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Post by Dawn on Jun 3, 2003 8:11:43 GMT -5
Today we're going to revisit the music that was popular on this date 31 years ago. Here are the top 10 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart from June 3, 1972.
10. Look What You Done for Me – Al Green
9. Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
8. Nice to Be With You – Gallery
7. Tumbling Dice – Rolling Stones
6. Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens
5. Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
4. The Candy Man – Sammy Davis Jr.
3. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
2. Oh Girl – Chi-Lites
1. I’ll Take You There – Staple Singers
Any thoughts or memories of these songs?
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Post by 55dodger on Jun 3, 2003 13:26:33 GMT -5
Everything from Sammy Davis to the Stones on this chart. Great one.
Couple of silly songs - Hot Rod Lincoln & Sylvia's Mother
Some very good soul - Al Green, Roberta Flack, Chi-Lites, & the Staple Singers
Tumblin' Dice & Morning Has Broken are among my favorites by the Stones & Cat Stevens
Nice to be with You is probably the best known Gallery song. D!ck Clark included it on his 20 Years of Rock & Roll album.
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Post by Pete70s on Jun 3, 2003 15:07:15 GMT -5
To me, 1971 was my favorite year of top 40 in the 70s. 1972 wasn't quite as good, things seemed to fall into a rut until around 1974. There were some good ones that year, though.
Of this list, I like Cat Stevens, Gallery, Al Green, The Rolling Stones and Roberta Flack.
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Jun 3, 2003 18:30:00 GMT -5
Not a great chart for me personally overall. Mostly because the four soul songs (10 and 3-1), aren't my style at all.
And, as much as I like Cat, that isn't a fave of mine.
The Stones tune is a classic, but I'm burnt out on it!
Sorry!
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Post by Dawn on Jun 3, 2003 20:02:21 GMT -5
Everything from Sammy Davis to the Stones on this chart. Great one. Couple of silly songs - Hot Rod Lincoln & Sylvia's Mother Some very good soul - Al Green, Roberta Flack, Chi-Lites, & the Staple Singers Tumblin' Dice & Morning Has Broken are among my favorites by the Stones & Cat Stevens Nice to be with You is probably the best known Gallery song. D!ck Clark included it on his 20 Years of Rock & Roll album. I agree, dodger, this is a very diverse list. One of the things I miss about top 40 AM radio is the wide range of music they played. Today, with stations being more strictly limited to a particular format, it's hard to picture some of these songs being played together. 'Nice to Be With You' is a really good song with that great early 70's pop sound! |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 3, 2003 20:11:04 GMT -5
To me, 1971 was my favorite year of top 40 in the 70s. 1972 wasn't quite as good, things seemed to fall into a rut until around 1974. There were some good ones that year, though. Of this list, I like Cat Stevens, Gallery, Al Green, The Rolling Stones and Roberta Flack. It's true that 1972 wasn't a particularly strong year for pop music, although there were some outstanding songs released during that time. 'Morning Has Broken' is one of those songs - a Cat Stevens classic with absolutely beautiful piano work! |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 3, 2003 20:25:43 GMT -5
Not a great chart for me personally overall. Mostly because the four soul songs (10 and 3-1), aren't my style at all. And, as much as I like Cat, that isn't a fave of mine. The Stones tune is a classic, but I'm burnt out on it! Sorry! That's okay - this really isn't that strong a list for me either, with a few exceptions. Some of these songs I liked at one time, but grew tired of them due to overplay. That's especially true of 'Oh Girl' and 'I'll Take You There'. I like 'Tumbling Dice', but I think I prefer Linda Ronstadt's remake to the Stones' original. |
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Post by Kat on Jun 3, 2003 22:48:14 GMT -5
Not too many favorites here, with the exception of four.
Look What You Done For Me - It's Al Green.. yes!
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - This is such a beautiful song, imo. Roberta Flack's voice, the melody, the emotion she puts into every word, and it was a great song to include in "Play Misty For Me."
Oh Girl - Have always liked this one.
I'll Take You There - Gotta get up and mooooove with this song. Love it!
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Post by 55dodger on Jun 4, 2003 0:07:19 GMT -5
I agree, dodger, this is a very diverse list. One of the things I miss about top 40 AM radio is the wide range of music they played. Today, with stations being more strictly limited to a particular format, it's hard to picture some of these songs being played together. 'Nice to Be With You' is a really good song with that great early 70's pop sound! Not only are the formats restricted, but the playlists seem to be so narrow as well. During the course of the day, you might here the same song over & over & over. We have a radio station here in town that plays a nice mix of older classic rock (Led Zep, Boston, Pink Floyd, etc) and the new rock (Foo Fighters, Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, etc). But every weekday at noon, they have the "Old School Lunch" where they play (in their words) "The Classics that Rock." Stones, Who, Doors, etc. It's really the best radio station in town (imo) because they have such a nice mix of old & new. The other stations are either "old" or "new." I do miss those crazy days of AM pop when we waited with eager anticipation for the new chart to come out and at least where I grew up, the "flashback weekends" where every other song was a former hit. Those were the days. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 4, 2003 8:07:19 GMT -5
Not too many favorites here, with the exception of four. Look What You Done For Me - It's Al Green.. yes! The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - This is such a beautiful song, imo. Roberta Flack's voice, the melody, the emotion she puts into every word, and it was a great song to include in "Play Misty For Me." Oh Girl - Have always liked this one. I'll Take You There - Gotta get up and mooooove with this song. Love it! I really like most of Al Green's music. I bought his greatest hits on cassette about 7 years ago, and was impressed with it. With the exception of two or three of his songs, his music doesn't seem to get much airplay these days, unfortunately. |
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Post by Ken on Jun 4, 2003 18:40:54 GMT -5
That September I entered Kindergarten (I feel so old LOL) . The only one I'm not familiar with is the Al Green tune. Remember hearing Nice To Be With You and Morning has Broken lots back then.
I'll Take You There - believe it or not I didn't hear this until about five or six years ago.
Tumbling Dice - Easily one of The Stones best. My middle brother won Exile on Main Street off the radio.
Sylvia's Mother - Always likes Dr. Hook's early stuff.
Hot Rod Lincoln - Always loved Commander Cody's cover
version.
Oh Girl - Excellent example of a fine early 70's r+ b ballad.
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Post by Dawn on Jun 4, 2003 20:01:01 GMT -5
That September I entered Kindergarten (I feel so old LOL) . The only one I'm not familiar with is the Al Green tune. Remember hearing Nice To Be With You and Morning has Broken lots back then. I'll Take You There - believe it or not I didn't hear this until about five or six years ago. Tumbling Dice - Easily one of The Stones best. My middle brother won Exile on Main Street off the radio. Sylvia's Mother - Always likes Dr. Hook's early stuff. Hot Rod Lincoln - Always loved Commander Cody's cover version. Oh Girl - Excellent example of a fine early 70's r+ b ballad. I don't remember the Al Green song at all from back then either - I think I was in my mid 20's when I heard it for the first time. Like you, I remember hearing 'Nice to Be With You' and 'Morning Has Broken' often during the early-to-mid 70's. |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Jun 11, 2003 15:33:33 GMT -5
---and this one catches me up (whew!)  Sylvia's Mother might have sappy lyrics, but the melody and the orchestration are superb. This is in my all time top 100. I used to love Morning Has Broken (maybe I still do), but I place Cat Stevens in the same category as Michael Jackson as he allowed his personal idiosyncrasies to overtake his music. When he called for the assassination of Salmon Rushdie as a Holy Jihad, that about did it for me with Cat Stevens -and I used to buy a bunch of his music. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Beautiful song. It was the song that my wife and I danced to as our first dance as a married couple. It wasn't "our song" , however, it was just convenient,and we couldn't dance to our real song - Afternoon Delight ;D ;D ;D Hot Rod Lincoln -- A decent cover of the song originally done in 1960 by Charlie Ryan and by Johnny Bond. I like all three versions. The Green, Gallery, Stones,and Staples songs are all fine. -- and I REALLY like Oh Girl by the Chi-Lites. |
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Post by Dawn on Jun 11, 2003 18:03:07 GMT -5
---and this one catches me up (whew!) Sylvia's Mother might have sappy lyrics, but the melody and the orchestration are superb. This is in my all time top 100. I used to love Morning Has Broken (maybe I still do), but I place Cat Stevens in the same category as Michael Jackson as he allowed his personal idiosyncrasies to overtake his music. When he called for the assassination of Salmon Rushdie as a Holy Jihad, that about did it for me with Cat Stevens -and I used to buy a bunch of his music. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Beautiful song. It was the song that my wife and I danced to as our first dance as a married couple. It wasn't "our song" , however, it was just convenient,and we couldn't dance to our real song - Afternoon Delight ;D ;D ;D Hot Rod Lincoln -- A decent cover of the song originally done in 1960 by Charlie Ryan and by Johnny Bond. I like all three versions. The Green, Gallery, Stones,and Staples songs are all fine. -- and I REALLY like Oh Girl by the Chi-Lites. Thanks, H2!  There was a time I didn't care for 'Sylvia's Mother', but it's grown on me quite a bit over the years. Very different from most of their other hits! That's a good point about Cat Stevens. I was pretty disappointed when he did that as well. But he made some superb music back in the 70's - I wish he had stayed with recording longer than he did. 'Afternoon Delight' is wonderful - I've always loved it! |
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