American Top 40: The 70s - March 2, 2013
This week's presentation - March 1, 1975
SALLY G - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (39) - wtf did this sound like again?
PLEASE, MR. POSTMAN - THE CARPENTERS (38) - Good song. They did many great remakes, IMO.
DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME - THE MANHATTANS (37) - wtf did this sound like again? (Then again, if it's depressing as "Kiss And Say Goodbye", I'd rather not know, lol!)
MANDY - BARRY MANILOW (36) - Good song, but not my favorite song from him by any means.
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - NEIL SEDAKA (33) - Great song! One of his best - shame that it fell off.
GET DANCIN' - DISCO TEX & THE SEX-O-LETTES (29) -
40: PART OF THE PLAN - DAN FOGELBERG (debut) - Great song! One of his best upbeat songs.
39: EMOTION - HELEN REDDY (debut) - Meh, this one was just kinda there.
38: CHEVY VAN - SAMMY JOHNS (debut) - Great song! Too bad it was his only Top 40 hit.
37: I GET LIFTED - GEORGE McCRAE (debut) - This was OK, but I preferred "Rock Your Baby".
36: HEY WON'T YOU PLAY ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG - B.J. THOMAS (debut) - This wasn't bad, but I prefer "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and especially "Hooked On A Feeling".
35: BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN - STEVIE WONDER (22) - This was OK, but not his best by any means.
34: I'VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE - NEIL DIAMOND (debut) - It's okies, but prefer many others by him.
33: DOCTOR'S ORDERS - CAROL DOUGLAS (21) - Good song, but nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to.
32: LOOK AT MY EYES PRETTY WOMAN - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (11) - It's okies, but nothing exceptional.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: AMIE - PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE - Good song, but I generally prefer their 80s hits.
31: SNOOKEROO - RINGO STARR (40) - Good song - not sure if I prefer this or "No No Song" on the flipside.
30: NEVER LET HER GO - DAVID GATES (32) - Good song - sounds like several of his hits with Bread.
29: SWEET SURRENDER - JOHN DENVER (13) - Great song! I liked most of his hits, since it takes me way back (my mom played his records when I was really little).
28: FIRE - OHIO PLAYERS (12) - This was OK, but it was your typical mid-70s roof raising R&B.
27: SHAME SHAME SHAME - SHIRLEY & CO. (35) - Not bad - not my favorite song on the countdown, however.
26: I AM LOVE (PART #2) - JACKSON FIVE (34) - More roof-raising R&B. I do, however, like this better than the overly-sentimental Part 1.
25: SAD SWEET DREAMER - SWEET SENSATION (31) - This was pretty good.
24: YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL - JOE Cocker (28) - Like Part 1 of "I Am Love", this one was way overly-sentimental. And why he didn't do another take of that last note I have no idea - he missed that high note by a mile.
23: MY BOY - ELVIS PRESLEY (27) - Good song, but I prefer several others by him.
22: LOVING YOU - MINNIE RIPERTON (30) - No. Just no.
21: TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN - AL MARTINO (26) - Good song, though I preferred his cover of "Volare", from later in the year.
20: UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE - POLLY BROWN (24) - Good song. Not sure if I ever remember hearing this song (I'm sure I have, though).
19: MOVIN' ON - BAD COMPANY (25) - Not bad, but I generally prefer their later material.
18: YOU'RE NO GOOD - LINDA RONSTADT (8) - Great song! I do, however, prefer many others by her.
17: POETRY MAN - PHOEBE SNOW (23) - Great song! R.I.P., Phoebe
16: EXPRESS - B.T. EXPRESS (20) - Good song, considering that I'm generally not a big disco fan.
15: DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU - SUGARLOAF (19) - Good song, though I preferred "Green-Eyed Lady".
14: ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY - BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE (18) - Good song, but not as good as "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".
OPTIONAL EXTRA: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - FREDDY FENDER - Meh, this was mediocre. Frankly, I'm surprised this one made it to #1 - sounded kind of out of place for 1975.
13: #9 DREAM - JOHN LENNON (9) - Great song! At one point, it starts sounding like "My Sweet Lord" from bandmate George Harrison.
12: I'M A WOMAN - MARIA MULDAUR (16) - It's okies, but nothing special.
11: CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (15) - Great song! One of their best! I sure didn't like the hack-job done on it, though.
10: LADY - STYX (14) - This wasn't bad, but one of my least favorite songs by them.
9: NIGHTINGALE - CAROLE KING (10) - Great song! One of her best!
8: LADY MARMALADE - LABELLE (17) - Great song, although I prefer the 2001 remake from Christina Aguilera and friends.
7: PICK UP THE PIECES - THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND (1) - Definitely a big drop from the top, but actually commonplace in early 1975, as most of the #1 songs that year spent only a single week on top and, with a long line of #1 contenders, the competition was heavy and many songs dropped to #7 or #8. Wasn't quite as bad as late 1974, when songs were dropping out of the Top Ten from #1. As for my opinion of this song, it was a good one.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: KILLER QUEEN - QUEEN - Wow, the Optionals were oddly placed this week, weren't they? Anyway, this was pretty good - this and "You're My Best Friend" sounded somewhat alike.
6: LONELY PEOPLE - AMERICA (6) - Good song, but not quite their best.
5: SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - GRAND FUNK (3) - Ah, the song that was given too many points in computing the Top 100 year-end chart. It was a good one, but I preferred their other big 1975 hit "Bad Time".
4: MY EYES ADORED YOU - FRANKIE VALLI (8) - Great song! Casey was right when he predicted this song to go all the way to the top.
3: BLACK WATER - DOOBIE BROTHERS (4) - Great song! I do, however, prefer their other #1 song - that's my all-time favorite from them.
2: HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (5) - Great song! This one was definitely on its way to #1. I'm surprised it only spent one week up there. But the competition was indeed tough, so...
1: BEST OF MY LOVE - THE EAGLES (2) - Good song, though quite depressing.
We already know that next week's show is a two-fer - both of them repeats from 2010. Not sure if I'll even bother listening to either of them.
BTW, this is my 2000th post - w00t!