Saturday, April 18, 2020

February 23, 1973

1
1
Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
2
2
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell--Dueling Banjos
3
3
Jermaine Jackson--Daddy's Home
5
4
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
7
5
O'Jays--Love Train
6
6
Carly Simon--You're So Vain
4
7
Edward Bear--Last Song
10
8
Bill Withers--Kissing My Love
8
9
Lobo--Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
13
10
Spinners--Could it Be I'm Falling in Love
9
11
Paul Davis--Boogie Woogie Man
25
12
Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
16
13
Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
14
14
Anne Murray--Danny's Song
11
15
Stevie Wonder--Superstition
24
16
Carpenters--Sing
21
17
Eagles--Peaceful Easy Feeling
19
18
Bread--Aubrey
12
19
Paul McCartney--Hi, Hi, Hi
20
20
Grass Roots--Love is What You Make It
30
21
Sweet--Little Willy
22
22
John Denver--Rocky Mountain High
29
23
Dobie Gray--Drift Away
17
24
Doobie Brothers--Jesus is Just Alright
27
25
Deodato--Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
26
26
Shel Silverstein--Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout
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27
Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
28
28
War--The World is a Ghetto
34
29
Raiders--Love Music
39
30
Four Tops--Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
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31
David Bowie--Space Oddity
33
32
Travis Wammack--How Can I Tell You
35
33
Moody Blues--I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
18
34
Loudon Wainwright III--Dead Skunk
37
35
Gallery--Big City Miss Ruth Ann
36
36
Diana Ross--Good Morning Heartache
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37
Brownsville Station--Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
40
38
Judy Collins--Cook With Honey
23
39
Loggins & Messina--Your Mama Don't Dance
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40
Association--Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels


It seems like a mistake, but two records drop off this week and will return next week. Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” was number 15 last week and will be number 36 next week, while “Hummingbird” by Seals & Crofts was number 31 last week and will be number 18 next week.

Just four debuts this week: “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree” by Dawn, which was number one for four weeks in Billboard, will be number one for six weeks at KJR; the re-release of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” originally from 1969, will get to number 12 here, versus 15 nationally; “Let Your Yeah Be Yeah” by Brownsville Station, a number 57 BB hit, will make it to number 18 here; and the Association’s “Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels,” which barely made the Hot 100 at number 91, is barely making it into the Fab 40 and will peak next week at number 38.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

February 16, 1973

1
1
Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
2
2
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell--Dueling Banjos
5
3
Jermaine Jackson--Daddy's Home
3
4
Edward Bear--Last Song
13
5
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
6
6
Carly Simon--You're So Vain
17
7
O'Jays--Love Train
4
8
Lobo--Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
9
9
Paul Davis--Boogie Woogie Man
16
10
Bill Withers--Kissing My Love
7
11
Stevie Wonder--Superstition
11
12
Paul McCartney--Hi, Hi, Hi
15
13
Spinners--Could it Be I'm Falling in Love
14
14
Anne Murray--Danny's Song
10
15
Elton John--Crocodile Rock
26
16
Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
8
17
Doobie Brothers--Jesus is Just Alright
18
18
Loudon Wainwright III--Dead Skunk
23
19
Bread--Aubrey
22
20
Grass Roots--Love is What You Make It
28
21
Eagles--Peaceful Easy Feeling
12
22
John Denver--Rocky Mountain High
19
23
Loggins & Messina--Your Mama Don't Dance
33
24
Carpenters--Sing
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25
Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
21
26
Shel Silverstein--Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout
27
27
Deodato--Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
24
28
War--The World is a Ghetto
38
29
Dobie Gray--Drift Away
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30
Sweet--Little Willy
31
31
Seals & Crofts--Hummingbird
29
32
Billy Paul--Me and Mrs. Jones
34
33
Travis Wammack--How Can I Tell You
40
34
Raiders--Love Music
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35
Moody Blues--I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
36
36
Diana Ross--Good Morning Heartache
39
37
Gallery--Big City Miss Ruth Ann
25
38
Timmy Thomas--Why Can't We Live Together
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39
Four Tops--Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
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40
Judy Collins--Cook With Honey


Three of the five debuts will do pretty much the same here as nationally, while two will come up short: “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” by the Moody Blues, a number 12 Billboard hit, will stop at number 30 here, and the Four Tops’ “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” will only get to number 13, versus its number four national peak.