Casey Kasem's American Top 40—April 24, 1971

The conflict in Vietnam rages on, Hitsville goes psychedelic, and the dad from the movie Gremlins scores a #1 hit.

Casey Kasem’s Top 40 from late April 1971 is a window into a nation at war abroad and at war with itself. This week’s countdown is a time capsule from a moment when Canadian soft-rock and funky soul shared radio space with Janis Joplin, Tom Jones, and the immortal Marvin Gaye.