THE #1 HITS OF THE PAST 40 YEARS

Broadcast Fourth Of July Weekend 1976

(6th Anniversary Show)
(Note: Names in parenthese following some of the acts indicates a featured vocalist.)

1976 Silly Love Songs Wings
1975 Love Will Keep Us Together The Captain and Tennille
1974 Rock the Boat The Hues Corporation
1973 Will It Go Round In Circles Billy Preston
1972 Lean On Me Bill Withers
1971 It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move Carole King
1970 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl Jackson 5
1969 Love Theme From "Romeo and Juliet" Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
1968 This Guy's In Love With You Herb Alpert
1967 Windy The Association
1966b Paperback Writer The Beatles
1966a Strangers In the Night Frank Sinatra
1965b (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
1965a I Can't Help Myself The Four Tops
1964 I Get Around The Beach Boys
1963 Easier Said Than Done The Essex
1962 I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles
1961 Quater To Three U.S. Bonds
1960 Everybody's Somebody's Fool Connie Francis
1959 The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton
1958b Yakety Yak The Coasters
1958a The Purple People Eater Sheb Wooley
1957 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear/Loving You Elvis Presley
1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
1955 (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and His Comets
1954 Little Things Mean Alot Kitty Kallen
1953 The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) Percy Faith and His Orchestra (Felicia Sanders)
1952 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn
1951 Too Young Nat "King" Cole
1950 "The Third Man" Theme Anton Karas
1949 Riders In the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
1948 Woody Wood-Pecker Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (Gloria Wood)
1947 Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) Perry Como
1946 The Gypsy The Ink Spots
1945 Sentimental Journey Les Brown and His Orchestra (Doris Day)
1944 I'll Be Seeing You Bing Crosby
1943 Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer The Song Spinners
1942 Sleepy Lagoon Harry James and His Orchestra
1941 Daddy Sammy Kaye (The Kaye Choir)
1940 I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Frank Sinatra)
1939 Wishing (Will Make It So) Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Ray Eberle)
1938 Says My Heart Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra (Harriet Hilliard)
1937 It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

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