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

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