Which musical camp did you belong to in the 70’s? Did you say keep on rocking me, did you shake your booty at the best disco in town, did you play that funky music, or did you say get the funk out my face and give me a fifth of Beethoven? This week we try and getaway from all that controversy and get the lowdown of the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending October 9, 1976. Don’t fear the devil woman, she’s gone. Now the magic man, he’s still the one.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1976-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_9th_October_1976
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Marks lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Don’t Fear the Disco Duck
Play That Funky Music Beethoven
Magic Man, Devil Woman, Disco Duck
Get the Booty Out My Face
Don’t Go Breaking My Rubberband
Getaway? She’s Already Gone
Did You Boogie With Your Muskrat?
The Spinners - Rubberband Man, on Midnight Special in 1976:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXcFFNx0_g8
Muskrat Love Version by America:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgF3FIrJc6Q
SCTV The Young and the Wrestling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUL8EXfGmrc
1977 Ty D Bol Man in the Boat Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BH0ZWRPPA
NRBQ - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (pathetically awesome):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z60VU2Nov_0
SS Edmund Fitzgerald Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald
More Cowbell – SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s
ABC 'Still The One' TV Stars Promo (1979):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHvW_8W1_m8
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