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  • It’s August, 1972

    It’s a nice round 48 years before Sadie is born so let’s hear the sounds of August 1972, with no delay….

    Songs of the month

    • “Alone Again Naturally” – Gilbert O’sullivan
    • [new] “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” – Mac Davis
    • [new] “Baby Let Me Take You” – Detroit Emeralds
    • [new] “Backstabbers” – O’jays
    • [new] “Beautiful Sunday” – Daniel Boone
    • [new] “Black And White” – Three Dog Night
    • “Brandy” – Looking Glass
    • [new] “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” – Partridge Family
    • “Coconut” – Nilsson
    • “Conquistador” – Procol Harum
    • “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
    • “Day By Day” – Godspell
    • [new] “Don’t You Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce
    • [new] “Go All The Way” – Raspberries
    • “Gone” – Joey Heatherton
    • “Goodbye To Love” – Carpenters
    • [new] “Guitar Man” – Bread
    • “Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa” – Donna Fargo
    • [new] “Happy” – Rolling Stones
    • “Hold Her Tight” – Osmonds
    • “Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
    • “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
    • “I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
    • “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
    • [new] “Join Together” – Who
    • “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
    • “Lean On Me” – Bill Withers
    • “Long Cool Woman” – Hollies
    • [new] “Looking Through The Windows” – Jackson 5
    • “Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
    • “Outa Space / I Wrote A Simple Song” – Billy Preston
    • “People Make The World Go Round” – Stylistics
    • [new] “Power Of Love” – Joe Simon
    • [new] “Rock & Roll” – Gary Glitter
    • “Rocket Man” – Elton John
    • [new] “Saturday In The Park” – Chicago
    • “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
    • “Sealed With A Kiss” – Bobby Vinton
    • [new] “Small Beginnings” – Flash
    • “Take It Easy” – Eagles
    • “Too Late To Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
    • “Too Young” – Donny Osmond
    • “Where Is The Love” – Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway
    • “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce

    [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 first of the month, “Bug Suspect Got Campaign Funds”, the first article in the famous Watergate investigative series by reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, appeared on the front page of The Washington Post.

    Then on the 19th “The Midnight Special” was shown for the first time on USA television, beginning at 1:00 in the morning on most NBC stations. NBC’s experiment, aiming an early morning program at the 18- to 35-year-old audience that might stay up late on Friday nights, proved a success, and the rock concert series ran until 1981.

    And on the 26th the 1972 Summer Olympics opened in Munich, West Germany, with the parade starting at 3:00 local time, and were declared open at 4:25 in the afternoon. The games featured 8,005 athletes from 122 nations.

    What’d Sadie think?

    It’s three weeks at the top for”Alone Again Naturally” by Gilbert O’sullivan before “Brandy” by Looking Glass has a week at number one.

    But the real winner of the past couple of week’s is “Coconut” by Henry Nilsson which Sadie has been requesting on repeating and singing spontaneously. She’s even requested a coconut so she can make herself a drink.

    Loved ’em

    • “Guitar Man” – Bread
    • “Happy” – Rolling Stones
    • “Join Together” – Who
    • “Power Of Love” – Joe Simon
    • “Saturday In The Park” – Chicago

    Liked ’em

    • “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” – Mac Davis
    • “Baby Let Me Take You” – Detroit Emeralds
    • “Backstabbers” – O’jays
    • “Beautiful Sunday” – Daniel Boone
    • “Black And White” – Three Dog Night
    • “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” – Partridge Family
    • “Go All The Way” – Raspberries
    • “Guitar Man” – Bread
    • “Looking Through The Windows” – Jackson 5
    • “Rock & Roll” – Gary Glitter
    • “Small Beginnings” – Flash

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

  • It’s July, 1972

    We’re midway through 1972 in our journey through pop music, so let’s hear the sounds of July…

    Songs of the month

    • [new] “All The King’s Horses” – Aretha Franklin
    • [new] “Alone Again Naturally” – Gilbert O’sullivan
    • “Amazing Grace” – Royal Scot Dragoon Guards Band
    • [new] “Brandy” – Looking Glass
    • [new] “Coconut” – Nilsson
    • [new] “Conquistador” – Procol Harum
    • “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
    • [new] “Day By Day” – Godspell
    • [new] “Gone” – Joey Heatherton
    • [new] “Goodbye To Love” – Carpenters
    • [new] “Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa” – Donna Fargo
    • [new] “Hold Her Tight” – Osmonds
    • [new] “Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
    • “How Can I Be Sure” – David Cassidy
    • “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
    • “I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • “I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
    • “I Need You” – America
    • “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
    • “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
    • [new] “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
    • “I’ve Been Lonely For So Long” – Frederick Knight
    • “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
    • “Lean On Me” – Bill Withers
    • “Living In A House Divided” – Cher
    • [new] “Long Cool Woman” – Hollies
    • [new] “Mary Had A Little Lamb” – Wings
    • “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
    • [new] “Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
    • “Nice To Be With You” – Gallery
    • “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites
    • “Outa Space / I Wrote A Simple Song” – Billy Preston
    • [new] “People Make The World Go Round” – Stylistics
    • “Rocket Man” – Elton John
    • [new] “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
    • [new] “Sealed With A Kiss” – Bobby Vinton
    • “Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
    • “Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
    • [new] “Take It Easy” – Eagles
    • “The Candyman” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • “Too Late To Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
    • “Too Young” – Donny Osmond
    • “Troglodyte” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
    • [new] “Where Is The Love” – Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway
    • [new] “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce

    [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 1st Gloria Steinem published the first issue of
    Ms. magazine, with Wonder Woman on the cover and the title “Wonder Woman For President”. Steinem wanted to lobby DC comics to display Wonder Woman as a feminist hero because she felt that new images of Wonder Woman in the 1960s objectified her. By including Wonder Woman on the cover of Ms., Steinem was able to encourage Dick Giordano to reinstate Wonder Woman’s truth lasso, bracelets, and her origin story.

    Then on the 10th the MK-ULTRA program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, testing drugs for mind control on unsuspecting people, was terminated after 19 years by the CIA. The existence of the project would not be revealed publicly until 1977 hearings by a U.S. Senate investigative committee

    And on the 11th the long anticipated chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and United States champion Bobby Fischer, began in Iceland at Reykjavík, nine days and seven minutes after the original start date.

    What’d Sadie think?

    It’s a week at the top for “Song Sung Blue” by Neil Diamond before July is dominated by Bill Withers and “Lean On Me”.

    Loved ’em

    It’s mid-term for Sadie, but we’d already introduced her to Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” the end of her first term of Primary School last month, so its great to hear it on the charts this month.

    • “Alone Again Naturally” – Gilbert O’sullivan
    • “Goodbye To Love” – Carpenters
    • “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
    • “People Make The World Go Round” – Stylistics
    • “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
    • “Take It Easy” – Eagles
    • “Where Is The Love” – Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway
    • “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce

    Liked ’em

    • “All The King’s Horses” – Aretha Franklin
    • “Brandy” – Looking Glass
    • “Coconut” – Nilsson
    • “Conquistador” – Procol Harum
    • “Gone” – Joey Heatherton
    • “Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa” – Donna Fargo
    • “Hold Her Tight” – Osmonds
    • “Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
    • “Long Cool Woman” – Hollies
    • “Mary Had A Little Lamb” – Wings
    • “Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
    • “Sealed With A Kiss” – Bobby Vinton

    Leave ’em

    • “Day By Day” – Godspell

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

  • It’s June, 1972

    It’s 48 years and 2 months before Sadie is born and 4 years and 8 months before Thomas is, which is a nice digital symmetry to lead us into the songs of June, 1972…

    Songs of the month

    • [new] “Amazing Grace” – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band
    • “Ask Me What You Want” – Millie Jackson
    • “Betcha By Golly Wow” – Stylistics
    • [new] “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
    • “Diary” – Bread
    • “Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen
    • [new] “How Can I Be Sure” – David Cassidy
    • “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
    • “I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • [new] “I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
    • “I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
    • [new] “I Need You” – America
    • “I Saw The Light” – Todd Rundgren
    • [new] “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
    • “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
    • [new] “I’ve Been Lonely For So Long” – Frederick Knight
    • [new] “Isn’t Life Strange” – Moody Blues
    • “It’s Going To Take Some Time” – Carpenters
    • [new] “Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
    • [new] “Lean On Me” – Bill Withers
    • “Little Bitty Pretty One” – Jackson 5
    • “Living In A House Divided” – Cher
    • “Look What You’ve Done For Me” – Al Green
    • “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
    • “Nice To Be With You” – Gallery
    • “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites
    • “Outa Space / I Wrote A Simple Song” – Billy Preston
    • [new] “Rocket Man” – Elton John
    • “Slippin’ Into Darkness” – War
    • [new] “Someday Never Comes” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
    • “Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
    • “Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
    • “Taxi” – Harry Chapin
    • [new] “The Candyman” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • [new] “Too Late To Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
    • [new] “Too Young” – Donny Osmond
    • “Troglodyte” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
    • “Tumbling Dice” – Rolling Stones
    • “Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love” – Love Unlimited

    [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 7th the 1950s nostalgia musical Grease began the first of 3,388 performances on Broadway, running until April 13, 1980.

    Then on the 15th Dougal Robertson, his wife, three children, and a family friend, were sailing on their yacht Lucette, when the boat was attacked and sunk by orca whales. The six survived 38 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean, then on an inflatable liferaft, then on a dinghy. Robertson wrote about the experience in a book, Survive the Savage Sea, later made into a 1991 film.

    And at the end of the month on the 30th, for the first time, a leap second was observed. The National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, stopped the clock at 23:59:59 GMT (4:59 pm local time), adding 23:59:60 before moving over to 0h 0m 0s.

    What’d Sadie think?

    Number one for the first week is “I’ll Take You There” by Staple Singers before three weeks for newcomer “The Candyman” by Sammy Davis Jr.

    Loved ’em

    • “I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
    • “I Need You” – America
    • “Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • “Lean On Me” – Bill Withers
    • “Rocket Man” – Elton John
    • “Too Late To Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose

    Liked ’em

    • “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
    • “How Can I Be Sure” – David Cassidy
    • “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
    • “I’ve Been Lonely For So Long” – Frederick Knight
    • “Someday Never Comes” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
    • “The Candyman” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • “Too Young” – Donny Osmond

    Leave ’em

    • “Isn’t Life Strange” – Moody Blues

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

  • It’s May, 1972

    A busy week/end so it’s straight into the songs of May, 1972…

    Songs of the month

    • “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” – Sonny And Cher
    • “A Horse With No Name” – America
    • [new] “Ain’t That Loving You” – Isaac Hayes And David Porter
    • [new] “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” – Allman Brothers Band
    • [new] “An American Trilogy” – Elvis Presley
    • [new] “Ask Me What You Want” – Millie Jackson
    • “Baby Blue” – Badfinger
    • “Back Off Boogaloo” – Ringo Starr
    • “Betcha By Golly Wow” – Stylistics
    • [new] “Changes” – David Bowie
    • [new] “Day By Day” – Godspell
    • “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
    • [new] “Diary” – Bread
    • “Doctor My Eyes” – Jackson Browne
    • [new] “Don’t Want To Say Goodbye” – Raspberries
    • “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • [new] “Francene” – Zz Top
    • [new] “Giving Up” – Donny Hathaway
    • “Heart Of Gold” – Neil Young
    • [new] “Hot N Nasty” – Humble Pie
    • “Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen
    • [new] “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
    • [new] “I Can’t Turn You Loose” – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
    • [new] “I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • “I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
    • [new] “I Had It All The Time” – Tyrone Davis
    • [new] “I Saw The Light” – Todd Rundgren
    • “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
    • “In The Rain” – Dramatics
    • [new] “It’s Going To Take Some Time” – Carpenters
    • [new] “Jubilation” – Paul Anka
    • “Jump Into The Fire” – Nilsson
    • [new] “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
    • [new] “Life And Breath” – Climax
    • [new] “Little Bitty Pretty One” – Jackson 5
    • [new] “Living In A House Divided” – Cher
    • “Look What You’ve Done For Me” – Al Green
    • [new] “Love Theme From The Godfather” – Nino Rota
    • “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • [new] “Me Andulio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
    • [new] “Nice To Be With You” – Gallery
    • “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites
    • [new] “Outa Space / I Wrote A Simple Song” – Billy Preston
    • [new] “Powder Blue Mercedes Queen” – Raiders
    • “Puppy Love” – Donny Osmond
    • [new] “Questions” – Bang
    • “Rockin’ Robin” – Michael Jackson
    • “Run Run Run” – Jo Jo Gunne
    • “Slippin’ Into Darkness” – War
    • [new] “Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
    • [new] “Speak Softly Love” – Al Martino
    • “Suavecito” – Malo
    • [new] “Superwoman” – Stevie Wonder
    • [new] “Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
    • [new] “Taxi” – Harry Chapin
    • [new] “Telegram Sam” – T. Rex
    • “The Candy Man” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • “The Family Of Man” – Three Dog Night
    • “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • [new] “The Young New Mexican Puppeteer” – Tom Jones
    • [new] “Troglodyte” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
    • [new] “Tumbling Dice” – Rolling Stones
    • [new] “Upsetter” – Grand Funk Railroad
    • “Vincent / Castles In The Air” – Don Mclean
    • [new] “Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love” – Love Unlimited
    • [new] “We’re Free” – Beverly Bremers
    • [new] “Woman Is The Nigger Of The World” – John Lennon
    • [new] “Woman’s Gotta Have It” – Bobby Womack
    • [new] “You Said A Bad Word” – Joe Tex
    • [new] “You’re The Man” – Marvin Gaye

    [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 10th in a referendum, voters in Ireland overwhelmingly approved the Accession Treaty for Ireland to join the European Community. Five out of six (1,041,880 to 211,888) voted yes on a constitutional amendment. And for that reason I still get to be a citizen of the EU despite Brexit… Thanks!

    Then on the 16th the first financial derivatives exchange, the International Monetary Market (IMM), opened on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. With greater fluctuation of currency exchange rates, the IMM opened a new era in trading by allowing purchase of futures on three currencies. The first trades were for the British pound, the Deutschmark, and the Japanese yen.

    And on the 28th the Watergate burglars succeeded in their second attempt to break into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., placing wiretaps on two telephones, and escaping undetected. When it became clear that the “bug” on DNC Chairman Larry O’Brien was not working, the men broke in again three weeks later and were caught. The botched June 17, 1972, burglary was the beginning of the Watergate scandal that eventually led to Nixon’s resignation as President of the United States.

    What’d Sadie think?

    Three weeks at the top for”First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack before the Chi-Lites round out the month with “Oh Girl”.

    Loved ’em

    • “Changes” – David Bowie
    • “Diary” – Bread
    • “Francene” – Zz Top
    • “I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
    • “I Saw The Light” – Todd Rundgren
    • “It’s Going To Take Some Time” – Carpenters
    • “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
    • “Little Bitty Pretty One” – Jackson 5
    • “Living In A House Divided” – Cher
    • “Me Andulio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • “Telegram Sam” – T. Rex

    Liked ’em

    • “Ain’t That Loving You” – Isaac Hayes And David Porter
    • “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More” – Allman Brothers Band
    • “An American Trilogy” – Elvis Presley
    • “Ask Me What You Want” – Millie Jackson
    • “Day By Day” – Godspell
    • “Don’t Want To Say Goodbye” – Raspberries
    • “Hot N Nasty” – Humble Pie
    • “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
    • “I Had It All The Time” – Tyrone Davis
    • “Life And Breath” – Climax
    • “Love Theme From The Godfather” – Nino Rota
    • “Nice To Be With You” – Gallery
    • “Powder Blue Mercedes Queen” – Raiders
    • “Questions” – Bang
    • “Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
    • “Superwoman” – Stevie Wonder
    • “Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
    • “Taxi” – Harry Chapin
    • “The Young New Mexican Puppeteer” – Tom Jones
    • “Troglodyte” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
    • “Tumbling Dice” – Rolling Stones
    • “Upsetter” – Grand Funk Railroad
    • “Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love” – Love Unlimited
    • “We’re Free” – Beverly Bremers
    • “Woman Is The Nigger Of The World” – John Lennon
    • “Woman’s Gotta Have It” – Bobby Womack
    • “You Said A Bad Word” – Joe Tex
    • “You’re The Man” – Marvin Gaye

    Leave ’em

    • “Giving Up” – Donny Hathaway
    • “I Can’t Turn You Loose” – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
    • “Jubilation” – Paul Anka
    • “Speak Softly Love” – Al Martino

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

  • It’s April, 1972

    It’s feeling a little like summer in October, 2025 so let’s take the win and tune our ears back to the sounds of April, 1972…

    Songs of the month

    • “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” – Sonny And Cher
    • “A Horse With No Name” – America
    • “Ain’t Understanding Mellow” – Jerry Bulter And Brenda Lee Eager
    • [new] “Baby Blue” – Badfinger
    • [new] “Back Off Boogaloo” – Ringo Starr
    • “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” – T. Rex
    • “Betcha By Golly Wow” – Stylistics
    • “Crazy Mama” – J.J. Cale
    • [new] “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
    • [new] “Do Your Thing” – Isaac Hayes
    • [new] “Doctor My Eyes” – Jackson Browne
    • “Down By The Lazy River” – Osmonds
    • [new] “Every Day Of My Life” – Bobby Vinton
    • “Everything I Own” – Bread
    • [new] “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • [new] “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” – Wings
    • “Heart Of Gold” – Neil Young
    • [new] “Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen
    • “I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
    • [new] “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
    • “In The Rain” – Dramatics
    • [new] “Jump Into The Fire” – Nilsson
    • “Jungle Fever” – Chakachas
    • [new] “Look What You’ve Done For Me” – Al Green
    • [new] “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • [new] “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
    • “Mother And Child Reunion” – Paul Simon
    • [new] “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites
    • “Precious And Few” – Climax
    • “Puppy Love” – Donny Osmond
    • “Rock N Roll Lullaby” – B.J. Thomas
    • “Rockin’ Robin” – Michael Jackson
    • “Roundabout” – Yes
    • [new] “Run Run Run” – Jo Jo Gunne
    • “Runnin’ Away” – Sly And The Family Stone
    • [new] “Slippin’ Into Darkness” – War
    • [new] “Suavecito” – Malo
    • [new] “Take A Look Around” – Temptations
    • [new] “Taurus” – Dennis Coffey
    • [new] “The Candy Man” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • [new] “The Day I Found Myself” – Honey Cone
    • [new] “The Family Of Man” – Three Dog Night
    • “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Robert John
    • “The Way Of Love” – Cher
    • [new] “Vincent” – Don Mclean
    • “We’ve Got To Get It On Again” – Addrisi Brothers
    • “Without You” – Nilsson

    [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 third Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States after more than 20 years of self-imposed exile over “political differences” with the USA. “The Little Tramp” had been invited back for an honorary award at the Academy Awards.

    On the 21st American astronauts John W. Young and Charles Duke became the ninth and tenth people to walk on the Moon, after the lunar module Orion had landed as part of the Apollo 16 mission. The mission was the only one to the lunar highlands, near the Descartes crater.

    On the 25th Photographs that developed “right before your eyes” with the launch of the Polaroid SX-70 film and camera. Previously “instant” cameras had required significant work, like coating images with a liquid to develop them, whereas the new model ejected pictures that developed with no intervention within minutes.

    What’d Sadie think?

    3 weeks at the top for newcomer “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack and then a week for the Chi-Lites with “Oh Girl”.

    Loved ’em

    • “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
    • “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
    • “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
    • “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites

    Liked ’em

    • “Baby Blue” – Badfinger
    • “Back Off Boogaloo” – Ringo Starr
    • “Do Your Thing” – Isaac Hayes
    • “Doctor My Eyes” – Jackson Browne
    • “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” – Wings
    • “Jump Into The Fire” – Nilsson
    • “Look What You’ve Done For Me” – Al Green
    • “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
    • “Run Run Run” – Jo Jo Gunne
    • “Slippin’ Into Darkness” – War
    • “Suavecito” – Malo
    • “Take A Look Around” – Temptations
    • “Taurus” – Dennis Coffey
    • “The Candy Man” – Sammy Davis Jr.
    • “The Day I Found Myself” – Honey Cone
    • “The Family Of Man” – Three Dog Night
    • “Vincent” – Don Mclean

    Leave ’em

    • “Everyday Of My Life” – Bobby Vinton
    • “Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

  • It’s March, 1972

    Let’s rock straight into the sounds of March, 1972…

    Songs of the month

    • [new] “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” – Sonny And Cher
    • [new] “A Horse With No Name” – America
    • [new] “Ain’t Understanding Mellow” – Jerry Bulter And Brenda Lee Eager
    • “American Pie” – Don Mclean
    • “Anticipation” – Carly Simon
    • “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” – T. Rex
    • [new] “Betcha By Golly Wow” – Stylistics
    • “Black Dog” – Led Zeppelin
    • [new] “Crazy Mama” – J.J. Cale
    • “Day After Day” – Badfinger
    • “Don’t Say You Don’t Remember” – Beverly Bremers
    • “Down By The Lazy River” – Osmonds
    • “Everything I Own” – Bread
    • “Floy Joy” – Supremes
    • “Heart Of Gold” – Neil Young
    • “Hurting Each Other” – Carpenters
    • “I Can’t Help Myself” – Donnie Elbert
    • [new] “I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
    • [new] “In The Rain” – Dramatics
    • “Joy” – Apollo 100
    • “Jungle Fever” – Chakachas
    • “Let’s Stay Together” – Al Green
    • “Mother And Child Reunion” – Paul Simon
    • “My World” – Bee Gees
    • “Never Been To Spain” – Three Dog Night
    • “Precious And Few” – Climax
    • [new] “Puppy Love” – Donny Osmond
    • [new] “Rock N Roll Lullaby” – B.J. Thomas
    • [new] “Rockin’ Robin” – Michael Jackson
    • [new] “Roundabout” – Yes
    • [new] “Runnin’ Away” – Sly And The Family Stone
    • [new] “Softly Whispering I Love You” – English Congregation
    • “Sweet Seasons” – Carole King
    • [new] “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing” – James Brown
    • [new] “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
    • “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Robert John
    • “The Way Of Love” – Cher
    • [new] “Way Of Love” – Cher
    • [new] “We’ve Got To Get It On Again” – Addrisi Brothers
    • “Without You” – Nilsson

    [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 23rd the Australian soap opera Number 96 made its debut on Network Ten, after an ad campaign with the slogan “Tonight at 8:30, Television loses its virginity!”. During its five-year run, the show would break taboos against showing nudity and sexual intercourse.

    Then on the big screen, “The Godfather”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, debuted in five cinemas in New York City, and would set a record (which stood until 1975) for the highest-grossing film in history, taking in $87,500,000 in its first release.

    And on the 23rd, the first media event surrounding the recently discovered, cave-dwelling Tasaday people took place in the Philippines as reporters, scientists, and VIPs  were brought in by helicopter to meet a group of people who had never made it out of the Stone Age. It was not until after the 1986 overthrow of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos that it was discovered that the 26 Tasaday “cavemen” had been ordinary people going along with a hoax… except even later reports indicate the true story probably lay somewhere in between.

    What’d Sadie think?

    “Without You” by Nilsson is number one for two weeks before”Heart Of Gold” by Neil Young and  “A Horse With No Name” by America each get it for a week.

    Loved ’em

    • “A Horse With No Name” – America
    • “Rockin’ Robin” – Michael Jackson
    • “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack

    Liked ’em

    • “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” – Sonny And Cher
    • “Ain’t Understanding Mellow” – Jerry Bulter And Brenda Lee Eager
    • “Betcha By Golly Wow” – Stylistics
    • “Crazy Mama” – J.J. Cale
    • “I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
    • “In The Rain” – Dramatics
    • “Puppy Love” – Donny Osmond
    • “Rock N Roll Lullaby” – B.J. Thomas
    • “Roundabout” – Yes
    • “Runnin’ Away” – Sly And The Family Stone
    • “Softly Whispering I Love You” – English Congregation
    • “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing” – James Brown
    • “Way Of Love” – Cher

    Leave ’em

    • “We’ve Got To Get It On Again” – Addrisi Brothers

    Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.