1972-01-26 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )
1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY
WEEK BEGINNING
January 26, 1972
| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS |
|---|
| 7 | 3 | | Don McLean | American Pie (Parts I & II) | 10 | | 10 | 13 | | Carly Simon | Anticipation | 5 | | 34 | 40 | | T. Rex | Bang A Gong (Get It On) | 2 | | 23 | 16 | | Melanie | Brand New Key | 11 | | 20 | 25 | | Scott English | Brandy | 4 | | 4 | 5 | | Betty Wright | Clean Up Woman | 8 | | 31 | 35 | | Raiders | Country Wine | 2 | | 25 | 32 | | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | Daisy Mae | 4 | | 1 | 2 | | Badfinger | Day After Day | 8 | | 9 | 4 | | Beverly Bremers | Don't Say You Don't Remember | 9 | | 30 | -- | | The Osmonds | Down By The Lazy River | 1 | | HB | -- | | Bread | Everything I Own | | | 35 | 38 | | The Supremes | Floy Joy | 2 | | 39 | -- | | Grand Funk Railroad | Footstompin' Music | 1 | | 21 | 29 | | The Osmonds | He's The Light Of The World | 3 | | 26 | 15 | | Rare Earth | Hey Big Brother | 10 | | 12 | 21 | | Carpenters | Hurting Each Other | 3 | | 15 | 9 | | The New Seekers | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | 9 | | 11 | 18 | | Apollo 100 | Joy | 5 | | 8 | 10 | | Charley Pride | Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' | 6 | | 6 | 7 | | Al Green | Let's Stay Together | 7 | | 32 | 39 | | Frank Mills | Love Me, Love Me Love | 2 | | HB | -- | | Paul Simon | Mother And Child Reunion | | | 36 | HB | | The Bee Gees | My World | 1 | | 14 | 26 | | Three Dog Night | Never Been To Spain | 4 | | 37 | -- | | Rock Flowers | Number Wonderful | 1 | | 13 | 11 | | The Honey Cone | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I | 7 | | 2 | 1 | | Climax | Precious And Few | 9 | | HB | -- | | B.J. Thomas | Rock And Roll Lullaby | | | 27 | 34 | | The Congregation | Softly Whispering I Love You | 3 | | 16 | 20 | | Faces | Stay With Me | 5 | | 24 | 24 | | The Jackson 5 | Sugar Daddy | 5 | | 29 | 33 | | Carole King | Sweet Seasons | 3 | | 38 | HB | | The Free Movement | The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) | 1 | | 17 | 28 | | Robert John | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 4 | | 40 | -- | | Melanie | The Nickel Song | 1 | | 33 | 37 | | Cher | The Way Of Love | 2 | | 18 | 22 | | Redbone | The Witch Queen Of New Orleans | 7 | | 28 | 30 | | The 5th Dimension | Together Let's Find Love | 4 | | 19 | 31 | | The Addrisi Brothers | We've Got To Get It On Again | 4 | | 22 | 17 | | Donnie Elbert | Where Did Our Love Go | 10 | | 3 | 8 | | Nilsson | Without You | 5 |
Is this David Cassidy singing in the shower even?
Cover:
America’s disc jockey of the year…
Scott Shannon. Selected by “16-Spec” Magazine.
Song notes cont:
16.Presbyterian gathering. The only 2 songs that everybody knew were:
(1) Amazing Grace” and (2) I’d Like to Teach the World…”
17. Rolling Stone article by Rian Malan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/in-the-jungle
-inside-the-long-hidden-genealogy-of-the-lion-sleeps-tonight-108274/
23. If she’d written this when she was 15, ok.I mean this is
Melanie Safka. But compare “Candles in the Rain” -> “Lay Down”.
Maybe it is a euphemism for sex. My theory is that the key is
for a car. (1) You buy a new set of skates, the key is included.
(2) “Don’t drive no car…”; “… who don’t drive…” [a car?]
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