American Top 40 – 4/11/10

April 11, 2010 12:19 PM

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Aired on 103.3 WODS – April 11, 2010

Originally Aired – April 8, 1972

#40 “KING HEROIN” – James Brown
#39 “TAKE A LOOK AROUND” – The Temptations
#38 “HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
#37 “AIN’T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW” – Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
#36 “WE’VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN” – The Addrisi Brothers
#35 “SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS” – War
#34 “BANG A GONG (GET IT ON)” – T. Rex
#33 “LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME” – Al Green
#32 “JUMP INTO THE FIRE” – Nilsson
#31 “PRECIOUS & FEW” – Climax
#30 “DO YOUR THING” – Isaac Hayes
#29 “SUAVECITO” – Malo
#28 “EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE” – Bobby Vinton
#27 “THE FAMILY OF MAN” – Three Dog Night
#26 “BABY BLUE” – Badfinger
#25 “VINCENT” – Don McLean
#24 “DOCTOR MY EYES” – Jackson Browne
#23 “(THE DAY I LOST YOU WAS) THE DAY I FOUND MYSELF” – Honey Cone
#22 “CRAZY MAMA” – J.J. Cale
#21 “GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH” – Wings
#20 “DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER” – The Osmonds
#19 “TAURUS” – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
#18 “EVERYTHING I OWN” – Bread
#17 “WITHOUT YOU” – Nilsson
#16 “THE WAY OF LOVE” – Cher
#15 “ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY” – B.J. Thomas
#14 “ROUNDABOUT” – Yes
#13 “A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE” – Sonny & Cher
#12 “DAY DREAMING” – Aretha Franklin
#11 “BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW” – The Stylistics f/Russell Thompkins, Jr.
#10 “THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT” – Robert John
#9 “IN THE RAIN” – The Dramatics
#8 “JUNGLE FEVER” – The Chakachas
#7 “MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION” – Paul Simon
#6 “PUPPY LOVE” – Donny Osmond
#5 “ROCKIN’ ROBIN” – Michael Jackson
#4 “I GOTCHA” – Joe Tex
#3 “THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE” – Roberta Flack
#2 “HEART OF GOLD” – Neil Young
#1 “A HORSE WITH NO NAME” – America

Steve Walles

My favorites on this list: WE’VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN, SUAVECITO, VINCENT, THE WAY OF LOVE, A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE, JUNGLE FEVER, I GOTCHA and THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE. WODS should play them more often during the week–I’m SICK of AMERICAN PIE!!

I actually liked The Power Station’s cover of BANG A GONG (GET IT ON) better than T-Rex; on the flip side I prefer The Tokens’ original THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT to Robert John’s God-awful cover of that tune.
Jack

Great to be hearing AT40 again. You never hear dee-jays explain songs like Casey Kasem does. All dee-jays do is talk about the next statin’s promotion. The great example is when he talks about the song “Vincent” by Don McLean.
Walt Gleick

Hi, just want to let you how this music brings back many valuable memories. Definately another time! Keep it coming! GO SOX!!!
JT

Love the countdowny each week – King Heroin by JB is really something!
Rick

What a great countdown – lots of my faves from ’72, including not one, but two songs by Nilsson; Joe Tex, Taurus by Dennis Coffey, Suavecito – the hits go on and on . . .