Episode 31: The Week Ending December 1, 1973 Ramblin’ Man on the Midnight Train to Georgia

Back in the 70’s, were you a ramblin' man, never going to the same place twice? When you passed through the Nutbush city limits, did you and your companion think we may never pass this way again? Did you just keep on truckin’ along the highway, or sometimes grabbed a ride on the midnight train to Georgia? In some places you probably were not welcome, and if you tried to engage a local they would just say “leave me alone”. In other places, they would play mind games, and even though you told them I’ve got a name, they would instead call you other things, like the joker or half breed.  In frustration sometimes you probably just greeted people with a generic “hello, it’s me”.  At the end of your journey, hopefully you felt like you were at the top of the world, and at that point, took a photograph of the scene.  This week I promise to uncork that time in a bottle and will show and tell all I know about the Billboard Top 40 from the week of December 1st, 1973.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_1st_December_1973
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
I’ve Got a Name, the Joker
Hello it’s Me, the Joker
Cheaper to Keep Her in a Bottle
Hello it’s Me Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation: https://www.merlintuttle.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk_m9htbd-wIVVODICh0O0gpREAAYASAAEgLPcfD_BwE
Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8A1Wac7tKc
Tonto Synthesizer: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/tonto-national-music-centre/SAXxricZmilYLw?hl=en
Dickie Goodman - Energy Crisis '74: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaPqzgTc9OE
The Most Beautiful Girl by Bobby Vinton (Was she Polish?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vR4y1LlK4w
As Schools Match Wits, the music video (Bugler's Holiday, by Leroy Anderson - Boston Pops full song):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm65sL11UGw