Continuing my look at songs that dropped off the charts during the month, but never made the Top 40. And for August, I counted a whopping 50. That's more than triple the normal (since I started logging)
Here they are, with peak position noted:
- Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra - 42
- Watergrate - Dickie Goodman - 42
- There's No Me Without You - The Manhattans - 43
- Soul Makossa - Afrique - 47
- Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) - Shirley Bassey - 48
- Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin - 51
- Finder's Keepers - Chairman Of The Board - 59
- I'd Rather Be A Cowboy - John Denver - 62
- Tequila Sunrise - Eagles - 64
- Darling Come Back Home - Eddie Kendricks - 67
- Lord, Mr. Ford - Jerry Reed - 68
- It's Forever - The Ebonys - 68
- Didn't I - Sylvia - 70
- Blockbuster - The Sweet - 73
- He Did With Me - Vicki Lawrence - 75
- My Merry-go-round - Johnny Nash - 77
- Think - James Brown - 80
- There You Go - Edwin Starr - 80
- Friend Of Mine - Bill Withers - 80
- Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie - Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show - 83
- Sunshine - Mickey Newbury - 87
- Black Byrd - Donald Byrd - 88
- You Were Always There - Donna Fargo - 93
- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Commander Cody - 94
- L.a. Freeway - Jerry Jeff Walker - 98
There's some real classics there, somewhat surprising. Just goes to show....
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