If you want to rock and roll all night, and party everyday…this is the month for you, let’s hear it!
Songs of the month
- [new] “(They Long To Be) Close To You” – Carpenters
- “25 Or 6 To 4” – Chicago
- “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Diana Ross
- [new] “All Right Now” – Free
- “Band Of Gold” – Freda Payne
- [new] “Candida” – Dawn
- “Close To You” – Carpenters
- [new] “Cracklin’ Rosie” – Neil Diamond
- “Don’t Play That Song” – Aretha Franklin
- “Everybody’s Got The Right To Love” – Supremes
- [new] “Express Yourself” – Charles Wright
- [new] “Green Eyed Lady” – Sugarloaf
- [new] “Groovy Situation” – Gene Chandler
- “Hand Me Down World” – Guess Who
- [new] “Hi-De-Hi” – Blood Sweat & Tears
- “Hi-De-Ho” – Blood Sweat & Tears
- “I Just Can’t Help Believing” – B.J. Thomas
- [new] “I Know I’m Losing You” – Rare Earth
- [new] “I Who Have Nothing” – Tom Jones
- [new] “I’ll Be There” – Jackson Five
- “In The Summertime” – Mungo Jerry
- [new] “Indiana Wants Me” – R. Dean Taylor
- [new] “It’s A Shame” – Spinners
- [new] “Joanne” – Michael Nesmith & First National Band
- [new] “Julie Do Ya Love Me” – Bobby Sherman
- “Lay A Little Lovin’ On Me” – Robin Mcnamara
- “Lola” – Kinks
- [new] “Long Long Time” – Linda Ronstadt
- [new] “Lookin’ Out My Back Door / Long As I Can See The Light” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Looking Out My Back Door / Long As I Can See The Light” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Make It With You” – Bread
- [new] “Neanderthal Man” – Hotlegs
- “Out In The Country” – Three Dog Night
- “Overture From Tommy” – Assembled Multitude
- “Patches” – Clarence Carter
- [new] “Rubber Duckie” – Ernie
- “Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours” – Stevie Wonder
- [new] “Snowbird” – Anne Murray
- “Solitary Man” – Neil Diamond
- “Spill The Wine” – Eric Burdon & War
- [new] “Tell It All Brother” – Kenny Rogers & First Edition
- “Tighter Tighter” – Alive & Kicking
- “War” – Edwin Starr
- “Why Can’t I Touch You” – Ronnie Dyson
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 19th the first Glastonbury Festival, still going to this day, took place in England, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.
On the same day, across the pond, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” began a seven-season run as a situation comedy about a woman starting a new career as an associate TV news producer. Reactions to Ms. Moore’s return to television (after having been a co-star on The Dick Van Dyke Show) were generally favorable, with one critic noting that she “is back where she belongs, as a girl with spunk in a TV series”.
And in another iconic TV launch, on the 25th, “The Partridge Family”, a situation comedy about a fictitious family of pop musicians, premiered on ABC television. Only two members of the cast, Shirley Jones and her stepson, David Cassidy, could actually sing or play a musical instrument, and a team of studio musicians and singers recorded the popular record albums and singles which the actors would lip sync to during the filming.
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “War” by Edwin Starr followed by two for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Diana Ross.
Loved ’em
- “(They Long To Be) Close To You” – Carpenters
- “All Right Now” – Free
- “Express Yourself” – Charles Wright
- “I Know I’m Losing You” – Rare Earth
- “I Who Have Nothing” – Tom Jones
- “Snowbird” – Anne Murray
Liked ’em
- “Candida” – Dawn
- “Cracklin’ Rosie” – Neil Diamond
- “Green Eyed Lady” – Sugarloaf
- “Groovy Situation” – Gene Chandler
- “Hi-De-Hi” – Blood Sweat & Tears
- “I’ll Be There” – Jackson Five
- “It’s A Shame” – Spinners
- “Joanne” – Michael Nesmith & First National Band
- “Julie Do Ya Love Me” – Bobby Sherman
- “Long Long Time” – Linda Ronstadt
- “Neanderthal Man” – Hotlegs
- “Rubber Duckie” – Ernie
- “Tell It All Brother” – Kenny Rogers & First Edition
Leave ’em
- “Indiana Wants Me” – R. Dean Taylor
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.