Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Feb. 7 , 1972

A LOOK AT A RARE, UNIQUE, VINTAGE TOP SELLING RECORDS LIST WITH SOMETIMES SNIDE REMARKS

Five days after Ground Hog's Day in 1972 these were the top singles and LP's that hit a note with the general public -

DON McLEAN still has America enthralled with "American Pie".

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY has a "Sound Magazine" that a lot of people are buying.


MEANWHILE

THE OSMONDS are down by a large stream that isn't very energetic

DONNY OSMOND is trying to get the attention of some gal who snubbed him

T. REX is trying to screw a smoking device...

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE  aren't staying


WE'LL GIVE 'EM THIS ONE
(Artists that don't ring a bell)

Robert John, Addrisi Brothers, The English Congregation


ROCK BANDS THAT PLAYED ON THIS DATE:

THIN LIZZY plays Queensway Club, Stevenage, England (Set List)

MOUNTAIN is rocking Kinetic Circus, Birmingham Circus, England (Set List)

SLADE is slaying them at Top Rank Institute, Reading, England (Set List)


Here now is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Feb. 7 , 1972 - 

The #28 single on this list -
T Rex - Bang A Gong 

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The Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for April 17, 1972...!
A new number one single and album!


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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Jan. 12, 1972

A list for those of you who remember when we were young and not so innocent...

ON THIS DATE:

GENESIS is live at the Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY, during their Foxtrot Tour.
You can see it on Youtube here!

That's all I could find music-wise for this date in history (I'm going for the exact date here).

SO LET'S JUST SKIP TO THIS EDITION OF THE HILLS DEPARTMENT STORE TOP SELLING RECORDS LIST THAT IS DATED JANUARY 12, 1972.

Okay, for the top selling singles
(I'm writing this before I even look at it so I'll be as surprised as you are)
(Okay, I'm looking now...)
(Okay, I'm not surprised because it is close to the top selling singles from the last list I put up which was only a weeks ago.)

BUT ANYHOW

Back on January 12, 1972, DON McLEAN had the #1 single with "American Pie".
(Did he ever do anything after that?)

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY has 3 of the Top 10 Selling Albums.
(Bless their hearts. It beats that Rap Crap you hear today.)

ALSO

THE GRASS ROOTS are trying to figure out how to divide

CARLY SIMON is still waiting on that catsup (ketchup) bottle

THE WHO recognize eye color

THE CARPENTERS are inflicting pain


AND THEN THERE'S THESE GUYS

Dennis Coffey, Climax, Beverly Bremers


Here now is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for January 17, 1972 -

The #2 single on this list -
Melanie - Brand New Key

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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Jan. 3, 1971

For those of you whose prime partying days were the Sixties and Seventies!

ON THIS DATE:

YES is at the Greyhound, Croyden England during their "YES ALBUM" tour

That's the only concert I could find that was going on on that particular day.
I do have these tid-bits though:

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS are on The Barbara McNair Show (some guy named "Doctor Magaic" was on there too).

It's Nationall High Five Day in the U.S.A.


THERE MAY BE A MISTAKE ON THE LIST THIS GO ROUND -

The fact of the matter is I think there's a misprint at the top of the original list that is pictured here.
It says Jan. 3, 1971 but the TOP SELLING RECORDS are pretty close to the list from December 13, 1971 and the one coming next (Jan. 1972)

This has to be from 1972.

I know "American Pie" and "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" were popular - but for a year?
(In other words those are two of the top four selling singles this go round.)

On a lighter note, "ALL IN THE FAMILY" by the original cast has the #3 selling album!


ALSO

MICHAEL JACKSON doesn't want to miss an appointment

DAVID CASSIDY strikes out on his own and does THE ASSOCIATION

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY is having one of those nights like we've all had (Maybe because Mr. Cassidy took off...)

LED ZEPPELIN sings about a non-white canine


And now a slight pause while I get away from the capital letters for a moment.

End of pause.


GROUPS WHO WISH THEY WERE MORE REMEMBERED

Think, Betty Wright, Leonard Family


Here now is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Jan. 3, 1971 - 

The #28 single on this list -
Led Zeppelin Reunion - Black Dog (Rare Video) 

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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for December 13, 1971.

What do Black Sabbath, Sonny and Cher and Aretha Franklin have in common?
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ON THIS DATE:

John Sinclair (sentenced to 10 years for selling 2 marijuana joints) is freed.

THE WHO play the Civic Center In San Francisco

BLACK SABBATH is at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Oh, and Davy Jones of the Monkees was on Merv Griffin.


A SHORT RUNDOWN ON THE TOP SELLING SINGLES AND LP's

Remember "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"? Do you remember who did it?
It was The Hillsdale Singers and they have the most popular single this go round.

Remember Danny Bonaduce? He was that goof-ball kid that used to be on The Partridge Family - who once aagain have the top selling album.

ALSO

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE sing about a TV sitcom

SONNY AND CHER know what they need

ARETHA FRANKLIN tries to keep her balance while jamming

CARLY SIMON just opened a ketchup bottle


MY MEMORY ESCAPES ME ON...

Climax, Coven, Bullet

Here now is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for December 13, 1971 - 

The #9 single on this list -
Isaac Hayes - Shaft - live 1973  

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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for Jan. 3, 1971
(Yep, 1971. Somehow I missed a list from the beginning of that year.)


 

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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for October 11, 1971

ON THIS DATE:

PINK FLOYD plays at Paris Theatre, London, England

MOUNTAIN and J. GEILS BAND are at St. Johns University, Flushing, NY, USA

YES is live in Wolverhampton, England

FRANK ZAPPA does Carnegie Hall

PROCOL HAREM is at Le Bataclan, Paris, France
(See it here!)


TOP SELLING SINGLES AND LP's FROM THIS PARTICULAR LIST

My memories of the early seventies is of when ROCK GROUPS WERE ROCK GROUPS.
They just didn't conquer the singles market which explains why The Osmond Brothers and brother Donny have the best selling 45's for the second list in a row.
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As far as Rock Groups go in the LP list, at least THE WHO are in there.


ALSO

JOAN BAEZ considers some gal named Dixie old
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY all woke up in love at the same time
STEVIE WONDER located a person
TEN YEARS AFTER isn't happy with the state of the planet


YEAH, I REMEMBER THEM...

Pop-Tops, Fanny, Undisputed Truth


Here now is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for October 11, 1971 - 

The #16 single on this list that I thought I'd share because I love the song and this group! 
Enjoy!
Rain Dance - The Guess Who

I'm in such a Guess Who mood I thought I'd share this classic too -
Running back to Saskatoon

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