Christie, "San Bernardino"

My friend Mike is a fan of the retro chart shows on a British radio station, Capital Gold, that simulcasts on the Web. The cool thing about British charts of the '70s is that you get a lot more OMGWTFLOL inexplicability: sauced football anthems, aging crooners, and glammy covers share the space with the more anticipated pop stars. So, for example, for the show airing this week, from November 1970, you get some things you might expect of the time (Edwin Starr's "War") along with some you may have forgotten (Dave Edmunds, "I Hear You Knocing") and some you never knew to forget (Jimmy Ruffin, "It's Wonderful"; Andy Williams, "Home Lovin' Man").

Decidedly in the latter camp is the pleasantly melodic if hardly memorable "San Bernardino" from Christie, a follow-up to their only hit in the U.S., "Yellow River." Now that's one hell of a long road trip. Hooray for British acts laying claim to random parts of California without knowing the lay of the land! (A list for another day.)

ETA: The Web suggests that they consistently misspelled it as "San Bernadino." Until I get tangible confirmation of that, I'll err on the side of correctness.