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Radio Hits of 1971: A Great Year For Singles

It was an amazing year for music as rock, pop and R&B shared the airwaves. Solo hits from all four Beatles, joined 2 songs called “Superstar” near the top. What was #1?

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Radio Hits of March 1972: La, La, La-La-La-La

A prominent songwriter had a #1 hit with a cover. Listeners were confused by a tune they thought was Neil Young. And T. Rex’s only U.S. hit.

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The Number One Singles of 1970

Only two songs stayed at the top for four weeks or more. And thus, no less than 29 singles reached #1 that year. Several musical acts had more than one.

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Radio Hits of February 1968

A sonic blend of classic pop, R&B, psychedelic, bubblegum, and soul songs were on playlists across the U.S., topped by a sappy instrumental tune.

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Radio Hits in February 1967: B-Sides Rule

On the American Top 40 this week: plenty of favorites from Britain shared the charts with classics from the good old U.S. of A.

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Radio Hits in February 1976: You Made a Fool of Me

Eagles, Aerosmith and ELO each scored one of their many career hits. Eric Carmen and Paul Simon had the biggest solo singles of their careers.

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Radio Hits in February 1977: The Sound of Thunder

Songs by some of the biggest names in rock including Eagles and Steve Miller topped the chart. Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, making them superstars.

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Radio Hits in February 1965

A boatload of British Invasion hits led the way including a Kinks favorite. A diva scored a career hit. Check out the novelty song and see what was #1…