Oct 06 | This week in 1974

#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

Sep 22 | This week in 1970

#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