SONG SURVEYS FROM YESTERYEAR AT ARIZONA RADIO STATIONS
#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “I’m A Believer” by the Monkees, rocketing in from #10 last week. The song would become familiar to a whole new generation when Smash Mouth covered it in 2001 for the movie Shrek. “Believer” was written by… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Love Is A Shield” by German synth-pop group Camouflage. Their follow-up single, “One Fine Day,” is at #40. Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones’s post-Clash group, is at #2 with “Contact,” while fellow Clash man Joe Strummer is… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ: “Island Girl” by Elton John, from the #1 album, Rock Of The Westies. The Eagles have two hits on this week’s chart: “Lyin’ Eyes” climbs to #2 as “One Of These Nights,” a former #1, descends to… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Old Fashioned Love Song” by Three Dog Night, leaping up from #8 last week. Before joining Three Dog Night, Cory Wells, who sings harmony on this hit, was based in Phoenix performing with his Cory Wells Blues… Continue reading
#1 at KUKQ/Phoenix: “Give It Away” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, perhaps their most outlandish hit (and video). Other records of note on the Newstuff Alternative Music Survey (aka The Phoenix 50 Star Survey): Robyn Hitchcock’s slice of pure… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Gimme Little Sign” by Brenton Wood, following up his Phoenix top 10 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song.” It dethrones “The Letter” by the Box Tops, featuring vocals by 16-year-old Alex Chilton, who in 1999 sang a rather… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Summer Breeze,” first big hit for Seals & Crofts and the title track from the #2 album. So much to talk about this week, including several chart quirks… With the presidential election (Richard Nixon vs. George McGovern)… Continue reading
#1 at KUPD/Phoenix: “I Honestly Love You,” a heartfelt cheater’s declaration by Olivia Newton-John, her first national U.S. #1 hit. In this stage of its existence, “Kozmic Kupid” veered heavily into teeny-bopper territory, but still played some rockin’ hits, such… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Green-Eyed Lady” by Denver’s Sugarloaf for a second week. KRIZ, of course, played the entire seven-minute album version while rival KRUX aired the truncated single edit. Jumping from #16 to #4 is next week’s #1 song, “I’ll… Continue reading
#1 at KRIZ/Phoenix: “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies, the biggest “bubblegum” hit of all time and the most successful song ever by a cartoon group. The Archies were actually studio musicians fronted by singer Ron Dante, who filled a similar… Continue reading
