Another great week for countdown oddities, including some Casey would've been unaware of.
He was aware that Pink Floyd's album "Dark Side of the Moon" had hit #1, spawning #17 below, but would he have ever guessed it would nearly 1,000 weeks on the album chart, 741 consecutive, ranking among the top 200 of the year as late as 2015! Now that catalog albums aren't artificially kept off the album chart, Queen, Journey, or Bob Marley will likely ultimately pass them with their Greatest Hits albums, but that's still years away.
Down at #35, Kris Kristopherson moved up a modest two notches, but what Casey didn't know is that it would have one of the craziest chart performances ever, pre-streaming. It fell off the top 40 that next week, returned 4 weeks later, and bopped up and down until finally dropping off in December, unheard of longevity then, especially for a song that only peaked at #16. I'm sure Casey was as surprised as anyone when its longevity made it rank as the #2 song of the entire year! Not every number one for a year was necessarily #1 for any given week (e.g. "Levitating" by Dua Lipa in 2021), but if not for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon," it would've been still far-and-away the lowest weekly charting for such a song.
He also outro'd Foster Sylvers as being related to but not a member of the family act, the Sylvers...who'd never hit the top 40. Little did he know, they'd hit #1 3 years later, including Foster, with "Boogie Fever." Foster sounded just like a young Michael Jackson.
He intro'd Maureen McGovern's song as a recipient of publicity from winning an Academy Award. Just a couple years ago, that launched "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper to #1 the week after the Oscars. Took a little bit longer back in 1973 -- the vinyl record had to be re-pressed, sent to stations and stores, picked up for airplay... but it too eventually went to #1 as well.
Finally, he made much of Bobby Pickett's most unusual return to the top 40 with "Monster Mash" -- an 11-year-old #1 hit! It would go on to make the weekly top 10 (oddly, nowhere near Halloween) and make the year-end top 100 for a 2nd time.
All in all, an eclectic top 40!
1 1 WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-16 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 KODACHROME –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-9 (2)
3 5 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN –•– Jim Croce (ABC)-13 (3)
4 7 SHAMBALA –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-9 (4)
5 4 GIVE ME LOVE (Give Me Peace On Earth) –•– George Harrison (Apple)-9 (1)
6 8 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-7 (6)
7 6 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND –•– Clint Holmes (Epic)-17 (2)
8 11 SMOKE ON THE WATER –•– Deep Purple (Warner Brothers)-8 (8)
9 3 MY LOVE –•– Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple)-14 (1)
10 9 RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME –•– Dr. John (Atco)-14 (9)
11 12 LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-13 (8)
12 13 NATURAL HIGH –•– Bloodstone (London)-13 (12)
13 17 DIAMOND GIRL –•– Seals and Crofts (Warner Brothers)-10 (13)
14 14 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY –•– Bette Midler (Atlantic)-10 (14)
15 10 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY –•– Barry White (20th Century)-14 (3)
16 18 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS –•– Charlie Rich (Epic)-12 (16)
17 20 MONEY –•– Pink Floyd (Harvest)-9 (17)
18 16 PILLOW TALK –•– Sylvia (Vibration)-17 (3)
19 22 SO VERY HARD TO GO –•– The Tower Of Power (Warner Brothers)-11 (19)
20 26 MONSTER MASH –•– Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (Parrot)-28 (1)
21 29 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-7 (21)
22 24 DOING IT TO DEATH –•– Fred Wesley and the JB’s (People)-7 (22)
23 15 ONE OF A KIND (Love Affair) –•– The Spinners (Atlantic)-12 (11)
24 19 DADDY COULD SWEAR, I DECLARE –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-12 (19)
25 30 MISDEMEANOR –•– Foster Sylvers (Pride / MGM)-7 (25)
26 32 FEELIN’ STRONGER EVERY DAY –•– Chicago (Columbia)-4 (26)
27 21 FRANKENSTEIN –•– The Edgar Winter Group (Epic)-19 (1)
28 35 SATIN SHEETS –•– Jeanne Pruett (MCA)-10 (28)
29 42 THE MORNING AFTER –•– Maureen McGovern (20th Century)-4 (29)
30 23 I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW –•– New York City (Chelsea)-20 (17)
31 48 GET DOWN –•– Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM)-4 (31)
32 41 I BELIEVE IN YOU (You Believe In Me) –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-4 (32)
33 34 WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Buddah)-5 (33)
34 45 IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-3 (34)
35 37 WHY ME –•– Kris Kristofferson (Monument)-15 (35)
36 39 GOIN’ HOME –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-5 (36)
37 61 BROTHER LOUIE –•– The Stories (Kama Sutra)-4 (37)
38 38 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA (Part 1) –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-7 (38)
39 44 SWAMP WITCH –•– Jim Stafford (MGM)-10 (39)
40 40 THE PLASTIC MAN –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-6 (40)
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