Nov 11 | This week in 1974

#1 at KTKT/Tucson: “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas — one of those endearing novelty one-hit wonders. He bumps out another Carl (Carlton), who drops to #5 with “Everlasting Love,” a cover of Robert Knight‘s 1967 hit.

Zonaman traveled down to the Old Pueblo during this week in 1974 to attend a George Harrison concert in the Tucson Community Center. Harrison was promoting the new Dark Horse album, whose title track was about to be released as a single (despite its dark hoarse vocal).

Incidentally, the “quiet” Beatle‘s three former colleagues all appear on this week‘s chart: John Lennon climbs to #3 with “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night” (with Elton John on background vocals and Bobby Keys playing the standout saxophone parts); Paul McCartney & Wings leap six to #16 with “Junior‘s Farm”; and Ringo Starr debuts at #29 with “Only You,” his cover of the 1955 Platters classic (with Tom Scott on sax).

Other notables:

Note: Although he didn‘t play on the”Dark Horse” single, Tom Scott was featured elsewhere throughout the Dark Horse album. Obviously, he was a busy — and successful — session player at this time.

VIEW CHART

Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.