50 Years Ago This Month, June 1970

Steve and Dave discuss the Top Ten (+) from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week of June 13, 1970. (View the dedicated playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_97p53FVa9-Ai5I_xcbh09JCBli94Dyh) 1. The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue, The Beatles 2. Which Way You Goin' Billy, The Poppy Family 3. Everything Is Beautiful, Ray Stevens 4. Get Ready, Rare Earth 5. Love on a Two-Way Street, The Moments 6. Cecilia, Simon & Garfunkel 7. The Letter, Joe Cocker 8. Up Around the Bend / Run through the Jungle, CCR 9. Make Me Smile, Chicago 10. The Love You Save / I Found That Girl, The Jackson 5 14. My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains 17. Come Saturday Morning, The Sandpipers 21. Question, The Moody Blues 30. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Diana Ross Reading list for June 1970 show: John Bush. "The Poppy Family." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-poppy-family-mn0000297990/biography Marc Cushman. Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of the Moody Blues 1965-1979. Los Angeles, CA: Jacobs Brown Media Group, 2018. Bill Dahl. "The Moments." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-moments-mn0000476358/biography Anthony Decurtis. "Let It Be… Naked." (Nov. 20, 2003). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/let-it-be-naked-87936/ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Sandpipers." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sandpipers-mn0000419334/biography Kory Grow. "John Fogerty: ‘Run Through the Jungle’ Is Plea for Gun Control." (Jan. 12, 2016). https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/john-fogerty-run-through-the-jungle-is-plea-for-gun-control-60581/ Gary Hill. "Rare Earth." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rare-earth-mn0000339490/biography Steve Huey. "Ray Stevens." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-stevens-mn0000348884/biography Bobby Moore. "Why Country Hall of Fame Inductee Ray Stevens Is More Than Just ‘The Streak’ Guy." (March 20, 2019). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ray-stevens-country-music-hall-of-fame-the-streak-810833/ Lindsay Planer. "Moody Blues: 'Question.'" (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/question-mt0051032401 William Ruhlmann. "Chicago." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/biography Tim Sendra. "White Plains." (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/white-plains-mn0000820056/biography Danny Seraphine. Street Player: My Chicago Story. New York, NY: Wiley, 2010. Michael Thomas. "Diana Ross Goes From Riches to Rags." (Feb. 1, 1973). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/diana-ross-goes-from-riches-to-rags-165274/ Richie Unterberger. "Creedence Clearwater Revival: 'Up Around the Bend.'" (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/up-around-the-bend-mt0001506596 Richie Unterberger. "The Beatles: 'The Long and Winding Road.'" (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-long-and-winding-road-mt0000861549 https://twitter.com/SteveandDaves1

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