(Special thanks to Walt Bailey for the audio above).

'Jim Madison' was a house name long used on the station. This was at least the fourth guy to use the name, better known today as Joel Denver, former CHR editor of 'Radio & Records' and founder of the 'All Access Music Group' in LA. It was Davy Jones who got him into the station the year before at age 19 from suburban WINX in Rockville, Maryland.

Other things to listen for:

- A Soundoff featuring 'Mr. Soundoff' (General Manager, Bob Howard), complaining about the Draft (not the beer kind!).

- A live spot for A&M Records, sponsor of the countdown.

- The abrupt ending of the Beatles 'Long & Winding Road' at 5:15PM, the January sign off time for the AM daytimer (the FM only ID follows immediately).

- A spot for Sears' record dept., featuring Three Dog Night.

- A Casey Kasem tease for 'American Top 40'. WPGC was one of the original seven stations to carry the show on July 4th, 1970.

 

#	Song Title	Artist Name
100	Try	Janis Joplin
99	Give Me Shelter	Mary Clayton
98	Them Changes	Buddy Miles
97	Missippi Queen	Mountain
96	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Stevie Wonder
95	Oh Well	Fleetwood Mac
94	You Need Love Like I Do	Gladys Knight & The Pips
93	Black Magic Woman	Santana
92	Rag Mama Rag	The Band
91	Solitary Man	Neil Diamond
90	Coming Home	Delaney & Bonnie
89	Snowbird	Anne Murray
88	Walkin' Through The Country	Grass Roots
87	My Woman, My Woman, My Wife	Marty Robbins
86	You Got Me Hummin'	Cold Blood
85	Won't Find Better	New Hope
84	One-Man Band	Three Dog Night
83	You Make Me Real	Doors
82	Hand Me Down World	Guess Who
81	Mongoose	Elephant's Memory
80	Save The Country	Thelma Houston
79	Johnny Be Good	Johnny Winter
78	Summertime Blues	Who
77	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	Neil Diamond
76	Evil Ways	Santana
75	Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain	Creedence Clearwater Revival
74	Tobacco Road	Jamul
73	Up The Ladder To The Roof	Supremes
72	I Who Have Nothing	Liquid Smoke
71	Cecelia	Simon & Garfunkel
70	Ma Belle Amie	Tee Set
69	Children	Joe South
68	Cracklin' Rosie	Neil Diamond
67	The Onion Song	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
66	Share The Land	Guess Who
65	Reach Out & Touch Somebody's Hand	Diana Ross
64	Big Yellow Taxi	Neighborhood
63	Which Way You Goin', Billy	Poppy Family
62	Engine Engine #9	Wilson Pickett
61	Give A Damn	Staple Singers
60	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image
59	Love Or Let Me Be Lonely	Friends Of Distinction
58	Friends	Feather
57	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel
56	Reflections	Marmalade
55	Ballad Of Johnny	Richie Havens
54	Spill The Wine	Eric Burden & War
53	Are You Ready?	Pacific Gas & Electric
52	Tell It All, Brother	Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
51	Superstar	Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
50	Mississippi	Todd Phillips
49	Evil Woman	Crow
48	The Seeker	Who
47	Celebrate	Three Dog Night
46	Spirit In The Sky	Norman Greenbaum
45	Sympathy	Rare Bird
44	Lucifer	Bob Seger System
43	Montego Bay	Bobby Bloom
42	Hey Lawdy Mama	Steppenwolf
41	Timothy	Buoys
40	Don't Cry Daddy	Elvis Presley
39	She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window	Joe Cocker
38	I Want You Back	Jackson 5
37	Band Of Gold	Freda Payne
36	Arizona	Mark Lindsey
35	The Long And Winding Road	Beatles
34	Ball Of Confusion	Temptations
33	Make Me Smile	Chicago
32	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
31	Come And Get It	Badfinger
30	Tennessee Birdwalk	Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
29	I Want To Take Your Higher	Sly & The Family Stone
28	Mama Told Me (Not To Come)	Three Dog Night
27	Get Ready	Rare Earth
26	Closer To Home	Grand Funk Railroad
25	STill Wters Run Deep	Four Tops
24	Psychedelic Shack	Temptations
23	Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes	Edison Lighthouse
23A	Instant Karma	John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band
22	Deeper & Deeper	Freda Payne
21	1984	Spirit
20	House Of The Rising Sun	Frigid Pink
19	ABC	Jackson 5
18	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
17	Whole 'Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin
16	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel
15	The Letter	Joe Cocker
14	Vehicle	Ides Of March
13	Thank You(Falettineme Be Mice Elf Agin)	Sly & The Family Stone
12	Stand By Your Man	Candi Staton
11	Make It With You	Bread
11A	Tears Of A Clown	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
10	Lay Down (Candles in The Rain)	Melanie & Edwin Hawkins Singers
9	We've Only Just Begun	Carpenters
8	Venus	Shocking Blue
7	Cry Me A River	Joe Cocker
6	War	Edwin Starr
5	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head	BJ Thomas
5A	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	Hollies
4	I'll Be There	Jackson 5
3	Lola	Kinks
2	Let It Be	Beatles
1	American Woman	Guess Who

 

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