JANUARY 11, 1975
1. Mandy - Barry Manilow
2. Lucy in the sky with diamonds - Elton John
3. Please, Mr. Postman - Carpenters
4. Boogie on reggae woman - Stevie Wonder
5. Never can say goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
6. Pick up the pieces - Average White Band
7. One man woman / one woman man - Paul Anka with Odia Coates
8. Some kind of wonderful - Grand Funk
9. Fire - Ohio Players
10. Morning side of the mountain - Donny & Marie Osmond
FEBRUARY 8, 1975
1. You're no good - Linda Ronstadt
2. Laughter in the rain - Neil Sedaka
3. My eyes adored you - Frankie Valli
4. Express - B.T. Express
5. Best of my love - The Eagles
6. Shame shame shame - Shirley & Company
7. # 9 dream - John Lennon
8. Lonely people - America
9. Black water - The Doobie Brothers
10. Stand by me - John Lennon
M A R C H 22, 1975
1. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
2. Have you ever been mellow? - Olivia Newton-John
3. The no no song - Ringo Starr
4. Lady - Styx
5. What am I gonna do with you? - Barry White
6. He don't love you (Like I love you) - Tony Orlando & Dawn
7. Once you get started - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
8. L O V E - Al Green
9. Super natural thing - Ben E.King
10. Poetry man - Phoebe Snow
A P R I L 19, 1975
1. Philadelphia Freedom - The Elton John Band
2. Lovin' you - Minnie Riperton
3. You are so beautiful - Joe Cocker
4. Bad luck, Part I - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
5. Walking in rhythm - The Blackbyrds
6. Pinball Wizard - Elton John
7. Don't call us, we'll call you - Sugar Loaf / Jerry Corbetta
8. Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
9. Emma - Hot Chocolate
10. Hijack - Herbie Mann
M A Y 3, 1975
1. Hey won't you play another somebody done somebody wrong song - BJ Thomas
2. Only yesterday - Carpenters
3. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
4. Ease on down the road - Consumer Report
5. Shining star - Earth, Wind & Fire
6. Long tall glasses (I can dance) - Leo Sayer
7. Young Americans - David Bowie
8. Cut the cake - Average White Band
9. Remember what I told you to forget - Tavares
10. I don't like to sleep alone - Paul Anka
Ace
J U N E 14, 1975
1. Sister Golden Hair - America
2. Thank God I'm a country boy - John Denver
3. Before the next tear drop falls - Freddy Fender
4. How long? - Ace
5. When will I be loved? - Linda Ronstadt
6. I'm not Lisa - Jessi Colter
7. Only women - Alice Cooper
8. Get down, get down (Get on the floor) - Joe Simon
9. Bad time - Grand Funk
10. Take me in your arms (Rock me) - The Doobie Brothers
1. Love will keep us together - The Captain & Tenille
2. The Hustle - Van McCoy & The Soul City Orchestra
3. Listen to what the man said - Paul McCartney & Wings
4. Love won't let me wait - Major Harris
5. Wildfire - Michael Murphey
6. Please Mister please - Olivia Newton-John
7. Magic - Pilot
8. Swearin' to God - Frankie Valli
9. Walking in rhythm - The Blackbyrds
10. Dynomite Part I - Bazuka
1. Jive talking - Bee Gees
2. One of these nights - The Eagles
3. I'm not in love - 10cc
4. Someone saved my life tonight - Elton John
5. The way we were / Try to remember - Gladys Knight & the Pips
6. Midnight blue - Melissa Manchester
7. Fight the power - Part I - The Isley Brothers
8. How sweet it is to be loved by you - James Taylor
9. Why can't we be friends? - War
10. Por amor viveremos [Love will keep us together ] - Captain & Tenille
Glen Campbell's 'Rhinestone cowboy'
SEPTEMBER 13, 19751. Get down tonight - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
2. Rhinestone cowboy - Glenn Campbell
3. Fallin' in love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
4. Fame - David Bowie
5. Could it be magic? - Barry Manilow
6. Do it anyway you want it - People's Choice
7. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman
8. At seventeen - Janis Ian
9. Feel like making love - Bad Company
10. Solitaire - Carpenters
1. Bad blood - Neil Sedaka
2. Calypso / I'm sorry - John Denver
3. It only takes a minute - Tavares
4. Brazil - The Ritchie Family
5. Miracles - Jefferson Starship
6. Lying eyes - The Eagles
7. Dance with me - Orleans
8. Ain't no way to treat a lady - Helen Reddy
9. Ballroom blitz - Sweet
10. Run Joey run - David Geddes
1. Island girl - Elton John
2. Feelings - Morris Albert
3. Heat wave - Linda Ronstadt
4. Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
5. Sky high - Jigsaw
6. The way that I want to touch you - Captain & Tenille
7. My little town - Simon & Garfunkel
8. Love rollercoaster - Ohio Players
9. I love music - O'Jays
10. Low rider - War
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1. Fly, Robin Fly - Silver Convention
2. That's the way I like it - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
3. Who loves you? - Four Seasons
4. Sing a song - Earth, Wind & Fire
5. Do you know where you're going to? - Diana Ross
6. Fox on the run - Sweet
7. Saturday night - Bay City Rollers
8. Let's do it again - The Staple Singers
9. Our day will come - Frankie Valli
10. Convoy - C.W. McCall
1975 year-end WABC Music Radio flyer sent to their listeners who wrote them.
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17 May 1975 - (Hey, won't you play) 'Another somebody done somebody wrong song' by B.J. Thomas #1 at the Country & Western Chart.
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Note: Arthur, the US-Portuguese fellow whom I had first met at Giovanni's flat when we all lived on Wilson Avenue, in the Fall of 1971 - sent me Via Air Mail, a cassette-tape with Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40' show broadcast on WPIX on 26 April May 1975. WPIX, for the good of New York.
As I had lived in São Paulo, now, for more than 2 years, I played the tape and was despondent to realized I had never heard most of the songs for they didn't play them on Brazilian radio stations. I only remember I was surprised to find out B.J. Thomas was Number One with a song I had never heard. São Paulo radio stations played Elton John's 'Philadelphia Freedom', 'Lovin' you' with Minnie Riperton, 'Before the next tear drop falls' with Mex Freddy Fender and 'Stand by me' with John Lennon. One can see that only 4 songs of a 20 song-pool is a pretty low ratio.
I was really thankful to Arthur for havind done such a great favour to have sit down for 3 hours and listen to Casey Kasem Sunday morning broadcast; tape the whole thing and send it to me all the way down to South America. I must have sent him a letter telling him how happy I had been to be able to listen to a piece of American radio here. I was actually preparing myself to get back to the US for a 2nd time. I would fly on 4th of July 1975, and arrive at JFK Airport on the 5th. This time my stay in the USA would be different. I would work at Jewish resorts on mountains of New York State's Catskills.
I don't remember whether I actually saw Arthur in 1975. I remember I knocked on his door but he wasn't home. A few days later I took a ride to Monticello, N.Y. with Cuica & Antonieta and would seldom visit Newark again. I ended up losing contact with Arthur.
I remember looking for Arthur's whereabouts in 2000, but I could not get any clue. I have a hunch Arthur must have died in the early 1980s.
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