1971-12-15 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
December 15, 1971

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS	NOTES
1	1	Melanie	Brand New Key	5	There has to be more to this song than the obvious. (cont in Goodies)
2	4	Sly & The Family Stone	Family Affair	7
3	5	Jonathan Edwards	Sunshine	6
4	2	Three Dog Night	An Old Fashioned Love Song	7
5	7	The Chi-Lites	Have You Seen Her	7	Chart movement: 11-9-7-5
6	6	Michael Jackson	Got To Be There	8
7	3	David Cassidy	Cherish	8
8	12	Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band	Scorpio	6
9	10	Bullet	White Lies, Blue Eyes	7
10	16	Don McLean	American Pie (Parts I & II)	4
11	8	Donny Osmond	Hey Girl	4	Well, obviously both weren't #8 lw. But i can't tell which was.
12	11	Van Morrison	Wild Night	8
13	8	Peter Nero	Theme From "Summer Of '42"	9	(see note #11)
14	14	The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself	5
15	9	Bread	Baby I'm - A Want You	10
16	32	Carpenters	Merry Christmas Darling	2	Originally recorded + released Dec. ’70. One of those Christmas tunes that will haunt us for years to come
17	24	The New Seekers	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	3	My late friend Pat McGeachy attended an international (cont in Goodies)
18	28	Beverly Bremers	Don't Say You Don't Remember
19	23	Donnie Elbert	Where Did Our Love Go		Holland-Dozier-Holland song originally recorded by the Supremes
20	20	Lee Michaels	Can I Get A Witness
21	15	Mickey Newbury	An American Trilogy
22	18	Aretha Franklin	Rock Steady
23	26	Sweathog	Hallelujah
24	35	Climax	Precious And Few		Lead singer: Sonny Geraci, formerly of The Outsiders
25	19	Sonny & Cher	All I Ever Need Is You
26	27	The Stylistics	You Are Everything
27	29	Tommy James	Nothing To Hide
28	17	Isaac Hayes	Theme From Shaft
29	34	Rare Earth	Hey Big Brother
30	38	Badfinger	Day After Day
31	25	Freddie North	She's All I Got
32	39	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman
33	22	Cher	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves		Well, it IS spelled “gypsies” in every other case except the record label
34	37	Helen Reddy	No Sad Song
35	40	Joe Simon	Drowning In The Sea Of Love
36	--	The Partridge Family	It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)		LW: HB?
37	--	The Honey Cone	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I		LW: HB?
38	--	John & Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)		LW: HB?; (artist) … & a partridge…?
39	--	Al Green	Let's Stay Together		LW: HB?
40	--	Redbone	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans		LW: HB?
HB		Charley Pride	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'
HB		Dave Prince	The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
HB		The Undisputed Truth	You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth

ALBUM CHARTS

TW	LW		ARTIST	ALBUM	WKS	NOTES
			Red, Wilder, Blue	Red-Wilder-Blue

Close-up toothpaste for the close-up smile.

Cover: 
Led by 54-year old Pop, and his daughters Mavis,
Cleo, and Yvonne, the Staple Singers have a hit
with “Respect Yourself”.

Song note cont:
1. 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?]
17. Presbyterian gathering. The only 2 songs that everybody knew were:
(1) Amazing Grace” and (2) I’d Like to Teach the World…”


Album note cont:
FA. Apparently had a song included in Ssn 1, ep. 9 of “Bracken’s World” starring
Leslie Nielson:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063877/?ref_=nm_flmg_msdp_1