1975-08-08 — WSM 650 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )
WSM RADIO 65
Plays The Best MUSIC
WEEK OF 8/8/75
The HITS
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | | | James Taylor | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | 7 | | 2 | | | Mike Post | The Rockford Files | 5 | | 3 | | | The Bee Gees | Jive Talkin' | 13 | | 4 | | | Eagles | One Of These Nights | 9 | | 5 | | | Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony | The Hustle | 9 | As large of an imprint McCoy had on the music industry as musician, producer, songwriter, singer, (cont in Goodies) | 6 | | | Olivia Newton-John | Please Mr. Please | 10 | | 7 | | | Wings | Listen To What The Man Said | 9 | | 8 | | | Janis Ian | At Seventeen | 7 | | 9 | | | Johnny Rivers | Help Me Rhonda | 7 | | 10 | | | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | Fallin' In Love | 12 | | 11 | | | Captain & Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together | 21 | 21 weeks! Extraordinary. Unfortunately the song is not. | 12 | | | Three Dog Night | Til The World Ends | 5 | | 13 | | | Elton John | Someone Saved My Life Tonight | 10 | | 14 | | | War | Why Can't We Be Friends? | 7 | | 15 | | | Glen Campbell | Rhinestone Cowboy | 4 | | 16 | | | The Amazing Rhythm Aces | Third Rate Romance | 13 | | 17 | | | Barry Manilow | Could It Be Magic | 7 | | 18 | | | Charlie Rich | Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) | 12 | | 19 | | | Earth, Wind & Fire | That's The Way Of The World | 5 | | 20 | | | 10cc | I'm Not In Love | 10 | | 21 | | | America | Daisy Jane | 4 | | 22 | | | The Osmonds | The Proud One | 4 | | 24 | | | The Guess Who | Rosanne | 2 | | 25 | | | Elvin Bishop | Sure Feels Good | 2 | | 26 | | | Orleans | Dance With Me | 4 | | 27 | | | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Mornin' Beautiful | 2 | | 28 | | | The Manhattan Transfer | Clap Your Hands | 5 | Wikipedia doesn’t even know this was released as a 45. (cont in Goodies) | 29 | | | Paul Anka With Odia Coates | (I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love | 3 | | 30 | | | Pointer Sisters | How Long (Betcha' Got A Chick On The Side) | 8 | | -- | | | Leon Russell | Lady Blue | | EXTRA |
Music Director – Ted Johnson
Assistant Music Director – Mary Catherine Murphy
Survey notes: Survey missing; recreated from 8/15.
Songs at the missing chart position numbers are unknown.
Hit of the Week: (unknown)
Albums: (unknown)
Extras: (unknown)
Survey note: ARTISTS & TITLES SHOULD BE IN CAPS
THIS LIST OF SONGS IS COMPUTED IN ORDER
MATHEMATICALLY BASED ON A SURVEY OF
NASHVILLE RECORD SALES, LISTENER RE-
QUESTS & THE WSM MUSIC DEPARTMENT'S
JUDGMENT OF A SONG'S APPEAL TO THE
WSM LISTENING AUDIENCE.
Song note cont:
5. song arranger, orchestra conductor, it’s a shame
so many radio listeners know him primarily for
this song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy
28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manhattan_Transfer
But it was. https://www.discogs.com/release/13078540
-The-Manhattan-Transfer-Clap-Your-Hands
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