Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park

Today in 1981 - Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a concert in New York's Central Park. Over 400,000 fans attend the show. The performance was recorded for a record and video release.


In my own humble opinion this concert proved that all the great solo songs that Paul Simon had could easily have been classics for the duo.   This was a great once in a lifetime concert.

#1 Song of the Week

This week our song is "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton.  
Today, September 19th 1974 Eric received a Gold record for this single which was his first and to date only #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.

This was the big hit from his #1 album 461 Ocean Boulevard which had just spent 4 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard album chart.

The Year in #1 UK Hits - 1980

August 9th 1980


The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

June 15th 1974


Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
(2 weeks at #1)

Billboard Hot 100 09/10/2011

The Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the week ending 09/10/2011

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes w/Adam Levine
9  -  Give Me Everything - Pitbull w/Ne-Yo
8  -  Good Live - OneRepublic
7  -  How to Love - Lil Wayne
6  -  Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
5  -  Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
4  -  Lighters - Bad Meets Evil w/Bruno Mars
3  -  Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
2  -  Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO
1  -  Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/ Christina Aguilera
(1st week at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Chief - Eric Church
9  -  My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
8  -  Muppets : The Green Album
7  -  Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan
6  -  NOW 39 - Various Artist
5  -  Hell on Heels - Pistol Annies
4  -  What Matters Most - Barbara Streisand
3  -  21 - Adele
2  -  Watch The Throne - Jay Z and Kayne West
1  -  The R.E.D. Album - Game
(Debut)

Your Country Classic Video of the Week

"Texas Women" by Hank Williams Jr. from 1981.
This was the 2nd #1 song for Hank Jr. on the Billboard Hot Country chart and spent one week in March at the top.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - September 10th 2011

AT40 the 70s this week September 4th 1976

The Top 20 Singles

20 - Still The One - Orleans
19 - A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook
18 - If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
17 - Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
16 - With Your Love - Jefferson Starship
15 - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
14 - Get Closer - Seals and Crofts
13 - Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
12 - Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
11 - Summer - War
10 - This Masquerade - George Benson
9  -  Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
8  -  Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
7  -  A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band
6  -  Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
5  -  Shake Your Booty - KC And The Sunshine Band
4  -  I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley
3  -  Let'em In - Wings
2  -  You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
1  -  You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees
(1 week at #1)


The #1 album this week in 1976
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
(1 week at #1)




1976 album wise was probably one of the biggest ever for sales.  Fleetwood Mac's now classic album had only a one week stay at #1 as it was bookended by Peter Frampton and the monster album of the year Frampton Comes Alive.   Also that year were #1 albums by the Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Wings, Chicago, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder and the all had multi week stays at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.
Fleetwood Mac released 3 top 20 singles from the self titled album, "Over My Head" #20, "Rhiannon" #11 and "Say You Love Me" also #11.  In 1998 the single "Landslide" was released as single after becoming one of the most popular tracks from the group's live album The Dance.  It was not originally released from the album in 1976 but managed #51 in 1998.