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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.