Oh my Maria, was she the most beautiful girl in China Grove? Even though I was a bit of a ramblin’ man, she still loves me like a rock. Whether I was off on that midnight train to Georgia, or on that Rocky Mountain way seeking higher ground, I always kept her photograph close to my heart. She stuck by me through my indiscretions even those with that lady Angie. Somewhere in those travels, I began to appreciate the love I lost and realized that at home I had been on the top of the world, close enough to be knockin’ on heaven’s door. This week we keep on truckin’ and take a free ride through the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of November 3, 1973. All I know is that I can’t get enough of that funky stuff.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_3rd_November_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:
Goodbye Yellow Funky Stuff
Love’s Me Like a Basketball
Ramblin’ Man on the Midnight Train to Georgia
The Rocky Mountain Way to Higher Ground
Space Truckin’ Race
Top of the World Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
I Got a Name, it’s Tyrone Shoelaces
Some points of interest we discussed in this episode:
The Brady Bunch Episode “Sergeant Emma”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0769855/
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