Thread by @porpster

It's time for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback. Let's kick 2023 to the curb for a couple of hours and travel back to May 1973.

Who will be #1? Grab a bag of chips. Listen to Casey on SiriusXM, and follow this 🧵 to find out... #AT40

Debuting at #40, The Raspberries - "Let's Pretend" - written by Eric Carmen and produced by Jimmy Ienner #AT40

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Alice Cooper - "No More Mr. Nice Guy" debuts at #39 - written by Alice Cooper & Michael Bruce, with Bob Ezrin producing. #AT40

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Johnny Rivers' version of Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" climbs two spots to #38. #AT40

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Barbara Fairchild makes an appearance on #AT40 with a debut, "Teddy Bear Song" - written by Don Earl & Nick Nixon and produced by Jerry Crutchfield. It's a #1 country tune.

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The New Birth takes a Bobby Womack song to #36, "I Can Understand It". Good cover. #AT40

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Here's a novelty/break-in record from John & Ernest - "Super Fly Meets Shaft"!! It debuts at #35 and manages to climb to #31 - written by Dickie Goodman & Sal Passantino! #AT40

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I been in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time 🎤

It doesn't get better than this. It's Dr. John time, baby! 💜 "Right Place, Wrong Time" debuts at #34. #AT40

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Legends all over the place. Here's "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" from the Four Tops, falling sixteen to #33. #AT40

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From Philly, it's First Choice with their most well-known song, "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" - produced by Stan Watson and written by Allan Felder & Norman Harris. #AT40

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Hey, she got the way to move me
Cherry
(She got the way to groove me)
(She got the way to groove me) 🎤

Neil Diamond - "Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Nights is stuck at #31.

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Written and produced by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy, The Independents - "Leaving Me" climbs five notches to #30. #AT40

Lobo fans, rejoice. "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time" moves up seven spots to #29. #AT40
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Here's a band from New York City. They call themselves, New York City. This is their great tune, "I'm Doin' Fine Now", coming in at #28 - co-written and produced by Thom Bell. #AT40
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Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss wrote this nursery rhyme ditty. Clint Holmes eventually takes it to #2. This week, "Playground in My Mind" is #27. #AT40

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Aloha from Hawaii. The king is in the building. And.. he's singin' a James Taylor tune, "Steamroller Blues" - up four spots to #26 #AT40

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Norman Whitfield titled this one, "Masterpiece". It peaked at #7, and this week, The Temptations track falls fourteen to #25. #AT40
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Whew, get sweaty in the afternoon with this Barry White tune, "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby". Barry seduces his way up thirteen notches to #24. #AT40

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Feelin' "Peaceful" after that Barry White song?

Here's Helen Reddy, falling eleven spots to #23 - written by Kenny Rankin and produced by Tom Catalano. #AT40
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Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina are "Thinking of You" at #22, up five. Jim wrote and produced this one. #AT40

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At #21, it's the lovely Carly Simon -"The Right Thing to Do" - produced by Richard Perry.. This one's directed to James Taylor. #AT40
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Ah, at #20, it's a man who never ever wanted to be here on the Casey Kasem show. He's too cool for that, maan. 😎

Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side" falls four to #16 - produced by David Bowie & Mick Ronson 💜 #AT40

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Me and the Ohio Players gonna tell you about a worm
He's the funkiest worm in the world 🎤🪱

"Funky Worm" climbs two to #19. This one's often sampled #AT40

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From Ireland 🇮🇪, Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Out of the Question" was produced by Gordon Mills and moves up one to #18. #AT40

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Focus. We're at #17. It's a song called "Hocus Pocus" from a band from Amsterdam who call themselves, Focus 🇳🇱. #AT40

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"Sing", The Carpenters' Sesame Street song with us at #16. It was written by Joe Raposo and falls seven spots. #AT40
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Jud Strunk's "Daisy a Day" climbs three to #15 - produced by Mike Curb & Don Costa. #AT40

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Nice, Barry White and Sylvia on the same countdown -- "Pillow Talk" jumps six spots to #14. Two legendary, sexy songs.💜 #AT40

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Let's get sentimental with Paul McCartney and Wings at #13. "My Love" soars thirteen spots to #13. #AT40

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She's a free and gentle flower growing wild 🎤

Skylark - "Wildflower" moves up one to #12. #AT40
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Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time?
Are you gatherin' up the tears?
Have you had enough of mine? 🎤

Steely Dan peaks here at #11 with this one #AT40

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And it's time for this week's Top Ten list!

At #10, Donny Osmond butchers a Johnny Mathis song for us, "The Twelfth of Never" - written by Jerry Livingston & Paul Francis Webster. #AT40

Elton John - "Daniel" enters the Top Ten at #9 - written by Elton and Bernie Taupin and produced by Gus Dudgeon. Here's a good live version from Elton's official YouTube channel. #AT40

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Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands 🎤

Tell 'em, Mama. Vicki Lawrence's former #1 falls to #8. #AT40

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YES!! A rock-n-roll instrumental. 🎸🥁🤘

Edgar Winters Group - "Frankenstein" climbs three to #7 - produced by Rick Derringer. #AT40

Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs 🎤

"Stuck In The Middle With You" is #6 #AT40
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Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away 🎤

Dobie Gray's hit peaks here at #5. #AT40
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Eat the salted peanuts out the can 🎤

War - "Cisco Kid" peaked at #2 and falls to #4. #AT40

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North side, east side
Little Willy, Willy wears the crown
He's the king around town
Dancing, glancing
Willy drives them silly with
His star shoe shimmy shuffle down 🎤

Crank it up! It's The Sweet!! 🇬🇧, stuck at #3. #AT40

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You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always be around 🎤💜

We hope you're always around, Stevie Wonder. Bubble-wrap the birthday boy. Keep him safe forever and ever. He hit #2 this week in '73. 🎂#AT40 #StevieWonder

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Let's pretend Stevie held the #1 stop and stop there.🤣 Nope, that would be inaccurate. Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon.." was #1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_a_Yel…

Welp, that's it, folks. Thanks for hangin' out! See ya next week on #AT40