Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s
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LaBelle recorded a version of Moon Shadow in 1972 – and it's awful! It's every bit as bad as their 1975 hit Lady Marmalade. I am not sadistic enough to share it here. I like this version by Mandy Moore from her Coverage album, released October 21, 2003.
21 for 71
40: MOONSHADOW - CAT STEVENS
37: BEGINNINGS - CHICAGO
36: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY
34: LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
33: SIGNS - THE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
32: WILD HORSES - THE ROLLING STONES
31: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - ISAAC HAYES
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
25: HIGH TIME WE WENT - JOE COCKER
20: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER
16: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - THE BEE GEES
14: DRAGGIN' THE LINE - TOMMY JAMES
13: BROWN SUGAR - THE ROLLING STONES
12: IT DON'T COME EASY - RINGO STARR
10: THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE - CARLY SIMON
9: WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT - JERRY REED
6: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR
5: DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK, & REYNOLDS
4: RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE CARPENTERS
3: TREAT HER LIKE A LADY - THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE
1: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING
Notes:
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
Chase was an instrumental rock band founded by Bill Chase. The sound was along the lines of Chicago and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. But instead of a horn section with trumpet, sax, and trombone, it was 4 trumpets. Of course my brother - the trumpet player - bought this album right away.
Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.
40: MOONSHADOW - CAT STEVENS
37: BEGINNINGS - CHICAGO
36: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY
34: LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - THE ISLEY BROTHERS
33: SIGNS - THE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
32: WILD HORSES - THE ROLLING STONES
31: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - ISAAC HAYES
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
25: HIGH TIME WE WENT - JOE COCKER
20: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER
16: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - THE BEE GEES
14: DRAGGIN' THE LINE - TOMMY JAMES
13: BROWN SUGAR - THE ROLLING STONES
12: IT DON'T COME EASY - RINGO STARR
10: THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE - CARLY SIMON
9: WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT - JERRY REED
6: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR
5: DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE - HAMILTON, JOE FRANK, & REYNOLDS
4: RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE CARPENTERS
3: TREAT HER LIKE A LADY - THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE
1: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING
Notes:
30: GET IT ON - CHASE
Chase was an instrumental rock band founded by Bill Chase. The sound was along the lines of Chicago and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. But instead of a horn section with trumpet, sax, and trombone, it was 4 trumpets. Of course my brother - the trumpet player - bought this album right away.
Here's a very 1971-like performance of Get It On. I think this aired on the Smothers Brothers Show.
I'd never even heard of this song, let alone actually hearing it before I did in the car Saturday morning. And as it played I literally said out loud "Oh, it's Blood, Sweat, and Chicago".
Get It On, which ends with the same notes as the end of Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, peaked at #24 on the July 31 1971 Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #22 on the Cash Box Top 100 that same week. In Los Angeles, the song got to #14 on the July 14 1971 KHJ Thirty. Chase released seven more singles including a version of Theme From Superman but never had another top-40 hit. Here is BoChaWa from September 1974. The title is a combination of "Bo" (nickname of trumpeter Jerry Van Blair), "Cha" (for trumpeter Bill Chase) and "Wa" (for organist Wallace Yohn).