Haven Retro Combined Chart : 25.09.1971

[smokeyb]

A second week at the top for Rod Stewart with a massive points gap over CCS who move up to number 2.

Hot Chocolate remain at 3, the Carpenters are up at 4 and Curtis Mayfield slips to 5.



There are 6 new entries and 3 re-entries this week, the highest is the Four Tops at number 11.



The biggest climber is Rod Stewart who moves up 8 places to number 7.



The biggest faller is Aretha Franklin who drops 47 places.



25.09.1971 (Week # 39)


1 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 140 points (32-x-3-2-1-1) 5 wks

2 (04) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 92 points (22-12-4-2) 4 wks

3 (03) Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 91 points (18-10-5-3-3) 5 wks

4 (09) Carpenters - Superstar - 77 points (28-22-17-19-23-40-x-22-9-4) 9 wks

5 (02) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 76 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1-2-5) 9 wks

6 (12) Marmalade - Cousin Norman - 70 points (18-12-6) 3 wks

7 (15) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe - 59 points (21-15-7) 3 wks

8 (05) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 59 points (17-17-13-10-14-13-14-14-37-x-14-9-6-5-8) 14 wks

9 (06) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever - 52 points (24-13-11-7-6-9) 6 wks

10 (07) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 47 points (37-29-36-40-37-34-x-21-11-12-8-7-10) 12 wks

11 (NE) Four Tops - Simple Game - 47 points 1 wk

12 (08) Curved Air - Back Street Luv - 43 points (14-9-6-5-4-4-8-12) 8 wks

13 (11) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 41 points (35-32-19-17-20-21-15-9-8-7-5-5-6-7-9-11-13) 17 wks

14 (22) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go - 40 points (22-14) 2 wks

15 (10) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting - 40 points (6-3-2-2-2-2-3-10-15) 9 wks

16 (14) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 39 points (27-28-29-29-14-16) 6 wks

17 (18) Tams - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me - 35 points (40-9-7-9-7-13-17-18-17) 9 wks

18 (19) Al Green – Tired of Being Alone - 33 points (33-35-32-33-37-20-19-16-19-18) 10 wks

19 (13) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend - 32 points (18-18-14-13-15-23-x-16-14-13-19) 10 wks

20 (17) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow - 29 points (38-22-19-20-22-26-x-17-15-17-20) 10 wks

21 (NE) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing - 28 points 1 wk

22 (16) T.Rex - Get It On - 27 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-11-16-22) 12 wks

23 (25) Joni Mitchell – Carey - 26 points (25-23) 2 wks

24 (NE) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - 26 points 1 wk

25 (29) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me - 25 points (40-29-25) 3 wks

26 (20) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 24 points (27-33-36-36-33-19-14-15-20-19-20-26) 12 wks

27 (26) Diana Ross - Surrender - 23 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26-26-27) 10 wks

28 (27) Delfonics – Hey Love - 19 points (27-27-26-24-25-24-27-27-28-29-29-27-27-27-28) 15 wks

29 (NE) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans - 19 points 1 wk

30 (RE) Carpenters - For All We Know - 18 points (33-34-17-17-15-11-10-10-11-18-26-x-31-38-40-x30) 15 wks

31 (28) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 18 points (30-30-34-34-30-30-28-31) 8 wks

32 (23) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - 18 points (24-15-10-7-4-8-13-23-32) 9 wks

33 (NE) Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go - 18 points 1 wk

34 (24) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - 17 points (24-34) 2 wks

35 (21) Carole King - It's Too Late - 17 points (39-30-16-12-15-13-13-19-21-x-10-8-8-8-6-10-21-35) 17 wks

36 (31) Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You - 17 points (36-34-34-31-36) 5 wks

37 (RE) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love - 16 points (23-12-9-19-23-19-32-x-37) 8 wks

38 (38) Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love - 15 points (38-40-39-40-38-38) 6 wks

39 (40) Focus - Hocus Pocus - 15 points (40-39) 2 wks

40 (NE) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song - 14 points 1 wk

40 (RE) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye - 14 points (23-23-32-24-31-36-x-18-13-16-18-22-27-x-40) 13 wks



Dropped Out

42 (30) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer - 13 points (37-16-11-13-18-24-31-33-30)

44 (32) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft - 13 points (24-32-35-33-36-32)

49 (40) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 11 points (25-6-6-5-5-8-11-15-22-25-28-40)

53 (36) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 10 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8-11-14-35-x-37-38-36)

58 (40) Move - Tonight - 9 points (7-4-4-4-6-14-20-31-40-40-40)

66 (33) George Harrison - Bangladesh - 7 points (17-12-14-20-33)

67 (35) Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move - 7 points (24-12-10-10-15-23-35)

73 (34) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - 5 points (18-8-3-2-2-3-4-9-18-24-34)

76 (39) Paul & Linda McCartney – The Back Seat Of My Car - 4 points (40-39)

84 (37) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem - 1 point (31-37)

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

I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 02.10.1971

1 (1) Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (10 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (7 wk) (# 2)
4 (4) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (5) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (7 wk) (# 5)
8 (9) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (6 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (6 wk) (# 8)
10 (13) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know (9 wk) (# 10)
11 (11) Curved Air - Back Street Luv (9 wk) (# 4)
12 (19) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (3 wk) (# 12)
13 (10) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (10 wk) (# 1)
14 (14) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (13 wk) (# 2)
15 (15) Carole King - It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move (9 wk) (# 6)
16 (12) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue (12 wk) (# 7)
17 (21) Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (17) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (8 wk) (# 17)
19 (23) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place (4 wk) (# 19)
20 (30) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (25) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (3 wk) (# 21)
22 (16) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday ? (10 wk) (# 3)
23 (18) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (10 wk) (# 5)
24 (49) Four Tops - A Simple Game (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (27) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (6 wk) (# 25)
26 (40) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (22) Ken Dodd - When Love Comes Round Again (13 wk) (# 19)
28 (50) Titanic - Sultana (2 wk) (# 28)
29 (46) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (24) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (18 wk) (# 1)
31 (44) Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know (3 wk) (# 31)
32 (39) Rock Candy - Remember (4 wk) (# 32)
33 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (1 wk) (# 33)
34 (26) New World - Tom Tom Turnaround (14 wk) (# 6)
35 (20) Family - In My Own Time (12 wk) (# 4)
36 (NE) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (34) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (16 wk) (# 12)
38 (28) Formations - At The Top Of The Stairs (8 wk) (# 28)
39 (43) Frank Sinatra - My Way (117 wk) (# 5)
40 (38) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (13 wk) (# 1)
41 (36) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog (12 wk) (# 10)
42 (29) George Harrison - Bangladesh (8 wk) (# 10)
43 (32) Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People (6 wk)(# 32)
44 (31) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (10 wk) (# 12)
45 (48) Dawn - Knock Three Times (26 wk) (# 1)
46 (47) Vince Hill - Look Around (2 wk) (# 46)
47 (41) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (5 wk) (# 41)
48 (NE) Roger Whittaker - Mamy Blue (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (35) Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will (11 wk) (#16)
50 (33) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer (13 wk) (# 4)

USA chart this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 30-09-71: Ed Stewart

(28) TITANIC – Sultana  
(10) SHIRLEY BASSEY – For All We Know  
(4) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum  
(8) JAMES TAYLOR – You’ve Got A Friend  
(NEW) SEATRAIN – Marblehead Messenger
(NEW) BRUCE CHANNEL – Read The Signs
(26) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Keep On Dancing
(21) MUNGO JERRY – You Don’t Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
(2) ROD STEWART – Maggie May  
(1) THE TAMS – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me  
(29) REDBONE – Witch Queen Of New Orleans

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 02.10.1971

1 (2) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (11 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Deep Purple - Fireball (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (NE) Various Artists - Top Of The Pops Vol 19 (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (13) James Taylor - Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon (19 wk) (# 14)
5 (3) Who - Who's Next (4 wk) (# 1)
6 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (85 wks) (#1)
7 (7) Carole King - Tapestry (11 wk) (# 4)
8 (NE) Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat (1 wk) (# 8)
9 (5) Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (9 wk) (# 1)
10 (11) Elvis Presley - C'mon Everybody (9 wk) (# 5)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 24.09.1971

1 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2 (02) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
3 (03) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water
4 (06) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
5 (07) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
6 (04) The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
7 (05) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
8 (34) Four Tops - A Simple Game
9 (24) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
10 (08) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow
11 (09) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
12 (10) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
13 (11) Diana Ross - Remember Me
14 (36) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans
15 (12) Paul McCartney and Wings - Uncle Albert
16 (13) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
17 (14) T. Rex - Get It On
18 (15) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
19 (16) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday?
20 (17) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
21 (18) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
22 (19) Marmalade - Cousin Norman
23 (20) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
24 (21) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
25 (22) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
26 (23) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
27 (25) Carpenters - For All We Know
28 (26) Carpenters - Superstar
29 (27) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
30 (28) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
31 (31) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
32 (New) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
33 (29) Paul and Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Car
34 (33) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
35 (30) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
36 (35) Sweet - Co-Co
37 (37) Greyhound - Black And White
38 (New) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin'
39 (39) Vince Hill - Look Around
40 (32) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World

[raliverpool]

01 Rod Stewart - Maggie May (3wks 9-1-1)
02 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever (6wks 26-17-7-3-2-2)
03 Carpenters - Superstar (4wks 16-8-5-3)
04 Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (5wks 19-8-5-4-4)
05 Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (6wks 25-1-1-1-3-5)
06 Joni Mitchell - Carey (4wks 21-13-7-6)
07 Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (5wks 21-11-10-8-7)
08 Diana Ross - Surrender (4wks 37-24-11-8)
09 Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song (3wks 30-15-9)
10 Carole King - So Far Away (4wks 22-16-10-10)

11 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (3wks 26-13-11)
12 Marmalade - Cousin Norman (4wks 33-23-12-12)
13 Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) (4wks 35-20-14-13)
14 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (7wks 28-19-13-6-4-6-14)
15 CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (3wks 25-17-15)
16 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Who - My Wife (4wks 23-19-16-17)
18 Curved Air - Back Street Luv (7wks 23-7-2-2-2-9-18)
19 Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War (2wks 27-19)
20 Four Tops - Simple Game (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate (2wks 28-21)
22 Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (2wks 32-22)
23 Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (6wks 36-26-19-17-19-23)
24 Funkadelic - Can You Get To That (3wks 40-31-24)
25 Denise LaSalle - Trapped By A Thing Called Love (2wks 36-25)
26 James Brown - Make It Funky (4wks 40-29-23-26)
27 Carole King - Smackwater Jack (4wks 39-33-30-27)
28 Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Car (3wks 34-26-28)
29 Guess Who - Rain Dance (2wks 37-29)
30 Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers (7wks 30-21-14-10-11-18-30)

31 Deep Purple - Fireball (2wks 34-31)
32 Yes - I've Seen All Good People (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (6wks 39-29-20-18-21-33)
34 War - All Day Music (2wks 35-34)
35 Stampeders - Sweet City Woman (2wks 39-35)

36 Beach Boys - Long Promised Road (1wk 36 NEW)

37 Graham Nash - Military Madness (5wks 23-14-15-25-37)
38 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (8wks 23-15-9-7-3-6-20-38)
39 John Prine - Sam Stone (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (12wks 20-9-5-2-2-1-1-3-5-12-24-40)

Written by lead vocalist Carl Wilson with Jack Rieley, this Surf's Up psychedelic surf rock track hit USA #89.

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (10 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Hey Love (16 wks)
03 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (9 wks)
04 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (6 wks)
05 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (11 wks)
06 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (7 wks)
07 The Carpenters – Superstar (5 wks)
08 Four Tops – MacArthur Park Pt. 2 (4 wks)
09 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (18 wks)
10 The Dells – The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (8 wks)

11 Four Tops – A Simple Game (2 wks)
12 The Isley Brothers – Spill The Wine (1 wk)
13 The Stylistics – Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (6 wks)
14 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (35 wks)
15 Joe Simon – All My Hard Times (2 wks)
16 Diana Ross – Surrender (8 wks)
17 8th Day – You've Got To Crawl (3 wks)
18 The Whatnauts – We're Friends By Day Lovers By Night (5 wks)
19 Cher – Gypsy’s Tramps & Thieves (3 wks)
20 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Did You Ever? (7 wks)

21 The Staple Singers – You've Got To Earn It (10 wks)
22 Laura Lee - Women's Love Right (5 wks)
23 Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants (I'm Coming, I'm Coming) (2 wks)
24 James Brown – Make It Funky Part 1 (6 wks)
25 Wilson Pickett – Call My Name, I'll Be There (6 wks)
26 The Persuaders – Thin Line Between Love And Hate (6 wks)
27 Diana Ross – I'm Still Waiting (10 wks)
28 The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes (15 wks)
29 Dionne Warwick – Amanda (9 wks)
30 Four Tops – In These Changing Times (14 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
02(02) The Carpenters – Superstar
03(03) The Carpenters – For All We Know
04(12) Rock Candy – Remember
05(04) Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting
06(05) Marmalade – Cousin Norman
07(09) Joni Mitchell – Carey
08(06) Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe
09(27) The Four Tops – A Simple Game
10(13) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go

11(23) Cat Stevens – Peace Train
12(08) James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend
13(19) Danyel Gérard – Butterfly
14(17) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
15(07) The Supremes – Nathan Jones
16(11) Hot Chocolate – I Believe In (Love)
17(10) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Did You Ever?
18(14) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
19(25) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song
20(32) Redbone – Witch Queen Of New Orleans

21(31) Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love
22(16) Carole King – It’s Too Late
23(--) Elvis Presley – I’m Leavin’
24(15) Middle Of The Road – Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
25(36) Titanic – Sultana
26(--) Aretha Franklin – Spanish Harlem
27(--) Roger Whittaker – Mamy Blue
28(18) Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow
29(24) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
30(20) CCS – Tap Turns On The Water

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (5 wks)
2 (2) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (5 wks)
3 (4) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (5 wks)
4 (11) Carpenters - Superstar (3 wks)
5 (20) Four Tops - A Simple Game (2 wks)
6 (7) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go (4 wks)
7 (3) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (6 wks)
8 (10) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (3 wks)
9 (5) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (8 wks)
10 (12) The Persuaders - Thin Line between Love & Hate (6 wks)
11 (15) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (3 wks)
12 (23) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (2 wks)
13 (6) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (6 wks)
14 (8) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (6 wks)
15 (19) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (3 wks)
16 (24) Titanic - Sultana (2 wks)
17 (9) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (7 wks)
18 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (1 wk)
19 (13) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (10 wks)
20 (14) Curved Air - Back Street Luv (9 wks)
21 (16) George Harrison - Bangladesh (8 wks)
22 (17) Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Card (6 wks)
23 (18) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (14 wk)
24 (21) Carole King - It's Too Late (9 wks)
25 (22) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (5 wks)
26 (25) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (8 wks)
27 (26) Tin Tin - Is That The Way (6 wks)
28 (27) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (10 wks)
29 (28) Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes (9 wks)
30 (29) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (7 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS
3 ( 7 ) Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
4 ( 9 ) Simple Game - Four Tops
5 ( 3 ) Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes (#3)
6 ( 6 ) You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - Mungo Jerry
7 ( 4 ) If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (#4)
8 ( 5 ) Superstar - Carpenters (#5)
9 ( -- ) Gypsys Tramps And Thieves - Cher
10 ( 8 ) Cousin Norman - Marmalade (#8)

11 ( 13 ) Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
12 ( 11 ) Sweet City Woman - Stampeders (#11)
13 ( 14 ) Yo-Yo - Osmonds
14 ( 10 ) Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - Middle Of The Road (#10)
15 ( 20 ) I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement
16 ( 27 ) Sultana - Titanic
17 ( 25 ) Butterfly - Danyel Gerard
18 ( 12 ) Back Street Luv - Curved Air (#1[3])
19 ( 21 ) Another Time Another Place - Engelbert Humperdinck
20 ( 18 ) The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues (#16)

21 ( 16 ) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (#8)
22 ( 15 ) Did You Ever - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#2[1])
23 ( 24 ) Rain Dance - Guess Who
24 ( -- ) I'm Leavin' - Elvis Presley
25 ( 38 ) Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle
26 ( 19 ) Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell (#11)
27 ( 17 ) Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - Paul And Linda McCartney (#4)
28 ( 28 ) Remember - Rock Candy
29 ( 33 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Glass Bottle
30 ( 23 ) Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart (#17)

31 ( 40 ) All Day Music - War
32 ( -- ) Birds Of A Feather - Raiders
33 ( -- ) Mammy Blue - Roger Whittaker
34 ( 22 ) Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (#2[1])
35 ( 30 ) Smackwater Jack - Carole King (#28)
36 ( -- ) Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kristofferson
37 ( 26 ) Bangla Desh - George Harrison (#6)
38 ( 31 ) Back Seat Of My Car - Paul And Linda McCartney (#21)
39 ( 29 ) Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green (#9)
40 ( 37 ) Deep Blue - George Harrison (#33)

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-- ( 32 ) Little Drops Of Silver - Gerry Monroe (#12)
-- ( 34 ) Stick Up - Honey Cone (#22)
-- ( 35 ) I Believe (In Love) - Hot Chocolate (#29)
-- ( 36 ) Mighty Clouds Of Joy - B.J. Thomas (#13)
-- ( 39 ) I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross (#10)

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[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Rod Stewart - MAGGIE MAY
2 [5] :: Rod Stewart - REASON TO BELIEVE {Maggie May B-side}
3 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - SPANISH HARLEM
4 [6] :: Bay City Rollers - KEEP ON DANCING
5 [2] :: Hot Chocolate - I BELIEVE (IN LOVE)
6 [4] :: Supremes - NATHAN JONES
7 [3] :: Tams - HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME
8 [7] :: Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - DID YOU EVER
9 [new] :: Dolly Parton - COAT OF MANY COLORS
11 [19] :: Carpenters - SUPERSTAR
12 [8] :: Curtis Mayfield - MOVE ON UP
13 [10] :: Mungo Jerry - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR
14 [9] :: Lobo - CALIFORNIA KID AND REEMO
14 [new] :: Delaney & Bonnie - ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
15 [16] :: Redbone - WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS
16 [11] :: New Seekers - NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE
17 [15] :: Doors - L.A. WOMAN
18 [14] :: Carole King - SMACKWATER JACK
19 [12] :: Carole King - YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND {Tapestry LP track}
20 [new] :: Four Tops - A SIMPLE GAME

[popchartfreak]

18th September 1971

It's up to the top spot for Donnie Elbert's fab cover of The Supremes' Where Did Our Love Go, as another mid-60's song is part of a double-A reissue for the Northern Soul market - but Run Baby Run was the side selling the disc, and giving The Newbeats a second (much better) hit in the UK 6 years after Bread And Butter. Not what you call a radio staple these days, it's all but been forgotten, I last caught it in the media on a Florida holiday as we walked round Old Town Kissimmee, they had 60's music pumped out on speakers in the street to promote the old vinyl records & souvenirs shop - the theme of the area was classic Americana of the 50's and 60's. Anyway, the song is a sort of template for the 1974 smash Sugar Baby Love, a romping, doowop, falsetto-dominated singalong that is way under-rated. I can see how dogs might start howling on hearing it. Tough!

The Elgins have a huge leap to 12 for a second top 20 in a row, and new in at 23 it's the brilliant John "James Bond music" Barry and his theme to the new ITV show starring future Bond Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. The theme was the best thing about the show, though they had great banter between the stars. John Barry has topped my Retro-chart 4 years earlier as the co-writer and arranger of Nancy Sinatra's You Only Live Twice. In at 34, Melanie's most-famous song gives her another biggie as the whimsical Brand New Key arrives a couple of months early (like the Barry track) for the UK market, but all these records are out this week either in the UK or US.

Even earlier (in the UK) is Elvis' It's Only Love which didn't make the UK charts until 1980, a top 3, but it was a minor hit as follow-up to I'm Leavin' in the USA, new at 66. Roger Whittaker covers the Pop Tops Mamy Blue and gets the UK airplay, and Gene Pitney puts out a flop soul track that I've never heard before and has never popped up on his collection CD's, Run Run Roadrunner, and it's pretty good. The Isley Brothers cover Eric Burden & War's Spill The Wine, Layng Martine sounds like a pseudonym of Ray Stevens who was behind Rub It In, a song I've heard somewhere long ago and promptly forgot about, and Martha Reeves drops in with Bless You, one I knew and liked at the time.

That leaves Olivia Newton-John back for a 3rd chart appearance with the very-bluegrass-country-music Banks Of The Ohio which is actually a murder-ballad dating from the 19th Century and covered throughout the 20th century by many acts. Revamped by Marvin Welch & John Farrar, Livvie's Shadows (and current Marvin, Welch & Farrar) producers. John Farrar stuck with Livvie throughout her career, and wrote, ooh, You're The One That I Want and many of her big hits.


1 ( 3 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
2 ( 1 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
3 ( NEW ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 3
4 ( 2 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
5 ( 4 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
6 ( 9 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 6
7 ( 5 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
8 ( 6 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 6
9 ( 8 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
10 ( 7 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 3

11 ( 10 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
12 ( 45 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 12
13 ( 13 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
14 ( 14 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1
15 ( 15 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
16 ( 11 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5
17 ( 18 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 17
18 ( 17 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5
19 ( 26 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade # 19
20 ( 19 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5

21 ( 16 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 16
22 ( 27 ) FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes # 22
23 ( NEW ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 23
24 ( 12 ) LET MY NAME BE SORROW - Mary Hopkin # 12
25 ( 23 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
26 ( 24 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
27 ( 22 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6
28 ( 20 ) DAY BY DAY (GODSPELL MEDLEY) - Holly Sherwood # 8
29 ( 25 ) SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 25
30 ( 28 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1

31 ( 35 ) SWEET CITY WOMAN - The Stampeders # 31
32 ( 29 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
33 ( 21 ) GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL - Donny Osmond # 12
34 ( NEW ) BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie # 34
35 ( 30 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 9
36 ( 32 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
37 ( 33 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 8
38 ( 43 ) THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE - The Persuaders # 38
39 ( 34 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 10
40 ( 46 ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 40

41 ( 38 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
42 ( 37 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road # 9
43 ( 31 ) FIREBALL - Deep Purple # 20
44 ( 52 ) MAMY BLUE - Pop Tops # 44
45 ( 53 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 45
46 ( 42 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
47 ( 47 ) ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE - Engelbert Humperdinck # 47
48 ( 44 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
49 ( 41 ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins # 10
50 ( 39 ) WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 19

51 ( 48 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
52 ( 56 ) MY LITTLE GIRL - Autumn # 52
53 ( 49 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - The Raiders # 10
54 ( 50 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 4
55 ( 59 ) WORKING ON A BUILDING OF LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board # 55
56 ( 65 ) LOOK AROUND (AND YOU’LL FIND ME THERE) - Vince Hill # 56
57 ( 55 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
58 ( 66 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR - Mungo Jerry # 58
59 ( 54 ) SURF’S UP - The Beach Boys # 54
60 ( 68 ) JEALOUS GUY - John Lennon # 60

61 ( 57 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
62 ( 58 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
63 ( 69 ) RESPECT YOURSELF - The Staple Singers # 63
64 ( 62 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
65 ( 63 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
66 ( NEW ) IT’S ONLY LOVE - Elvis Presley # 66
67 ( NEW ) MAMY BLUE - Roger Whittaker # 67
68 ( 72 ) I’M A SONG (SING ME) - Neil Sedaka # 68
69 ( NEW ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 69
70 ( NEW ) BANKS OF THE OHIO - Olivia Newton-John # 70

71 ( 51 ) I’M LEAVIN’ - Elvis Presley # 14
72 ( 75 ) SUPERBIRD - Neil Sedaka # 72
73 ( NEW ) BLESS YOU - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas # 73
74 ( NEW ) RUB IT IN - Layng Martine # 74
75 ( NEW ) SPILL THE WINE - The Isley Brothers # 75



21st September 1971

It's 3 weeks on top for The Tweedles Dee & Dum as we moved from grandma & grandad's house to Auntie Eileen & Uncle Tony's house at RAF Swinderby while we waited for a house to become vacant on camp. Eileen was dad's sister, and Tony was his mate who he introduced to his sister when we lived at RAF Swinderby in 1968/9, and baby Rachel had arrived on 5th September, we'd seen her for the first time the week before as we all visited Great Aunty Ann & Great Uncle Ernest, and Great Grandma in Mansfield.

Marmalade keep the run of top 5's extended to over 2 years, C.C.S. grab a first top 5, and Mungo Jerry make it a 4th top 10 in a row. New entries from The Fortunes with Freedom Come Freedom Go, I don't think I'd twigged they were the same band who did You've Got Your Troubles, a much-loved 60's song, yet. From France, Danyel Gerard had the global singalong anthem Butterfly finally making inroads into the UK market 2 years after it first came out, and after multiple foreign-language versions and re-recorded versions, Danyel working hard at appealing everywhere! This version was made for the Australian market following a cover version that was more singalong, so Danyel fairly covered the cover version of his own track.


1 ( 1 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 2 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate
3 ( 3 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers
4 ( 7 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade
5 ( 9 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S.
6 ( 6 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
7 ( 4 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes
8 ( 5 ) DID YOU EVER - Nancy & Lee
9 ( 8 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross
10 ( 18 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR - Mungo Jerry

11 ( 11 ) WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY? - Dawn
12 ( 15 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
13 ( 10 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King
14 ( 14 ) SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie
15 ( 17 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull
16 ( 13 ) BACK STREET LUV - Curved Air
17 ( NEW ) FREEDOM COME FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes
18 ( 12 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey
19 ( 19 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - James Taylor
20 ( NEW ) BUTTERFLY - Danyel Gerard