Quite a few Soul Hits represented in this week's survey from The Blue Grass State ...
Mel and Tim, The O'Jays, Joe Simon, Luther Ingram, Al Green, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, The Main Ingredient and The Isley Brothers all have hits in The Top 30.
But you'll also find a nice mix of British Artists (The Hollies and Elton John), vintage artists (Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson), some of the biggest pop acts of the '70's (Chicago, The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Bread and The Raspberries) and a couple of very notable newcomers (Gilbert O'Sullivan, Looking Glass, Mac Davis, Uriah Heep and Argent)
So what the heck is Jerry Wallace doing right in the middle of all of this?!?!
He's got the #6 record this week (up from #10 the week before) with a tune called "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry."
I wasn't familiar with this one at all ... but see that it DID make The Top 40 in all three national trade publications ... #38 in Billboard, #39 in Cash Box and #40 in Record World ... (the record never charted here in Chicago) ... so I thought this might be a good place to start. (I just listened to this song for the first time in my life ... and boy, it sure doesn't sound like a 1972 hit to me!!!)
Elvis' chart hit is the not-so-common "It's A Matter Of Time" ...
This one didn't chart at all nationally (and was, in fact, the flipside of his big hit "Burning Love" ... so I'm not quite sure how this ended up being the side of the record that WAKY ended up playing ... my guess is they flipped the record over shortly afterwards!)And you don't get to hear the Hit Bound tune "You're Still A Young Man" by Tower Of Power very often these days either ... so let's give that one a shot as well. (kk)
