SONG SURVEYS FROM YESTERYEAR AT ARIZONA RADIO STATIONS
#1 at KZZP/Phoenix: “Father Figure” — written, sung and produced by George Michael. The ex-Whamster’s previous hit, the former #1 “Faith,” holds at #16. Among other notable songs at “The Number 1 Hit Music Station”: Patrick Swayze climbs from #9… Continue reading
#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack, skyrocketing to the top from #15 last week. The song was inspired by a poem that singer Lori Lieberman wrote about her experience watching a concert by Don… Continue reading
#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “I’m A Believer” and the flip side, “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” by the mighty Monkees. It will be the #1 record of 1967 on KRUX’s year-end survey. Lots of great records in this week’s chart. Among… Continue reading
#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Without You” by acclaimed songwriter (Harry) Nilsson — but this one is a Badfinger cover — from the great Nilsson Schmilsson album. Badfinger themselves are at #10 with “Day After Day,” produced by George Harrison, who also… Continue reading
#1 at KZZP/Phoenix: “Keep On Loving You” by R.E.O. Speedwagon, their most enduring hit on oldies radio. It knocks out “Hey Nineteen,” Steely Dan’s lament on growing old, which name-checks Aretha Franklin, as well as the 1967 one-hit-wonder group the… Continue reading
#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Green Tambourine” by the Lemon Pipers, jumping from #10 last week. Among other notable songs: “Spooky,” first hit for the Classics IV, climbs from #5 to #2; “Bottle Of Wine,” the comeback hit for the Fireballs, inches… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Up On The Roof” by the Drifters, another in a long line of hits for the legendary rhythm-and-blues group. Musically, the early 1960s were essentially a carry-over from the 1950s. Not until January 1964, when the Beatles… Continue reading
#1 song of the year at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Let It Be” by the Beatles. The Fab Four were followed by Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Close To You” by the Carpenters. These were the top three songs of… Continue reading
#1 at KUPD/Phoenix: “Rock On” by David Essex, a very cool record that still sounds cool today. It appeared on the soundtrack to a film from earlier in the year titled That’ll Be The Day, which also starred Essex as… Continue reading
#1 at KBBC/Phoenix: “Evil Woman” by the Electric Light Orchestra, first single from the #7 album, Face The Music. Among this week’s songs are several that would have long shelf lives on classic hits or classic rock radio: The Ohio… Continue reading
