This is one of the featured stations for the week coming up, as I pay tribute to the "Big 8", CKLW.
The Official CKLW Survey For Monday August 17, 1970
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
2. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
3.(They Long To Be) Close to You - Carpenters
4. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers
6. Make It With You - Bread
7. Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
8. Patches - Clarence Carter
9. That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
10. It's A Shame - Spinners
11. I've Lost You - Elvis Presley
12. Hand Me Down World - Guess Who
13. I Wanna Know If It's Good to You - Funkadelic
14. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
15. War - Edwin Starr
16. Candida - Dawn
17. Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara
18. Do You See My Love (For You Growing) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
19. Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
20. Julie Do You Love Me - Bobby Sherman
21. Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
22. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
23. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
24. Big Yellow Taxi - The Neighborhood
25. Everything's Tuesday - The Chairmen Of The Board
26. Express Yourself - Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
27. Overture From Tommy - Assembled Multitude
28. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
29. I Who Have Nothing - Tom Jones
30. God Love Rock & Roll - Teegarden & VanWinkle
Hit Bound
Snowbird - Anne Murray
Soul Shake - Delaney & Bonnie And Friends
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The Backroom Classics Version
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
2. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
3.(They Long To Be) Close to You - Carpenters
4. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers
6. Make It With You - Bread
7. Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
8. Patches - Clarence Carter
9. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
10. It's A Shame - Spinners
11. I've Lost You - Elvis Presley
12. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
13. Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today) - Temptations
14. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
15. War - Edwin Starr
16. Candida - Dawn
17. Lola - The Kinks
18. Do You See My Love (For You Growing) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
19. Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
20. On The Beach (In The Summertime) - The 5th Dimension
21. Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
22. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
23. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
24. Big Yellow Taxi - The Neighborhood
25. Everything's Tuesday - The Chairmen Of The Board
26. Express Yourself - Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
27. The Love You Save - Jackson 5
28. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
29. Paper Mache - Dionne Warwick
30. The Wine Is Young - Dionne Warwick
Hit Bound
(Both Records Were On The Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for the week ending August 15, 1970)
I Gotta Get Away (From My Own Self) - Ray Godfrey
We Can Make It Baby - The Originals
Recurrents (All Of These Records Were On Official CKLW Charts in June, July and August of 1970)
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Cinnamon Girl -Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Everybody's Got The Right To Love - The Supremes
I Just Can't Help Believing - B. J. Thomas
Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears
Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
Save The Country - The 5th Dimension
Tighter, Tighter - Alive And Kicking
Westbound #9 - The Flaming Ember
I have no idea if any of the recurrents were actually played at all on the week in question. I do think that this is a pretty good recreation, if I do say so myself.
This will go live on Monday, August 19th.
The station is at:
https://streaming.live365.com/a63230
You'll need to cut and paste that in a browser window. I tried attaching a direct link here but couldn't get it to work.
