1972-03-01 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
March 1, 1972

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS	NOTES
1	1	The Osmonds	Down By The Lazy River	6
2	3	Robert John	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	9	Solomon Linda’s family FINALLY received some of the royalties due him 38 years AFTER he died. And then only because of a (cont i
3	4	Scott English	Brandy	9	English co-wrote this song, renamed “Mandy” when popularized by Barry Manilow, so as not to confuse it with the Looking Glass so
4	6	Bread	Everything I Own
5	2	Carpenters	Hurting Each Other	8
6	8	The Addrisi Brothers	We've Got To Get It On Again	9	They wrote a few songs for the Association.
7	19	America	A Horse With No Name	3
8	10	Frank Mills	Love Me, Love Me Love	7
9	11	Cher	The Way Of Love	7
10	13	B.J. Thomas	Rock And Roll Lullaby
11	5	Nilsson	Without You	10
12	9	Three Dog Night	Never Been To Spain	9	Another Hoyt Axton song from TDN
13	7	Apollo 100	Joy	10
14	16	Carole King	Sweet Seasons	8
15	23	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion
18	21	Donnie Elbert	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
19	24	Sly & The Family Stone	Runnin' Away
20	25	Michel LeGrand	Brian's Song
22	27	Neil Young	Heart Of Gold	4
25	32	Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	3
26	38	Giorgio	Son Of My Father	2
27	29	David Cassidy	Could It Be Forever	3
28	34	Joe Tex	I Gotcha	2
29	33	Melanie	Ring The Living Bell	3
30	36	Sonny & Cher	A Cowboys Work Is Never Done	2
31	40	J.J. Cale	Crazy Mama	2
32	HB	Jerry Lee Lewis	Chantilly Lace	1	The Killer does the definitive version of the song. He died 35 days ago as I’m typing this
33	35	Terry Black And Laurel Ward	Goin' Down (On The Road To L.A.)	2	Met in the Toronto cast of “Hair”, later married.
35	37	The Chakachas	Jungle Fever	2
36	39	Dionne Warwick	If We Only Have Love	2
37	HB	Michael Jackson	Rockin' Robin	1
38	HB	Quincy Jones	Money Runner	1	Altho honey might have been more fun
39	--	The Temptations	Take A Look Around	1
40	--	The Stylistics	Betcha By Golly, Wow	1
41	--	Jackson Browne	Doctor My Eyes		Background vocals by Graham Nash & David Crosby. According to Crosby: “We’re musical jun
42		June Jackson	Little Dog Heaven		Twb June (J.J.) Jackson, not J.J. Jackson
HB		Yes	Roundabout


Song note cont:
2. 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/