American_Top_40_1971_December_4th torrent

"From the rocky coast of Maine to the sandy shores of Hawaii, you hear the nation,s top hits every week at this time on AT40."


American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

Casey answers the question, "Were Sonny and Cher the first husband and wife team ever to hit number one?" Casey says no. The first couple to do it, did it twice, but not in the rock era.

A listener wants to know if any white artists have ever hit number one on the soul chart. Casey says it has happened 23 times.

Casey plays a track from the number one album of the week, "Santana" by Santana.

There is a song by a four man group who were once entirely replaced in the middle of a recording session by just one man.

Casey gives details of the great poster hoax of 1971: How a popular poem supposedly written in 1692 became a big hit single, and then turned out to actually have been written in 1906.

40: Your Move - Yes
39: I'm A Greedy Man (Part #1) - James Brown
38: Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
37: An American Trilogy - Mickey Newberry
36: Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
35: Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band
34: American Pie - Don McLean
33: Questions 67 & 68 - Chicago
32: Hey Girl - Donny Osmond
31: I Know I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart
30: One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
29: Inner City Blues Makes Me Wanna Holler - Marvin Gaye
28: Wild Night - Van Morrison
27: You Are Everything - Stylistics
26: Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
25: Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - Temptations
24: Theme From "Summer Of '42" - Peter Nero
23: Maggie May - Rod Stewart
22: Where Did Our Love Go - Donny Alpert
21: Easy Lovin' - Freddie Hart
Extra: Everything's Coming Our Way - Santana
20: Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
19: Stones - Neil Diamond
18: Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
17: A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
16: Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots
15: Brand New Key - Melanie
14: Peace Train - Cat Stevens
13: Cherish - David Cassidy
12: Everybody's Everything - Santana
11: All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher
10: Imagine - John Lennon
9: Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
8: Desiderata - Les Crane
7: An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
6: Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
Special: Winchester Cathedral - New Vaudeville Band
5: Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves - Cher
4: Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
3: Baby I'm A Want You - Bread
2: Theme From "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
1: Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone