Page 6 - October 2023 newsletter

50 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH,
THESE WERE THE HIT SONGS

1 3 DELTA DAWN –•– Helen
Reddy (Capitol)-13 (1 week at #1)
2 1 LET’S GET IT ON –•– Marvin
Gaye (Tamla)-10
3 4 SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN
MY SWEET GYSPY ROSE –•–
Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
(Bell)-10
4 6 LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK –•–
Paul Simon (with the Dixie Hum-
mingbirds) (Columbia)-7
5 8 WE’RE AN AMERICAN
BAND –•– Grand Funk (Capitol)-8
6 2 BROTHER LOUIE –•– The
Stories (Kama Sutra)-13
7 5 TOUCH ME IN THE MORN-
ING –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-16
8 9 GYPSY MAN –•– War (United
Artists)-9
9 7 LIVE AND LET DIE –•– Wings
(Apple)-11
10 10 HERE I AM (Come and
Take Me) –•– Al Green (Hi)-11

11 22 HALF-BREED –•– Cher
(MCA)-7
12 16 SATURDAY NIGHT’S AL-
RIGHT FOR FIGHTING –•– Elton
John (MCA)-7
13 18 HIGHER GROUND –•–
Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5
14 20 MY MARIA –•– B.W. Ste-
venson (RCA)-8
1. The Exorcist
2. The Sting
3. American Graffiti
4. Papillon
5. The Way We Were
6. Magnum force
7. Live and Let Die
8. Robin Hood
9. Paper moon
10. Serpico
11. Jesus Christ Superstar
12. The World’s Greatest Athlete
13. Enter the Dragon
14. Sleeper
15. A Touch of Class