Haven Retro Combined Chart : 17.07.1971

[smokeyb]

Week number 2 at the top for T. Rex, as Marvin Gaye moves up to number 2. Greyhound are stuck at 3

The Move are up at 4 and the Sweet fall to number 5.



There are 5 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is the New Seekers at number 23.



The biggest climber is the Doors who jump 14 places to number 11.



The biggest faller is John Kongos who drops 54 places.



17.07.1971 (Week # 29)

1 (01) T.Rex - Get It On - 129 points (1-1) 2 wks

2 (11) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me - 79 points (32-28-31-33-9-11-2) 7 wks

3 (03) Greyhound - Black And White - 64 points (32-39-21-18-5-2-3-3) 8 wks

4 (07) Move - Tonight - 61 points (7-4) 2 wks

5 (01) Sweet - Co-Co - 59 points (18-6-2-1-1-5) 6 wks

6 (06) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 56 points (25-6-6) 3 wks

7 (04) Slade - Get Down And Get With It - 52 points (33-6-4-4-7) 5 wks

8 (18) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - 49 points (18-8) 2 wks

9 (10) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - 43 points (40-39-22-15-7-10-9) 7 wks

10 (12) White Plains - When You Are A King - 42 points (40-23-15-12-10) 5 wks

11 (25) Doors - Riders On The Storm - 36 points (36-x-25-11) 3 wks

12 (16) Rolling Stones - Wild Horses - 36 points (20-11-6-16-12) 5 wks

13 (14) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend - 35 points (18-18-14-13) 4 wks

14 (22) New World - Tom Tom Turnaround - 35 points (22-14) 2 wks

15 (21) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 34 points (35-32-19-17-20-21-15) 7 wks

16 (08) Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High - 33 points (19-11-8-16) 4 wks

17 (05) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 31 points (3-1-1-3-5-17) 6 wks

18 (15) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - 29 points (39-21-27-26-34-x-16-12-15-18) 9 wks

19 (09) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die - 28 points (13-3-5-9-19) 5 wks

20 (20) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff - 28 points (17-11-10-12-10-8-20-20) 8 wks

21 (19) Carole King - It's Too Late - 26 points (39-30-16-12-15-13-13-19-21) 9 wks

22 (17) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 22 points (25-19-17-22) 4 wks

23 (NE) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love - 21 points 1 wk

24 (23) Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner - 21 points (23-24) 2 wks

25 (24) Delfonics – Hey Love - 20 points (27-27-26-24-25) 5 wks

26 (37) Carole King - You've Got a Friend - 19 points (37-26) 2 wks

27 (28) Doors - LA Woman - 19 points (33-35-37-x-28-27) 5 wks

28 (29) Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - 19 points (30-27-34-30-27-29-28) 7 wks

29 (NE) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her - 19 points 1 wk

30 (NE) Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - 18 points 1 wk

31 (NE) Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World - 18 points 1 wk

32 (33) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 18 points (27-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-8-6-7-8-18-21-28-33-30-37-31-28-33-32) 25 wks

33 (27) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 18 points (27-33) 2 wks

34 (32) John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads - 17 points (40-31-32-34) 4 wks

35 (RE) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - 17 points (11-5-2-3-4-4-5-4-5-7-15-x-35) 12 wks

36 (26) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria - 17 points (33-5-5-5-7-9-10-12-21-26-36) 11 wks

37 (36) Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes - 17 points (34-30-36-37) 4 wks

38 (NE) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow - 16 points 1 wk

39 (39) Four Tops – In These Changing Times - 16 points (33-39-39) 3 wks

40 (RE) Joan Baez - Help Me Make It through The Night - 16 points (29-x-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

43 (40) Neil Diamond - I Am …I Said - 14 points (29-21-17-12-20-23-7-11-7-10-17-25-40-x-40)

49 (31) Doors - Touch Me - 11 points (31)

53 (35) Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side) - 10 points (35)

66 (30) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - 6 points (13-4-1-1-1-2-8-17-30)

67 (13) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again - 6 points (40-12-6-4-2-3-9-16-13)

85 (34) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose - 2 points (9-7-5-7-10-34)

- (38) Doors - Love Her Madly - 0 points (36-25-27-23-10-11-8-14-15-28-34-x-38)

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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 24.07.1971

1 (4) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (8 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) Sweet - Co-Co (7 wk) (# 2)
4 (5) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (7 wk) (# 2)
6 (6) Greyhound - Black And White (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (7) Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (12) New World - Tom Tom Turnaround (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (9 wk) (# 3)
10 (11) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (10 wk) (# 8)
11 (16) Supremes And The Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (5 wk) (# 11)
12 (19) Move - Tonight (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (9) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (10 wk) (# 4)
14 (10) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (10 wk) (# 4)
15 (26) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (3 wk) (# 15)
16 (14) White Plains - When You Are A King (7 wk) (# 13)
17 (13) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (8 wk) (# 11)
18 (18) Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria (12 wk) (# 2)
19 (15) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (8 wk) (# 11)
20 (25) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (23) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (27) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (3 wk) (# 22)
23 (20) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (6 wk) (# 20)
24 (24) Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (29) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (6 wk) (# 25)
26 (21) Dawn - Knock Three Times (16 wk) (# 1)
27 (22) Medicine Head - Pictures in the Sky (5 wk) (# 22)
28 (17) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (9 wk) (# 5)
29 (50) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (36) Family - In My Own Time (2 wk) (# 30)
31 (37) Bob Dylan - Watching The River Flow (3 wk) (# 31)
32 (33) Tremeloes - Hello Buddy (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (32) Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You (4 wk) (# 32)
34 (30) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (6 wk) (# 30)
35 (35) Jim Reeves - I Love You Because/He'll Have To Go (5 wk) (# 34)
36 (44) Ken Dodd - When Love Comes Round Again (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (41) Waldo de Los Rios - Mozart (Sinfonia 40) (16 wk) (# 5)
38 (40) Frank Sinatra - My Way (111 wk) (# 5)
39 (42) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (12 wk) (# 4)
40 (31) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (13 wk) (# 3)
41 (43) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (2 wk) (# 41)
42 (28) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches (11 wk) (# 9)
43 (48) Cliff Richard - Flying Machine (2 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will (1 wk) (#44)
45 (34) Perry Como - I Think Of You (11 wk) (# 14)
46 (38) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (9 wk) (# 24)
47 (47) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue (2 wk) (# 47)
48 (NE) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (RE) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (18 wk) (# 4)
50 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 22-07-71: Jimmy Saville

(8) NEW WORLD – Tom Tom Turnaround
(6) GREYHOUND – Black And White  
(30) FAMILY – In My Own Time  
(11) THE SUPREMES & THE FOUR TOPS – River Deep Mountain High  
JOHN WILLIAMS – Cavatina
JOHN WILLIAMS – Good Morning Freedom
(NEW) MOTT THE HOOPLE – Midnight Lady
(20) ATOMIC ROOSTER – The Devil’s Answer  
THE MOODY BLUES – The Story In Your Eyes
THE MOODY BLUES – One More Time To Live
THE MOODY BLUES – After You Came
(1) T-REX – Get It On  
(31) BOB DYLAN – Watching The River Flow

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 24.07.1971

1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (75 wks) (#1)
2 (3) Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram (8 wk) (# 1)
3 (4) Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (12 wk) (# 1)
4 (5) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 5 (15 wk) (# 1)
5 (2) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (6 wk) (# 1)
6 (6) Free - Free Live (5 wk) (# 4)
7 (15) James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim & The Blue Horizon (9 wk) (# 4)
8 (8) Supremes & Four Tops - Magnificent Seven (4 wk) (# 6)
9 (7) Andy Williams - Home Loving Man (17 wk) (# 1)
10 (NE) Elvis Presley - Love Letters From Elvis (1 wk) (# 10)

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Mark's Top 40 - 23.07.1971

1 (01) T. Rex - Get It On
2 (06) Diana Ross - Remember Me
3 (07) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
4 (02) Sweet - Co-Co
5 (03) Slade - Get Down And Get With It
6 (04) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
7 (05) Greyhound - Black And White
8 (12) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
9 (09) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
10 (10) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
11 (25) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
12 (08) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
13 (11) Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
14 (13) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
15 (14) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
16 (15) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
17 (16) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
18 (17) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
19 (18) Jim Reeves - I Love You Because
20 (19) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
21 (20) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
22 (21) Carpenters - Superstar
23 (22) Carpenters - For All We Know
24 (23) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues
25 (24) Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner
26 (26) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
27 (27) Free - My Brother Jake
28 (28) The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
29 (29) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
30 (30) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
31 (31) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You
32 (39) Cliff Richard - Flying Machine
33 (33) Blue Mink - The Banner Man
34 (34) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer
35 (35) The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
36 (36) White Plains - When You're A King
37 (37) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
38 (38) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
39 (32) St. Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)
40 (40) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Hey Love (6 wks)
02 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (8 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (25 wks)
04 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (1 wk)
05 The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes (5 wks)
06 Four Tops – In These Changing Times (4 wks)
07 The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High (5 wks)
08 Continental 4 – Day By Day (6 wks)
09 Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff (9 wks)
10 The Chi-Lites – We Are Neighbors (1 wk)

11 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Crazy About The La La La (4 wks)
12 Buddy Miles – Them Changes (2 wks)
13 The Stylistics – Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) (8 wks)
14 The Temptations – It's Summer (1 wk)
15 Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) (13 wks)
16 The Supremes – Nathan Jones (12 wks)
17 Marvin Gaye – Mercy, Mercy Me (4 wks)
18 Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine (2 wks)
19 The Intrigues – The Language Of Love (6 wks)
20 Ronnie Dyson – When You Get Right Down To It (1 wk)

21 Jerry Butler – How Did We Lose It Baby (3 wks)
22 Joe Simon – You Are The One (1 wk)
23 Greyhound – Black And White (5 wks)
24 The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays (11 wks)
25 The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (4 wks)
26 Earth, Wind & Fire – Love Is Life (4 wks)
27 The Fascinations – Girls Are Out To Get You (4 wks)
28 Gladys Knight And The Pips – I Don't Want To Do Wrong (8 wks)
29 Peaches & Herb – Sound Of Silence (5 wks)
30 Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow (3 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (3 wks)
2 (4) Move - Tonight (4 wks)
3 (2) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (6 wks)
4 (5) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (4 wks)
5 (10) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (3 wks)
6 (9) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (4 wks)
7 (3) Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (6 wks)
8 (8) Greyhound - Black And White (5 wks)
9 (15) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer (3 wks)
10 (13) Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You (3 wks)
11 (19) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (3 wks)
12 (6) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (6 wks)
13 (7) White Plains - When You Are A King (7 wks)
14 (12) Supremes And The Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (5 wks)
15 (18) Tremeloes - Hello Buddy (3 wks)
16 (20) Bob Dylan - Watching The River Flow (3 wks)
17 (NE) Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will (1 wk)
18 (24) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (2 wk)
19 (11) Sweet - Co-Co (7 wks)
20 (23) Family - In My Own Time (2 wks)
21 (17) Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner (5 wks)
22 (14) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (6 wks)
23 (16) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (7 wks)
24 (21) Medicine Head - Pictures in the Sky (5 wks)
25 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker (1 wk)
26 (22) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (8 wks)
27 (25) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (6 wks)
28 (26) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (6 wks)
29 (27) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (9 wks)
30 (28) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (8 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Get It On - T.Rex < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
3 ( 5 ) Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens
4 ( 11 ) Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
5 ( 4 ) Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver (#3)
6 ( 3 ) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor (#1[2])
7 ( -- ) Riders On The Storm - Doors
8 ( 8 ) Street Fighting Man - Rolling Stones
9 ( 16 ) Flying Machine - Cliff Richard
10 ( 9 ) Tom-Tom Turnaround - New World (#9)

11 ( 7 ) Tonight - Move (#7)
12 ( 12 ) Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
13 ( 6 ) Black And White - Greyhound (#4)
14 ( 25 ) Liar - Three Dog Night
15 ( 21 ) Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan
16 ( 10 ) Co-Co - Sweet (#3)
17 ( 18 ) How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees
18 ( 13 ) Never Ending Song Of Love - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#9)
19 ( 24 ) Summer Sand - Dawn
20 ( -- ) We Will - Gilbert O'Sullivan

21 ( 17 ) Monkey Spanner - Dave And Ansel Collins (#16)
22 ( 14 ) Get Down And Get With It - Slade (#6)
23 ( 22 ) Wild Horses - Rolling Stones (#22)
24 ( 20 ) Bring The Boys Home - Freda Payne (#20)
25 ( 29 ) Devil's Answer - Atomic Rooster
26 ( 15 ) It's Too Late - Carole King (#1[5])
27 ( 37 ) Rings - Cymarron
28 ( 19 ) Lady Rose - Mungo Jerry (#4)
29 ( 39 ) Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) - Stylistics
30 ( 33 ) Hello Buddy - Tremeloes

31 ( 28 ) Girls Are Out To Get You - Fascinations (#28)
32 ( -- ) Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
33 ( 23 ) He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos (#2[3])
34 ( 26 ) Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air) - St Cecilia (#15)
35 ( 27 ) Don't Let It Die - Hurricane Smith (#9)
36 ( 32 ) Get It On - Chase (#25)
37 ( 34 ) Draggin' The Line - Tommy James (#30)
38 ( 30 ) Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - Fortunes (#16)
39 ( 36 ) Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight` (#21)
40 ( 38 ) High Time We Want - Joe Cocker (#28)

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-- ( 31 ) Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road (#7)
-- ( 35 ) When You Are A King - White Plains (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots (#27)

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-- ( -- ) Love Means (You Never Have To Say You're Sorry) - Sounds Of Sunshine

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[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – Get It On
02(10) The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
03(02) Marvin Gaye – Mercy Mercy Me
04(05) The Doors – Riders On The Storm
05(09) The Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow
06(03) The Move – Tonight
07(18) The Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye
08(04) White Plains – When You Are A King
09(11) New World – Tom Tom Turnaround
10(28) Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine

11(06) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
12(16) The New Seekers – Never Ending Song Of Love
13(07) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
14(21) The Delfonics – La La Means I Love You
15(08) Greyhound – Black And White
16(30) Cliff Richard – Flying Machine
17(24) Atomic Rooster – Devil’s Answer
18(22) The Tremeloes – Hello Buddy
19(35) Buffy Sainte-Marie – Soldier Blue
20(13) Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

21(12) The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
22(14) The Sweet – Co-Co
23(15) Medicine Head – Pictures In The Sky
24(33) Bob Dylan – Watching The River Flow
25(--) Curved Air – Back Street Luv
26(40) Family – In My Own Time
27(17) The Fascinations – Girls Are Out To Get You
28(--) The Temptations – It’s Summer
29(19) Dave & Ansel Collins – Monkey Spanner
30(23) Hurricane Smith – Don’t Let It Die

31(20) The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High
32(--) Gilbert O’Sullivan – We Will
33(26) The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
34(27) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
35(25) The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
36(--) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Sweet Hitch-Hiker
37(29) Blue Mink – The Banner Man
38(31) The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays
39(34) Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You
40(32) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air)

[raliverpool]

01 T Rex - Get It On (3wks 24-5-1)
02 Carole King - You've Got a Friend (6wks 33-18-9-5-2-2)
03 Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (8wks 36-33-27-18-12-6-3-3)
04 Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (6wks 23-16-11-8-6-4)
05 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (6wks 20-11-7-4-4-5)
06 Carole King - It's Too Late (9wks 23-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-6)
07 Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (3wks 29-13-7)
08 Move - Tonight (3wks 17-11-8)
09 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (2wks 20-9)
10 Grass Roots - Sooner Or Later (4wks 29-21-14-10)

11 Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (2wks 32-11)
12 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (6wks 13-7-2-2-7-12)
13 Tommy James - Draggin' The Line (3wks 34-23-13)
14 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (7wks 26-13-8-3-3-8-14)
15 Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (5wks 35-17-10-9-15)
16 Paul & Linda McCartney - Heart of the Country (3wks 37-26-16)
17 Sweet - Coco (6wks 24-15-13-11-12-17)
18 White Plains - When You Are A King (5wks 27-16-9-10-18)
19 Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (2wks 37-19)
20 Slade - Get Down And Get With It (4wks 28-25-22-20)

21 Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Never Ending Song Of Love (2wks 36-22)
23 Dave & Ansell Collins - Monkey Spanner (4wks 25-20-19-23)
24 Stevie Wonder - Something Out Of The Blue (3wks 39-31-24)
25 Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Ballade de Melody Nelson (5wks 32-22-18-18-25)
26 Stylistics - Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) (4wks 30-26-21-26)
27 Nick Drake - Poor Boy (5wks 25-19-15-17-27)
28 Graham Nash - Chicago (5wks 31-20-14-16-28)

29 Tremeloes - Hello Buddy (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (4wks 36-27-24-30)

31 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (8wks 31-12-8-6-4-7-15-31)
32 John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads (1wk 32 NEW)
33 James Brown - Hot Pants (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Freda Payne - Bring The Boys Home (4wks 32-28-28-34)
35 Joni Mitchell - All I Want (2wks 40-35)
36 Michel Delpech - Pour Un Flirt (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (3wks 36-34-37)
38 Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (3wks 30-29-38)
39 Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Supremes & Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (1wk 40 NEW)

The East London beat group's final hit single was this folk pop Alan Blakley & Len Hawkes penned UK #32 hit.

[Shireblogger]

1 [9] :: Bob Dylan - WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW
2 [8] :: T. Rex - GET IT ON
3 [7] :: Rolling Stones - STREET FIGHTING MAN
4 [6] :: Marvin Gaye - MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGIST)
5 [5] :: Joan Baez - HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT {Blessed Are…LP track}
6 [1] :: Doors - RIDERS ON THE STORM
7 [2] :: Doors - L.A. WOMAN
8 [15] :: Bill Withers - AIN'T NO SUNSHINE
9 [12] :: Supremes & Four Tops - RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH
10 [14] :: Who - WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
11 [13] :: Slade - GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT
12 [10] :: Doors - TOUCH ME
13 [11] :: Doors - BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE)
14 [19] :: Move - TONIGHT
15 [new] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - DOOR TO DOOR {Sweet Hitch-Hiker B-side}
16 [new] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - SWEET HITCH-HIKER
17 [re] :: Lobo - ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO
18 [re] :: Joan Baez - HEAVEN HELP US ALL {Blessed Are…LP track}
19 [re] :: Greyhound - BLACK AND WHITE
20 [new] :: The Wailers - GUAVA JELLY

[popchartfreak]

17th July 1971

It's a new chart-topper as The Chi-Lites bang a gong on T.Rex, grabbing a first number one with the wonderfully slushy Have You Seen Her, and Diana Ross gets a double top-tenner as Surrender climbs to 3 and I'm Still Waiting is at 9. Junior Walker gets a second top 5 with Take Me Girl I'm Ready, and Dave & Ansel Collins get 2 top 10's in a row as they throw a Monkey Spanner in the works. The Tams knock on the doors of the top 10, as the 7-year-old Hey Girl Don't Bother Me is up to 12, and Aretha is singing a Spanish Harlem at 19.

Deep Purple go top 40 with the pumping Fireball, and highest new entry is technically the last record I got in Singapore - Shirley Bassey's gentle-semi-reggae-beat version of the Carpenters For All We Know - which I knew before I heard the original. Dad liked Shirl, bought her albums, and I wrote to him (he had to stay in Singapore for another 3 months while families left earlier) saying I quite liked the record, but please could I have Hot Chocolate's I Believe (In Love) as I'd just gone mad on it. Sadly he couldn't find a copy in Singapore so bought me La Bassey instead. Oh yes I was disappointed, but I got Hot Choc for Xmas instead. So I'm fond of this Shirley single. In at 55.

Keeping up with the Classic Crooner theme, Frank Sinatra covers a song by the Four Seasons main songwriter, Lady Day, about Billie Holiday, so what with Peggy Lee, a bunch of classy balladeers are collecting. Throw in John Williams and his version of the classical piece Cavatina, too - a hit in 1979 after it was used as the theme to The Deer Hunter, I had no idea it was 8 years when it charted, though The Shadows got the bigger hit, and Iris Williams had a vocal version hit too with her cover of the original Cleo Laine "with-added-lyrics" out in 1972. That leaves French singer Michel Delpech popping with with the French-language version of a later English-lyrics cover hit called Flirt by Jonathan King which I was a fan of at the time (early 1972).



1 ( 2 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
2 ( 1 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
3 ( 9 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 3
4 ( 3 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
5 ( 10 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
6 ( 4 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
7 ( 5 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
8 ( 8 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 8
9 ( 14 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 9
10 ( 12 ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins # 10

11 ( 6 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
12 ( 24 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 12
13 ( 7 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
14 ( 11 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
15 ( 13 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road # 9
16 ( 15 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - The Raiders # 10
17 ( 16 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
18 ( 31 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 18
19 ( 19 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
20 ( 23 ) BACK STREET LUV - Curved Air # 20

21 ( 17 ) DID YOU EVER? - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood # 17
22 ( 18 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 4
23 ( 29 ) I’M LEAVIN’ - Elvis Presley # 23
24 ( 21 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
25 ( 22 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
26 ( 20 ) YAMASUKI - The Yamasukis # 5
27 ( 30 ) INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) - Marvin Gaye # 27
28 ( 25 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
29 ( 26 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink # 6
30 ( 27 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos # 4

31 ( 28 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
32 ( 32 ) MOONSHADOW - Cat Stevens # 27
33 ( 51 ) FIREBALL - Deep Purple # 33
34 ( 40 ) WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT - Ronnie Dyson # 34
35 ( 34 ) LOVE SONG - Lesley Duncan # 30
36 ( 33 ) SING CHILDREN SING - Lesley Duncan # 33
37 ( 35 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
38 ( 39 ) CALL ME ANYTIME YOU NEED SOME LOVIN’ - Lorraine Ellison # 38
39 ( 47 ) PURE IMAGINATION - Gene Wilder (from “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” Original Soundtrack) # 39
40 ( 38 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM - The Doors # 4

41 ( 36 ) THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR - Paul & Linda McCartney # 16
42 ( 37 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith # 10
43 ( 48 ) REASON TO BELIEVE - Rod Stewart # 43
44 ( 54 ) GIVE IT TIME - Middle Of The Road # 44
45 ( 43 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
46 ( 44 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
47 ( 55 ) SMILING FACE SOMETIMES - The Undisputed Truth # 47
48 ( 58 ) THE DEVIL’S ANSWER - Atomic Rooster # 48
49 ( 41 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry # 24
50 ( 42 ) CO-CO - The Sweet # 22

51 ( 45 ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia # 19
52 ( 59 ) WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 52
53 ( 50 ) RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - Carpenters # 8
54 ( 52 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 # 1
55 ( NEW ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 55
56 ( 69 ) WE WILL - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56
57 ( 57 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Joni Mitchell # 57
58 ( 63 ) GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT - Slade # 58
59 ( 67 ) K-JEE - Nite-Liters # 59
60 ( 64 ) LAST MORNIN’ - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show # 60

61 ( 49 ) BRING THE BOYS HOME - Freda Payne # 12
62 ( 68 ) MAYBE TOMORROW - The Jackson 5 # 62
63 ( 46 ) I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 46
64 ( 72 ) ORLEANS - David Crosby # 64
65 ( 62 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR - Don McLean # 1
66 ( 73 ) HOUND DOG - Elvis Presley # 66
67 ( 70 ) HEARTBREAK HOTEL - Elvis Presley # 67
68 ( 60 ) DOUBLE BARREL - Dave & Ansel Collins # 7
69 ( 74 ) HELLO BUDDY - The Tremeloes # 69
70 ( 65 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King # 4

71 ( 78 ) LUCKY ME - The Moments # 71
72 ( 77 ) MOTHER FREEDOM - Bread # 72
73 ( 82 ) I JUST WANNA BE THERE - Valerie Simpson # 73
74 ( 88 ) THE STORY IN YOUR EYES - The Moody Blues # 74
75 ( 83 ) NOBODY - The Doobie Brothers # 75
76 ( 86 ) WHERE DID THEY GO - Peggy Lee # 76
77 ( 85 ) I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE - Betty Wright # 77
78 ( 81 ) WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN - The Who # 78
79 ( 75 ) MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison # 1
80 ( NEW ) LADY DAY - Frank Sinatra # 80

81 ( 84 ) ZOO DE ZOO ZONG - Twiggy & Friends # 81
82 ( 87 ) RAW RAMP - T.Rex # 82
83 ( NEW ) POUR UN FLIRT - Michel Delpech # 83
84 ( 90 ) HE’LL HAVE TO GO - Jim Reeves # 84
85 ( NEW ) CAVATINA - John Williams # 85


20th July 1971 charts of the time

It's 7 weeks on top for Middle Of The Road, and this week's challengers are New World, as Tom Tom Turnaround gives it a go at 2, with Greyhound up to 3, seeing things in black & white, and The New Seekers get another top 10 hit with their cover of Never Ending Song Of Love up to 5. T.Rex grab a 3rd top 10, as Get It On moves into the top tier, and Gordon Lightfoot's lovely folk ballad is at 9. The final Singapore-vintage track to enter my charts arrives at 12 for The Jackson 5, Never Can Say Goodbye would eventually top my charts in 1974 for Gloria Gaynor's belting disco romp version, but I loved the original ballad version almost as much from recording it off a US top 10 rundown I caught on the radio at random, having been unaware of it's existence until just before we were packing to return to the UK. That leaves Atomic Rooster and Cliff Richard as 2 tracks I heard over the next few weeks in September.

So, as I say, the final glorious days in Singapore, no school, memories of my brother falling off a drainage pipe leading into the sea, and getting photographed with me sitting in our tree - the tree was a twig stuck in the ground 18 months earlier. Growfast! So, lazy days, and me hiding away as many of my DC superhero comics as I could manage in the crates, along with the text books I grabbed from the school library as they had an End-Of-School big giveaway of everything. Sadly someone had nicked the Hugo Walters boys adventure sci-fi books I wanted, and which go for hundreds of pounds these days. They got me into sci-fi books in a massive fashion: within the space of weeks I was buying from second-hand bookstalls Arthur C Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Alan E. Nourse and any others that took my fancy. And I also got those into the crates. Still got 'em.


1 ( 1 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 3 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World
3 ( 7 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound
4 ( 2 ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins
5 ( 15 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers
6 ( 11 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex
7 ( 4 ) CO-CO - The Sweet
8 ( 6 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith
9 ( 18 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Gordon Lightfoot
10 ( 8 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink

11 ( 13 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES - Dawn
12 ( NEW ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5
13 ( 10 ) TONIGHT - The Move
14 ( 14 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry
15 ( 12 ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH - The Supremes & The Four Tops
16 ( NEW ) THE DEVIL’S ANSWER - Atomic Rooster
17 ( 17 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn
18 ( NEW ) FLYING MACHINE - Cliff Richard
19 ( 16 ) ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO - Lobo
20 ( 20 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos