Episode 58: The Week Ending September 2, 1972

It was Labor Day weekend 1972. Saturday in the park, did you ask your daddy not to walk so fast, and on the beautiful Sunday did you go for a ride with your motorcycle mama? When you say love, does it make you think of a long cool woman in a black dress named Brandy, with a dream to spend nights in white satin? Perhaps instead you had to say goodbye to love, leaving you alone again naturally and yet somehow you still managed to hold your head up. Alas, not all relationships are black and white. While you may have failed to spot some backstabbers, which made you ask “where is the love”;  there is solace in knowing that everybody plays the fool sometimes. This week we pop that thang and say how do you do to the Billboard top 40 for the week of September 2, 1972. Many of the songs in this week’s countdown scream play rock and roll to any guitar man.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_2nd_September_1972

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

“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by Pete Battistini.

Rejected Episode Titles:

Long Cool Woman in White Satin

Black and White Satin

Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Coconut

Popcorn That Thang’

Don’t Mess Around with Jim the Guitar Man

Saturday in the Park, or was it a Beautiful Sunday?

Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:

Riedlbauer’s Resort : http://www.riedlbauersresort.com/

Who was Bob Steele?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Steele_(broadcaster)

Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1966– ) Full Cast & Crew: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0820001/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm

The Muppet Show: Put the Lime in the Coconut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EoOVvGV_aQ

Turtle Ruins The Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88289N9T5KU

Mac Davis – Muppet Show Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1QJzXt2llU

Wayne Newton IMDB : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628611/

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