45 years ago, the top songs. Remember? I liked the Delfonics.

[Faygo Kid]

WKNR/KEENER 13 , Detroit, MI
Survey for week ending Thursday March 14, 1968

TW TITLE ARTIST LW
1. Scarborough Fair Simon & Garfunkel 6
2. Love is Blue Paul Mauriat 1
3. La La Means I Love You Delfonics 3
4. Simon Says 1910 Fruit Gum Co 2
5. Soul Coaxing Raymond LeFevre 4
6. The Mighty Quinn Manfred Mann 8
7. Since You've Been Gone/Ain't no Way Aretha Franklin 5
8. Valerie/Tapioca Tundra Monkees 13
9. The Unicorn Irish Rovers 28
10. Son of Hickory Hollors TrampO C Smith 29
11. Kiss Me Goodbye Petula Clark 14
12. If You Can Want Miracles 12
13. Sweet Inspiration Sweet Inspirations 19
14. Cry Like a Baby Box Tops 18
15. Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 7
16. Dance to the Music Sly & The Family Stone 16
17. Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell 15
18. Tin Solider Small Faces 20
19. I Got The Feeling James Brown 26
20. Young Girl Union Gap 17
21. Jennifer Juniper Donovan 23
22. Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde Georgie Fame 27
23. Lady Madonna Beatles --
24. Call Me Lightning Who 30
25. The Imposible Dream Hesitations 31
26. Red Red Wine Neil Diamond --
27. Look What I Almost Missed Parliaments --
28. Does Your Mama Know Bobby Taylor & The

[pipi_k]

1. I felt special...

I was 16 and had my own song (although my name is spelled differently from the song title)

[Faygo Kid]

2. Turned 17 that year, and what a year. Tragic, but then this.

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[OriginalGeek]

3. I don't remember the songs from then (I was 4)

but I do like or even love most of those songs...I probably have some of them nestled in a brain fold somewhere from hearing them as a child.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. I remember, thanks

must go play a few of them Now

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. HOw the hell did my kids get that old?

One was born in '68.

I, of course, have not aged in the slighest...

[LiberalEsto]

6. That was my junior year of high school

Looking at the list, I'd say the one I like most now would be #16, "Dance to the Music" by Sly and the Family Stone.

Some of the songs seem unfamiliar, because I listened to NYC radio stations.

[Faygo Kid]

8. You mean this? I want take you higher!

Sorry about the crap at the start, but it's worth it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlup9_woodstock-1969-sly-the-family-stone_music

[union_maid]

9. Best song to dance to - ever. n/t

[Eleanors38]

13. The instrumentation in this song was so good...

I thought one of the instruments was a clarinet, and another was a tuba.

Reminded me of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" when in the quieter passages his guitar sounded like a softly intoning sax.

[olddots]

7. Shit I'm OLD !

Aretha & Otis taught me everything

[Eleanors38]

14. One of Aretha's less heralded songs in one of my favorite: "See Saw."

She built up the emotion to that blow it out sax bridge, then took control and held it to the end.

[Paper Roses]

10. For those of us in the "Seniors" group, I bet most of these songs don't ring a bell.

Now, If you go back to the 1960's, we're all aboard! OK, it is longer than 45 years ago but it was the best music ever! (in my opinion)

[Benton D Struckcheon]

11. I remember Since You've Been Gone/Ain't No Way as 1967...

...but I see it was dropping down on this one, so I guess my memory isn't too far off.
I was 10, and had actually bought my first 45 when I was 7 or 8, it was Standing in the Shadows of Love by the Four Tops. By this time I had a pretty decent collection of 45's.
Thinking, thinking....
Nah, there's gotta be a mistake here, because that Aretha song was one of my early acquisitions. Either that, or Detroit was way behind New York.

Found the hit list from a year earlier for the station I used to listen to: http://faac.us/adf/messages/165088/169002.html?1206996466

Lists another Aretha song as number two which I know to be earlier, so it's my memory. Fun research project.

Edit:

More: this place has old hit surveys from stations all over the place: http://las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys.php

[tblue]

12. Bonnie & Clyde

Did that come out the same year as the movie? I used to wonder why they didn't play the song in the movie. I was 10, and so I thought naturally it would be sung at the end. It wasn't. Why I got to see that movie at that age, I'll never know.

That list is a hoot. I had an older sister, so I was very 'in' on all the music on the radio. Love is Blue is so beautiful. Wow. A lot of variety on that list. Thanks for the memories!

[Eleanors38]

15. Bought that "love is Blue" album for my Dad. Really. I did.