September 29th

The brand new WLS line-up is revealed on this week's survey ... 

Bill Bailey is now handling mornings from 6 - 10 am, followed by Art Roberts, who has become quite adept at talking to all the housewives at home.

Art is followed by Larry Lujack, already racking up killer ratings in afternoon drive.

Then, beginning at 6 pm, we've got the Dynamic Duo of Youth, Chuck Buell and Kris Erik Stevens, filling the airwaves ... before turning things over at 2 am to the new overnight guy, Jerry Kaye.

As for the actual chart itself, Bobby Sherman makes his expected leap to #1 with "Little Woman," while eight of last week's Top Ten Hits remain in The Top Ten this week (albeit in a slightly different order.)


The Rugbys reach #8 with "You, I," a record that will top out at #24 in Billboard ... and "Hot Fun In The Summertime" continues its steady climb up the chart, this week moving from #21 to #13.


"Tracy" leaps nine places (from #27 to #18) for The Cuff Links ... while one of my favorites, "Jesus Is A Soul Man," makes a move of twelve spots this week as it climbs from #32 to #20.

Elvis' new hit, "Suspicious Minds," is right behind it, climbing from #33 to #21 ... while Smith jump ten spots (from #40 to #30) with their hard-edge version of "Baby, It's You," a song previously done by The Shirelles and The Beatles!

THIS WEEK IN 1969:  

September 23^rd – “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” opens in theaters

Also on this date, ABC announces that the summer replacement series “The Johnny Cash Show” will be back as a winter replacement series, too.

September 24^th – The Chicago Eight Trial begins in Chicago 

September 25th - Catherine Zeta-Jones is born 

September 26th – “Abbey Road” is released. Once again, The Beatles have come up with an iconic album cover, featuring the zebra crossway to EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. 

Although “Let It Be” will be released eight months later, “Abbey Road” was the last album The Beatles recorded together … and should have been their swan song.  Forget what you’ve heard about “Sgt. Pepper” … “Abbey Road” is The Beatles’ masterpiece and, depending on which source you choose to believe, has sold upwards of 40 million copies over the past fifty years.

Also on September 26^th – the very first episode of “The Brady Bunch’ airs on ABC TV – it has never been off the air since.

September 27^th – On tonight’s episode of The Johnny Cash Show, Johnny and his wife, June Carter Cash, perform their country hit “Jackson,” a revival of the Nancy Sinatra / Lee Hazelwood tune from a couple of years ago.  Also appearing this evening are Roy Orbison and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Also on this date, Tony Joe White sings one of my favorites, “Polk Salad Annie” on The Andy Williams Show. 

September 28^th – Talk about your “Really Big Shews” … 

Tonight on The Ed Sullivan Show you’ll find something for just about everybody … 

The Temptations perform "I Can't Get Next to You," "September in the Rain" and "Autumn Leaves"  … Barbra Streisand (on tape from Las Vegas) sings a "Hello, Dolly" medley: "Before the Parade Passes By," "So Long, Dearie" and "Hello Dolly" and Tony Bennett performs "What the World Needs Now Is Love," "People" and "I Gotta Be Me."  And if that’s not enough, classic comedian Red Skelton is ALSO on hand!   

Two days after the new Beatles release “Abbey Road,” John Lennon is in the studio recording “Cold Turkey” with his Plastic Ono Band.  (Now that's just WRONG!!!)