HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CASEY KASEM!

 "Casey" Kasem (1932-2014) was an American disc jockey who created America's top 40 in 1970, the popular radio count-down show that still survives, having had many hosts and formats over the years.

I thought it would be fun to recapture those days from the beginning of the show.  I couldn't find the playlist for the first show from July 4, 1970 (radio station KDEO -- now KECR -- of El Capo, California jumped the gun by airing it first on the evening of July3rd), but truth to tell, I did not look very hard.  instead, here's the playlist from the August 1, 1970 outing,  but instead of the Top 40, I have limited myself to the Top 15.

How many do you recognioze?

#15 - "Lay Down (Candles in  the Rain)" -- Melanie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EiEtAQ8Es4

#14 - "Are You Ready?" -- Pacific Gas & Electric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzOeAXrgYBI

#13 - "Hitchin' a Ride" - Vanity Fare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88EykxITki8

#12 - "War" -- Edwin Starr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

#11 - "Ride Captain Ride" -- Blues Image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFFjoRnltg

#10 - "O-o-o Child" -- The Five Stairsteps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dguz0IsCuKU

#9 - "Tighter and Tighter" --Alive 'n Kickin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjG9wK-Cn-o

#8 - "Ball of Confusion" -- The Temptations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9poCAuYT-s

#7 - "Spill the Wine" -- Eric Burdon and War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Xs7NK-7B8

#6 - "The Love You Save" The Jackson Five

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkuULWqF3AY

#5 - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" -- Stevie Wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6To0fvX_wFA

#4 - "Band of Gold" Freda Payne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daxiMb0rITA

#3 - "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" -- Three Dog Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1KBCSkH_Q

...we're getting closer to NUMBER ONE!...

#2 - "Make It with You" -- Bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0KXV0gB0dw

...and here it is!...the one you've been waiting for!...the NUMBER ONE Song of the Week!"...

[drum roll, please]

#1 - "Close to You" - The Carpenters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQRsXrduc8

Any other fond memories of hits from 1970?