Sunday, May 31, 2020

March 16, 1973

1
1
Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
2
2
Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
3
3
Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
8
4
Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
4
5
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
6
6
Carpenters--Sing
7
7
O'Jays--Love Train
12
8
Sweet--Little Willy
5
9
Jermaine Jackson--Daddy's Home
10
10
Carly Simon--You're So Vain
9
11
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell--Dueling Banjos
28
12
Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
20
13
Four Tops--Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
15
14
David Bowie--Space Oddity
16
15
Gladys Knight & the Pips--Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
17
16
Dobie Gray--Drift Away
26
17
Stealer's Wheel--Stuck in the Middle With You
18
18
Seals & Crofts--Hummingbird
22
19
Brownsville Station--Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
11
20
Spinners--Could it Be I'm Falling in Love
29
21
Steely Dan--Reeling in the Years
13
22
Bill Withers--Kissing My Love
25
23
Johnny Nash--Stir it Up
32
24
War--The Cisco Kid
14
25
Edward Bear--Last Song
40
26
Stylistics--Break Up to Make Up
19
27
Lobo--Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
34
28
Al Green--Call Me (Come Back Home)
31
29
Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
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30
Stevie Wonder--You Are the Sunshine of My Life
21
31
Eagles--Peaceful Easy Feeling
24
32
Deodato--Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
33
33
Travis Wammack--How Can I Tell You
35
34
Blinky--T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
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35
Skylark--Wildflower
38
36
Mara Lynn Brown--Salty Tears
23
37
Anne Murray--Danny's Song
30
38
Moody Blues--I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
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39
First Choice--Armed and Extremely Dangerous
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40
Raspberries--Let's Pretend


Four debuts this week: Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1BB/10KJR), “Wildflower” by Skylark (9/18), “Armed and Extremely Dangerous” by First Choice (28/25), and the Raspberries’ “Let’s Pretend” (35/8).

Monday, May 11, 2020

March 9, 1973

1
1
Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
2
2
Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
13
3
Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
4
4
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
3
5
Jermaine Jackson--Daddy's Home
12
6
Carpenters--Sing
5
7
O'Jays--Love Train
11
8
Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
6
9
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell--Dueling Banjos
7
10
Carly Simon--You're So Vain
10
11
Spinners--Could it Be I'm Falling in Love
16
12
Sweet--Little Willy
8
13
Bill Withers--Kissing My Love
9
14
Edward Bear--Last Song
22
15
David Bowie--Space Oddity
28
16
Gladys Knight & the Pips--Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
21
17
Dobie Gray--Drift Away
18
18
Seals & Crofts--Hummingbird
14
19
Lobo--Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
27
20
Four Tops--Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
17
21
Eagles--Peaceful Easy Feeling
35
22
Brownsville Station--Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
15
23
Anne Murray--Danny's Song
24
24
Deodato--Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
32
25
Johnny Nash--Stir it Up
40
26
Stealer's Wheel--Stuck in the Middle With You
19
27
Grass Roots--Love is What You Make It
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28
Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
33
29
Steely Dan--Reeling in the Years
30
30
Moody Blues--I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
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31
Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
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32
War--The Cisco Kid
29
33
Travis Wammack--How Can I Tell You
39
34
Al Green--Call Me (Come Back Home)
37
35
Blinky--T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
36
36
Elton John--Crocodile Rock
20
37
Bread--Aubrey
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38
Mara Lynn Brown--Salty Tears
25
39
Raiders--Love Music
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40
Stylistics--Break Up to Make Up


Mara Lynn Brown’s “Salty Tears,” which only made it to number 118 in Billboard, will get to number 29 here at KJR, while “Break Up to Make Up” by the Stylistics, number five nationally, will only get to number 16. The other three debuts were all top ten hits both nationally and locally.