1970-04-12 — WDBL 1590 AM ( Springfield, Tennessee )
WDBL 1590 am
Springfield’s Top 10
April 12, 1970
| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1 | | The Beatles | Let It Be | 5 | 5th week at #1 | | 2 | 4 | | The Jackson 5 | ABC | 4 | | | 3 | 5 | | Norman Greenbaum | Spirit In The Sky | 4 | | | 4 | -- | | Kenny Rogers And The First Edition | Something's Burning | 1 | | | 5 | 6 | | Edison Lighthouse | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | 4 | Vocal by Tony Burrows, who fronted a lot of real & fake bands in the late 60s to mid 70s. (cont in Goodies) | | 6 | -- | | Badfinger | Come And Get It | 2 | BB 3/22, #5 3/29 | | 7 | 2 | | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | | Great keyboard work by Larry Knechtel, member of the Wrecking Crew | | 8 | -- | | Ray Stevens | Everything Is Beautiful | 1 | | | 9 | -- | | George Baker Selection | Little Green Bag | 1 | | | 10 | 3 | | The Jaggerz | The Rapper | | Featuring Donnie Iris (born Dominic Ierace), who wrote this song. CM: #7 (3/1), #2 (3/8), #3 (3/15, 3/22), #8 (3/29), #3 (4/5) | | HB | | | Simon & Garfunkel | Cecilia | | | | HB | | | Michael Parks | Long Lonesome Highway | | |
Springfield’s favorite 45s, based on sales & requests.
Note: WDBL is located on Beautiful Signal Hill, west of town.
Chart movement:
These songs moved up after moving down the week before
“ABC” (3-4-2), “Love Grows…” (4-6-5)
Song note cont:
5. Had 4 singles by different “bands” on the chart
at one time. He sang 2 songs on one
episode of the BBC’s “Top of the Pops”,
which resulted in a rule that an act could
only perform 1 on a given episode.
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