M10 show week #120

 

Elvis:  Whut, no excuse ta get outta work today?

I'm not lazy like you!  However, if there was a week, this would be a candidate for it... I was very unsettled about the bottom end of a chart that ends up with 3 debuts...

So, like, not dure whether the ones shoulda dropped?

I think it's just one of those weeks where even my 15 (which I never show here) wasn't big enough, and some songs that might have had a better time of it never got the chance...

It is whut it is, amigo.  Shall I play the first one, or ya gonna change yer mind agin?

No, it's written down now.  Please proceed!

Yep!  Comin' in at 9 is a song that we wouldn't a' heard 'ceptin Laurie saw a news story about the leader of this English outfit who passed.  She asked if'n Chris knew 'em (he didn't), but looked into their roster an' found one from a 1991 album he liked.  This is Pale Saints...

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Hm... fits in well with yer psychedelic phase... but the vid's a bit strange...

Yeah, I was beginning to wonder whether he was singing to a girl, or that mouse!  So anywho, we are in Target Year 1977, and despite my best efforts to click on the WRONG week, I have a top five for us.  First, though, our #1s this week.  Both Cashbox and Canada have Leo Sayer's When I Need You at the top.  When it first came out, I loved it- but then I found out it was Leo Sayer, who had just been at the top with the horrid You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.  I never did get back the feel for it.

In Australia, it was the Andrew Lloyd Weber comp by Julie Covington, Don't Cry For Me Argentina.  I know the song because of when Evita blew into town years back, but it never released in North America- until Madonna covered it 20 years later.  Before I give my next debut and my 1977 top 5- our drivers in the neighborhood for food, so hang tight everyone!

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Ah!  Those sausage rolls rocked!

Yep, another victory for Oley's!  And now, our debut at #8, a song I only heard a couple days ago.  You might have seen H.E.R. on a Nationwide Insurance ad a while back.  Here she is playing 'featured guest with M10 newcomer Lila Ike...

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That there's some smooth soul, man!

And now, on to my top five from this week in 1977...

5- Mainstreet, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.  Climbing 28 to 23 this week on CB, it would peak at 19 here... but was a full blown #1 in Canada- and MIA in Australia.

4- Hello Stranger, Yvonne Elliman.  Peaking at 14 this week, it was a 13 here... and again, a no-show in Australia.

3- I'm Your Boogie Man, KC and the Sunshine Band.  Up from 4 to 3 on CB, it would hit #1 on both North American charts, though a grudging 38 in Australia.

2- Dreams, Fleetwood Mac.  I'm guessing this would be dropping out of the top spot this week on my old chart, though it climbed 7 to 5 on it's way to #1 here and in Canada.  Australia?  At least it got top 20 at #19....

And my #1 for this week in 1977...

The Climax Blues Band with Couldn't Get It Right!  It moved from 9 to 8 this week on it's way to a #7 peak; Canada had it at 8, and once again, nothing in Australia.

Ex-cuuse me...

Oh, good grief, what did you do...

No, nuthin' like that.  It's time fer the high debut!  Coming in at #7 here's the Rainbow Kitten Surprise...

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I get the idear that we might be looking at our second psychedelic summer...

I don't know about that, but we are one week out from the yearly Songs Of Summer competition!  And when that finishes in early September, we'll be- God willing- looking at M10 year # 10...

That's burnt, man!

So one last time before the festivities start, the rest of the M10....

10- Down 3, Bob Jr and Bethany and Always (All The Time).

6- Shannon and the Clams, down 3 in week #7 with Real Or Magic.

5- Wings up 5 with the Junior's Farm redux.

4- Up one for the Purple Disco Machine and Honey Boy.

3- Also up one for Lorde and Take Me To The River.

2- Kacey Musgraves and Cardinal... now #14 all time.

And the new #1, ironically...

...Real Estate and Somebody New!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's it for now; tune in next week as we start the Songs Of Summer!