A busy birthday week so we missed posting last week’s playlist. You can find August, 1973 here before tuning into the sounds of September….
Songs of the month
“Angel” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Angie” – Rolling Stones
“Are You Man Enough” – Four Tops
“Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
[new] “Basketball Jones Ft Tyrone Shoelaces” – Cheech And Chong
[new] “Believe In Humanity” – Carole King
“Brother Louie” – Stories
[new] “China Grove” – Doobie Brothers
“Delta Dawn” – Helen Reddy
“Diamond Girl” – Seals And Crofts
“Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” – Chicago
[new] “Feelin’ Stronger Everyday” – Chicago
[new] “Free Ride” – Edgar Winter Group
“Get Down” – Gilbert O’sullivan
[new] “Get It Together” – Jackson 5
[new] “Ghetto Child” – Spinners
“Gypsy Man” – War
[new] “Half Breed” – Cher
“Here I Am” – Al Green
[new] “Higher Ground” – Stevie Wonder
“How Can I Tell Her” – Lobo
“I Believe In You” – Johnnie Taylor
“I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In” – Don Covay
“If You Want Me To Stay” – Sly And The Family Stone
[new] “Keep On Truckin’” – Eddie Kendricks
“Let’s Get It On” – Marvin Gaye
“Live And Let Die” – Wings
“Loves Me Like A Rock” – Paul Simon
[new] “Midnight Train To Georgia” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett & Crypt-Kickers
[new] “My Maria” – B.W. Stevenson
[new] “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out” – Bobby Womack
[new] “Ramblin’ Man” – Allman Brothers Band
“Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” – Elton John
“Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose” – Dawn
[new] “Stoned Out Of My Mind” – Chi-Lites
“That Lady” – Isley Brothers
“The Morning After” – Maureen Mcgovern
[new] “Theme From Cleopatra Jones” – Joe Simon
“Touch Me In The Morning” – Diana Ross
“Uneasy Rider” – Charlie Daniels
“We’re An American Band” – Grand Funk
[new] “Why Me” – Kris Kristofferson
[new] “Yes We Can Can” – Pointer Sisters
[new] “You’ve Never Been This Far Before” – Conway Twitty
“Young Love” – Donny Osmond
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
One of the most defining moments in sports and cultural history took place at the Houston Astrodome when tennis star Billie Jean King took on self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs. This televised spectacle drew a staggering global audience of over 90 million people, making it a massive media event that transcended sports. King’s victory in three straight sets became a powerful symbol for the women’s liberation movement, proving that female athletes could handle the pressure of the world stage and helping to drive the conversation around gender equality in the 1970s.
Four years after the original Star Trek series was cancelled, the franchise was unexpectedly resurrected as a Saturday morning cartoon. Produced by Filmation, this animated revival was significant because it featured the voices of almost the entire original cast and brought back many of the original series’ scriptwriters. This move kept the Star Trek universe alive during a time when its future was uncertain, eventually winning an Emmy Award and proving the enduring power of the fandom, which paved the way for the feature films and future spin-offs.
On the same night as the “Battle of the Sexes,” the music world suffered a major blow when singer-songwriter Jim Croce died in a plane crash in Louisiana. At the time, Croce was one of the biggest names on the pop charts, having reached #1 earlier that summer with “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.” His sudden passing at the age of 30, just as he was reaching the peak of his career, led to a surge in popularity for his storytelling-style folk-rock. Hits like “I Got a Name” were released posthumously, cementing his legacy as a definitive voice of the early 70s.
What’d Sadie think?
Another week at the top for”Brother Louie” by Stories before”Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye hits number 1, has it wrested away by Helen Reddy with “Delta Dawn” before reclaiming the spot the next week, only to lose it to Grand Funk with “We’re An American Band” in the last week of September.
Loved ’em
“Angie” – Rolling Stones
“Free Ride” – Edgar Winter Group
“Higher Ground” – Stevie Wonder
“Midnight Train To Georgia” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Why Me” – Kris Kristofferson
Liked ’em
“Believe In Humanity” – Carole King
“China Grove” – Doobie Brothers
“Feelin’ Stronger Everyday” – Chicago
“Get It Together” – Jackson 5
“Ghetto Child” – Spinners
“Half Breed” – Cher
“Keep On Truckin’” – Eddie Kendricks
“My Maria” – B.W. Stevenson
“Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out” – Bobby Womack
“Ramblin’ Man” – Allman Brothers Band
“Theme From Cleopatra Jones” – Joe Simon
“Yes We Can Can” – Pointer Sisters
“You’ve Never Been This Far Before” – Conway Twitty
Leave ’em
“Stoned Out Of My Mind” – Chi-Lites
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
It’s 47 years before Sadie is born and 3 years and 6 months before Thomas is, let’s hear the sounds of August, 1973…
Songs of the month
“Angel” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Are You Man Enough” – Four Tops
“Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
“Behind Closed Doors” – Charlie Rich
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
[new] “Booogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
“Brother Louie” – Stories
[new] “Delta Dawn” – Helen Reddy
“Diamond Girl” – Seals And Crofts
“Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” – Chicago
“Get Down” – Gilbert O’sullivan
[new] “Gypsy Man” – War
“Here I Am” – Al Green
“How Can I Tell Her” – Lobo
“I Believe In You” – Johnnie Taylor
[new] “I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In” – Don Covay
“If You Want Me To Stay” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Kodachrome” – Paul Simon
[new] “Let’s Get It On” – Marvin Gaye
“Live And Let Die” – Wings
[new] “Loves Me Like A Rock” – Paul Simon
“Money” – Pink Floyd
[new] “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
“Natural High” – Bloodstone
[new] “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” – Elton John
[new] “Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose” – Dawn
“Shambala” – Three Dog Night
“Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple
“So Very Hard To Go” – Tower Of Power
[new] “That Lady” – Isley Brothers
“The Morning After” – Maureen Mcgovern
“Touch Me In The Morning” – Diana Ross
“Uneasy Rider” – Charlie Daniels
[new] “We’re An American Band” – Grand Funk
“Where Peaceful Waters Flow” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Will It Go Round In Circles” – Billy Preston
“Yesterday Once More” – Carpenters
[new] “You Light Up My Life / Believe In Humanity” – Carole King
[new] “Young Love” – Donny Osmond
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
One of the most significant cultural event of the decade occurred at a modest back-to-school party in the Bronx. At 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Clive Campbell—better known as DJ Kool Herc—introduced a new technique called “the merry-go-round,” using two turntables to extend the drum breaks of funk and soul records. This innovative way of manipulating music, combined with his rhythmic “toasting” on the microphone, is widely recognized as the official birth of Hip Hop. What began as a local neighborhood gathering eventually grew into a global movement that would dominate the charts and culture for decades to come.
Before he took us to a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas released American Graffiti, a film that revolutionized the concept of the “nostalgia movie.” Set in 1962, the film was a massive hit that captured the spirit of a simpler time, launching the careers of actors like Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss. Crucially, it popularized the “oldies” soundtrack, using a continuous stream of early rock-and-roll hits to drive the narrative—a technique that changed how music was used in film and sparked a massive 1950s/60s revival in the mid-70s.
Just weeks after his tragic and untimely death, Bruce Lee’s final completed film, Enter the Dragon, premiered in the United States. It was the first martial arts film produced by a major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros.) and became an immediate global phenomenon. The movie didn’t just make Lee an international icon; it ignited a “kung fu craze” in Western pop culture, influencing everything from action movies and video games to the music of the Wu-Tang Clan. It remains one of the most profitable and influential films of all time.
What’d Sadie think?
It’s two weeks at the top for “The Morning After” by Maureen Mcgovern before Diana Ross and” Touch Me In The Morning” and then Stories with”Brother Louie”.
Loved ’em
“Booogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
“Delta Dawn” – Helen Reddy
“Let’s Get It On” – Marvin Gaye
“Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett & Crypt-Kickers
“Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” – Elton John
Liked ’em
“Are You Man Enough” – Four Tops
“Gypsy Man” – War
“Loves Me Like A Rock” – Paul Simon
“That Lady” – Isley Brothers
“We’re An American Band” – Grand Funk
“Young Love” – Donny Osmond
Leave ’em
“I Was Checkin’ Out She Was Checkin’ In” – Don Covay
“Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose” – Dawn
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
It’s February here in 2026 as we turn our ears back to the sounds of July, 1973…
Songs of the month
[new] “Angel” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Bad Bad Leory Brown” – Jim Croce
“Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
“Behind Closed Doors” – Charlie Rich
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
[new] “Brother Louie” – Stories
[new] “Daddy Could Swear – I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Daddy Could Swear I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Daniel” – Elton John
“Diamond Girl” – Seals And Crofts
“Doin’ It To Death” – Fred Wesley And The Jb’s
[new] “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” – Chicago
“Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter Group
[new] “Get Down” – Gilbert O’sullivan
“Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” – George Harrison
[new] “Here I Am” – Al Green
[new] “How Can I Tell Her” – Lobo
[new] “I Believe In You” – Johnnie Taylor
“I’m Doin’ Fine Now” – New York City
“I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby” – Barry White
[new] “If You Want Me To Stay” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Kodachrome” – Paul Simon
[new] “Live And Let Die” – Wings
“Long Train Runnin’” – Doobie Brothers
[new] “Misdemeanour” – Foster Sylvers
“Money” – Pink Floyd
[new] “Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett And The Crypt-Kicker
“My Love” – Paul Mccartney And Wings
“Natural High” – Bloodstone
“One Of A Kind” – Spinners
“Pillow Talk” – Sylvia
“Playground In My Mind” – Clint Holmes
“Right Place Wrong Time” – Dr. John
[new] “Satin Sheets” – Jeanne Pruett
“Shambala” – Three Dog Night
“Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple
“So Very Hard To Go” – Tower Of Power
[new] “The Morning After” – Maureen Mcgovern
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” – Dawn
[new] “Touch Me In The Morning” – Diana Ross
[new] “Uneasy Rider” – Charlie Daniels
[new] “Where Peaceful Waters Flow” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Will It Go Round In Circles” – Billy Preston
“Yesterday Once More” – Carpenters
“You’ll Never Get To Heaven” – Stylistics
[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 6th the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” was released in British cinemas (after premiering in the United States on June 27, 1973), with the spy played by 45-year-old star Roger Moore.
Then on the 10th John Paul Getty III, the rebellious 16-year-old grandson of the wealthiest man in the world, was kidnapped from the Piazza Farnese in Rome, and held for $17 million ransom. His grandfather, J. Paul Getty, refused to pay the ransom, arguing that giving money to terrorists would put his 13 other grandchildren at risk. A ransom of $3.2 million would be paid in December, but only after the teenager’s ear had been cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a Rome newspaper. Young Getty would be freed on December 15.
And on the 28th “The Summer Jam” at Watkins Glen, a massive rock festival featuring the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and The Band, took place at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway in New York, United States, attracting over 600,000 music fans, a record audience for the time.
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “Will It Go Round In Circles” by Billy Preston followed by two for “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce.
Loved ’em
With the release of the new James Bond film we also have the title song by Wings on the charts this week. Upon release, “Live and Let Die” was the most successful Bond theme up to that point, reaching No. 1 on two of the three major US charts. It became the first Bond theme song to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but ultimately lost the award to Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were”.
“Bad Bad Leory Brown” – Jim Croce
“Brother Louie” – Stories
“Here I Am” – Al Green
“Live And Let Die” – Wings
“Monster Mash” – Bobby Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
Liked ’em
“Angel” – Aretha Franklin
“Daddy Could Swear – I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” – Chicago
“Get Down” – Gilbert O’sullivan
“How Can I Tell Her” – Lobo
“I Believe In You” – Johnnie Taylor
“If You Want Me To Stay” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Misdemeanour” – Foster Sylvers
“The Morning After” – Maureen Mcgovern
“Touch Me In The Morning” – Diana Ross
“Where Peaceful Waters Flow” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
Leave ’em
“Satin Sheets” – Jeanne Pruett
“Uneasy Rider” – Charlie Daniels
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
It’s nearly midway through 1973 in our journey through music history, let’s hear the sounds of June…
Songs of the month
[new] “And I Love You So” – Perry Como
[new] “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
[new] “Behind Closed Doors” – Charlie Rich
[new] “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
[new] “Daddy Could Swear I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Daniel” – Elton John
[new] “Diamond Girl” – Seals And Crofts
[new] “Doin’ It To Death” – Fred Wesley And The Jb’s
“Drift Away” – Dobie Gray
“Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter Group
“Funky Worm” – Ohio Players
[new] “Give It To Me” – J. Geils Band
[new] “Give Me Love Give Me Peace On Earth” – George Harrison
“Hocus Pocus” – Focus
“I’m Doin’ Fine Now” – New York City
“I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby” – Barry White
“It Sure Took A Long Long Time” – Lobo
[new] “Kodachrome” – Paul Simon
“Leaving Me” – Independents
“Little Willy” – Sweet
“Long Train Runnin’” – Doobie Brothers
[new] “Long Train Running” – Doobie Brothers
[new] “Money” – Pink Floyd
“My Love” – Paul Mccartney And Wings
[new] “Natural High” – Bloodstone
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” – Alice Cooper
“One Of A Kind” – Spinners
[new] “One Of A Time” – Spinners
“Pillow Talk” – Sylvia
“Playground In My Mind” – Clint Holmes
“Reeling In The Years” – Steely Dan
“Right Place Wrong Time” – Dr. John
[new] “Shambala” – Three Dog Night
[new] “Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple
[new] “So Very Hard To Go” – Tower Of Power
“Steamroller Blues” – Elvis Presley
“Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel
“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” – Vicki Lawrence
“The Right Thing To Do” – Carly Simon
“Thinking Of You” – Loggins And Messina
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” – Dawn
“Wildflower” – Skylark
“Will It Go Round In Circles” – Billy Preston
[new] “Yesterday Once More” – Carpenters
“You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “You’ll Never Get To Heaven” – Stylistics
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
A more usually boisterous intro from Sadie this week!
This month in history
On the 13th U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered a 60-day freeze on prices for all groceries and for gasoline, to be increased to no more than the price they were on June 8. The measures were the last under “Phase III” of his price control measures authorized under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970. Prices were allowed to rise again at 12:01 a.m. on August 13 with the beginning of “Phase IV”. And we thought we had inflation issues in today’s world…
Then on the 19th “The Rocky Horror Show”, premièred at the Royal Court Theatre in London for the first of 2,960 performances. It would be adapted to a cult film, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, in 1975.
And on the 24th Leonid Brezhnev became the first Soviet leader to address the American people on television. Brezhnev’s 47-minute speech was pre-recorded the afternoon before at President Nixon’s estate, and then broadcast the next evening at 6:00 p.m. in each of the U.S. time zones. Among other things, he declared that “Mankind has outgrown the rigid ‘cold war’ armor which it was once forced to wear. It wants to breathe freely and peacefully.” And…it still does!
What’d Sadie think?
Loved ’em
“Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – Bette Midler
“Daddy Could Swear I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Long Train Running” – Doobie Brothers
“Money” – Pink Floyd
“Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple
“Yesterday Once More” – Carpenters
Liked ’em
“And I Love You So” – Perry Como
“Behind Closed Doors” – Charlie Rich
“Diamond Girl” – Seals And Crofts
“Give It To Me” – J. Geils Band
“Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” – George Harrison
“Kodachrome” – Paul Simon
“Natural High” – Bloodstone
“One Of A Time” – Spinners
“So Very Hard To Go” – Tower Of Power
“You’ll Never Get To Heaven” – Stylistics
Leave ’em
“Doin’ It To Death” – Fred Wesley And The Jb’s
“Shambala” – Three Dog Night
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
And we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming! I’m planning on trying to get these out every Monday to start the week, as we normally listen to the playlist over the weekend. Let’s see how it goes as we turn our ears back to April, 1973…
Songs of the month
“Ain’t No Woman” – Four Tops
“Also Sprach Zarathustra” – Deodato
[new] “Always” – Luther Ingram
[new] “Am I Black Enough For You” – Billy Paul
[new] “And I Love You So” – Perry Como
“Aubrey” – Bread
[new] “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
“Break Up To Make Up” – Stylistics
“Call Me” – Al Green
“Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” – Spinners
“Cover Of Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
[new] “Daddy Could Swear – I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
[new] “Daisy A Day” – Jud Strunk
[new] “Dancing To Your Music” – Archie Bell And The Drells
“Danny’s Song” – Anne Murray
“Dead Skunk” – Loudon Wainwright Iii
[new] “Drift Away” – Dobie Gray
“Duelling Banjos” – Eric Weissberg And Steve Mandell
[new] “Everything’s Been Changed” – 5Th Dimension
[new] “Fencewalk” – Mandrill
[new] “Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter Group
[new] “Funky Worm” – Ohio Players
[new] “Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation” – Dells
“Hummingbird” – Seals And Crofts
[new] “I Like You” – Donovan
[new] “I’m A Stranger Here” – Five Man Electrical Band
[new] “I’ve Been Watchin’ You” – South Side Movement
[new] “Isn’t It About Time” – Stephen Stills And Manassas
[new] “It’s Hard To Stop” – Betty Wright
“Killing Me Softly With His Song” – Roberta Flack
“Last Song” – Edward Bear
[new] “Last Tango In Paris” – Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
“Little Willy” – Sweet
[new] “Long Train Runnin’” – Doobie Brothers
“Love Train” – O’jays
“Masterpiece” – Temptations
[new] “Natural High” – Bloodstone
“Neither One Of Us” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
[new] “Nobody Wins” – Brenda Lee
[new] “One Man Band” – Ronnie Dyson
[new] “One Of A Kind” – Spinners
[new] “Only In Your Heart” – America
[new] “Only Love” – Bill Quateman
[new] “Out Of The Question” – Gilbert O’sullivan
“Peaceful” – Helen Reddy
[new] “People Are Changin’” – Timmy Thomas
[new] “Pillow Talk” – Sylvia
[new] “Reeling In The Years” – Steely Dan
[new] “Roll Over Beethoven” – Electric Light Orchestra
“Sing” – Carpenters
“Space Oddity” – David Bowie
“Stir It Up” – Johnny Nash
[new] “Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel
“The Cisco Kid” – War
[new] “The First Cut Is The Deepest” – Keith Hampshire
[new] “The Lord Knows I’m Drinking” – Cal Smith
[new] “The Night The Lights Went Our In Georgia” – Vicki Lawrence
“The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” – Vicki Lawrence
“The Twelfth Of Never” – Donny Osmond
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” – Dawn
[new] “Walk On The Wild Side” – Lou Reed
[new] “Why Me” – Kris Kristofferson
[new] “Wildflower” – Skylark
[new] “Without You In My Life” – Tyrone Davis
[new] “Woman From Tokyo” – Deep Purple
“You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Rolling Stones
[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 3rd the first handheld cellular phone call was made by Martin Cooper in New York City, at a press conference held by the Motorola company to unveil its new “DYNA T-A-C radio-telephone” and announce its commitment to spend up to five million dollars to install transmission towers throughout the city. Cooper’s call was made possible by the installation of temporary towers on two buildings on Fifth Avenue.
And on the 8th Pablo Picasso, renowned as “the greatest artist of his time and a giant in the history of painting” died of heart failure at his home in France at Mougins in the Alpes-Maritimes département. Picasso and his wife Jacqueline Roque Picasso had been entertaining friends for dinner the previous night, and the artist went to his in-home studio to work on another painting before retiring in the early morning hours for sleep.
On the 18th the science fiction film Soylent Green, set in the then-future year of 2022, premiered in the United States. Starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors and (in his final film role) Edward G. Robinson, the dystopian detective film was set in an overpopulated world, where the city of New York by itself had population of 40 million people and food, energy and housing were in short supply. Critics were unfavorable, with one saying “You still don’t have much of a movie,” and “As usual [Director Richard Fleischer] proves himself adept at subverting potentially meaningful material by shamelessly exploiting it”, while another wrote “The script is starved for lack of wit or intelligence.” Despite this, the film would cement itself in pop-culture history
What’d Sadie think?
It’s two weeks at the top for “The Night The Lights Went Our In Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence and then the same for “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Dawn – showing an appetite for long song names!
A lot of classics hit the chart this week. Not the most well know, but a really influential pioneer is the Funky Worm. The ARP Pro-solist, early synthesizer, used it in was a major sound in ’90s Hiphop in particular. Whosampled.com lists no fewer than 300 songs sampling the tune alone!
Loved ’em
A great crop of songs this week. Most notably Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” which is notable for its fairly clear, queer themes, for its time. On release, RCA provided radio stations with a version of the song in which the reference to oral sex was omitted and the line “colored girls” was changed to “and the girls”. However, most radio stations continued to play the original, uncensored version.
“Walk On The Wild Side” – Lou Reed
“Drift Away” – Dobie Gray
“Long Train Runnin’” – Doobie Brothers
“Reeling In The Years” – Steely Dan
“Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel
“The First Cut Is The Deepest” – Keith Hampshire
“Why Me” – Kris Kristofferson
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Rolling Stones
Liked ’em
“Always” – Luther Ingram
“Am I Black Enough For You” – Billy Paul
“Bad Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
“Daddy Could Swear – I Declare” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“Daisy A Day” – Jud Strunk
“Dancing To Your Music” – Archie Bell And The Drells
“Everything’s Been Changed” – 5Th Dimension
“Fencewalk” – Mandrill
“Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter Group
“Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation” – Dells
“I’ve Been Watchin’ You” – South Side Movement
“Isn’t It About Time” – Stephen Stills And Manassas
“It’s Hard To Stop” – Betty Wright
“Last Tango In Paris” – Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
“Natural High” – Bloodstone
“Nobody Wins” – Brenda Lee
“One Man Band” – Ronnie Dyson
“One Of A Kind” – Spinners
“Only In Your Heart” – America
“Only Love” – Bill Quateman
“Out Of The Question” – Gilbert O’sullivan
“People Are Changin’” – Timmy Thomas
“Pillow Talk” – Sylvia
“Roll Over Beethoven” – Electric Light Orchestra
“Wildflower” – Skylark
“Without You In My Life” – Tyrone Davis
“Woman From Tokyo” – Deep Purple
Leave ’em
“And I Love You So” – Perry Como
“I Like You” – Donovan
“The Lord Knows I’m Drinking” – Cal Smith
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.