70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

In the 70’s there were a lot of choices. You could take the rocky mountain way to higher ground, or hitch a free ride on the midnight train to Georgia. You could choose to just keep on truckin’ and be a rambling gypsy man. As you traveled further and further from home, at some point you realized that you had never been this far before. In the distance you saw a woman and thought, who’s that lady? Is it Angie or could it be my Maria? In this episode we get it together and experience the ecstasy that was the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending September 29, 1973. Let’s get it on!

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_29th_September_1973

Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.

Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Marks lazy)

Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll

“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

The Flip Wilson Show September 27, 1973: Let’s Make a Deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofQch_oLMo

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-e47wAkg9g

THE JACKSON 5 - Bob Hope Special Appearance (perform “Get It Together and “Dancing Machine”) 26/09/73: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZmnQ5E9FAo

Basketball Jones Lyrics: https://genius.com/Cheech-and-chong-basketball-jones-lyrics

Cleopatra Jones Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDNZ6SEcDw

Al Green Here I Am Come & Take Me (Soul Train): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFOjHS3XQ-g

Cher Half-Breed Video From The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6E98ZRaU1s

Cher & The Osmonds - Stevie Wonder Medley (Live on The Cher Show, 1975):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvITuejY4A

In the summertime in the 70’s, you probably went out in the country to escape the war that seemed to have been going on for a long long time. There, a green eyed lady named Lola, or was it Joanne, promised peace will come according to plan. It was good that you took that trip instead of sticking closer to home like you normally would, alone, like a solitary man. All right now, I’ll be there for this episode to listen to the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending September 19th 1970. If some of the songs were subsequently covered, or sampled, I may thing to myself, look what they’ve done to my song ma. It’s a shame.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1970-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_19th_September_1970

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Social Security Baby Names Data: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html

Melanie’s Website: https://www.melaniesafka.com/

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbu0UXBCkvA

THAT GIRL - All Openings & Closings - (1966-1971):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZYyqrDRS0

The Isley Brothers cover of Spill The Wine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2qeuAwqI0

Earth, Wind & Fire - Make It With You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfpNfEHZiWU

Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

Getting Together opening credits ABC sitcom starring Bobby Sherman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7wO2pHo1o

Humble Pie  Don't Need No Doctor (composed by Ashford and Simpson) Live At Fillmore East/1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSyrf-FYKVE

At first, maybe you didn’t feel like makin' love, but she was one hell of a woman.  She told you things like she never knew love before, and then came you. You were still reluctant, but you took one look at her in those skin tight clothes and thought “just do it baby”. You then went off to do your own thing, like a free man in Paris. A few months later, you got a letter from her saying that she really needed to talk to you and would you please come to Boston. When you saw here again and she told you, you thought to yourself oh my god, she’s having my baby! She didn’t make any demands, she just said “hold me, and rock me gently”. In terms of a commitment, she only said “I’m going to leave it all up to you”.  You told her that you would hang in there because I can’t get enough of your love babe. Then a friend told you about the other man, the musician, the jazz man. In a mad fit of rage you went to find him and in a blind fury, you shot him down. As your head cleared and the people stared as if you were some kind of circus sideshow, you realized, oh my god, I didn’t just shoot her lover, I shot the sheriff!  You fled, into the hills, deep into the woods, no time to stop and smell the roses, no time to change horses, especially in the middle of a stream. The horse was your only friend and you said to him, “It’s just you and me against the world now”, but then you realized no, you set him free yelling "go on boy, you ain’t done nothin". At last, exhausted, you prayed for death, realizing you would never see your sweet home Alabama. Then, that moonlit night, he came, a wild thing, and he spared you anymore agony. Let’s clap for the wolf man.

In this episode we spend another Saturday night listening to the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending September 14th 1974. I know, I know, it’s only rock and roll, but I like it.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_14th_September_1974

Excerpt from Joe Perry’s Book “Rocks, My Life In and Out of Aerosmith” where he talks about the only time Aerosmith was ever ‘blown of the stage”, upstaged by Rory Gallagher: https://m.facebook.com/RoryGallagher/photos/on-page-139-of-joe-perrys-book-rocks-my-life-in-and-out-of-aerosmith-joe-talks-a/10152905932576807/

A couple of articles about the Aerosmith / Skid Row Concert with bottle throwing incident that Pete attended in Springfield: https://www.masslive.com/localbuzz/2009/03/who_killed_springfield_nightli.html 

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1999-12-02-9912020985-story.html

Evel Knievel's Jump at Snake River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LdesoNFpY

Wild Thing - Senator Bobby (Bill Minkin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90A-4yNd80E

2008 Jeep Liberty "Pouring in" Commercial (Rock Me Gently): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1FQHl3u0x8

What happens when a magnet and steel come close to each other? Well the two objects come together. Conversely, when the floor has grease all over, then you’re steppin’ in a slide zone. Back in the day, you probably thought two tickets to paradise was just what you needed, only to find that once you got there, you couldn’t wait to be back in the USA.  In this episode we will be reminiscing about the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending September 9 1978. We’ll keep reminiscing even if people tell us don’t look back.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1978-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_9th_September_1978

CORRECTION: Pete was right; we talk about the Prime Time TV from Saturday September 9, 1978, not Thursday September 7. I beg your forgiveness.

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Love at First Bite Official Trailer, George Hamilton Movie (1979) Featuring I Love the Night Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBCwCZJAmI

"Perry Como: Still Alive" SCTV S4 E10 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwHMiJdIqU

Politician Now, 'Grandpa' Forever; Star of "The Munsters" Makes a Colorful Bid for Governor: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/12/nyregion/politician-now-grandpa-forever-star-munsters-makes-colorful-bid-for-governor.html

The "Get Off" story (Ish Ledesma) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O2kaAis5hI

Time Magazine, Cheryl Tiegs Cover, March 6, 1978 (Inspiration for Bob Segar’s Hollywood Nights: http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19780306,00.html

Tom Jones’ Version of Love Is in the Air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZ2VNGpM_w

Eddie Murphy Best of Buh Wheat, Buckwheat Sings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0epZ9tjYdA&list=PLDMbt9S3JQwz6J6dQs7CTWG1AjQ5Rsysb

Supposedly the number 13 is unlucky, but is this the week when we learn the truth at 17? In fact, there were those in the 70’s who pleaded “please mister please”, don’t choose B17 on the jukebox, because that song could cause a ballroom blitz. Everybody knew that it only takes a minute to go from some jive talking to really bad feelings.  If things got really out of hand, you would hear people yell warnings like “run Joey run” or plead for assistance by screaming “help me Rhonda”!  Those who escaped could only be grateful to some unknown heroes when they pondered to themselves that someone saved my life tonight.   In this episode we keep holdin’ on to yesterday by experiencing the Billboard Top 40 from the week of August 23rd, 1975. Hopefully this time we’re spending is not wasted days and wasted nights. If it is,  I guess we just have to concede that’s the way of the world. Yow….

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1975-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_23rd_August_1975

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Rico Petrocelli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Petrocelli

The Music Museum of New England: https://www.mmone.org/

Pentatonix & Stevie Wonder - That's The Way of the World @ Live at The Grammys 2016: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3sc1j5

That's The Way of the World - Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmCPaH2hzJw

The Simpsons Miss America Pageant -At Seventeen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Yq4kQy3UY

Cat Stevens was born Steven Demetre Georgiou and later change his name to Yusuf and Cat Stevens Yusuf

The Masters Theme Song “Augusta”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpwHBn6ikg

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) - The T – Bones 1966: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thobjyBX1lE

Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz (Big Band Version) / Sammy Davis, Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ct588fIKxE

1970s Alka Seltzer Classic Spicy Meatball Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cMfHln6pq8

Run, Joe, Run - Season One(1974) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FM3Z2NEowo

GLEE "Run Joey Run" (Full Performance)| From "Bad Reputation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AavXNnvRuio

It wasn’t as easy to communicate back in the 70’s as it is now. At best, you could get in touch via the telephone line, but perhaps you had to resort to something more primitive strawberry letter. Perhaps the only thing you could see was the smoke from a distant fire that just seemed to float and float on. You told your love that you just want to be your everything, your handy man, your telephone man, so don’t worry baby. We are just here to take it easy and sway to the music of the Billboard chart from the week ending August 27, 1977. Is there another podcast that does this same thing? If there is, nobody does it better than us.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_27th_August_1977

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Riedlbauer’s Resort & Nussy's Bier Garten: http://www.riedlbauersresort.com/

Billy Carter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Carter

Saturday Night Live S03E18, Paul Shaffer does Don Kirshner: https://archive.org/details/saturday-night-live-s-03-e-18-steve-martin-4-22-1978-emmy-nominated-show

Lamont Dozier obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/09/lamont-dozier-obituary

Joel Whitburn Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Whitburn

Carol King’s Website: https://www.caroleking.com/

Wings of Pegasus’ excellent analysis of the Bay City Rollers' exploitation by their record label: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= TnA7A_pUbXE

"You're My World" Cilla Black version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-QBw862zk

Ram Jam - Black Betty Video (filmed in Pete’s backyard?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE

Leo Sayer “Endless Flight” Album Cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Flight#/media/File:Leo_Sayer_-_Endless_Flight.jpg

Jimmy Jones Version of Handyman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf6ZuwccJ48

What you see is what you get is not always the undisputed truth. Smiling faces sometimes turn out to be liars. However, we’ve all become wiser as time passes like the summer sand. I just want to celebrate that we won’t get fooled again. We are discerning enough to know that she’s not just another woman in hot pants, and we therefore need to treat her like a lady. We know that you should not be tempted by that sweet hitch-hiker, but instead love the one you’re with. If you’re looking for information on the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending August 7, 1971, then let me assure you that you’ve got a friend in us. That’s the way I always heard it should be.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1971-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_7th_August_1971

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

The Real Brady Bros Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/the-real-brady-bros

Driving the Lunar Rover POV | AI Enhanced Apollo 15 - 4K 60fps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2sjqmKeM5g

Olivia! ABC-TV Special with Andy Gibb & ABBA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8mQ9nt5WAY

“Mr. Big Stuff” Album Cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Big_Stuff_(album)#/media/File:Jean_Knight_Mr._Big_Stuff_album.jpg

Andy Williams cover of “You've Got a Friend”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzhn2ACQepw

Andy Williams cover of How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovSz2XV-69E

Buttolph-Williams House: https://webb-deane-stevens.org/historic-houses-barns/buttolph-williams-house/

Someone’s knocking at the door. It could be a sophisticated lady, are you going to let her in? Or it could be that the boys are back in town and they are ready to give up the funk and tear the roof off the sucker, are you going to let ‘em in? Of course it’s summer, you should be steppin’ out to soak up some of that sunshine, what an afternoon delight. You should be dancing, shake your booty, if you know what I mean. My love is alive, the moonlight feels right, so don’t go breaking my heart, kiss and say goodbye. This week we get closer and expose this masquerade that is the Billboard chart of July 31, 1976.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1976-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_31st_July_1976

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy with Rory Gallagher “This is the Woman” live at the Hot Press festival at Punchestown Racecourse in Naas, Ireland on July 18, 1982:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBAqe-ma-cM

SNL: Natalie Cole Sings With Her Dad’s Dead Friends: https://vimeo.com/650876750

Ruby Flipper - A Fifth of Beethoven – Top of the Pops: 29/07/1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el80Eve40WE

Candy Staton’s Website: https://www.candi-staton.com/

Nashville (1975) Trailer #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty3oclCA-uM

John Travolta “Let Her In” American Bandstand 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztNC9Jay_9A

This Masquerade George Benson July 30th1976 Midnight Special S4 Ep38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_CDoqPOZ4k

The Brothers Johnson Wikipedia picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Johnson#/media/File:The_Brothers_Johnson.png

Seals and Crofts album cover for Get Closer: https://www.songfacts.com/image/seals-crofts/get-closer

Joe Pesci - Got To Get You Into My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypMSlV2hAQ

Starland Vocal Band Show Episode One 1977 Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FRLaVlWYh0

Starbuck: https://moonlightfeelsright.com/

With the Apollo space program winding down, things had really started moving fast in 1972. We were still quite young and often pleaded with our fathers, “Daddy, don’t you walk so fast; what are you some kind of rocket man?”.  Perhaps you had gone a ways and suddenly realized you had forgotten to use the restroom before you left home. Our fathers would just smile and say “It’s too late to turn back now, but I know a place we can go, I’ll take you there”.  To you, your mom was a superwoman and yet she would gently remind you that it was summer time, schools out, so let’s just take it easy. She would say “it’s ok to lean on me”, but then remind you to be strong and always hold your head up. Then there were those other kid’s parents. Their moms were more liberated, they drank brandy, and the kids would say “There goes motorcycle momma” as she road by on the back of a Harley, with her old man who looked like some sort of troglodyte cave man conquistador. Those poor kids a lot of the time came home to an empty house and found themselves alone again, naturally asking, “Where is the love?”. In this episode we say how do you do to the Billboard chart of July 15th 1972. Day by day we are getting a lot better at this.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_15th_July_1972

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

How to Make Beer Can Hats With Crochet: https://www.ehow.com/how_7805851_make-beer-can-hats-crochet.html

Superfly Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZUWzv_FaY

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Pipes & Drums: https://www.scotsdg.org.uk/regiment/pipes-and-drums

The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88MR0E-FzMI

Bobby Vinton Life magazine - March 12, 1965 - Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjPb3q7uvIg

Al Green “I’m Still In Love With You” Album Cover:https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-in-love-with-you-mw0000200052

Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Whtxcw8oU

With 12 episodes in the till, there ain’t no stopping us now, and you can’t change that!  We started out with big dreams of making it, but not in terms of gold, only in terms of good times.  As we explored the boogie wonderland, we found songs that made us want to dance the night away. Songs that reached out to the heart, as if they were pleading, I want you to want me.  We heard music that made us feel like being in love with a beautiful woman. There were times we wanted to just go up on the roof and stare at the shadows in the moonlight, pondering the existence of a truly logical song. In this episode we will do a minute by minute examination of the songs from the Billboard Chart of July 14, 1979. Now let’s get on with the main event!

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1979-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_For_The_Week_Ending_14th_July_1979

Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:

Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin: https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/circulating-coins/susan-b-anthony-dollar

Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin: https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-medal-programs/circulating-coins/sacagawea-golden-dollar

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) Official Theatrical Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sla845GW9YM

NBC promo Last of the Mohicans 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhIhXu3P8pw

August Darnell aka Kid Creole : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Darnell

The Stan Simpson Show: https://www.fox61.com/video/news/local/the-stan-simpson-show-the-k-2-crisis-in-new-haven/520-4441aab5-fc35-4dd3-8d0e-a4c7cbe2d89a

“The Kiss Kasket” : https://www.nashvillecasketsales.com/kisskasket.htm

“Boogie Wonderland” Lyrics: https://genius.com/Earth-wind-and-fire-boogie-wonderland-lyrics