Friday, May 6, 2011

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - May 7th 2011

American Top 40 the 70s this week May 5th 1973

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
-  Sing - The Carpenters
8  -  The Twelfth of Never - Donny Osmond
-  Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
-  Drift Away - Dobie Gray
-  The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
-  You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
-  Little Willie - The Sweet
2  -  Cisco Kid - War
1  -  Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando and Dawn
(3rd of 4 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight and the Pips
9  -  They Only Come Out at Night - The Edgar Winter Group
-  Masterpiece - The Temptations
-  The Beatles 1967-1970 - The Beatles
-  The Beatles 1962-1966 - The Beatles
5  -  Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
-  The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
-  The Best of Bread - Bread
-  Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
1  -  Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite - Elvis Presley
(1 week at #1)

This was a live album from the record smashing television special from Hawaii. This album topped the Country album chart as well as the Billboard 200 and was the biggest selling Quadraphonic album in chart history.



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