70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

This Podcast is a show where two friends review a randomly chosen American Top 40 Episode from the 1970’s, the most interesting decade in pop music. In each episode we will review all 40 songs in the chosen week’s countdown and provide some factual information on each song as well as our personal opinions, stories, and comments related to it.

Episode 90: The Week Ending May 17, 1975 Thank God I’m Not the Immigrant
May 15, 2025 – 02:11:39
Episode 89: The Week Ending April 17, 1976 Misty Blue or Deep Purple
Apr 15, 2025 – 02:18:14
Episode 88: The Week Ending March 24, 1973 I’m Just a Singer, and I’m Gonna Sing Danny’s Song
Mar 22, 2025 – 02:19:18
Episode 87: The Week Ending February 2, 1972 Let’s Stay Together, Without You
Feb 14, 2025 – 02:00:55
Episode 86: The Week Ending January 19, 1974, Let Your Hair Down and Put Your Hands Together
Jan 17, 2025 – 02:07:55
Our 2024 Retrospective
Dec 31, 2024 – 01:14:36
Episode 85: Do You Hear What I Hear? The Christmas Song
Dec 22, 2024 – 01:54:49
Episode 84: The Week Ending November 27, 1971 A Wild Night with One Tin Soldier
Nov 26, 2024 – 02:08:58
Episode 83: The Week Ending November 17, 1979 Good Girls Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Nov 16, 2024 – 02:36:13
Episode 82: The Week Ending October 19, 1974 Can’t Get Enough of Nothing from Nothing
Oct 17, 2024 – 02:20:23
Episode 81: The Week Ending September 20, 1975 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Playing Solitaire
Sep 20, 2024 – 02:38:06
Episode 80: The Week Ending August 28, 1976 Heaven Must Be Missing a Devil Woman
Aug 26, 2024 – 02:01:46
Episode 79: The Week Ending August 6, 1977 I Just Want To Be Your Handy Man
Aug 5, 2024 – 02:07:19
Episode 78: The Week Ending July 10, 1971 Draggin’ the Line in the Summer Sand
Jul 8, 2024 – 01:59:02
Episode 77: The Week Ending May 31, 1975 Walking in Rhythm on Shakey Ground
Jun 3, 2024 – 02:20:40
Episode 76: Our 2nd Anniversary Extravaganza, Rock the Boat in the Navy
May 23, 2024 – 02:52:50
Episode 75: The Week Ending April 30, 1977 Can’t Stop Dancin’ the Lido Shuffle
May 10, 2024 – 02:29:59
Episode 74; The Week Ending April 14, 1973 Stuck in the Middle with a Dead Skunk
Apr 15, 2024 – 02:44:40
Episode 73: The Week Ending April 1, 1972 Everybody Plays the Fool
Mar 30, 2024 – 02:05:29
Episode 72: The Week Ending March 17, 1979 The Sultans of Freak
Mar 17, 2024 – 02:28:55
Episode 71: The Week Ending March 1, 1975 Poetry Man, You’re No Good
Feb 27, 2024 – 02:13:29
Episode 70: The Week Ending Valentine’s Day, 1976 I Write the Deep Purple Songs
Feb 13, 2024 – 02:26:14
Episode 69: The Week Ending January 25, 1975 Pick Up the Pieces After Kung Fu Fighting
Jan 25, 2024 – 02:19:59
Episode 68: Cuchi Cuchi in the Cookie Jar, Charo and the Salsoul Orchestra Cuchi Cuchi
Jan 13, 2024 – 01:31:47
Episode 67: Bottom 25 of the Top 80 of 1972 I’m Still in Love with Sylvia’s Mother Layla in the New Year
Dec 31, 2023 – 01:55:15
Episode 66: A ‘70s Weekly Christmas
Dec 22, 2023 – 02:04:54
Episode 65: The Week Ending December 10, 1977 Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Just Disagree
Dec 10, 2023 – 02:15:54
Episode 64: There’s No Disco Like Show Disco (Thanksgiving Special)
Nov 22, 2023 – 01:43:18
Episode 63: The Week Ending November 13, 1976 Don’t Fear the Muskrat Love
Nov 9, 2023 – 02:29:47
Episode 62: The Week Ending November 3, 1973 Space Race? Let’s Get it On!
Oct 26, 2023 – 02:06:01
Episode 61: The Week Ending October 14, 1978 Three Times a Lady, I’ve Got Double Vision
Oct 12, 2023 – 02:19:34
Episode 60: Special, What is Hip? Remix Project Volume One
Sep 28, 2023 – 01:29:10
Episode 59: The Week Ending September 25, 1971 The Night They Drove Uncle Albert Down to Spanish Harlem
Sep 14, 2023 – 02:23:05
Episode 58: The Week Ending September 2, 1972 Join Together and Go All the Way
Sep 1, 2023 – 02:22:41
Episode 57: The Week Ending August 15, 1970 Mama Told Me Not to Make it With You
Aug 23, 2023 – 02:10:21
Episode 56: The Week Ending August 3, 1974 I Shot the Sheriff with a Machine Gun
Aug 9, 2023 – 02:25:43
Episode 55: The Week Ending July 9th, 1977 I’m In You; Looks Like We Made It
Jul 28, 2023 – 02:12:32
Episode 54: The Week Ending June 26th, 1976 Take the Money and Shop Around
Jul 9, 2023 – 02:25:10
Episode 53: The Week Ending May 6th 1978 Two Doors Down on Broadway
May 7, 2023 – 02:13:59
Episode 52: Our One Year Anniversary Spectacular, The Top 50 Songs of the 1970s
Apr 29, 2023 – 02:17:53
Episode 51: The Week Ending April 20th, 1974 Help Me I’m a Train
Apr 23, 2023 – 01:51:55
Episode 50: The Week Ending April 29, 1972 Crazy Momma and Child Reunion
Apr 15, 2023 – 01:39:45
Episode 49: The Week Ending April 21st, 1979 Heaven Knows What a Fool Believes
Apr 8, 2023 – 02:01:12
Episode 48: The Week Ending April 3rd, 1971 One Bad Apple Over the Line
Apr 2, 2023 – 01:58:02
Episode 47: The Week Ending April 12th, 1975 Chevy Van on the Autobahn
Mar 25, 2023 – 02:12:45
Episode 46: The Week Ending March 19, 1977 Torn Between Rod and Al Stewart
Mar 19, 2023 – 02:11:19
Episode 45: The Week Ending March 13, 1976 There’s a Kind of Hush All Over Deep Purple
Mar 12, 2023 – 01:54:02
Episode 44: The Week Ending March 4, 1978 My Flashlight is Running on Empty
Mar 4, 2023 – 01:52:51
Episode 43: The Week Ending March 4, 1972 Ain’t Understanding American Pie
Feb 26, 2023 – 02:15:55
Episode 42: The Week Ending March 2, 1974 Show and Tell in the Boys Room
Feb 19, 2023 – 01:59:59

Recent Reviews

Ex-Pat in London

Love this pod.

These guys are great.
Shooting Shark

Highly recommend

Great commentary and creative inserts of Brass Bonanza
NPFish

Terrific

Love the podcast. Fix the incorrect possessive on the “70”!!!!!
brooklynhistorianLars

Fine

Good too long though I mean 62 to 144 and 7 2 plus hour show