Monday, April 13, 2020

April 13th, 1970


Not much action again on this week's chart.

The biggest mover of the week belongs to Gladys Knight and the Pips, who climb 13 places from #34 to #21 with "You Need Love Like I Do."


Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Tyrone Davis and Marmalade all enter The Top Ten for the first time with (respectively) "Something's Burning" (#5), "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (#9) and "Reflections Of My Life" (#10).

Simon and Garfunkel's new single "Cecilia" falls just three places behind their previous hit, "Bridge Over Troubled Water," which hit #1 earlier this year.  Can "Cecilia" duplicate this feat?


"Hitchin' A Ride" by Vanity Fare is a catchy new debut ... and Joe Cocker's funky remake of The Box Tops' #1 Hit "The Letter" makes the Hit Bound list, along with one of my all-time favorite Fifth Dimension songs, "Puppet Man."




1970:  April 13th – An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort their mission and return to earth in four days.


Also on this date, actor Ricky Schroder is born