Saturday, September 11, 2010

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 11th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week September 8th 1973

The Top 10 Songs
10 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) -Al Green
9 -
Gypsy Man - War

8 - We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
7 -
Live and Let Die - Wings

6 -
Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon

5 - Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
4 -
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn

3 -
Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy

2 - Brother Louie - Stories
1 - Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye

(1st of 2 weeks at #1)



The Top 10 Albums

10 - Fresh - Sly and The Family Stone
9 -
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

8 -
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack

7 -
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

6 -
Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross

5 -
We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

4 -
Foreigner - Cat Stevens

3 -
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

2 -
Chicago VI - Chicago

1 - Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band

(1st of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)


The only Allman Brothers album to reach the top of the Billboard Album chart and contained their only top 40 single, the classic Ramblin' Man which reached #2 on the Hot 100 in October of 1973.
This was the first album the group recorded completely without Duane Allman who had died in a motorcycle accident in 1971.

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