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

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WEEK BEGINNING
December 15, 1971

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

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