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TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1970S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list, so don’t worry!)

ROUND 2 - MOSTLY OVER

!!!!RUN-OFF NEEDED!!!!

Results for Round 2 so far, minus the run-off:

1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel
3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who
2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters
2 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart
1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night
3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King
7 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson
2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan
3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean
7 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John
3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack
2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce
2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks
6 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad
3 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra
1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille
2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell
4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons
1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings
3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions
5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry
2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb
1 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart
4 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees
7 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player
5 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile
6 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees
2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer
1 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack
3 1979 “Le Freak” Chic

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1970S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list, so don’t worry!)

******RUN-OFF on ROUND 2*****

We had several close calls, and still ended up with one tie. So I will do a run-off. All are welcome to vote, even if you already did Round 2. Heck, you might change your mind!

Please vote for one song or the other of this pair; due MONDAY, JAN 29 @ 7:00pm Eastern:

3 1975 “Philadelphia Freedom” Elton John
5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

One result makes me sad. I remember the "Joy to the world" vote was a no brainer to me...I forget the other song...But "Joy to the World" is just a bad song, even though it was actually the very first song I used to listen to and know on my little transistor radio I used to listen to in bed nder my covers after bed time. Looking back, it totally sucks.

Also, I may have thought "It's Too Late" would have surely lost. Again I forget the other song...The rest looks good at a cursory glance.

One man's not humble opinion.