| Top 40 Songs 44 Years Ago!; How Many Do you Know? | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 13 2015, 09:58 PM (104 Views) | |
| kenj28 | Nov 13 2015, 09:58 PM Post #1 |
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I know all of them, except for #'s 7, 32, 25, 34 and 38. # 39 made the top ten and is such a great tune. The Osmonds hit was written for the Jackson 5. Motown turned it down, then "Mama's Pearl" peaked at #2 and was Blocked from the top spot by the Osmonds for weeks! How many do you know? the-osmonds-one-bad-apple-mgm-2 TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart 1 1 ONE BAD APPLE –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-9 (3 weeks at #1) 2 6 MAMA’S PEARL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-5 3 2 KNOCK THREE TIMES –•– Dawn (Bell)-15 4 3 ROSE GARDEN –•– Lynn Anderson (Columbia)-14 5 5 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND –•– Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)-10 6 4 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING –•– Dave Edmunds (MAM)-10 7 8 SWEET MARY –•– Wadsworth Mansion (Sussex)-10 8 12 AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-18 9 9 MR. BOJANGLES –•– The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)-15 10 25 ME AND BOBBIE McGEE –•– Janis Joplin (Columbia)-5 11 11 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-10 12 22 FOR ALL WE KNOW –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-4 13 17 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN / HEY TONIGHT –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-5 14 14 (Theme From) “LOVE STORY” –•– Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus (RCA)-7 15 15 AMAZING GRACE –•– Judy Collins (Elektra)-12 16 29 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-4 17 24 SHE’S A LADY –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-4 18 7 GROOVE ME –•– King Floyd (Chimneyville)-19 19 37 DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-3 20 33 DON’T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-7 21 32 PROUD MARY –•– Ike and Tina Turner (Liberty)-5 22 10 LONELY DAYS –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-13 23 18 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-14 24 26 TEMPTATION EYES –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-10 25 27 (Do the) PUSH AND PULL (Part 1) –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-11 26 13 YOUR SONG –•– Elton John (Uni)-14 27 39 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT –•– Sammi Smith (Mega)-7 28 36 JODY’S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-7 29 20 IT’S IMPOSSIBLE –•– Perry Como (RCA)-16 30 21 STONEY END –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-18 31 23 REMEMBER ME –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-10 32 43 CRIED LIKE A BABY –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-3 33 46 THEME FROM “LOVE STORY” –•– Francis Lai with His Orchestra (Paramount)-5 34 41 BURNING BRIDGES –•– The Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-13 35 53 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-4 36 16 MY SWEET LORD / ISN’T IT A PITY –•– George Harrison (Apple)-14 37 30 PRECIOUS PRECIOUS –•– Jackie Moore (Atlantic)-13 38 45 D.O.A. –•– Bloodrock (Capitol)-9 39 19 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-19 40 44 JUST SEVEN NUMBERS (Can Straighten Out My Life) –•– The Four Tops (Motown Edited by kenj28, Nov 13 2015, 10:16 PM.
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| Mario | Nov 14 2015, 12:12 AM Post #2 |
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Most of those songs I've never heard. |
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