Elvis Presley moves into the top spot on this week's KTLK Denver Top 40 Survey from last week's #6 position. Chuck Berry sits at #2, putting two of the '50's biggest stars at the top of the charts in September of 1972! (You'll also find Rick Nelson at #15, moving up five spots from the week before ... and a couple of other names that were more familiar ten years ago on the charts as well ... Jerry Wallace has the #36 song and Wayne Newton has a new premier at #40.)
Other than this little bit of retro-nostalgia, there aren't a lot of surprises to be found on this week's list.
Newton's follow-up to his chart-topping "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (everywhere but Billboard, that is), "Can't You Hear The Song?" only peaked at #48 in Billboard, fueled largely by a lot of quick "adds" due to his most recent success. (What's that they always say ... you're only as good as your last record???) It DID do better, however, in both Record World (#27) and Cash Box (#38). (There's that 20 point discrepancy factor again ... another tip of the hat to the accuracy of our Super Charts!!!)
Newton would only hit The Top 40 one more time, eight years later, when "Years" peaked at #32 in Cash Box and #35 in Billboard. (Record World ranked it at #61 ... a THIRTY point discrepancy!!!) It all goes back to that age-old question: "Who do you trust???" (kk)
