1967-10-16 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

BIG MAK “HIT LIST”
Effective Until October 16, 1967

Dig the VIPs daily on BIG MAK
the HAPPENING OF NASHVILLE

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS	NOTES
1	2	The Association	Never My Love
2	25	Bill Cosby	Little Ole Man (Uptight-Everything's Alright)		“.. (Uptight, Everything’s Alright)”
3	9	Mitch Ryder	What Now My Love
4	1	The Hombres	Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)		Survey: “Let It All Hang Out”
5	10	Al Kent	You've Got To Pay The Price		Al Kent; No artist listed
6	28	The Esquires	Get On Up
7	8	The Soul Survivors	Expressway To Your Heart
8	16	The Parliaments	(I Wanna) Testify		Later Parliament and/or Funkadelic, take your pick. Led by George Clinton. (No Bootsy yet.)
9	20	Billy Joe Royal	Hush
10	11	James & Bobby Purify	Let Love Come Between Us
11	13	The Young Rascals	How Can I Be Sure
11	13	The Young Rascals	I'm So Happy Now
12	4	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	10	Survey: Bobbie; “…Billy Joe”
13	5	Jay And The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
14	37	The Buckinghams	Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
15	3	The Box Tops	The Letter	9
16	6	Diana Ross And The Supremes	Reflections	10
17	39	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman		“(You Make Me Feel Like)…” Wr. Gerry Goffin, Carole King
18	15	Frankie Valli	I Make A Fool Of Myself
19	24	Peter, Paul & Mary	I Dig Rock And Roll Music
20	12	The Doors	Light My Fire	11	Survey: “Light My Fore” [to rhyme with "door"?]
21	27	Brenton Wood	Gimme Little Sign
22	7	The Mamas & The Papas	Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)		Survey: “12:30”
23	22	The Lemonade Charade	The Yellow Brick Road		Local band; bka (Original) Charades
23	22	The Lemonade Charade	Heat Wave
24	32	Otis & Carla	Knock On Wood		(Why, that would be) Redding & Thomas
25	40	Four Tops	You Keep Running Away
26		Nancy Sinatra	Lightning's Girl	1
27		The Cowsills	The Rain, The Park & Other Things	1
28	35	Petula Clark	The Cat In The Window (The Bird In The Sky)		“… (The Bird in the Sky)”
29		The Bee Gees	Holiday	1
30		Sam & Dave	Soul Man	1	featuring local resident Sam Moore
31		David Houston	You Mean The World To Me	1
32		Lulu	To Sir With Love	1
33		Gene & Debbe	Go With Me	1	Survey: Debbie (Debbe, short for Debbron)
34		Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Your Precious Love	1	Survey: “Tammy”; Gaye & Terrell
35		The Doors	People Are Strange	1	So is love (see #37)
36		Jimmie Rodgers	Child Of Clay	1	Not the “Singing Brakeman”
37		Peaches & Herb	Love Is Strange	1	The real “Peaches”, not the “Reunited” poseur; So are people (see #35)
38		Stevie Wonder	I'm Wondering	1
39		The Tremeloes	Even The Bad Times Are Good	1
40		Pat Boone	By The Time I Get To Phoenix	1	Boone’s recording never charted in Billboard or Cashbox. (Glen Campbell’s arrives soon.)
PH		The Robbs	Girls, Girls		"V.I.PICK"

ALBUM CHARTS

TW	LW		ARTIST	ALBUM	WKS	NOTES
			The Beach Boys	Smiley Smile		Uninspiring & embarrassing substitution for what might have been one of the most important albums of the rock era (SMiLE)
			Del Shannon	The Best Of Del Shannon		Hats off to Charles Westover!

*Heard First on Big Mak: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, #11, #12, #13, #15,
#16, #17, #18, #20, #21, #22, #24, #25, #27, #28, #29, #31, #32, #34, #35,
#36, #39, #40

D.J.s: LIL’ DADDY 5:30-9 A.M.
GENE CLARK 9-- NOON
NOEL BALL NOON - 3 & 7-8 P.M.
DON HUNT 3 - 7 P.M.
RICK DARBY 8 - MIDNIGHT
CAPT. MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT to 5:30 A.M.

Notes: Gene Clark: not the Byrds member
Capt. Midnight = Roger Schutt