kathleen Mosley video of a very young Neil.  Was that a hair flip on the left side of his head?  Were we that young 50n years ago?

26.  CANDIDA--  Dawn    #3    A white guy with two black gals.  Their first hit.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "The Stars Won't Come Out If They Know That You're About."    Answer below.   --RoadDog


"Candida"


Friday, November 6, 2020

WLS Top Ten for November 2, 1970: 'Fire & Rain'

The Top Ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago.

1.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family    You just gotta love that Danny Partridge.

2.  FIRE & RAIN--  James Taylor

3.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

4.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

5.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread

6.  SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING--  100 Proof

7.  DEEPER & DEEPER--  Freda Payne

8.  GYPSEY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

9.  GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

10.  LOLA--  Kinks   How did it begin?

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DEBUTS

26.  SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who

27.  CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker

29.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who

30.  STILL WATER (LOVE)--  Four Tops

HBD   YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME--   Elvis Presley

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I'm Sleeping And Right In The Middle Of A Good Dream."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I Think I Love You"


Monday, October 26, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of October 26, 1970: "It Don't Matter To Me"

The Top Ten in Chi-Town fifty years ago.

1.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

2.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

3.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread   If you think these guys on ly sang slow, soft pop songs, give a listen to their "On the Waters" album on You Tube.

4.  FIRE & RAIN--  James Taylor

5.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family   Their TV show could have been called "The Monkees II."

6.  GREEN-EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

7.  SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING--  100 Proof

8.  LOLA--  Kinks   Was there ever a song so recognizable after the first few notes?  Well, maybe song #10.  

9.  DEEPER & DEEPER--  Freda Payne

10.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

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DEBUTS

21.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

25.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom

26.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

28.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder

30.  STAND BY YOUR MAN--    Candi Staton

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Just Yesterday Morning, They Let Me Know You Were Gone."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Fire & Rain"


Monday, October 19, 2020

WLS Top Ten for Week of October 19, 1970: "Lola"

The top ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

2.  GREEN-EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

3.  WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

4.  LOLA--  Kinks

5.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

6.  IT DON'T MATTER TO ME--  Bread

7.  LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA--  New Seekers

8.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond

9.  FIRE & RAIN--   James Taylor

10.  THAT'S WHERE I WENT WRONG--  Poppy Family

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DEBUTS ON THE TOP 30

21.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

27.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

28.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

30.  OUR HOUSE--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Soothing Every Raging Wave That Comes."  Answer below.  ----RoadDog


"Green-Eyed Lady"


Tuesday, October 13, 2020

WLS Top 30 for Week of October 12, 1970-- Part 5: "All Right Now"

Here are the Top ten in Chicago fifty years ago.  ^  means the song was climbing the charts.

10.  ^ OUT IN THE COUNTRY--  Three Dog Night

9.   INDIANA WANTS ME--  R. Dean Taylor

8.   ^ THAT'S WHERE I WENT WRONG--  Poppy Family

7.  ^ CANDIDA--  Dawn

6.  ^ LOLA--  Kinks

5.  ^ WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN--  Carpenters

4.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond

3.  ^ GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

2.  ^ ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

1.  ^ I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Met Her In A Club Down In Old Soho."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lola"