Did your ego get so inflated during the 70’s that people would tell you after the last song on the radio that you’re so vain, you probably think that song was about you? Of course some guys would just make a funny face and say “well my name is Danny and that was in fact Danny’s song”. I didn’t have time for any of that, I had ants in my pants, and me and Mrs. Jones had a love jones for some jambalaya. Don’t expect me to be your friend; because I’m trouble man, when it comes to dueling banjos, I am super fly. This week we go reelin’ and a rockin’ through the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of February 10th, 1973. It’s true that Momma don’t dance, but we are immune to both the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_10th_February_1973
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:
Me and Mrs. Love Jones
Your Mama Don’t Dance in the Moonlight
You’re So Vain, Don’t Expect Me to be Your Friend
I Got a Superfly in My Pants
Could it be I’m Falling from a Rocky Mountain High?
Crocodile Rockin’ Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu
Things we talked about in the episode:
The Real Brady Bros Podcast: The Subject was Noses: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-subject-was-noses/id1603671235?i=1000552537028
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show literally on the cover of Rolling Stone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Hook_%26_the_Medicine_Show#/media/File:131hook32973.jpg
Superfly Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZUWzv_FaY
Love Train, The O’Jays live at Daryl’s House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSlO_g6-ZXM&list=RDFSlO_g6-ZXM&start_radio=1
Deliverance • Dueling Banjos • Arthur Smith, Eric Weissberg & Steve MandellKid From Deliverance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po
Trouble Man (1972) – Trailer “You jive him, he’ll wash you away”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWD_aNspyfo
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