Some of our "hitbound" records are doing very well in Augusta, Georgia, thank you very much! (It seems only appropriate that we would make Augusta our last August stop!)
Bread's "The Guitar Man" sits at #1, just ahead of "Everybody Plays The Fool," "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me," "Rock And Roll, Part 2" and "Black And White." (Interestingly enough, here in Georgia, "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA," "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Brandy" are all on their way DOWN the chart, each having fallen out of The Top Ten.
However, we do have a few new surprises to review.
Coming in at #4 is "I've Got A Thing About You Baby" by Billy Lee Riley. (It was last week's #1 record!) This has got to be a southern thing ... as this record only made it to #93 in Billboard ... and it didn't do so until November!!! (It did chart for TWELVE WEEKS in Record World, however, premiering in mid-September ... but in all that time, it never actually made The Top 100, peaking instead at #103.) And honestly, I just don't hear "#1 Hit" on this record!
Future Teen Heartthrob Rick Springfield has the #19 record with his first US Chart Hit, "Speak To The Sky" ... while Chi Coltrane's "Thunder And Lightning" premiers at #36 this week. (This one's always been a Chicagoland favorite!)
