1972 Surveys - June 17th - WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

In order to fill 53 weeks of charts this year, we had to expand our horizon a little bit ...

So this week we're featuring a chart from Washington, D.C.

(WPGC is promoting the fact that "the station now plays ALBUMS ... and offers up Washington area's FIRST Album Survey ... and a Top 20 list at that!)

Starting there, we see a wide variety of artists ... everything from Jethro Tull to The Chi-Lites to George Carlin, Bread and Sonny and Cher!!!

A quick look at Billboard's Top Albums for the month of June, 1972, shows "Thick As A Brick" at #1, "First Take" by Roberta Flack at #2, "Exile On Main Street" by The Stones at #3, "Joplin In Concert" by Janis, of course, at #4 and "Manassas" by Stephen Stills at #5 ... all of which appear on WPGC's list.  (Interesting to see ALL of the members of Super Group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young represented on this week's list ... in addition to Stills' "Manassas" album we've got "Harvest" by Neil Young and then the "Graham Nash and David Crosby" album they recorded together, spawning the hit "Immigration Man," which sits at #24 on this week's Top Singles Chart, down 12 places from #12 the week before.

On the Pop Singles side, we see Bill Withers making a HUGE leap into The Top Ten this week with "Lean On Me," up 27 places from #33 to #6!  America is right behind it at #7 after a move of 17 spots ... and Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose made an 18 point jump from #28 to #10.  THAT is a pretty impressive shake-up on The Top Ten Tunes in Washington, D.C.!!!

And it doesn't stop there ...

The Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' version of "Amazing Grace" climbs eleven spots from #26 to #15 ... and "Day By Day" by/from Godspell is up 17 places, moving from #34 to #17.  Elton John's latest hit, "Rocket Man," moves from #38 to #26 (a climb of 12 spots) ... and Cher is right behind him with an eleven point jump (from #40 to #29) with her latest, 'Living In A House Divided."

A long-time Forgotten Hit favorite that also did very well on last year's Rewound Radio Countdown appears at #27 ... "Gone" by Joey Heatherton ... and an Apple Records release that we first featured AGES ago in Forgotten Hits, "We're On Our Way" by Chris Hodge, sits at #31 (up six spots.)  We're also seeing "Cat's Eye In The Window" by Tommy James on the second or third local chart now since we started this year's cross-country journey ... that record fell short of The Top 40 in Cash Box and Record World, peaking at #48 ... and in yet ANOTHER ridiculous chart discrepancy, only reached #90 in Billboard!!!