Casey's countdown on SiriusXM for this week in March 1973 started with many songs that did not go on to be big hits, but it sure ended with classics. Perhaps this was one of the peak weeks for R&B vocal soul...pre-disco, long before rap, but post-Motown sound. Check out these:
1 3 LOVE TRAIN –•– The O’Jays (Philadelphia International)-10 (1 week at #1)
2 1 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG –•– Roberta Flack (Atlantic)
4 8 NEITHER ONE OF US (Wants To Be the First To Say Goodbye) –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)
9 11 BREAK UP TO MAKE UP –•– The Stylistics (Avco)
10 14 AIN’T NO WOMAN (Like the One I Got) –•– The Four Tops (Dunhill)
13 16 CALL ME (Come Back Home) –•– Al Green (Hi)
14 7 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE –•– The Spinners (Atlantic)
22 25 MASTERPIECE –•– The Temptations (Gordy)
That certainly explains why an absolute classic rock standard peaked at #12 this week:
12 12 I’M JUST A SINGER (In a Rock and Roll Band) –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-8
Another recurring theme I'm picked up from the early 70s...how friendly it was to instrumentals. This week's top 10 had 2:
3 4 ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) –•– Deodato (CTI)
7 2 DUELING BANJOS –•– Deliverance (Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell) Warner Brothers
The last 20 years has not seen two top 10 instrumentals!
I don't know how unusual this was, but this week at least had no Beatles in the top 40...
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