Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s
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LaBelle recorded a version of Moon Shadow in 1972 – and it's awful! It's every bit as bad as their 1975 hit Lady Marmalade. I am not sadistic enough to share it here. I like this version by Mandy Moore from her Coverage album, released October 21, 2003.
21 for 71
40: MOONSHADOW - CAT STEVENS
37: BEGINNINGS - CHICAGO
36: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY
34: LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
33: SIGNS - THE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
32: WILD HORSES - THE ROLLING STONES
31: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - ISAAC HAYES
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
25: HIGH TIME WE WENT - JOE COCKER
20: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER
16: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - THE BEE GEES
14: DRAGGIN' THE LINE - TOMMY JAMES
13: BROWN SUGAR - THE ROLLING STONES
12: IT DON'T COME EASY - RINGO STARR
10: THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE - CARLY SIMON
9: WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT - JERRY REED
6: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR
5: DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK, & REYNOLDS
4: RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE CARPENTERS
3: TREAT HER LIKE A LADY - THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE
1: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING
Notes:
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
Chase was an instrumental rock band founded by Bill Chase. The sound was along the lines of Chicago and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. But instead of a horn section with trumpet, sax, and trombone, it was 4 trumpets. Of course my brother - the trumpet player - bought this album right away.
Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.
40: MOONSHADOW - CAT STEVENS
37: BEGINNINGS - CHICAGO
36: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY
34: LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
33: SIGNS - THE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
32: WILD HORSES - THE ROLLING STONES
31: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - ISAAC HAYES
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
25: HIGH TIME WE WENT - JOE COCKER
20: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER
16: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - THE BEE GEES
14: DRAGGIN' THE LINE - TOMMY JAMES
13: BROWN SUGAR - THE ROLLING STONES
12: IT DON'T COME EASY - RINGO STARR
10: THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE - CARLY SIMON
9: WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT - JERRY REED
6: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR
5: DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK, & REYNOLDS
4: RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE CARPENTERS
3: TREAT HER LIKE A LADY - THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE
1: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING
Notes:
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
Chase was an instrumental rock band founded by Bill Chase. The sound was along the lines of Chicago and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. But instead of a horn section with trumpet, sax, and trombone, it was 4 trumpets. Of course my brother - the trumpet player - bought this album right away.
Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.
I'd never even heard of this song, let alone actually hearing it before I did in the car Saturday morning. And as it played I literally said out loud "Oh, it's Blood, Sweat, and Chicago".
Get It On, which ends with the same notes as the end of Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, peaked at #24 on the July 31 1971 Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #22 on the Cash Box Top 100 that same week. In Los Angeles, the song got to #14 on the July 14 1971 KHJ Thirty. Chase released seven more singles including a version of Theme From Superman but never had another top-40 hit. Here is BoChaWa from September 1974. The title is a combination of "Bo" (nickname of trumpeter Jerry Van Blair), "Cha" (for trumpeter Bill Chase) and "Wa" (for organist Wallace Yohn).
I forgot about the Iron Butterfly ending to the song. That made me laugh out loud in the car.
America's A Horse With No Name went to number one on both the March 25 1972 Billboard Hot 100 and the March 25 1972 Cash Box Top 100. It would be number one on both charts for three weeks.
I'm warning IRBS so he can quit listening to the countdown after the #2 song is played. You're welcome, IRBS.
I'm warning IRBS so he can quit listening to the countdown after the #2 song is played. You're welcome, IRBS.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I never listen to any winter/spring 1972 countdowns for that very reason.
America's Dewey Bunnell wrote A Horse With No Name when he was 19. The original title was Desert Song. I know nobody is wondering what was the first number-one song to mention a horse – so here it is. Ragtime Cowboy Joe, written by Grant Clarke (lyrics) and Maurice Abrahams and Lewis Muir (music) and recorded by baritone novelty singer Bob Roberts, was number-one for six weeks in August-September 1912. The song was a #16 hit for Eddy Howard in August 1947, a #10 hit for Jo Stafford in October 1949 and a #16 hit for David Seville & The Chipmunks in August 1960.