K/men Soundathon Combo- Continuing with the compilation of the 1967-1972 Kmen Top 300 Soundathons
#80-66
80. Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues-When this was released in 1968 it didn’t even make the national top 100. It wasn’t even a hit nationally until after the last soundathon survey that makes up this list came out. It was on enough surveys, in a high enough position to be #80 overall.
79. Hair-Cowsills-The second of the three hits from the musical to be on this survey.
78. Honey-Bobby Goldsboro-“See the tree how big it’s grown…” Why? Why? Why?
77. Mr. Big Stuff-Jean Knight-The #1 song of the year for 1971 on KMEN. It beat out Joy To The World
76. What’s Going On-Marvin Gaye-Also from 1971. The song that revitalized his career.
75. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey-Paul McCartney-Yes, 1971 again. Paul’s first #1 song without the Beatles, but with Linda instead.
74. I Want You Back-Jackson 5-Their first hit, and it was #1
73. Soul & Inspiration-Righteous Brothers-The second on this survey for Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley. But surprise Unchained Medley is not in the top 129!
72. Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin-Now many of you will expect to see Stairway To Heaven near the top of this chart. Wrong! It wasn’t out long enough at the time of the 1972 survey to make it. If there had been a 1973 Soundathon, then it probably would be here.
71. Sweet and Innocent-Donny Osmond-Imagine playing a countdown of these songs. There should probably be a commercial between 72 and 71. But it would be more fun to hear them segue into each other.
70. Rainy Days and Mondays-Carpenters-Probably one of my guilty pleasures, this song. It has always made me sad. Maybe I’ll play it again someday, and be sad again.
69. Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix Experience-OK I want to hear the carpenters followed by Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze was a big hit on KFXM and KMEN.
68. Easy To Be Hard-Three Dog Night The third “Hair” hit. A lot of people like this song, but it was Easy to turn off.
67. Don’t Be Cruel-Elvis Presley-One of the two 1950’s song on the survey. (see #129) People voted for these songs from 1966-1972, and people were not much into 1950’s music. After American Graffitti comes out, 50’s music will start being a little more popular. Maybe that’s what we need now.
66. For What It’s Worth-Buffalo Springfield-Their one and only top ten national hit. They had many top ten hits locally, including Mr. Soul/Bluebird and Rock and Roll Woman.
#80-66
80. Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues-When this was released in 1968 it didn’t even make the national top 100. It wasn’t even a hit nationally until after the last soundathon survey that makes up this list came out. It was on enough surveys, in a high enough position to be #80 overall.
79. Hair-Cowsills-The second of the three hits from the musical to be on this survey.
78. Honey-Bobby Goldsboro-“See the tree how big it’s grown…” Why? Why? Why?
77. Mr. Big Stuff-Jean Knight-The #1 song of the year for 1971 on KMEN. It beat out Joy To The World
76. What’s Going On-Marvin Gaye-Also from 1971. The song that revitalized his career.
75. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey-Paul McCartney-Yes, 1971 again. Paul’s first #1 song without the Beatles, but with Linda instead.
74. I Want You Back-Jackson 5-Their first hit, and it was #1
73. Soul & Inspiration-Righteous Brothers-The second on this survey for Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley. But surprise Unchained Medley is not in the top 129!
72. Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin-Now many of you will expect to see Stairway To Heaven near the top of this chart. Wrong! It wasn’t out long enough at the time of the 1972 survey to make it. If there had been a 1973 Soundathon, then it probably would be here.
71. Sweet and Innocent-Donny Osmond-Imagine playing a countdown of these songs. There should probably be a commercial between 72 and 71. But it would be more fun to hear them segue into each other.
70. Rainy Days and Mondays-Carpenters-Probably one of my guilty pleasures, this song. It has always made me sad. Maybe I’ll play it again someday, and be sad again.
69. Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix Experience-OK I want to hear the carpenters followed by Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze was a big hit on KFXM and KMEN.
68. Easy To Be Hard-Three Dog Night The third “Hair” hit. A lot of people like this song, but it was Easy to turn off.
67. Don’t Be Cruel-Elvis Presley-One of the two 1950’s song on the survey. (see #129) People voted for these songs from 1966-1972, and people were not much into 1950’s music. After American Graffitti comes out, 50’s music will start being a little more popular. Maybe that’s what we need now.
66. For What It’s Worth-Buffalo Springfield-Their one and only top ten national hit. They had many top ten hits locally, including Mr. Soul/Bluebird and Rock and Roll Woman.
1 comment:
Hey Doug, great notes. Appreciate
your tidbits. Interesting.
One note of interest, you mentioned
UNCHAINED MELODY, by the Righteous Bros., didn't make
the KMEN 129. Yes, it was a
hit in 1965, and even larger in
the 80's., but that originally
was the B side. The A side,
HUNG ON YOU, was played for about
3 weeks and wasn't making it in '65.
They flipped the record over
and found this everlasting
version of UNCHAINED MELODY.
I understand Spector, currently
appearing in LA courthouse, wanted
to do it as a pet project because
he loved the song. He did it his
way and gave us this gift.
I would convict Spector guilty
of pleasuring us with a wall
of sound no one ever did again--
except for SOUL AND INSPIRATION.
I think that's as close someone
got to his sound. Damn, it was
very very close.
That's it. Sorry if I babbled on.
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