1971-06-02 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )


1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
June 2, 1971

TWLW ARTISTTITLEWKSNOTES
1 Carole KingIt's Too Late5
2 Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid ChemistsCool Aid6
3 RaidersIndian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)5Well, 1 Raider, anyway. This was to be a Mark Lindsay solo record. Until Paul Revere crisscrossed the country promoting it.
4 Cornelius Brothers & Sister RoseTreat Her Like A Lady7
5 CarpentersRainy Days And Mondays4
6 The Rolling StonesBrown Sugar6
7 P-Nut GalleryDo You Know What Time It Is?2
8 Carly SimonThat's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be3
9 The OsmondsDouble Lovin'4
10 The Partridge FamilyI'll Meet You Halfway4
11 Ringo StarrIt Don't Come Easy6
12 The Honey ConeWant Ads6
13 The SupremesNathan Jones
14 Matthews' Southern ComfortWoodstock9
15 The Grass RootsSooner Or Later2
16 Bobby ShermanThe Drum5
18 Jerry ReedWhen You're Hot, You're Hot7
19 Richie HavensHere Comes The Sun8
20 Three Dog NightJoy To The World14The first verse was originally a “dummy” verse Hoyt Axton wrote to work on the melody. It stuck. #1 song of the year.
21 Sounds Of SunshineLove Means (You Never Have To Say You're Sorry)
22 The 5th DimensionLight Sings
24 Janis JoplinCry Baby4
25 The Guess WhoAlbert Flasher
26 Tom JonesPuppet Man
29 Dave And Ansil CollinsDouble Barrel
31 Donny OsmondSweet And Innocent9
33 Tommy JamesDraggin' The Line
34 The 8th DayShe's Not Just Another WomanThe R&B group, not the sunshine pop group formerly the Sons of Liberty from Cadiz, OH.
35 James TaylorYou've Got A FriendSong Carole King wrote for JT as response to “Fire & Rain”
36 The Beginning Of The EndFunky Nassau-Part I
37 John DenverTake Me Home, Country RoadsFat City: Husband & wife *Bill Danoff & *Taffy Nivert who wrote the song, which Denver adapted (cont in Goodies)
38 P.P.F. Past-Present-FutureBones To Bones#1 on WKDA-FM (night-time?) survey for 4/17/71. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emxlIiIARm0
39 The StylisticsStop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
40 Delaney & Bonnie & FriendsNever Ending Song Of Love“Friends” included some real heavyweights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Shot

Survey notes: Survey missing; recreated from 4/21.
Songs at the missing chart position numbers are unknown.
HB: (unknown)
FA: (unknown)

Cover: (unknown)

Song note cont:
37. *later of Starland Vocal Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starland_Vocal_Band