American Top 40: The 70s - April 27, 2013
This week's presentation - April 29, 1978
Dropped:
ROCKET RIDE - KISS (39) - wtf did this sound like again?
FOOLING YOURSELF (THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN) - STYX (29) - Great song! The beginning of this song was always used as the theme for my high school's weekly radio program, "Slicer News & Views".
I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING - RUBICON (28) - Great song! One I've heard quite a few times on my Barry Scott Lost 45s CD.
40: TWO OT OF THREE AIN’T BAD – MEAT LOAF (debut) - Great song! My favorite song from him of all time!
39: THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND – ANDREW GOLD (25) - Great song! Hard to believe this one only got as high as #25, especially considering how popular it became in the Long Distance Dedication department.
38: LET’S ALL CHANT – THE MICHAEL ZAGER BAND (debut) - This was OK, but nothing special. I preferred their lesser-known song "Life's A Party".
37: EGO – ELTON JOHN (debut) - This was a pretty decent song, though I sure don't remember it.
36: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC – SHAUN CASSIDY (40) - This was not bad, but I preferred "Da Doo Ron Ron".
35: EBONY EYES – BOB WELCH (23) - Great song! I like this and "Sentimental Lady" about the same.
34: EMOTION – SAMANTHA SANG (21) - Good song - I prefer this version over the Destiny's Child remake from late 2001.
33: MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES (34) - It's okies - strange that this is the one that became the hit, yet the non-single by the Bee Gees is remembered my many more people.
32: FANTASY – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (32) - Good song, though not quite their best.
31: IT’S A HEARTACHE – BONNIE TYLER (38) - Good song, though not quite as good as "Total Eclipse Of The Heart".
30: BABY HOLD ON – EDDIE MONEY (33) - Great song! One of his best, as well as one that still gets a lot of recurrent airplay.
29: MOVIN’ OUT – BILLY JOEL (31) - Great song! "The Stranger" was definitely one of his best albums, singlewise, as I liked all four singles from it a lot.
28: LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - SWEET (35) - Not bad. I always thought they sounded like ELO in the chorus.
27: LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER – ANDY GIBB (27) - Good song, though it doesn't hold a candle to "I Just Want To Be Your Everything". Kind of odd that the song was hesitating on its way down, but that did tend to happen from time to time on the charts.
26: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON – WARREN ZEVON (36) - Great song! This must have been a soft spot on the chart - first, the Andy Gibb single, on its way down the survey, was in holding position, then this song takes a huge leap, although it would only climb five spots higher.
25: ON BROADWAY – GEORGE BENSON (37) - This was OK, but I preferred the Drifters' original.
24: WE’LL NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE – ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (9) - Great song, though I never understood why it zipped up and down the chart like it did.
23: TWO DOORS DOWN – DOLLY PARTON (26) - It's okies, but it's definitely no "Here You Come Again".
22: SHADOW DANCING – ANDY GIBB (30) - See the first sentence in my comment for #27.
21: GOODBYE GIRL – DAVID GATES (15) - Great song! I'm wondering if the fast fall of the aforementioned England Dan/John Ford Coley song had anything to do with how much it sounded like this song.
20: THIS TIME I’M IN IT FOR LOVE - PLAYER (24) - This song was pretty good, but I preferred "Baby Come Back".
19: DISCO INFERNO - TRAMMPS (22) - Not a huge fan of this one, mainly due to overplay.
18: OUR LOVE – NATALIE COLE (10) - Great song! Definitely one of her best earlier hits!
17: SWEET TALKING WOMAN – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (19) - Great song! One of my favorites from them!
16: FLASHLIGHT - PARLIAMENT (16) - This was OK, but nothing special.
15: FEELS SO GOOD – CHUCK MANGIONE (17) - Great song! I like both of his Top 40 songs about the same.
14: IMAGINARY LOVER – ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (18) -
13: STAYIN’ ALIVE – THE BEE GEES (13) - Great song - one that has held up quite well despite overplay.
12: COUNT ON ME – THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP (14) - Great song! This was, IMO, their best with Marty Balin singing lead.
11: RUNNIN’ ON EMPTY – JACKSON BROWNE (12) - Great song! One of his all-time best!
10: TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE – JOHNNY MATHIS & DENIECE WILLIAMS (20) - Great song - one that hit the Top Ten in only its second week on. With chart progress like that, it was clear where this one was headed!
9: YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT – JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (11) - Great song! Like "Stayin' Alive", this one has held up well despite overplay.
8: JACK & JILL - RAYDIO (8) - Great song! Definitely one of my favorites by them, as well as Ray Parker, Jr solo.
7: DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS (6) - Great song! One I remember quite well from back in the day!
6: LAY DOWN SALLY – ERIC CLAPTON (4) - Good song. Another one I remember well.
5: WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS (7) - Great song! Definitely one of their best!
4: THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU – ROBERTA FLACK (5) - Great song! By far, the best of their two Top Ten duets.
3: CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU – BARRY MANILOW (3) - Good song, though not quite his best.
2: IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU – YVONNE ELLIMAN (2) - Great song! Definitely my favorite song by her!
1: NIGHT FEVER – THE BEE GEES (1) - Good song, but my least favorite of their three big Saturday Night fever hits.
Predictions for next week: Well, the cat's out of the bag over on the 70s forum. It is May 10, 1975, which was originally run back in 2007, so this one will be new to a lot of us who didn't start listening to the 70s show until a few years later