Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s

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.
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Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.

 
scotchandcigar said:
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.
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Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.

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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).

 
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.
 
Channel98 said:
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.
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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.

 
July 19th, 1975:

40 DE BARRY MANILOW - COULD IT BE MAGIC
39 24 JOE SIMON - GET DOWN, GET DOWN (Get On The Floor)
38 DE FREDDY FENDER - WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS
37 DE AMBROSIA - HOLDIN’ ON TO YESTERDAY
36 40 AEROSMITH - SWEET EMOTION
35 DE LYNYRD SKYNYRD - SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
34 38 MICHAEL JACKSON - JUST A LITTLE BIT OF YOU
33 DE HAMILTON, JOE FRANK AND REYNOLDS - FALLIN’ IN LOVE
32 39 JANIS IAN - AT SEVENTEEN
31 31 RINGO STARR - IT’S ALL DOWN TO GOODNIGHT VIENNA
30 36 THE ISLEY BROTHERS - FIGHT THE POWER PART 1
29 27 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - HEY YOU
28 32 HOT CHOCOLATE - DISCO QUEEN
27 16 JESSI COLTER - I’M NOT LISA
26 12 MAJOR HARRIS - LOVE WON’T LET ME WAIT
25 28 COMMODORES - SLIPPERY WHEN WET
24 34 TONY ORLANDO & DAWN - MORNIN’ BEAUTIFUL
23 09 LINDA RONSTADT - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
22 26 CHARLIE RICH - EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH ME (I GET HIGH)
21 04 MICHAEL MURPHEY - WILDFIRE
20 DE JAMES TAYLOR - HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You)
19 20 GLEN CAMPBELL - RHINESTONE COWBOY
18 19 DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND - I’M ON FIRE
17 21 MIKE POST - THE ROCKFORD FILES
16 17 WAR - WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
15 25 ELTON JOHN - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
14 14 RAY STEVENS - MISTY
13 16 Tony Camillo’s BAZUKA - DYNOMITE (Part I)
12 13 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - THE WAY WE WERE/TRY TO REMEMBER
11 15 MELISSA MANCHESTER - MIDNIGHT BLUE
10 11 GWEN McCRAE - ROCKIN’ CHAIR
09 22 BEE GEES - JIVE TALKIN’
08 01 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
07 08 FRANKIE VALLI - SWEARIN’ TO GOD
06 05 PILOT - MAGIC
05 06 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - PLEASE MR. PLEASE
04 07 EAGLES - ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
03 10 10cc - I’M NOT IN LOVE
02 02 VAN McCOY & The Soul City Symphony - THE HUSTLE
01 03 WINGS - LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID

No 3-minute video, the guy just posted one for April 1975 today. So close!
 
Great/good/ok 8

*****
36 40 AEROSMITH - SWEET EMOTION
32 39 JANIS IAN - AT SEVENTEEN
15 25 ELTON JOHN - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT

****
01 03 WINGS - LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID

***
23 09 LINDA RONSTADT - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
20 DE JAMES TAYLOR - HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You)
09 22 BEE GEES - JIVE TALKIN’
02 02 VAN McCOY & The Soul City Symphony - THE HUSTLE

**
06 05 PILOT - MAGIC
04 07 EAGLES - ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
03 10 10cc - I’M NOT IN LOVE

*
19 20 GLEN CAMPBELL - RHINESTONE COWBOY
08 01 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER

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18 good/ok from 1975:

36 40 AEROSMITH - SWEET EMOTION
29 27 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - HEY YOU
23 09 LINDA RONSTADT - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
21 04 MICHAEL MURPHEY - WILDFIRE
20 DE JAMES TAYLOR - HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You)
19 20 GLEN CAMPBELL - RHINESTONE COWBOY
17 21 MIKE POST - THE ROCKFORD FILES
16 17 WAR - WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
15 25 ELTON JOHN - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
11 15 MELISSA MANCHESTER - MIDNIGHT BLUE
09 22 BEE GEES - JIVE TALKIN’
08 01 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
06 05 PILOT - MAGIC
05 06 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - PLEASE MR. PLEASE
04 07 EAGLES - ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
03 10 10cc - I’M NOT IN LOVE
02 02 VAN McCOY & The Soul City Symphony - THE HUSTLE
01 03 WINGS - LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID
 
Fourteen

38 DE FREDDY FENDER - WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS
36 40 AEROSMITH - SWEET EMOTION
30 36 THE ISLEY BROTHERS - FIGHT THE POWER PART 1
23 09 LINDA RONSTADT - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
20 DE JAMES TAYLOR - HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You)
19 20 GLEN CAMPBELL - RHINESTONE COWBOY - Nostalgia
17 21 MIKE POST - THE ROCKFORD FILES - Nostalgia
16 17 WAR - WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
15 25 ELTON JOHN - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
08 01 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Nostalgia
06 05 PILOT - MAGIC
04 07 EAGLES - ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
03 10 10cc - I’M NOT IN LOVE
01 03 WINGS - LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID
 
And another 14

40 DE BARRY MANILOW - COULD IT BE MAGIC
38 DE FREDDY FENDER - WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS
36 40 AEROSMITH - SWEET EMOTION
35 DE LYNYRD SKYNYRD - SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
32 39 JANIS IAN - AT SEVENTEEN
23 09 LINDA RONSTADT - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
20 DE JAMES TAYLOR - HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You)
16 17 WAR - WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
15 25 ELTON JOHN - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
09 22 BEE GEES - JIVE TALKIN’
08 01 CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
06 05 PILOT - MAGIC
03 10 10cc - I’M NOT IN LOVE
01 03 WINGS - LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID
 
Wheel: 1978/04/29

Repeat countdown
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The Bottom 60:
(96) 96. BABY COME BACK - PLAYER **
(--) 95. CA PLANE POUR MOI - PLASTIC BERTRAND
(--) 90. OH WHAT A NIGHT FOR DANCING - BARRY WHITE
(--) 84. WARM RIDE - RARE EARTH
(--) 83. USE TA BE MY GIRL - THE O'JAYS
(--) 82. I WANT TO LIVE - JOHN DENVER
(--) 81. YOU'LL LOVE AGAIN - HOTEL
(--) 77. ALMOST SUMMER - CELEBRATION FEATURING MIKE LOVE
(--) 70. I WAS ONLY JOKING - ROD STEWART
(55) 55. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - BEE GEES **

This week's drops:
(28) 64. I'M GOINNA TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING - RUBICON [28]
(39) 53. ROCKET RIDE - KISS [39]
(29) 44. FOOLING YOURSELF (THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN) - STYX [29]

The Top 40:
(46) 40. TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD - MEATLOAF
(25) 39. THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - ANDREW GOLD [25]
(42) 38. LET'S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND
(41) 37. EGO - ELTON JOHN
(40) 36. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC - SHAUN CASSIDY
(23) 35. EBONY EYES - BOB WELCH [14]
(21) 34. EMOTION - SAMANTHA SANG [3]
(34) 33. MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES
(32) 32. FANTASY - EARTH, WIND, & FIRE
(38) 31. IT'S A HEARTACHE - BONNIE TYLER
(33) 30. BABY HOLD ON - EDDIE MONEY
(31) 29. MOVIN' OUT - BILLY JOEL
(35) 28. LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - SWEET
(27) 27. (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER - ANDY GIBB **
(36) 26. WEREWOLVES OF LONDON - WARREN ZEVON
(37) 25. ON BROADWAY - GEORGE BENSON
( 9) 24. WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY [9]
(26) 23. TWO DOORS DOWN - DOLLY PARTON
(30) 22. SHADOW DANCING - ANDY GIBB *
(15) 21. GOODBYE GIRL - DAVID GATES [15]
(24) 20. THIS TIME I'M IN IT FOR LOVE - PLAYER
(22) 19. DISCO INFERNO - TRAMPS
(10) 18. OUR LOVE - NATALIE COLE [10]
(19) 17. SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(16) 16. FLASH LIGHT - PARLIAMENT
(17) 15. FEELS SO GOOD - CHUCK MANGIONE
(18) 14. IMAGINARY LOVER - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
(13) 13. STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES **
(14) 12. COUNT ON ME - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
(12) 11. RUNNING ON EMPTY - JACKSON BROWNE
(20) 10. TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS / DENIECE WILLIAMS *
(11) 9. YOU'RE THE WANT THAT I WANT - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN *
( 8) 8. JACK & JILL - RAYDIO
( 6) 7. DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS [6]
( 4) 6. LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON [3]
( 7) 5. WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS *
( 5) 4. THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU - ROBERTA FLACK W/ DONNY HATHAWAY
( 3) 3. CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - BARRY MANILOW
( 2) 2. IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN *
( 1) 1. NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES *
 
30 good/ok from 1978:

(46) 40. TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD - MEATLOAF
(25) 39. THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - ANDREW GOLD [25]
(23) 35. EBONY EYES - BOB WELCH [14]
(21) 34. EMOTION - SAMANTHA SANG [3]
(34) 33. MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES
(38) 31. IT'S A HEARTACHE - BONNIE TYLER
(33) 30. BABY HOLD ON - EDDIE MONEY
(31) 29. MOVIN' OUT - BILLY JOEL
(35) 28. LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - SWEET
(27) 27. (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER - ANDY GIBB **
(36) 26. WEREWOLVES OF LONDON - WARREN ZEVON
(37) 25. ON BROADWAY - GEORGE BENSON
(26) 23. TWO DOORS DOWN - DOLLY PARTON
(30) 22. SHADOW DANCING - ANDY GIBB *
(15) 21. GOODBYE GIRL - DAVID GATES [15]
(22) 19. DISCO INFERNO - TRAMPS
(19) 17. SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(17) 15. FEELS SO GOOD - CHUCK MANGIONE
(18) 14. IMAGINARY LOVER - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
(13) 13. STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES **
(14) 12. COUNT ON ME - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
(12) 11. RUNNING ON EMPTY - JACKSON BROWNE
(11) 9. YOU'RE THE WANT THAT I WANT - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN *
( 8) 8. JACK & JILL - RAYDIO
( 6) 7. DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS [6]
( 4) 6. LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON [3]
( 7) 5. WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS *
( 3) 3. CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - BARRY MANILOW
( 2) 2. IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN *
( 1) 1. NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES *

2 channel changers from 1978:
(20) 10. TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS / DENIECE WILLIAMS *
( 5) 4. THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU - ROBERTA FLACK W/ DONNY HATHAWAY
 
Great/good/ok 13

*****
(31) 29. MOVIN' OUT - BILLY JOEL
(33) 30. BABY HOLD ON - EDDIE MONEY
(13) 13. STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES **
(12) 11. RUNNING ON EMPTY - JACKSON BROWNE
( 6) 7. DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS [6]

****
(46) 40. TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD - MEATLOAF
(42) 38. LET'S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND
(35) 28. LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - SWEET
( 7) 5. WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS *

***
(38) 31. IT'S A HEARTACHE - BONNIE TYLER
(36) 26. WEREWOLVES OF LONDON - WARREN ZEVON
(30) 22. SHADOW DANCING - ANDY GIBB *
(22) 19. DISCO INFERNO - TRAMPS

**
(34) 33. MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES
(20) 10. TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS / DENIECE WILLIAMS *
( 4) 6. LAY DOWN SALLY - ERIC CLAPTON [3]
(11) 9. YOU'RE THE WANT THAT I WANT - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN *
( 3) 3. CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - BARRY MANILOW
( 2) 2. IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN *
( 1) 1. NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES *

*
( 5) 4. THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU - ROBERTA FLACK W/ DONNY HATHAWAY

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