1972-02-16 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
February 16, 1972

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS
2	1	Nilsson	Without You	8
9	13	The Addrisi Brothers	We've Got To Get It On Again	7
10	10	Redbone	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	10
16	19	Cher	The Way Of Love	5
21	30	Melanie	The Nickel Song	4
3	8	Robert John	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	7
17	20	Carole King	Sweet Seasons	6
HB		Giorgio	Son Of My Father
13	18	The Congregation	Softly Whispering I Love You	6
33	33	Sly & The Family Stone	Runnin' Away
20	31	B.J. Thomas	Rock And Roll Lullaby
38	--	Melanie	Ring The Living Bell	1
40	--	Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	1
12	6	Climax	Precious And Few	12
23	29	Rock Flowers	Number Wonderful	4
7	4	Three Dog Night	Never Been To Spain	7
14	21	The Bee Gees	My World	4
29	35	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion
15	23	Frank Mills	Love Me, Love Me Love	5
32	16	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	10
25	15	Charley Pride	Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'	9
4	3	Apollo 100	Joy	8
8	5	The Partridge Family	It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)
HB		Dionne Warwick	If We Only Have Love
28	36	Donnie Elbert	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
1	2	Carpenters	Hurting Each Other	6
35	40	Neil Young	Heart Of Gold	2
31	34	Rod Stewart	Handbags And Gladrags
39	--	Terry Black And Laurel Ward	Goin' Down (On The Road To L.A.)	1
27	32	Grand Funk Railroad	Footstompin' Music	4
11	24	Bread	Everything I Own
5	14	The Osmonds	Down By The Lazy River	4
34	39	Shirley Bassey	Diamonds Are Forever	2
18	7	Badfinger	Day After Day	11
19	17	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Daisy Mae	7
36	--	David Cassidy	Could It Be Forever	1
26	11	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	11
30	37	Michel LeGrand	Brian's Song	2
6	9	Scott English	Brandy	7
22	22	T. Rex	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	5
24	12	Carly Simon	Anticipation	8
37	--	America	A Horse With No Name	1
HB		Sonny & Cher	A Cowboys Work Is Never Done

ALBUM CHARTS

TW	LW		ARTIST	ALBUM	WKS	NOTES
			Jo Jo Gunne	Jo Jo Gunne		Feature Album

The Bee Gees are pictured receiving 2 gold records mark-
ing one million sales of their last two singles, “Lonely
Days” and “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart,”
both of which were No. 1 at WMAK.

Cover: 
If your afternoons are bright and smooth, you and
John Young will get along great,  John Young,
noon – 3, weekday afternoons on WMAK.

Song note cont:
3. Rolling Stone article by Rian Malan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/in-the-jungle-inside
-the-long-hidden-genealogy-of-the-lion-sleeps-tonight-108274/