Top 20 Countdown

[Jack D.]

I thought this might be interesting. I will list the top 20 songs for a particular week and year. I will list only the title of the songs and all you have to do is tell who the artists are. Also which year is the list from. The end of the week I will list the artists. Just for the record I knew 8 artists. So here is the list.

1. In The Summertime
2. Close to You
3. Don't Play That Song
4. Make It With You
5. Lay A Little Lovin On Me
6. Spill The Wine
7. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
8. Looking Out My Backdoor
9. It's a Shame
10. Solitary Man
11. War
12. Overture from Tommy
13. I've Lost You
14. Patches
15. 25 or 6 to 4
16. Everything's Tuesday
17. Hand Me Down World
18. Do You See My Love
19. Groovy Situation
20. Tell It All Brother

 

[Martha Washington]

1970? that's my guess

1. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
2. Close to You - Carpenters
3. Don't Play That Song - my Dad (ha ha)
4. Make It With You -Bread
5. Lay A Little Lovin On Me
6. Spill The Wine -Eric Burdon and War
7. Ain't No Mountain High Enough -Diana Ross without the Supremes
8. Looking Out My Backdoor - my Dentist
9. It's a Shame - my 4th grade teacher
10. Solitary Man -Neil Diamond
11. War -Edwin Starr
12. Overture from Tommy -Who
13. I've Lost You
14. Patches
15. 25 or 6 to 4 -Chicago
16. Everything's Tuesday
17. Hand Me Down World
18. Do You See My Love
19. Groovy Situation
20. Tell It All Brother

I ran out of stupid and left 'em blank.

 

[Jack D.]

Don't play that song could have been my dad too. Now it's my kids turn to tell me not to play that song. I just can't get no satisfaction. Now I can just say "Hey you, get off my cloud".

 

[kath]

i *think* hand me down world is the guess who.

note the emphasis on *think*...

kath
who thinks thinking is over-rated.

 

[Jack D.]

Here is the list for last weeks top 20. Yes Martha, you are correct with the year.

WKNR/KEENER 13 , Detroit, MI
Survey for week ending Monday August 10, 1970

TW TITLE ARTIST LW
1. In The Summertime Mungo Jerry 2
2. Close to You Carpenters 1
3. Don't Play That Song Aretha Franklin 12
4. Make It With You Bread 3
5. Lay A Little Lovin On Me Robin McNamara 6
6. Spill The Wine Eric Burdon & War 5
7. Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross 21
8. Looking Out My Backdoor Creedence Clearwater 19
9. It's a Shame Spinners 7
10. Solitary Man Neil Diamond 18
11. War Edwin Starr 4
12. Overture from Tommy Assembled Multitude 9
13. I've Lost You Elvis Presley 13
14. Patches Clarence Carter 15
15. 25 or 6 to 4 Chicago 17
16. Everything's Tuesday Chairmen of the Board 16
17. Hand Me Down World Guess Who 10
18. Do You See My Love Jr Walker 8
19. Groovy Situation Gene Chandler --
20. Tell It All Brother First Edition 20

 

[Jack D.]

Here is a new top 20. See how many artists you know and what was the year?

1 NIGHT FEVER
2 EMOTION
3 (Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER
4 STAYIN’ ALIVE
5 LAY DOWN SALLY
6 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH
7 CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU
8 I GO CRAZY
9 WHAT’S YOUR NAME
10 THUNDER ISLAND
11 FALLING
12 JACK AND JILL
13 DUST IN THE WIND
14 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU
15 (What A) WONDERFUL WORLD
16 THE NAME OF THE GAME
17 ALWAYS AND FOREVER
18 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
19 GOODBYE GIRL
20 EBONY EYES

 

[willg54]

I'm a guessin' you're a Bee Gees fan . . .

 

[Jack D.]

Old Bee Gee good. Newer Bee Gee wears on me after a song or two. I just picked a top 20 for a particular week and year and you just have to name the artists and year. So who are the other artists?

 

[cnbpjb]

The year was probably early in 1978:

1 NIGHT FEVER - the Bee Gees
2 EMOTION - Samantha Sang backed with Barry Gibb
3 (Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER - Andy Gibb
4 STAYIN’ ALIVE - the Bee Gees
5 LAY DOWN SALLY - Eric Clapton
6 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH -- Dan Hill
7 CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - Barry Manilow
8 I GO CRAZY -- Paul Davis
9 WHAT’S YOUR NAME -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
10 THUNDER ISLAND - Jay Ferguson (one hit wonder, if ever there was
one; but a great song nevertheless)
11 FALLING (this one I can't remember)
12 JACK AND JILL - Raydio
13 DUST IN THE WIND - Kansas
14 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU - Yvonne Elliman
15 (What A) WONDERFUL WORLD - This is James Taylor's version of the old 1950's Sam Cooke tune (it was also remade in the middle of the 1960's by Herman's Hermits)
16 THE NAME OF THE GAME - Abba
17 ALWAYS AND FOREVER - Luther Vandross (had trouble remembering the artist and did look this up)
18 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO -- Daryl Hall & John Oates' version of the Temptations' song
19 GOODBYE GIRL - David Gates formerly of Bread
20 EBONY EYES -- Bob Welch

You also must be a fan of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack!

Although in the words of Jerry Seinfeld: "Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that."

 

[Martha Washington]

I haven't heard "I can't smile without you" in many many years.
I hope I can keep it that way.
UGH.