Episode 13: The Week Ending July 15, 1972, Too Late To Turn Back Now, We’re In Otta Space

With the Apollo space program winding down, things had really started moving fast in 1972. We were still quite young and often pleaded with our fathers, “Daddy, don’t you walk so fast; what are you some kind of rocket man?”.  Perhaps you had gone a ways and suddenly realized you had forgotten to use the restroom before you left home. Our fathers would just smile and say “It’s too late to turn back now, but I know a place we can go, I’ll take you there”.  To you, your mom was a superwoman and yet she would gently remind you that it was summer time, schools out, so let’s just take it easy. She would say “it’s ok to lean on me”, but then remind you to be strong and always hold your head up. Then there were those other kid’s parents. Their moms were more liberated, they drank brandy, and the kids would say “There goes motorcycle momma” as she road by on the back of a Harley, with her old man who looked like some sort of troglodyte cave man conquistador. Those poor kids a lot of the time came home to an empty house and found themselves alone again, naturally asking, “Where is the love?”. In this episode we say how do you do to the Billboard chart of July 15th 1972. Day by day we are getting a lot better at this.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_15th_July_1972
Also, a few interesting links to things we talked about in the episode:
How to Make Beer Can Hats With Crochet: https://www.ehow.com/how_7805851_make-beer-can-hats-crochet.html
Superfly Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZUWzv_FaY
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Pipes & Drums: https://www.scotsdg.org.uk/regiment/pipes-and-drums
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88MR0E-FzMI
Bobby Vinton Life magazine - March 12, 1965 - Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjPb3q7uvIg
Al Green “I’m Still In Love With You” Album Cover:https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-still-in-love-with-you-mw0000200052
Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Whtxcw8oU