Episode 43: The Week Ending March 4, 1972 Ain’t Understanding American Pie

Stay with me a minute here, I can’t help myself, but I always seem to take a roundabout way to get there. So even though I would like to hang out down by the lazy river, I gotcha, our hours together are precious and few. So let’s stay together, bang a gong, and get it on.  Today, it is with great anticipation that we look for some footstompin’ music in the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of March 4, 1973.  If we could get the nickel a song deal, that would be $2.00, adjusted for inflation that would be $14.31 today. We could finally get a piece of the American pie.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_4th_March_1972
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
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Bang a Gong Down by the Lazy River
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Down By the Lazy River
Black Dog Puppy Love
Precious and Few is Everything I Own
Anticipation of that Footstompin’ Music
Riding a Horse With No Name on the Roundabout
Things we talked about in the episode:
SNL Swill Mineral Water Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-S3G1c31y0