I'm not lazy like you! However, if there was a week, this would be a candidate for it... I was very unsettled about the bottom end of a chart that ends up with 3 debuts...
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So, like, not dure whether the ones shoulda dropped?
I think it's just one of those weeks where even my 15 (which I never show here) wasn't big enough, and some songs that might have had a better time of it never got the chance...
It is whut it is, amigo. Shall I play the first one, or ya gonna change yer mind agin?
No, it's written down now. Please proceed!
Yep! Comin' in at 9 is a song that we wouldn't a' heard 'ceptin Laurie saw a news story about the leader of this English outfit who passed. She asked if'n Chris knew 'em (he didn't), but looked into their roster an' found one from a 1991 album he liked. This is Pale Saints...
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Hm... fits in well with yer psychedelic phase... but the vid's a bit strange...
Yeah, I was beginning to wonder whether he was singing to a girl, or that mouse! So anywho, we are in Target Year 1977, and despite my best efforts to click on the WRONG week, I have a top five for us. First, though, our #1s this week. Both Cashbox and Canada have Leo Sayer's When I Need You at the top. When it first came out, I loved it- but then I found out it was Leo Sayer, who had just been at the top with the horrid You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. I never did get back the feel for it.
In Australia, it was the Andrew Lloyd Weber comp by Julie Covington, Don't Cry For Me Argentina. I know the song because of when Evita blew into town years back, but it never released in North America- until Madonna covered it 20 years later. Before I give my next debut and my 1977 top 5- our drivers in the neighborhood for food, so hang tight everyone!
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Ah! Those sausage rolls rocked!
Yep, another victory for Oley's! And now, our debut at #8, a song I only heard a couple days ago. You might have seen H.E.R. on a Nationwide Insurance ad a while back. Here she is playing 'featured guest with M10 newcomer Lila Ike...
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That there's some smooth soul, man!
And now, on to my top five from this week in 1977...
5- Mainstreet, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. Climbing 28 to 23 this week on CB, it would peak at 19 here... but was a full blown #1 in Canada- and MIA in Australia.
4- Hello Stranger, Yvonne Elliman. Peaking at 14 this week, it was a 13 here... and again, a no-show in Australia.
3- I'm Your Boogie Man, KC and the Sunshine Band. Up from 4 to 3 on CB, it would hit #1 on both North American charts, though a grudging 38 in Australia.
2- Dreams, Fleetwood Mac. I'm guessing this would be dropping out of the top spot this week on my old chart, though it climbed 7 to 5 on it's way to #1 here and in Canada. Australia? At least it got top 20 at #19....
And my #1 for this week in 1977...
The Climax Blues Band with Couldn't Get It Right! It moved from 9 to 8 this week on it's way to a #7 peak; Canada had it at 8, and once again, nothing in Australia.
Ex-cuuse me...
Oh, good grief, what did you do...
No, nuthin' like that. It's time fer the high debut! Coming in at #7 here's the Rainbow Kitten Surprise...
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I get the idear that we might be looking at our second psychedelic summer...
I don't know about that, but we are one week out from the yearly Songs Of Summer competition! And when that finishes in early September, we'll be- God willing- looking at M10 year # 10...
That's burnt, man!
So one last time before the festivities start, the rest of the M10....
10- Down 3, Bob Jr and Bethany and Always (All The Time).
6- Shannon and the Clams, down 3 in week #7 with Real Or Magic.
5- Wings up 5 with the Junior's Farm redux.
4- Up one for the Purple Disco Machine and Honey Boy.
3- Also up one for Lorde and Take Me To The River.
2- Kacey Musgraves and Cardinal... now #14 all time.
And the new #1, ironically...
...Real Estate and Somebody New!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's it for now; tune in next week as we start the Songs Of Summer!
