WLS Top Ten and Debuts for Week of February 23, 1974: 'Dark Lady'

Fifty years ago on the mighty LS.

1.  SEASONS IN THE SUN--  Terry Jacks

2.  THE WAY WE WERE--  Barbra Streisand

3.  ROCK ON--  David Essex

4.  LOVE'S THEME--  Love Unlimited Orchestra

5.  DARK LADY--  Cher

6.  YOU'RE SIXTEEN--  Ringo Starr

7.  ABRA-CA-DABRA--  DeFranco Family

8.  ONE TIN SOLDIER--  Coven

9.  BOOGIE DOWN--  Eddie Kendricks

10.  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL--  Charlie Rich

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DEBUTS

14.  LAST KISS--  Wednesday

22.  LOVE SONG--  Anne Murray

Name That Tune (from the above songs:  "Listen Children To A Story That Was Written Long Ago."  --RoadDog

"One Tin Soldier"

Naming Chicago's New Snowplows-- Part 3: Ferris Buehler's Scrape Off

Ferris Buehler's Scrape Off

Jesse Whiteout

Kevin McPlowster

Little Dibbie

Looper Scooper

Lost Shaker of Salt

Maxwell Street Plowish Sausage

Micicle Jordan

Mies van der Snow

Minnie MiNosnow

Here's to Jimmy B.  Miss You.  --RoadDog

Naming Chicago's New Snowplows-- Part 2: Deep Dish Plowza

Buddy Guy-cicle

Casimir Plowaski

Celery Salter

Chance the Scraper

Chicago My Home Plow

Chicago Plowhawks

ChiPlowgo

City of Big Shovels

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Deep Dish Plowza

Earth, Wind and Plower

Ernie Snowbanks

Too Funny.  --RoadDog

Naming the New Snowplows in Chicago-- Part 1 Say What? 'Chillinois'

From the January 26, 2024, Chicago Tribune "Chillinois,' 'Taylor Drift,' 'Skilling It.'  by Kate Armanini.

These are a few of the creative offerings folks around here have offered in Chicago's second annual "You Name A Snowplow" contest. For some reason, it has been known to snow around here and we need these things to clear the white stuff off.  Why not have some fun while doing it?

Of course, Swifties will get the "Taylor Drift."  And, longtime weatherman, and town favorite Tom Skilling is retiring from WGN soon.  So, he's "Skilling It."

Here are some other good ones:

Above the Thaw

Arctic Institute of Chicago

Bad, Bad Leroy Plow

Better Call Salt

Bill Flurry

Buckingham Plowtain

Some More in the Next Post.  Great Sense of Humor Those Chicago Folks.  --RoadDog

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of February 16, 1974: 'Dark Lady'

From the oldies loon site.

1.  SEASONS IN THE SUN--  Terry Jacks

2.  THE WAY WE WERE--  Barbra Streisand

3.  YOU'RE SIXTEEN--  Ringo Starr

4.  LOVE'S THEME--  Love Unlimited Orchestra

5.  ABRA-CA-DABRA--  DeFranco Family

6.  ONE TIM SOLDIER--  Coven

7.  DARK LADY--  Cher

8.  ROCK ON--  David Essex  (climbed from #26)

9.  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL--  Charlie Rich

10.  NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP--  Barry White

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DEBUTS

24.  SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS--  John Denver

25.  UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME--   Aretha Franklin

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You Come On Like a Dream.  Peaches and Cream.)  Answer below.

--  RoadDog

"You're Sixteen"

St. Valentine's Day Murders at NIU

Not forgetting that horrible day, 16 years ago yesterday, February 14, 2008, when a gunman (whose name won't be mentioned) stormed into a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and killed five students and wounded many others before doing the right thing finally and killing himself.

This hit Liz and me especially hard since we are both graduates of that school.

Not Forgetting.

WLS Top 10 for Week of February 9, 1974: 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'

That's right, fifty years ago.

1.  SEASONS IN THE SUN--  Terry Jacks

2.  YOU'RE SIXTEEN--  Ringo Starr

3.  THE WAY WE WERE--  Barbra Streisand

4.  ONE TIN SOLDIER--  Coven

5.  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD--  Charlie Rich

6.  LOVE'S THEME--  Love Unlimited Orchestra

7.  AMERICANS--  Byron MacGregor

8.  ROCKIN' ROLL BABY--  Stylistics

9.  ABRA-CA-DABRA--  DeFranco Family

10.  LET ME BE THERE--  Olivia Newton-John

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DEBUTS

26.  ROCK ON--  David Essex

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Goodbye to you my trusted friend."  Answer below.

"Seasons in the Sun"

Interesting Winter So Far and Adios Toby!!

January started off fine, then we had several 5 inch snowfalls and then a big 13-incher.  Unfortunately, I had problems getting the old snowblower (it's about 22 years old) started until the 13-incher, then it really had a hard time coping with all of it.  I did get some of the driveway finished before a really nice neighbor came over and finished it.  Of course, there was also those three days below zero the entire day.

Now, February has been a beaut so far.  Finally, all that snow has melted and the last several days its been 40s and even 50s today.  I was able to open up the house and get some fresh air in it.  Plus, I even had peanuts in the shell our OD (On Deck).  Not too many things finer that peanuts in the shell.

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So sorry to lose one of my all-time favorite country music stars, Toby Keith.  I have most of his CDs and even one on my Ultimate Jukebox.  Who cannot help but sing along with him on "I Love This Bar" and "Red Solo Cup."  And, of course that "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" pretty well sums up my feeling about 9/11.

I didn't find out about his death until Tuesday afternoon at Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg.  Someone put on a bunch of his songs and we gave him a rousing sendoff.

Sorry 'Bout That Dixie Chicks or Dixies or Whatever You're Calling Yourselves Now.  --RoadDog

How Long This Time?

Fun and computer games continue.  Thanks to a buddy, I got back on the internet in December, then went off it again.  I bought a new pc and somehow managed to get it hooked up and, well here I am again.

For how long who knows?

Plus, I now have to figure out how to get to my other three blogs on this site.  I haven't posted on them since May of 2023.

Love It But Hate It.  --RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for Week of December 22, 1973: "I Got a Name"

1.  GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD--  Elton John

2.  TOP OF THE WORLD--  Carpenters

3.  SHOW AND TELL--  Al Wilson

4.  BABY IT'S ME--  Todd Rundgren

5.  LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS)--  Helen Reddy

6.  THE JOKER--  Steve Miller Band

7.  ONE TIN SOLDIER--  Coven

8.  I GOT A NAME--  Jim Croce

9.  TIME IN A BOTTLE--  Jim Croce

10.  D'YER MAK;ER--  Led Zeppelin

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NEW TO CHART

36.  TEENAGE LAMENT--  Alice Cooper

38.  I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION--  Gladys Knight & the Pips

40.  WALK LIKE A MAN--  Grand Funk

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Some People Call Me the Space Cowboy

--RoadDog

Long Time No Blog

I lost internet connection last May and am finally back on.

Right now trying to figure out how to do these blogs and e-mail and all sorts of stuff.  Should keep me busy for awhile.

--RoadDog

Visit With Liz, Donovan's, Trivia, Saylor Mick's, Kent State, Star Wars and a Movie

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

Visited Liz at Cole Cemetery and then went to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes,Wisconsin, as we so often did.  Played live trivia with Uncle Jeffie.  Stopped at Saylor Mick's in Spring Grove for the wing special and those great retro $1 Hamm's pints.

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THURSDAY, MAY 4

Today was the 53rd anniversary of the killings at Kent State in Ohio.  That set off rioting and troubles in college campuses across the United States, including at NIU where I was a freshman.  I thought I was seeing the end of the United States.

On a lighter note, today, being May the 4th, has a play on words "May the Force Be With You" so it is an "Star Wars" day.  All of Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten had to do with space.  I wrote them down earlier in this blog.

Went to the Fox Lake Theatre and saw "Renfield."  That Nicholas Cage makes a fine Dracula.

--RoadDrac

Music Deaths in 2022: Eihard, Anderson, Gracie and Jett

SHIRLEY EIHARD, 67

**  Died 15 December 2022

Singer / songwriter

RICK ANDERSON, 75

**  Died 16 December 2022

Bass player with the Tubes.  "She's a Beauty"  (#10-1983)

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CHARLIE GRACIE, 86

**  Died 17 December 2022

Singer / guitar player (rock and roll)  "Butterfly"  (#1-1957).  If you're old enough, you will remember this song.

HARVEY JETT, 73

**  Died 21 December 2022

Guitarist and founding member of Black Oak Arkansas.  "Jim Dandy"  (#25-1974)

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for Week of May 7, 1973: 'You Are the Sunshine of My Life'

The top songs in Chicago fifty years ago.  Right!!

1.  TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE--  Dawn

2.  THE CISCO KID--  War

3. THE NIGHTS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA--  Vickie Lawrence

4.  SING--  Carpenters

5.  STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU--  Steeler's Wheel

6.  YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE  OF MY LIFE--  Stevie Wonder

7.  THE TWELFTH OF NEVER--  Donny Osmond

8.  FRANKENSTEIN--  Edgar Winter Group

9.  DRIFT AWAY--  Dobie Gray

10.  LITTLE WILLIE--  Sweet

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DEBUTS

17.  HOCUS POCUS--  Focus

22.  IT SURE TOOK A LONG, LONG TIME--  Lobo

26.  I'M GONNA LOVE YOU--  Barry White

27.  I'M DOIN' FINE NOW--  New York City

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "He Drink Whiskey, Poncho Drink The Wine."  Answer elow.  --RoadDog

"The Cisco Kid"

This Blog Passed Its 8000th Post

This post is # 8,020.  I started it on May 9, 2007, one year after I retired.

This was the second blog that I started and actually, the reason I started it was that I was unable to get onto my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.  Shortly after I started this,I was able to get on my first blog, but kept this one to write about what I was doing and especially music.

Lots and lots of music posts.

Every week, I do the WLS top songs from 50 years ago.

Way Too Many Blogs.  --RoadDog

Music Deaths in 2022: Christie McVie of Fleetwood Mac

CHRISTIE McVIE, 79

Died 30 November 2022

Keyboard player / vocalist with Fleetwood Mac.

Wrote and sang lead on "Say You Love Me"  (#11-1976), "Go Your Own Way"  (#10-1977), "Don't Stop"  (#3-1977)  and "You Make Loving Fun"  (#9-1977).

In the 1970s it was hard to turn on the radio and not hear a Fleetwood Mac song and she was the cement that kept the group together.

May the 4th Be With You: 'Space Oddity' A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Away...

Bob Stroud played songs with this theme today on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive, Chicago's Classic Rock.

The reason, of course, was a play on words for a signatiure line from the Star Wars movies, "May the Force be with you."

Pretty good song selection and you can still listen to it tonight at 10 PM, CDST as it sure does stream.

SPACE ODDITY--  David Bowie

MAN ON THE MOON--  REM

SPACE TRUCKING--  Deep Purple

FULL MOON TURN MY HEAD AROUND--  Off Broadway

ROCKET MAN--  Elton John

2,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME--  Rolling Stones

SPACE COWBOY--  Steve Miller Band

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE--  Beatles

WALKING ON THE MOON--  Police

MAJOR TOM--  Peter Schilling

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Told You About Living In The US  Of  A, Don't You Know That I'm The Gangster Of Love?"  Answer below.  --RoadForce

"Space Cowboy"

Music Deaths in 2022: Cipriano, Cara, Barnes, Simmonds

** GENE CIPRIANO, 94

Died 12 November 2022

Saxophone player, prolific session musician with the Wrecking Crew.

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**  IRENE CARA, 63

Died 25 November 2022

Singer / actress, known for hit songs "Flashdance, What a Feeling" and "Fame."

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**  J. J. BARNES, 89

Died 10 December 2022

Singer (rhythm & blues / soul).

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**  KIM SIMMONDS, 75

Died 13 December 2022

Vocalist / guitar player with blues rock band Savoy Brown