Episode 50: The Week Ending April 29, 1972 Crazy Momma and Child Reunion

I’ll never forget the day I found myself in the doctor’s office and he said “don’t give me the roundabout, mister
can’t you see?”.  My response was “doctor my eyes, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, can you just give me
something to help me make it through the night!”.  He then said, “I betcha’ by golly wow, no
problem, I gotcha!”.  Whatever it was he gave me worked. I awoke after a sound sleep to the rockin’ robin letting me
know that morning has broken. Look what you done for me doctor, your name may really be Vincent, but to me you are now the candy man.
Like the good doctor, a cowboy’s work is never done, and perhaps neither is ours as we jump into the fire that is the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of April 29st, 1972.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_29th_April_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:
Give Suavecito Back to the Irish
I Gotcha Rockin’ Robin
Me and the Candy Man Down By the Schoolyard
Hot Rod Lincoln Taxi
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Horse With No Name
Morning Has Broken, Doctor My Eyes, Slippin’ Into Darkness
Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:
SNL Soylent Green Skit (Phil Hartman): https://vimeo.com/541196478
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Tex Williams
(inspiration for Hot Rod Lincoln): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCsULR6ODA