MIND BENDER [1976]

K-Tel's Mind Bender kicks off with "Bad Blood" a groovy little song by Neil Sedaka with an anonymous assist from Elton John who ironically would depose Sedaka at the top spot of the charts after a fortnight with "Island Girl".  John himself shows up on Mind Bender with the #6 hit "Rocket Man".  Despite having six #1 songs among the 22 tracks, Mind Bender is weighted down in the K-Tel Scale by three songs that failed to breach the Top 30.

MIND BENDER [1976]		K-tel Scale:				29.18
		Top 40 chart peaks
		Pop	R&B	DISCO	AC	CB	WLS
Bad Blood	Neil Sedaka	1			25	1	1
You Sexy Thing	Hot Chocolate	3	6			2	22
Rock And Roll All Nite	Kiss	12				17	6
Lady Marmalade	Labelle	1	1			1	2
They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)	The Spinners	5	1		2	2	3
Tangerine	Salsoul Orchestra	18	36	6	11	40
Love Fire	Jigsaw	30			20	34
Low Rider	War	7	1			5
I'm Not In Love	10cc	2			10	3	2
If You Wanna Get To Heaven	Ozark Mountain Dadredevils	25				21
Paloma Blanca	George Baker Selection	26			1	22	32
Love Rollercoaster	Ohio Players	1	1			3	4
Theme from S.W.A.T.	Rhythm Heritage	1	11		6	1	3
Rocket Man	Elton John	6			39	11	8
Hit The Road Jack	The Stampeders	40
That's The Way (I Like It)	KC & the Sunshine Band	1	1	18		1	1
What's Come Over Me	Blue Magic		11
SOS	ABBA	15			19	12	6
Ballero	War	33	17			35
How Long	Ace	3			24	1	8
Third Rate Romance	Amazing Rhythm Aces	14		11	33	17	12
Convoy	C.W. McCall	1		1	19	1	1

The Canadian edition of Mind Bender "only" featured 20 original hits, with eleven of them carried over from the US version.  One of the six songs that failed to make a dent on the American charts is a contemporaneous cover of "Theme from S.W.A.T." by T.H.P. Orchestra, a Canadian disco act that hit #1 on their homeland charts in March 1976 while Rhythm Heritage took the same song to the top in the States in February.  Unfortunately, Canadian Number Ones - the songs colored red on chart below - mean bupkis on the K-Tel Scale.

MIND BENDER [1976]		K-tel Scale:				25.15
		Top 40 chart peaks
		Pop	R&B	DISCO	AC	CB	WLS
That's The Way (I Like It)	KC & the Sunshine Band	1	1	18		1	1
Fly, Robin, Fly	Silver Convention	1	1	1	6	1	8
Loving You Baby	Wednesday
Crazy On You	Heart	35				40	3
SOS	ABBA	15			19	12	6
Love Rollercoaster	Ohio Players	1	1			3	4
Lady Bump	Penny McLean			2
I'm Running After You	Major Hoople's Boarding House
Sky High	Jigsaw	3			4	5	4
Theme from S.W.A.T.	T.H.P. Orchestra
Convoy	C.W. McCall	1		1	19	1	1
Rosanne	The Guess Who
If You Wanna Get To Heaven	Ozark Mountain Dadredevils	25				21
Slippin' Into Darkness	War	16	12
You Sexy Thing	Hot Chocolate	3	6			2	22
Come See My Man	C.B. Victoria
Nights On Broadway	Bee Gees	7	16		16	4	7
Third Rate Romance	Amazing Rhythm Aces	14		11	33	17	12
How Long	Ace	3			24	1	8
They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)	The Spinners	5	1		2	2	3