1972-01-12 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
January 12, 1972

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS
1	1	Don McLean	American Pie (Parts I & II)	8
2	5	Climax	Precious And Few	7
3	3	Beverly Bremers	Don't Say You Don't Remember	7
4	2	Melanie	Brand New Key	9
5	7	Badfinger	Day After Day	6
6	4	The New Seekers	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	7
7	14	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	6
8	12	The Partridge Family	It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)	5
9	6	Jonathan Edwards	Sunshine	9
10	23	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	5
11	11	The Stylistics	You Are Everything	9
12	9	Donnie Elbert	Where Did Our Love Go	8
13	13	Rare Earth	Hey Big Brother	8
14	21	Think	Once You Understand	4
15	17	The Honey Cone	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I	5
16	8	Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band	Scorpio	10
17	30	Carly Simon	Anticipation	3
19	26	Charley Pride	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	4
20	20	Joe Simon	Drowning In The Sea Of Love	6
21	34	Nilsson	Without You	3
24	25	Redbone	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	5
25	33	Apollo 100	Joy	3
26	29	The Jackson 5	Sugar Daddy	3
27	32	Faces	Stay With Me	3
30	HB	Carpenters	Hurting Each Other	1
31	35	The 5th Dimension	Together Let's Find Love	2
32	37	Scott English	Brandy	2
33	36	The Addrisi Brothers	We've Got To Get It On Again	2
34	40	Robert John	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	2
35	38	Three Dog Night	Never Been To Spain	2
36	39	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Daisy Mae	2
37	HB	The Osmonds	He's The Light Of The World	1
38	--	Carole King	Sweet Seasons	1
39	HB	Trade Martin	I Can't Do It For You	1
40	--	The Congregation	Softly Whispering I Love You	1

Survey notes: Survey missing; recreated from 1/19.
Songs at the missing chart position numbers are unknown.
Hitbounds: (unknown)
Feature Album: (unknown)

Cover: (unknown)

Song notes cont:
4. 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?]
6. Presbyterian gathering. The only 2 songs that everybody knew were:
(1) Amazing Grace” and (2) I’d Like to Teach the World…”
34. 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/