M10 Show week #128

 

Elvis:  Hey, y'all, here we are doin' a late-night tapin' of our music show...

Not even 830 PM is late night?

Well, fer me it is, at least nowadays... Say, this smoothie's purty good!  What's in it?

You don't want to know, trust me!  Anyway, we have only one debut, so let's go right onto target year 1970...

It was a very good year...

I was in third grade, so at least for me it was.  Back to the point, this week in 1970, our big buddy here was sliding back down the chart with The Wonder Of You....

An' I'll just bet ya din't put it on yer list!

You know the rules on this- it has to be on the upside, not the downslide.  Anyway, I didn't hear it all that much back then, not until you.... you know...

Let's not dwell on that, okay?

Totally agree.  So this week in the US, Cashbox had the Temptations on top with Ball Of Confusion, which would make #5 in Canada, and as usual Motown stiffed Australia.  In Canada, it was Miguel Rios with A Song Of Joy- Australia also had it hit the top, but an obstinate US peaked it at 9.

That's a switch...

And we did it again on Australia's #1- the double sided Up Around The Bend/Run Through The Jungle by CCR, which Canada agreed with and we stopped at #4.  My top five was fairly easy for a change...

5- BJ Thomas, I Just Can't Help Believing.  At 27 this week, CB would put it to 11, Canada to 18, Australia to 31.

4- Mark Lindsey, Silver Bird.  At 23 this week for the former Paul Revere and the Raiders frontman, CB would top it at 20, Australia at 33, but Canada made it a big top 10.

3- Eric Burdon and War, Spill The Wine.  Even if I didn't know what they said back then!  At 14 this week, it would stairstep to 1 on CB, 2 in Australia, 3 in Canada.

2- Bread, Make It With You.  At #5 this week, it would make it with #1 here, 2 in Canada, 7 in Australia.

And my top song this week in 1970?  So easy it should be on a Capital One credit card ad...

1- Carpenters, (They Long To Be) Close To You.  In the runner up slot this week, it would make #1 across the board.

This is like the first time everybody had your 5 in the top 40 right?

Extremely likely, though I wouldn't know for sure without research I'm not of a mind to do.  This week, as I said, I have just one debut on the M10- and it's a familiar face (so to speak) making a BIG move to #3...

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Love these guys when they get that accordion crankin'!  Here is the rest of the story...

10- Down 2 in week #9 for RKS an Meticulous...

9- An' holding for Bon Jovi an' Living Proof...

8- Up 2 fer Amira Elfecky and friends with Remains Of Us....

7- Down 2 fer the Man In Black an' Well Alright...

6- Down 3 fer Lucius an' friends with Go Home...

5- Up 3 fer The Heavy Heavy an' Sleeping On Grassy Ground....

4- An' holdin' fer Cage The Elephant an' Rainbow...

2- An' holdin' fer Shannon and her Clams an' What You're Missing...

And another week at the top fer...

...Pierce The Veil and Karma Police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How'd they do on this week's charts?  Karma Police was at 40 alt, 45 rock; Rainbow was 6 college, 18 alt, and 96 rock; and Living Proof was 76 alt and 64 rock.  See you next time!