#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Love Her Madly” by the Doors, jumping from #6 last week. In less than two months, lead singer Jim Morrison would die in Paris.
It’s a good week for the Beatles, a year after their breakup. John Lennon is at #13 with “Power To The People“; Paul McCartney drops to #24 with a two-sided hit — the lovely “Another Day” and the screamer “Oh Woman, Oh Why“; and Ringo Starr leaps from #18 to #11 with his first solo hit, “It Don’t Come Easy,” produced by George Harrison, who also played the distinctive lead guitar.
Harrison is also represented as a songwriter with “Here Comes The Sun,” debuting at #28 in a cool version by Richie Havens. And Stevie Wonder is at #17 with a soulful take on the Lennon-McCartney 1966 chart topper, “We Can Work It Out.”
Lennon’s pal Harry Nilsson climbs seven spots to #21 with “Me And My Arrow” about a little boy named Oblio and his dog from his cartoon feature The Point. The U.K. version of the film was narrated by none other than Ringo Starr.
Another canine-related tune, “Me And You And A Dog Named Boo” by Lobo zooms to #2. The Rolling Stones are hot as “Brown Sugar” shoots from #21 to #10 on its way to #1. Marvin Gaye’s classic “What’s Goin’ On” drops to #18.
Debuting at #29 is “Lucky Man,” Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s future classic rock staple. And new at #30 is “Woodstock” by Matthews’ Southern Comfort, a smooth version of the Joni Mitchell song that was already a hit a year earlier for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.