WLCY RADIO HITSJune 2019

Jun 30, 2019

I Can Help - Billy Swan (1974)

"I Can Help" is a song written and performed by Billy Swan. Released in July 1974, the song was a big crossover smash, reaching No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles charts late that fall. Although Swan had other charting singles on both the Hot 100 and country charts, the song is generally recognized as being Swan's only major hit single release.

In addition to being a No. 1 country and pop hit, "I Can Help" reached No. 6 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart and No. 6 on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart.

Do You Wanna Make Love by Peter McCann (1977)

"Do You Wanna Make Love" is a song written and performed by Peter McCann, an American songwriter. It reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #22 on the adult contemporary chart in 1977. The song was featured on his 1977 album, Peter McCann. In Canada, the song failed to reach the Top 40, however, reached #10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Fool (If You Think It's Over) by Chris Rea (1978)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" is the title of a popular song originally publicly released in 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea also wrote the lyrics and composed the music of the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? The single's charting success in the USA earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979. Unsuccessful in its initial UK single release in March 1978, "Fool..." was afforded a June 1978 release in the US where it entered the Top 40 of the Hot 100 singles chart in Billboard magazine in July 1978 to reach a #12 peak on the Hot 100 dated 16 September 1978, then being in the second week of a three-week tenure at #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

"If You Don't Know Me by Now" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philly soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. It became their first hit after being released as a single in September 1972, topping the US R&B chart and peaking at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

"If You Don't Know Me by Now" has since been covered by a number of other artists.

Come And Get Your Love by Redbone (1974)

"Come and Get Your Love" is a song by Native American rock band Redbone. The song was originally released as a promo track under the name "Hell" and was later featured on the album Wovoka (1973), under its current name. The song was released as the album’s first single the following year. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 13, 1974. It spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 and landed as the fourth-most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on April 22, 1974, which indicates that it had shipped over a half-million copies in North America. The song is Redbone's highest charting single and one of two Top 40 hits by the band. (An earlier recording, "The Witch Queen of New Orleans," peaked at number 21 in 1972.)

"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart.

A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box Number One Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the No. 15 song for 1974. Wilson's version also made No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

"Hold Me Now" is a song by British band the Thompson Twins. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alex Sadkin and the group's lead vocalist Tom Bailey. Released in the United Kingdom in late 1983, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart in November of that year and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 1983, becoming the band's biggest-selling single, and their first top five in that country. The song was released in the United States in February 1984 and became the band's highest charting single there, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in May, remaining on the chart for 21 weeks. In addition, the song topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in April 1984.

"Sweet Pea" is a song written and performed by Tommy Roe. It reached number 1 in Canada, number 1 in New Zealand, number 7 in Australia, and number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. It was featured on his 1966 album, Sweet Pea. The song was ranked number 44 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966.

Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (1971)

In November 1970, Wadsworth Mansion released their first single, a non-album version of "Sweet Mary", backed by another non-album track, "What's On Tonight". "Sweet Mary" would prove to be the band's only hit song peaking at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending 27 February 1971. It peaked at number five on Cash Box. It also reached #35 on the Easy Listening chart.

WLCY Radio Hits

Jun 30, 2019

I Can Help - Billy Swan (1974)

Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann (1977)

Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea (1978)

If You Don't Know Me by Now - David Clayton-Thomas

Come And Get Your Love - Redbone (1974)

Show And Tell by Al Wilson (1973)

Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983)

Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe (1966)

Jun 29, 2019

Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (1971)

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