Episode 31: The Week Ending December 1st, 1973

Back in the 70’s, were you a ramblin' man, never going to the same place twice? When you passed through the Nutbush city limits, did you and your companion think we may never pass this way again? Did you just keep on truckin’ along the highway, or sometimes grabbed a ride on the midnight train to Georgia? In some places you probably were not welcome, and if you tried to engage a local they would just say “leave me alone”. In other places, they would play mind games, and even though you told them I’ve got a name, they would instead call you other things, like the joker or half breed. In frustration sometimes you probably just greeted people with a generic “hello, it’s me”. At the end of your journey, hopefully you felt like you were at the top of the world, and at that point, took a photograph of the scene. This week I promise to uncork that time in a bottle and will show and tell all I know about the Billboard Top 40 from the week of December 1st, 1973.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_1st_December_1973

Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.

Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)

Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll

Rejected Titles

I’ve Got a Name, the Joker

Hello it’s Me, the Joker

Cheaper to Keep Her in a Bottle

Hello it’s Me Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation: https://www.merlintuttle.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk_m9htbd-wIVVODICh0O0gpREAAYASAAEgLPcfD_BwE

Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8A1Wac7tKc

Tonto Synthesizer: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/tonto-national-music-centre/SAXxricZmilYLw?hl=en

Dickie Goodman - Energy Crisis '74: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaPqzgTc9OE

The Most Beautiful Girl by Bobby Vinton (Was she Polish?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vR4y1LlK4w

As Schools Match Wits, the music video (Bugler's Holiday, by Leroy Anderson - Boston Pops full song):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm65sL11UGw

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