Haven Retro Combined Chart : 29.05.1971

[smokeyb]

With the Rolling Stones battling with Free for the top spot, they have let the Carpenters sneak through

and take the number 1 position, for their first chart topper.



The Rolling Stones slip to 2, Free stay at 3, McGuiness Flint fall to 4 and Tony Christie stays at 5 for a third week.



There are 3 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Jean Knight at number 17.



The biggest climber is Blue Mink who jumps up 20 places to number 20.



The biggest faller is T.Rex who drop 28 places.



29.05.1971 (Week # 22)


1 (04) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - 103 points (13-4-1) 3 wks

2 (01) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - 99 points (2-1-1-1-1-2) 6 wks

3 (03) Free - My Brother Jake - 96 points (26-5-4-3-3) 5 wks

4 (02) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues - 88 points (17-4-2-2-4) 5 wks

5 (05) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria - 73 points (33-5-5-5) 4 wks

6 (12) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again - 67 points (40-12-6) 3 wks

7 (11) Neil Diamond - I Am …I Said - 56 points (29-21-17-12-20-23-7-11-7) 9 wks

8 (10) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 53 points (30-32-37-36-37-36-32-39-38-36-x-25-18-11-10-8) 15 wks

9 (20) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You - 53 points (29-20-9) 3 wks

10 (13) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 50 points (17-17-13-10) 4 wks

11 (06) Dawn – Knock Three Times - 49 points (20-13-9-6-9-6-11) 7 wks

12 (08) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 49 points (32-40-x-32-23-23-38-27-28-40-x-22-22-18-19-12-8-12) 16 wks

13 (09) Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You - 47 points (35-14-10-9-13) 5 wks

14 (30) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 41 points (35-27-20-16-9-8-13-11-14-17-34-32-37-39-35-30-14) 17 wks

15 (14) Doors - Love Her Madly - 36 points (36-25-27-23-10-11-8-14-15) 9 wks

16 (17) John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads - 33 points (33-23-11-12-15-15-17-16) 8 wks

17 (NE) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff - 32 points 1 wk

18 (35) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People - 32 points (12-4-4-7-6-14-24-37-31-35-18) 11 wks

19 (34) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing - 32 points (34-19) 2 wks

20 (40) Blue Mink - The Banner Man - 30 points (40-20) 2 wks

21 (16) Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel - 29 points (20-9-3-1-1-2-3-6-16-21) 10 wks

22 (28) Carpenters - Superstar - 28 points (28-22) 2 wks

23 (15) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 27 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29-29-31-31-24-28-29-30-25-25-25-28-34-x-39-20-11-10-14-23) 61 wks

24 (19) Honey Cone - Want Ads - 26 points (29-29-32-19-19-24) 6 wks

25 (07) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - 24 points (26-5-3-2-3-7-25) 7 wks

26 (32) David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World - 23 points (32-26) 2 wks

27 (22) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You - 23 points (21-5-2-2-3-3-4-13-21-22-27) 11 wks

28 (21) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 22 points (27-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-8-6-7-8-18-21-28) 18 wks

29 (18) Bruce Ruffin - Rain - 21 points (34-16-18-29) 4 wks

30 (39) Carole King - It's Too Late - 20 points (39-30) 2 wks

31 (RE) Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper - 20 points (33-x-31) 2 wks

32 (NE) Greyhound - Black And White - 20 points 1 wk

33 (29) Cat Stevens - Father and Son - 19 points (30-29-33) 3 wks

34 (26) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - 19 points (39-21-27-26-34) 5 wks

35 (33) Doors - LA Woman - 18 points (33-35) 2 wks

36 (24) Fantastics – Something Old Something New - 18 points (21-12-10-9-21-36-20-22-24-36) 10 wks

37 (NE) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 18 points 1 wk

38 (31) Carpenters – For All We Know - 17 points (31-38) 2 wks

39 (23) Wilson Pickett – Don't Knock My Love - 16 points (36-23-22-24-23-39) 6 wks

40 (36) Murray Head - Superstar - 15 points (36-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

42 (27) East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig - 14 points (40-26-16-16-20-27)

48 (37) Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - 12 points (38-33-31-34-37)

50 (38) Carly Simon – That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be - 11 points (28-32-38)

53 (25) T.Rex - Hot Love - 11 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-7-23-25)

Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o darkstar79 & Mark .


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 05.06.1971

1 (1) Dawn - Knock Three Times (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) R Dean Taylor - Indiana Want Me (10 wk) (# 2)
3 (6) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Free - My Brother Jake (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (2) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (7 wk) (# 2)
6 (11) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (5) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues (6 wk) (# 5)
8 (17) Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria (5 wk) (# 8)
9 (16) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches (4 wk) (#9)
10 (7) East Of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (8 wk) (# 7)
11 (26) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (3 wk) (# 11)
12 (12) Waldo de Los Rios - Mozart (Sinfonia 40) (9 wk) (# 5)
13 (30) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (2 wk) (# 13)
14 (18) Perry Como - I Think Of You (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (8) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (8 wk) (# 4)
16 (31) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (2 wk) (# 16)
17 (10) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel (11 wk) (# 1)
18 (15) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (8 wk) (# 13)
19 (20) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (9) Séverine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (7 wk) (# 9)
21 (19) Bruce Ruffin - Rain (6 wk) (# 19)
22 (45) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (3 wk) (# 22)
23 (14) Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar (10 wk) (# 12)
24 (13) Diana Ross - Remember Me (10 wk) (# 7)
25 (29) Hollies - Hey Willy (4 wk) (# 25)
26 (24) Arsenal FC - Good Old Arsenal (5 wk) (# 16)
27 (33) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (22) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (12 wk) (# 4)
29 (46) Jonathan King - Lazy Bones (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (32) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (16 wk) (# 3)
31 (21) T. Rex - Hot Love (15 wk) (# 1)
32 (27) Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (4 wk) (# 27)
33 (25) Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (7 wk) (# 22)
34 (43) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (34) Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper (4 wk) (# 34)
36 (NE) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (35) Perry Como - It's Impossible (19 wk) (# 4)
38 (42) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (26 wk) (# 5)
39 (44) Frank Sinatra - My Way (104 wk) (# 5)
40 (NE) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (36) Alan Price & Georgie Fame - Rosetta (9 wk) (# 11)
42 (40) Keith Michell - I'll Give You The Earth (9 wk) (# 30)
43 (37) Sweet - Funny Funny (13 wk) (# 13)
44 (38) Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget (13 wk) (# 2)
45 (28) Fantastics - Something Old Something New (11 wk) (# 9)
46 (23) Marmalade - My Little One (11 wk) (# 15)
47 (NE) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (49) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (21 wk) (# 2)
49 (NE) Tom Jones - Puppet Man (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (47) CCS - Walkin' (15 wk) (# 7)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 03-06-71: Jimmy Saville
(NEW) GORDON LIGHTFOOT – If You Could Read My Mind
(11) TAMI LYNN – I’m Gonna Run Away From You  (video)
(NEW) BREWER & SHIPLEY with SOUTHERN COMFORT – People Love Each Other
(13) MUNGO JERRY – Lady Rose
AUDIENCE – Eye To Eye
AUDIENCE – You’re Not Smiling
(16) BLUE MINK – Banner Man  ®
(32) STEVIE WONDER – We Can Work It Out  (crowd dancing)  (and charts)
(NEW) THE BEE GEES – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
(1) DAWN – Knock Three Times  (crowd dancing)
(19) PETER NOONE – Oh You Pretty Thing

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 05.06.1971

1 (NE) Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (68 wks) (#1)
4 (2) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 5 (8 wk) (# 1)
5 (4) James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon (2 wk) (# 4)
6 (6) Groundhogs - Split (10 wk) (# 5)
7 (7) Andy Williams - Home Loving Man (10 wk) (# 1)
8 (8) Waldo De Los Rios - Symphonies for the 70's (6 wk) (# 6)
9 (12) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (2 wk) (# 9)
10 (11) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (61 wk) (# 1)

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Mark's Top 40 - 05.06.1971

1 (01) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
2 (11) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
3 (12) Carpenters - Superstar
4 (02) Free - My Brother Jake
5 (03) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
6 (04) Carpenters - For All We Know
7 (28) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
8 (29) Blue Mink - The Banner Man
9 (05) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues
10 (06) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
11 (07) John Lennon - Power To The People
12 (08) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
13 (26) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose
14 (25) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You
15 (21) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing
16 (30) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
17 (23) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
18 (09) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
19 (10) Diana Ross - Remember Me
20 (13) The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
21 (14) Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
22 (15) The Supremes - Nathan Jones
23 (16) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
24 (17) Olivia Newton-John - If Not You
25 (18) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
26 (19) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
27 (24) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
28 (36) Jonathan King - Lazy Bones
29 (22) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
30 (20) Fantastics - Something Old Something New
31 (New) Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
32 (27) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
33 (32) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
34 (New) Greyhound - Black And White
35 (33) Shirley Bassey - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
36 (New) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
37 (35) Carole King - It's Too Late
38 (37) Jackie Lee - Rupert
39 (39) Cat Stevens - Wild World
40 (38) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump

[o]

1 Rolling Stones – Brown sugar
2 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
3 John Lennon – Power to the people
4 Fantastics - Something Old Something New
5 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again
6 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
7 Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
8 Free - My Brother Jake
9 McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues
10 Elvis Presley - There goes my everything
11 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl
13 Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
14 Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers
15 Three Dog Night - Joy to The World

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Free - My Brother Jake (6 wks)
2 (2) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (7 wks)
3 (10) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (3 wks)
4 (11) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (3 wks)
5 (7) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (4 wks)
6 (3) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (5 wks)
7 (5) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (6 wks)
8 (8) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (5 wks)
9 (6) Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (6 wks)
10 (14) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (3 wks)
11 (21) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (2 wks)
12 (22) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (2 wks)
13 (13) David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (5 wks)
14 (17) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (3 wks)
15 (4) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues (6 wks)
16 (18) Hollies - Hey Willy (3 wks)
17 (19) Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper (4 wks)
18 (26) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (2 wks)
19 (30) Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (2 wks)
20 (NE) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1 wk)
21 (9) Dawn - Knock Three Times (9 wks)
22 (12) R Dean Taylor - Indiana Want Me (10 wks)
23 (NE) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (1 wk)
24 (NE) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (1 wk)
25 (15) East Of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (8 wks)
26 (16) Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (4 wks)
27 (20) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (8 wks)
28 (23) T. Rex - Hot Love (15 wks)
29 (24) Bruce Ruffin - Rain (6 wks)
30 (25) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel (11 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (1 wk)
02 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (18 wks)
03 Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) (6 wks)
04 The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays (4 wks)
05 Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff (2 wks)
06 The Stylistics – Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) (1 wk)
07 The Supremes – Nathan Jones (5 wks)
08 Tom Jones – Puppet Man (3 wks)
09 Gladys Knight And The Pips – I Don't Want To Do Wrong (1 wk)
10 Wilson Pickett – Don't Knock My Love (7 wks)


11 Al Green – Driving Wheel (9 wks)
12 The Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You (6 wks)
13 Candi Staton – Mr. And Mrs. Untrue (7 wks)
14 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (18 wks)
15 The Free Movement – I Found Someone Of My Own (3 wks)
16 Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper (4 wks)
17 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don't Blame You At All (1 wk)
18 Tami Lynn – I'm Gonna Run Away From You (3 wks)
19 Luther Ingram – Be Good To Me Baby (6 wks)
20 The Whispers – Your Love Is So Doggone Good (2 wks)

21 Margie Joseph – Stop! In The Name Of Love (10 wks)
22 Clarence Carter – The Court Room (5 wks)
23 Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria (5 wks)
24 Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye (4 wks)
25 Main Ingredient – Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love) (7 wks)
26 James Brown – I Cried (5 wks)
27 Diana Ross – Reach Out I'll Be There (6 wks)
28 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band – Your Love (Means Everything to Me) (7 wks)
29 Séverine – Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue (7 wks)
30 Garland Green – Plain And Simple Girl (8 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Free - My Brother Jake (5wks 25-12-7-4-1)
02 Honey Cone - Want Ads (5wks 21-10-5-5-2)
03 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (6wks 6-1-1-1-1-3)
04 Doors - LA Woman (4wks 6-3-3-4)
05 Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (3wks 16-10-5)
06 Carole King - It's Too Late (2wks 23-6)
07 Rolling Stones - b**** (5wks 33-21-13-7-7)
08 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (6wks 33-19-11-8-6-8)
09 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (6wks 19-8-2-2-2-9)
10 Paul & Linda McCartney - Too Many People (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (3wks 31-19-11)
12 Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (1wk 12 NEW)
13 McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues (5wks 24-14-10-9-13)
14 Elton John - Where To Now St Peter? (4wks 35-20-14-14)
15 Susan Raye - LA International Airport (3wks 27-18-15)
16 Neil Young - I Believe In You (4wks 33-22-17-16)
17 George Harrison - Wah Wah (3wks 37-21-17)
18 Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Doors - Love Her Madly (6wks 16-7-3-4-8-19)
20 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (4wks 38-21-16-20)

21 Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (5wks 31-20-14-12-21)
22 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (2wks 27-22)
23 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (7wks 31-15-10-9-9-11-23)
24 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (4wks 24-18-15-24)
25 Supremes - Nathan Jones (2wks 31-25)
26 Blue Mink - Banner Man (1wk 26 NEW)
27 John Lennon - Isolation (3wks 38-29-27)
28 Harry Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles (3wks 32-26-28)
29 Bruce Ruffin - Rain (4wks 34-25-22-29)
30 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (7wks 10-5-3-4-6-13-30)

31 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Procol Harum - Simple Sister (2wks 39-33)
34 Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (6wks 32-20-16-15-20-37)
38 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Partridge Family - I'll Meet You Halfway (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Grateful Dead - Ripple (1wk 40 NEW)

The opening melodic homespun Power pop track on the at the time critically savaged chart topping Ram album, which was the one song for which Paul insists was a direct attack on his "estranged fiancee" John Lennon & his wife Yoko Ono. Not helped at the time, the former Beatles were going through a very acrimonious legal divorce which the media sided against McCartney because he had filed the lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles partnership.. However, the legal process and negotiations were lengthy and the formal dissolution of the partnership took place on 9 January 1975 with Paul effectively winning, not least as his justifications against new manager Allen Klein (employed by the other 3 Beatles against his wishes) were found to be fully justified.

........................................ Fast forward 50 years and the album Ram is rightly regarded as Paul's best post-Fab Four album, with its status as "The first Indie Pop" album championed by the likes of St Vincent; Damon Albarn; Neil Finn; Aimee Mann, Death Cab for Cutie; and especially Beck who has stated on a number of occasions it is his all time favourite album.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays
02(05) The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
03(14) Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You
04(02) Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria
05(07) Free – My Brother Jake
06(03) Neil Diamond – I Am… I Said
07(04) R. Dean Taylor – Indiana Wants Me
08(30) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
09(13) Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper
10(27) Blue Mink – The Banner Man

11(18) John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You Again
12(15) Stoney & Meat Loaf – What You See Is What You Get
13(06) Bruce Ruffin – Rain
14(08) John Denver – Take Me Home Country Roads
15(29) Three Dog Night – Joy To The World
16(09) The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
17(10) Carly Simon – That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be
18(32) Mungo Jerry – Lady Rose
19(22) Peter Noone – Oh You Pretty Things
20(12) Perry Como – I Think Of You

21(23) The Hollies – Hey Willy
22(11) Honey Cone – Want Ads
23(26) Elvis Presley – Rags To Riches
24(--) Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
25(17) Marmalade - My Little One
26(19) The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
27(16) Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out
28(20) Dawn - Knock Three Times
29(--) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don’t Blame You At All
30(24) The Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You

31(39) Jonathan King – Lazy Bones
32(21) Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy
33(25) McGuinness Flint – Malt & Barley Blues
34(28) Diana Ross - Remember Me
35(--) Tom Jones – Puppet Man
36(33) T. Rex – Hot Love
37(31) The Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl
38(--) Bob & Marcia – Pied Piper
39(34) The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
40(35) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) It's Too Late - Carole King < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos
3 ( 5 ) Oh You Pretty Things - Peter Noone
4 ( 11 ) Banner Man - Blue Mink
5 ( 2 ) Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (#1[4])
6 ( 8 ) Nathan Jones - Supremes
7 ( 3 ) I Did What I Did For Maria - Tony Christie (#2[1])
8 ( 10 ) I'm Gonna Run Away From You - Tami Lynn
9 ( 6 ) Superstar - Murray Head (#4)
10 ( 15 ) Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters

11 ( 7 ) Malt And Barley Blues - McGuinness Flint (#2[2])
12 ( 24 ) Lady Rose - Mungo Jerry
13 ( 9 ) My Brother Jake - Free (#3)
14 ( 12 ) Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo (#10)
15 ( 14 ) I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy (#13)
16 ( 29 ) Lazy Bones - Jonathan King
17 ( 18 ) I'll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family
18 ( -- ) Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road
19 ( 13 ) Joy To The World - Three Dog Night (#1[3])
20 ( 31 ) When You're Hot You're Hot - Jerry Reed

21 ( 16 ) Rain - Bruce Ruffin (#11)
22 ( 19 ) Give More Power To The People - Chi Lites (#18)
23 ( 34 ) Double Lovin' - Osmonds
24 ( 25 ) Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
25 ( 22 ) Toast And Marmalade For Tea - Tin Tin (#22)
26 ( 17 ) Love Her Madly - Doors (#8)
27 ( 27 ) Don't Knock My Love - Wilson Pickett
28 ( 20 ) Me And My Arrow - Nilsson (#16)
29 ( 38 ) Lowdown - Chicago
30 ( 30 ) Rags To Riches - Elvis Presley

31 ( -- ) That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
32 ( 21 ) Here Comes The Sun - Richie Havens (#9)
33 ( 26 ) Want Ads - Honey Cone (#17)
34 ( 23 ) Don't Change On Me - Ray Charles (#4)
35 ( 33 ) Cool Aid - Paul Humphrey (#33)
36 ( -- ) Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End
37 ( 28 ) Brand New Me - Aretha Franklin (#19)
38 ( 32 ) Sweet And Innocent - Donny Osmond (#22)
39 ( -- ) She's Not Just Another Woman - 8th Day
40 ( 36 ) Right On The Tip Of My Tongue - Brenda And The Tabulations (#27)

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-- ( 35 ) Jig-A-Jig - East Of Eden (#5)
-- ( 37 ) It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (#8)
-- ( 39 ) I Don't Blame You At All - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#14)
-- ( 40 ) Timothy - Buoys (#33)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: John Denver - TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
2 [2] :: Doors - LOVE HER MADLY
3 [3] :: R Dean Taylor - INDIANA WANTS ME
4 [new] :: Freda Payne - BRING THE BOYS HOME
5 [8] :: Neil Diamond - I AM…I SAID
6 [14] :: John Kongos - HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN
7 [6] :: Jean King - MR BIG STUFF
8 [11] :: Mungo Jerry - LADY ROSE
9 [12] :: Five Man Electrical Band - SIGNS
10 [4] :: McGuinness Flint - MALT & BARLEY BLUES
11 [5] :: Dawn - KNOCK THREE TIMES
12 [7] :: Carpenters - RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS
13 [10] :: Elgins - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU
14 [15] :: Tami Lynn - I'M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU
15 [16] :: Blue Mink - THE BANNER MAN
16 [13] :: Delfonics - DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME)
17 [17] :: T. Rex - HOT LOVE
18 [new] :: Temptations - JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY FROM ME)
19 [9] :: Rolling Stones - DEAD FLOWERS {Sticky Fingers LP track}
20 [new] :: Bob & Marcia - PIED PIPER

[popchartfreak]

Next week's Hot 100 breakers


101. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH ...... ..Isley Brothers, T -Neck 930 (Buddah)
102. I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO CRY Hank Williams Jr., MGM 14240
103. I'M SORRY Bobby Bland, Duke 466
104. I HEARD YOU TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Gordon Lightfoot, Reprise 1020
105. I NEED SOMEONE Z Z. Hill, Kent 4547
106. RUBY (Are You Mad) Buck Owens, Capitol 3096
107. OVER & OVER/HEY LOVE Delfonics, Philly Groove 166 (Bell)
108. YOUR LOVE IS SO DOGGONE GOOD Whispers, Janus 150
109. MOZART 40 Waldo de los Rios, United Artists 50772
110. TOUCHING HOME Jerry Lee Lewis, Mercury 73192
111. THE PREACHER (Part 2) Bobby Womack, United Artists 50773
112. SOUND OF SILENCE ....Peaches & Herb, Columbia 4-45386
113. DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER Beverly Bremers, Scepter 12315
114. NEVER DREAMED YOU'D LEAVE IN SUMMER
Stevie Wonder, Tamlo 54202 (Motown)
115. RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, Capitol 3060
116. ARE YOU LONELY Sisters Love, A&M 1259
117. ONLY ONE SONG Sha Na Na, Kama Sutra 522 (Buddah)
118. IT WON'T HURT TO TRY IT ....... .....Tony Scotti, Sunflower 109 (MGM)
119. SUMMERTIME Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, A&M 1261
120. LOVE SONG Vogues, Bell 991
121. IT'S A SAD THING 011ie Nightingale, Memphis 104
122. THAT'S HOW IT FEELS Moments, Stang 5024 (All Platinum)
123. SUNLIGHT Youngbloods, RCA 74-0485 124. LANGUAGE OF LOVE Intrigues, Yew 1012 (AA)


My chart will follow later on, I'm struggling with an invasion of classic material (for me) as we enter the period in a couple of months from when I was very aware of an exciting new music scene for me in the UK & US - they were in the process of releasing stuff I'll hear in September 1971. Sorting hasn't even started and I've not played all the new stuff out yet to check for goodies I don't know...

[popchartfreak]

29th May 1971

It's a first week on top for Paul McCartney & missus, Paul's 2nd cfab hart-topper post-Beatles, as the chart undergoes a classics invasion thanks to a number of albums containing classic tracks coming out - notably Marvin Gaye's What's Going On which gives Mercy Mercy Me highest new entry at 2, some 20 years ahead of Robert Palmer's cover topping my charts, and also Inner City Blues sneaking in down the lower end. It's an all-time classic album, though, and the messages are still as relevant today as they were 50 years ago. That's quite the indictment of large sectors of the human race.

Also debuting, Bill Withers has his first album out at quite a mature age, as Ex-US-forces Bill modestly takes to the World soul music stage brilliantly, with Harlem climbing and cherry-picked class Ain't No Sunshine in at 3. I adore the song, Michael Jackson topped my 1972 charts with his epic version when I was 14, then Bill's 80's remix and an original version also did the same. In at 6, a song that topped the US charts (as did Macca's Uncle Albert) for The Bee Gees, not to mention a fab version by Al Green doing well - neither of them criminally ever a UK hit, I mean WTF! How Can You Mend A Broken Heart works as Country or Soul, either way it's brilliant.

In at 7 it's the Yamasukis. Who? Only the dad of one of Daft Punk, that's who, Daniel (Vangarde) Bangalter & his musical partner Jean Kluger, producing the Avante-garde experimental world-music creation for an album that had a single (yet to come) picked up by John Peel's Dandelion label and future Bananarama single. This track came out in 1971 in some territories, but was pushed in the UK in 1974 when it topped my charts, I adored the pseudo-Japanese style and kids chanting the hook. You may have heard of his other hits with Ottawan (D.I.S.C.O.) and Gibson Brothers (Cuba) and see the link with his son Thomas getting into the music biz with even more success. Anyways, Yamasuki is a fab record and they'll be back with another in 2 or 3 months.

At 9, the first record I bought when I got back from Singapore to the UK, my Auntie Ann (then 15) had bought it and I played it incessantly while we stayed with grandma and grandad for a week or 2, and then bought it as soon as I could afford to: The New Seekers group-choral version of Delaney & Bonnie's Never Ending Song Of Love. I loved it to bits, and still do, especially the Muppet-sounding whoops. Stomping, and out on the New Seekers new album. Another LP out? Rod Stewart has one, and it features a minor little couple fo tracks that will sneak out soon called to Reason To Believe, and a B side of Rod's called Maggie May. They got flipped, and Rod became a superstar, Maggie May wasn't my fave record when it was topping the UK charts in October/November, I mean I liked it but didn't love it. By 1976, and it's re-issue, I was very much having my opinion changed. It's great and in at a lowly 27 because everything is being pushed prematurely down with so many great new ones.

Like Bob & Marcia's fab reggae cover of Pied Piper, a kiddie 60's fave of mine from Crispian St Peters, only in at 33, The Sweet's Co-Co which I loved in 1971 sneaking in at 63, Olivia Newton-Johns's gentle cover of Laura Duncan's fab Love Song following where Elton John has already been (and Lesley will shortly go), a Bee Gees movie theme single that I'd missed from a couple of months back enters, very nice too, Middle Of The Road's B side pops in, cos I loved it then, The Delfonics are never far away from my chart, Over And Over, Lorraine Ellison debuts with a Northern Soul obscurity (her of the showstopping classic original version of Stay With Me Baby, which has to be heard to be believed), and finally I just found a Billboard reference to a song I've been searching for details on for 50 years: Man Of Many Faces was one I recorded off the radio in Singapore around about June, turns out it was a hit in Malaysia for Christie (we got their radio too, in Singapore), of Yellow River fame but I missed who they said it was and it's been a mystery to me until today! Better late than never.....


1 ( 3 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
2 ( NEW ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 2
3 ( NEW ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 3
4 ( 1 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
5 ( 2 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
6 ( NEW ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 6
7 ( NEW ) YAMASUKI - The Yamasukis # 7
8 ( 4 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
9 ( NEW ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 9
10 ( 5 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1

11 ( 6 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink # 6
12 ( 7 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos # 4
13 ( 8 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM - The Doors # 4
14 ( 9 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
15 ( 12 ) BRING THE BOYS HOME - Freda Payne # 12
16 ( 10 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith # 10
17 ( 11 ) RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - Carpenters # 8
18 ( 16 ) STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART) - The Stylistics # 16
19 ( 13 ) HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - The Elgins # 12
20 ( 14 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1

21 ( 15 ) FLIM FLAM MAN - Barbra Streisand # 13
22 ( 17 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 # 1
23 ( 23 ) I CRIED - James Brown # 23
24 ( 19 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
25 ( 21 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
26 ( 18 ) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Peter Noone # 18
27 ( NEW ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 27
28 ( 36 ) HARLEM - Bill Withers # 28
29 ( 20 ) RAIN - Bruce Ruffin # 17
30 ( 42 ) THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR - Paul & Linda McCartney # 30

31 ( 22 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE - Al Green # 6
32 ( 26 ) DOUBLE BARREL - Dave & Ansell Collins # 7
33 ( NEW ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia # 33
34 ( 28 ) FUNKY NASSAU - The Beginning Of The End # 28
35 ( 37 ) DRAGGIN’ THE LINE - Tommy James # 35
36 ( 24 ) IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME - Stevie Wonder featuring Syreeta Wright # 24
37 ( 33 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King # 4
38 ( 27 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios # 7
39 ( 29 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road # 6
40 ( 56 ) THINK ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES - Harry Nilsson # 40

41 ( 34 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR - Don McLean # 1
42 ( 35 ) MY LITTLE ONE - The Marmalade # 5
43 ( 43 ) WHEN YOU ARE A KING - White Plains # 43
44 ( 25 ) UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE - Severine # 25
45 ( 30 ) IT DON’T COME EASY - Ringo Starr # 10
46 ( 31 ) GOTTA SEE JANE - R. Dean Taylor # 1
47 ( 40 ) I DID WHAT I DID FOR MARIA - Tony Christie # 40
48 ( 54 ) MR. BIG STUFF - Jean Knight # 48
49 ( 38 ) ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO - Lobo # 12
50 ( 52 ) YOU’RE A LADY - Gene Chandler # 50

51 ( 41 ) I AM...I SAID - Neil Diamond # 8
52 ( 39 ) BE GOOD TO ME BABY - Luther Ingram # 39
53 ( 49 ) MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison # 1
54 ( 32 ) SILVERY RAIN - Cliff Richard # 15
55 ( 60 ) GET TO THE COUNTRY - Labi Siffre # 55
56 ( 58 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Isaac Hayes # 56
57 ( 62 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry # 57
58 ( 67 ) TONIGHT - The Move # 58
59 ( 45 ) (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A) NATURAL WOMAN - Carole King # 5
60 ( 57 ) STONED LOVE - The Supremes # 1

61 ( 53 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Carpenters # 2
62 ( 66 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - James Taylor # 62
63 ( NEW ) CO-CO - The Sweet # 63
64 ( 70 ) YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART - The Supremes & The Four Tops # 64
65 ( 74 ) (AND THE) PICTURES IN THE SKY - Medicine Head # 65
66 ( 55 ) RAGS TO RICHES - Elvis Presley # 55
67 ( 71 ) I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 67
68 ( 68 ) SUMMER SAND - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 68
69 ( NEW ) LOVE SONG - Olivia Newton-John # 69
70 ( 75 ) 54-56 WAS MY NUMBER - Toots & The Maytals # 70

71 ( NEW ) MELODY FAIR - The Bee Gees # 71
72 ( NEW ) RAININ’ N’ PAININ’ - Middle Of The Road # 72
73 ( 73 ) TRUE LOVE AND APPLE PIE - Susan Shirley # 73
74 ( NEW ) INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) - Marvin Gaye # 74
75 ( NEW ) REASON TO BELIEVE - Rod Stewart # 75
76 ( NEW ) OVER AND OVER - The Delfonics # 76
77 ( NEW ) CALL ME ANYTIME YOU NEED SOME LOVIN’ - Lorraine Ellison # 77
78 ( NEW ) MAN OF MANY FACES - Christie # 78
79 ( 44 ) NEVER DREAMED YOU’D LEAVE IN SUMMER - Stevie Wonder # 5
80 ( NEW ) I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 80


1st June 1971 My charts of the time

It's 3 weeks on top for Neil Diamond, with new tracks from Blue Mink and John Kongos which I loved a little later in the year, my charts from here on being a mix of stuff I loved in Singapore with increasing numbers of tracks that I associate with the UK. These charts were a compromise after the event listing of what I liked to fill in gaps until September/October when my weekly charts become actual recorded charts of what I liked (sometimes more than one in a week, so I've had to cherry-pick which one I consider "official") pretty much through to the present with the odd chart missed and rolled over due to life events, or I ran out of notepads to write them down on while moving house. 

So as far as My LIfe back then, we now had exactly 3 months of the glorious tropical lifestyle left and I was trying to enjoy what was left of it, cos apart from missing the family in the UK, especially my grandma, and missing British food, & the music scene, I really wasn't that bothered about living on the equator (more or less). By now I was acclimated that on days when the temperature dropped into the 80's (F) I put a jumper on in the house. As I was now 13, my body was going through changes that all came as a bit of a surprise to me, we had no sex education classes in those days to tell you about hormones kicking in, so I had to make a lot of assumptions. Mum tried to explain the basics to me, but for the most part I just refused to talk about anything to anyone cos I was too embarrassed. For years! 


1 ( 1 ) I AM...I SAID - Neil Diamond
2 ( 2 ) MAMA’S PEARL - The Jackson 5
3 ( 3 ) MY LITTLE ONE - Marmalade
4 ( 6 ) RAGS TO RICHES - Elvis Presley
5 ( 5 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES - Dawn
6 ( 4 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED - The Partridge Family
7 ( 13 ) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Peter Noone
8 ( 9 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry
9 ( 7 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios
10 ( 17 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn

11 ( 8 ) I’LL GIVE YOU YOU THE EARTH - Keith Michell
12 ( NEW ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink
13 ( 10 ) INDIANA WANTS ME - R. Dean Taylor
14 ( NEW ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos
15 ( 16 ) DOUBLE BARREL - Dave & Ansell Collins
16 ( RE ) SUGAR SUGAR - Sakkarin
17 ( 19 ) YOU COULD’VE BEEN A LADY - Hot Chocolate
18 ( 20 ) DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND (THIS TIME) - The Delfonics
19 ( RE ) IT DON’T COME EASY - Ringo Starr
20 ( NEW ) BROWN SUGAR - The Rolling Stones