As it turns out, our Vietnamese friends have just rung in The Year of the Cat. Perhaps there are parades and celebrations featuring a dancing queen and fireworks displays to leave you blinded by the light. A real cat is a living thing, not a mythical feline that can fly like an eagle, and there ain’t nothing like the real thing. That is something I have learned well living next door to Alice. I think after the celebrations, I will relax and put my jeans on and just forget about going to the car wash. I wish I could save it for a rainy day, but this weekend in New England we have to listen to the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of January 29, 1977. Oh the things we do for love.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_29th_January_1977
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Mark’s 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:
Living Next Door to the Carwash
Jeans on in New England
I Wish I Could Fly Like an Eagle
The Year of the Dancing Queen
Stand Tall Like an Evergreen
Weekend in the Car Wash
Things we talked about in the episode:
Ice Capades TV promo 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5zKdUiqJn4
King Kong starring our friend Jeff Bridges trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrVfaHmWniY
Commodore PET Computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET
John Belushi smashing Stephen Bishops Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V_hCqO6UQs
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