# Absolute monster 1970s AM radio hits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160 "2008-09-11T21:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/61 "2008-09-13T02:49:24Z")
The Tubes. They often blew away the headliners, IMO. They could be naughty, though. 😛 I dunno if they ever made it to WLS. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/62 "2008-09-13T02:51:18Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > _Thunder and Lightning_ by Chi Coltrane. I actually have that on iTunes. Funny, I don’t think I have _ever_ heard this on the radio. There was some K-Tel compilation of hits offered on TV and they always played a snippet of the song. I thought it sounded good. Much later, I picked up a compilation LP in a used records place while ISO something else, and it was on the disc. I dig it! Whatever happened to Chi Coltrane? Here’s her site. [http://chicoltrane.wtpromotions.com/](http://chicoltrane.wtpromotions.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/63 "2008-09-13T02:58:21Z")
[Come and Get Your Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLi39E9PbA) - Redbone [Low Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6c3emqC6aw) - War [Why Can’t We Be Friends](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FfJ89rGPc&feature=related) - War [I Can See Clearly Now(The Rain Is Gone)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w) - Johnny Nash [Midnight Train to Georgia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78-ftcqpNw&feature=related) - Gladys Knight and the Pips [The Joker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrveH1KfLm0) - Steve Miller Band [Chevy Van](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnhBzoUZCUU) - Sammy Johns [Danny’s Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26qtpAZNAs) - Kenny Loggins [(Put the Lime in the) Coconut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbgv8PkO9eo) - Harry Nilsson [Tight Rope](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Z9qN8R9Bg) - Leon Russell [Love Train](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdQyuN9ktE) - The O’Jays [Drift Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdQyuN9ktE) - Dobie Gray [Ramblin Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x28jaeyX2s) - Allman Brothers Band ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/64 "2008-09-13T03:00:11Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Funny, I don’t think I have _ever_ heard this on the radio. [Peaked at 17 in '72](http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070695&cdi=8851562&cid=09%2F09%2F1972). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/65 "2008-09-13T03:05:14Z")
I remember hearing _Thunder and Lightning_ on the radio, and I was listening to WLS back then- that and WCFL. Plus WOKY (Mighty 92!) in Milwaukee. I always preferred B. J. Thomas’ version of _Hooked On A Feeling_. I never cared for the ooga-chacka part. ---
**Author:** ![MrK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrK)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/66 "2008-09-13T03:26:31Z")
That’s the Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence A great sing along song about an execution of an innocent man. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/67 "2008-09-13T04:08:03Z")
[Back Stabbers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c), _The O’Jays_ ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/68 "2008-09-13T12:57:16Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Peaked at 17 in '72](http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070695&cdi=8851562&cid=09%2F09%2F1972). Hmm, I would have been 9 years old. I _think_ I had a clock radio in my room by then, but maybe not. At any rate, I found this website: [http://polonijef.tripod.com/](http://polonijef.tripod.com/) The site is a bit suspect: at #4, the title is “Without You,” mmkay? Also, I always look at these charts and think, ‘Nah, those two couldn’t have been from the same year.’ But assuming it’s more or less correct, dayum, I have to say 72 was a great year for music. I mean, holy shit: Alone Again, American Pie, Heart of Gold, Lion Sleeps Tonight, Precious and Few, Sunshine, I Can See Clearly Now, Black and White, You Don’t Mess Around with Jim, Anticipation, Never Been to Spain, Day By Day…I remember these getting heavy airplay, in addition to other classics listed being played more moderately. There _were_ only 365 days in 1972, right? Still, I don’t remember “Thunder and Lightning” at all and I assume it was squeezed out by the others. Or maybe it got heavy play during a time slot when I wasn’t near a radio. At any rate, it must have been a flash in the pan—popular but only for a short time, and that lack of staying power kept it off the chart for the year (in total). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/69 "2008-09-13T15:57:35Z")
[Love Hurts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2BjJbKQkgc) - Nazareth [Dream Weaver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZINUt9np8&feature=related) - Gary Wright [When I Need You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lq4in_4PfM) - Leo Sayer [Third Rate Romance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKnu_oYCA2w) - Amazing Rhythm Aces ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/70 "2008-09-14T02:09:30Z")
**Carly Simon - “Youre So Vain”** (and a Number One song at that) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160/71 "2008-09-14T03:36:52Z")
Here’s a good one. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-monster-1970s-am-radio-hits/463160.md?page=3)