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Welcome to program 419 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Al Holt in Alachua, Florida USA filling in for Kim Elliott

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:42 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:44 MFSK32: The Top 10 singles of 1975: Number 10
  5:22 MFSK64: The Top 10 singles of 1975: A Count down from Number 9 to Number 1
28:16 MFSK32: Closing announcements


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And away we go! Starting at Number 10...


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"One of These Nights" is a song by the American rock band Eagles,
written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey. The song was a conscious
attempt by the band to write something different from a
country-rock and ballad-type song.

The writing was influenced by R&B music and disco. Frey started
the writing process by composing the music, and Henley then
started with the lyrics. Frey said: "I just went over to the piano
and I started playing this little minor descending progression,
and he comes over and goes, 'One of these nights'."
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Shortwave Radiogram now changes to MFSK64 ...


 

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This is Shortwave Radiogram in MFSK64

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We continue our countdown of the top ten singles of 1975 with
Number 9...

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"Laughter in the Rain" is a song composed and recorded by Neil Sedaka, with lyrics by Phil Cody. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1975.

Cody conceived the idea of the lyrics describing a couple
frolicking during rainy weather; he noted that the skies were
sunny when he wrote the song. He also recalled experiencing
writer's block when initially attempting to write the lyrics at
first, but after a two-hour outdoor nap aided by a small amount
of marijuana, the lyrics came to him, allowing him to finish the
song in about five minutes.
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Next up, Number 8...

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"Fame" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie.
Written by Bowie, Carlos Alomar and John Lennon. It is a funk
rock song that represents Bowie's dissatisfaction with the
troubles of fame and stardom.

By the beginning of 1975, "fame" meant a couple of different
things to Bowie. It meant not only his stardom, but also
impending lawsuits that were the result of the ending of Bowie's
relationship with his manager. Also, there was an expensive
musical theatre project titled Fame, financed through a company
that was built around Bowie's fame which closed after one night
on Broadway, after already flopping off-Broadway.
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Shortwave Radiogram is counting down the hits to Number 7. . .

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"Shining Star" is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a
single in January 1975 on Columbia Records. "Shining Star" was
produced by Maurice White and composed by White, Larry Dunn and
Philip Bailey.

The concept for the song came to Maurice White while strolling
at night during the band's recording of "That's the Way of the
World" at Caribou Ranch. He became inspired by looking up at the
starry sky and took his ideas about the song to the other band
members.


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Number 6...

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"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by
Canadian-American musician John Ellison and first recorded by
his R&B group, Soul Brothers Six, in 1967, peaking at number
91 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The best-known version is by American rock band Grand Funk
Railroad released in December 1974 which reached number three on
the same chart.

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Top ten single Number 5...

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"My Eyes Adored You" was originally recorded by The Four Seasons
in early 1974. After the Motown label balked at the idea of
releasing it, the recording was sold to lead singer Frankie Valli
for $4000. Valli succeeded in getting the recording released on
Private Stock Records, but the owner/founder of the label wanted
only Valli's name on the label.

It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975.
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The countdown of 1975’s top ten singles continues with
Number 4...

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"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is an American country song
written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters. The song was written
in 1967 and had been recorded more than two dozen times.
Freddy Fender performed the song bilingual style, singing the
first half of the song in English, then repeating it in
Spanish.

His version was a major crossover success in 1975,
reaching number 1 on the Billboard pop and country charts.

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Coming down the home stretch with Number 3. . .

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"Philadelphia Freedom" is a song by English musician Elton John
and songwriter Bernie Taupin. The song was written by John and
Taupin as a favor to John's friend, tennis star Billie Jean King,
who was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms professional tennis
team.

The song was dedicated in part to "the Philadelphia sound",
which included the soul music of the Delfonics and the Spinners.

Taupin maintains that the lyrics bear no relation to tennis,
Philadelphia soul, or even flag-waving patriotism.
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Top Ten Single Number 2...

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"Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written and recorded by Larry Weiss
in 1974. It did not, however, have much of a commercial impact
as a single, although it peaked at number 71 in Australia in
August 1974.

In late 1974, American country music singer Glen Campbell heard
the song on the radio during a tour of Australia and decided to
learn it. When released in the United States on May 26, 1975, as
the lead single and title track from his album Rhinestone Cowboy,
it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences.

The song spent that summer climbing both the Billboard Hot
Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts before peaking at
No. 1 by season's end – three nonconsecutive weeks on the country
chart, two weeks on the Hot 100.
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And now Shortwave Radiogram presents the Number 1 Top Ten Single
of 1975...
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"Love Will Keep Us Together" is a song written by Neil Sedaka
and Howard Greenfield. It was first recorded by Sedaka in 1973.
The American pop duo Captain & Tennille covered it in 1975.

The single rose to number one on both the Billboard Easy
Listening chart and Pop chart.

Sedaka admitted lifting the main chord progression from "Do It
Again" by The Beach Boys and added a progression including
augmented chords inspired by Al Green. The melody was written
with Diana Ross in mind.

Captain and Tennille acknowledged Sedaka's authorship—as well as his mid-1970s comeback—by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout.

They released a Spanish version of the song, "Por Amor Viviremos" which rose to number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Shortwave Radiogram returns to MFSK32 ...



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Martin Robinson, aka Marty Robbins, was born on September 26, 1925.
He died in 1982.

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