Haven Retro Combined Chart : 09.10.1971

[smokeyb]

Rod Stewart gets his 4th week at the top, as the whole top 4 remain the same, so the Four Tops are at 2,

the Carpeners are at 3 and CCS are at 4, Al Green moves up to number 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Elvis Presley at number 13.



The biggest climber is Danyel Gérard who jumps up 16 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is T.Rex who drop 39 places.



09.10.1971 (Week # 41)


1 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 140 points (32-x-3-2-1-1-1-1) 7 wks

2 (02) Four Tops - Simple Game - 110 points (11-2-2) 3 wks

3 (03) Carpenters - Superstar - 88 points (28-22-17-19-23-40-x-22-9-4-3-3) 11 wks

4 (04) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 83 points (22-12-4-2-4-4) 6 wks

5 (16) Al Green – Tired of Being Alone - 60 points (33-35-32-33-37-20-19-16-19-18-16-5) 12 wks

6 (08) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe - 56 points (21-15-7-8-6) 5 wks

7 (05) Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 55 points (18-10-5-3-3-5-7) 7 wks

8 (09) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 52 points (27-28-29-29-14-16-9-8) 8 wks

9 (07) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 50 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1-2-5-7-9) 11 wks

10 (06) Marmalade - Cousin Norman - 49 points (18-12-6-6-10) 5 wks

11 (26) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem - 46 points (31-37-x-26-11) 4 wks

12 (11) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans - 44 points (29-11-12) 3 wks

13 (NE) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' - 38 points 1 wk

14 (10) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go - 37 points (22-14-10-14) 4 wks

15 (13) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing - 35 points (21-13-15) 3 wks

16 (23) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song - 33 points (40-23-16) 3 wks

17 (21) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - 33 points (24-21-17) 3 wks

18 (27) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 33 points (27-33-36-36-33-19-14-15-20-19-20-26-27-18) 14 wks

19 (35) Danyel Gérard – Butterfly - 28 points (35-19) 2 wks

20 (22) Diana Ross - Surrender - 25 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26-26-27-22-20) 12 wks

21 (18) Joni Mitchell – Carey - 24 points (25-23-18-21) 4 wks

22 (15) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 24 points (37-29-36-40-37-34-x-21-11-12-8-7-10-15-22) 14 wks

23 (12) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 22 points (17-17-13-10-14-13-14-14-37-x-14-9-6-5-8-12-23) 16 wks

24 (NE) Scott English - Brandy - 22 points 1 wk

25 (17) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 21 points (35-32-19-17-20-21-15-9-8-7-5-5-6-7-9-11-13-17-25) 19 wks

26 (24) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me - 21 points (40-29-25-24-26) 5 wks

27 (20) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting - 20 points (6-3-2-2-2-2-3-10-15-20-27) 11 wks

28 (14) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever - 20 points (24-13-11-7-6-9-14-28) 8 wks

29 (36) Newbeats - Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) - 20 points (36-29) 2 wks

30 (30) Delfonics – Hey Love - 19 points (27-27-26-24-25-24-27-27-28-29-29-27-27-27-28-30-30) 17 wks

31 (RE) Titanic - Sultana - 19 points (38-39-x-31) 3 wks

32 (NE) T.Rex - Jeepstser - 19 points 1 wk

33 (32) Carpenters - For All We Know - 18 points (33-34-17-17-15-11-10-10-11-18-26-x-31-38-40-x30-32-33) 17 wks

34 (33) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 18 points (30-30-34-34-30-30-28-31-33-34) 10 wks

35 (NE) Van Morrison - Wild Night - 18 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love - 18 points 1 wk

37 (28) Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go - 18 points (33-28-37) 3 wks

38 (39) Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You - 17 points (36-34-34-31-36-39-38) 7 wks

39 (37) Rock Candy – Remember - 16 points (37-39) 2 wks

40 (NE) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story - 16 points 1 wk

40 (NE) John Lennon - Imagine - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (25) Curved Air - Back Street Luv - 15 points (14-9-6-5-4-4-8-12-25)

46 (19) Tams - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me - 15 points (40-9-7-9-7-13-17-18-17-19)

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

55 (34) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow - 10 points (38-22-19-20-22-26-x-17-15-17-20-34)

60 (31) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - 9 points (24-34-31)

62 (38) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend - 8 points (18-18-14-13-15-23-x-16-14-13-19-38)

68 (29) T.Rex - Get It On - 7 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-11-16-22-29)

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 16.10.1971

1 (1) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (4) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (7 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (12 wk) (# 1)
4 (5) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (8 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (9 wk) (# 2)
6 (7) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know (11 wk) (# 6)
7 (8) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (7 wk) (# 6)
8 (6) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (7 wk) (# 5)
9 (14) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (9) Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (6 wk) (# 9)
11 (11) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (5 wk) (# 11)
12 (18) Four Tops - A Simple Game (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (23) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (5 wk) (# 13)
14 (17) Titanic - Sultana (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (21) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place (6 wk) (# 15)
16 (12) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (9 wk) (# 5)
17 (10) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (8 wk) (# 8)
18 (13) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (5 wk) (# 13)
19 (25) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (5 wk) (# 19)
20 (19) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (10 wk) (# 17)
21 (26) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (3 wk) (# 21)
22 (24) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (8 wk) (# 22)
23 (29) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (22) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue (14 wk) (# 7)
25 (20) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (15 wk) (# 2)
26 (28) Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know (5 wk) (# 26)
27 (31) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (37) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (2 wk) (# 28)
29 (33) Vince Hill - Look Around (4 wk) (# 29)
30 (16) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (12 wk) (# 1)
31 (27) Carole King - It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move (11 wk) (# 6)
32 (15) Curved Air - Back Street Luv (11 wk) (# 4)
33 (44) Scott English - Brandy (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (38) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (48) Pop Tops - Mamy Blue (2 wk) (# 35)
36 (36) Roger Whittaker - Mamy Blue (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (34) Ken Dodd - When Love Comes Round Again (15 wk) (# 19)
38 (49) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (35) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (20 wk) (# 1)
40 (30) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday ? (12 wk) (# 3)
41 (NE) The Settlers -The Lightning Tree (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (39) Frank Sinatra - My Way (119 wk) (# 5)
43 (NE) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (1 wk) (# 44)
45 (50) Formations - At The Top Of The Stairs (10 wk) (# 28)
46 (42) Rock Candy - Remember (6 wk) (# 32)
47 (32) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (12 wk) (# 5)
48 (NE) Autumn - My Little Girl (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (40) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (7 wk) (# 40)
50 (NE) The Doors - Riders On The Storm (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 14-10-71: Tony Blackburn
(23) JOAN BAEZ – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  
(2) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum  
(27) ELVIS PRESLEY – I’m Leavin’  
(19) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Keep On Dancing  
(29) VINCE HILL – Look Around
(NEW) THE MOVE – Chinatown
(NEW) RICHIE HAVENS – Here Comes The Sun
(9) REDBONE – Witch Queen Of New Orleans  
(26) THE CARPENTERS – Superstar  
(1) ROD STEWART – Maggie May  
(21) ARETHA FRANKLIN – Spanish Harlem

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 16.10.1971
1 (1) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (13 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) T.Rex - Electric Warrior (2 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Various Artists - Top Of The Pops Vol 19 (3 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Deep Purple - Fireball (5 wk) (# 1)
5 (7) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (87 wks) (#1)
6 (8) Carole King - Tapestry (13 wk) (# 4)
7 (9) James Taylor - Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon (21 wk) (# 4)
8 (5) Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat (3 wk) (# 5)
9 (21) Various Artists - The World Of Your 100 Best Tunes Vol2 (2 wk) (#9)
10 (6) Who - Who's Next (6 wk) (# 1)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) The Carpenters – Superstar
02(01) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
03(04) The Four Tops – A Simple Game
04(19) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
05(08) Elvis Presley – I’m Leavin’
06(03) The Carpenters – For All We Know
07(26) Scott English – Brandy
08(24) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
09(27) Elvis Presley – It’s Only Love
10(06) Cat Stevens – Peace Train

11(05) Rock Candy – Remember
12(07) Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting
13(28) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place
14(17) Aretha Franklin – Spanish Harlem
15(29) Van Morrison – Wild Night
16(32) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug
17(09) Joni Mitchell – Carey
18(10) Marmalade – Cousin Norman
19(11) Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe
20(33) Pop Tops - Mamy Blue

21(35) Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
22(13) Danyel Gérard – Butterfly
23(15) Redbone – Witch Queen Of New Orleans
24(--) The Settlers – The Lightning Tree
25(14) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
26(12) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
27(20) Roger Whittaker – Mamy Blue
28(16) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song
29(--) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come
30(--) The Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell

31(--) The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
34(--) Autumn – My Little Girl

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Aretha Franklin - SPANISH HARLEM
2 [3] :: Van Morrison - WILD NIGHT
3 [1] :: Rod Stewart - MAGGIE MAY
4 [4] :: Joan Baez - THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
5 [7] :: Elvis Presley - IT'S ONLY LOVE
6 [9] :: Al Green - TIRED OF BEING ALONE
7 [8] :: Dolly Parton - COAT OF MANY COLORS
8 [re] :: Doors - RIDERS ON THE STORM
9 [5] :: Bay City Rollers - KEEP ON DANCING
10 [new] :: Staple Singers - RESPECT YOURSELF
11 [11] :: Mungo Jerry - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR
12 [13] :: T Rex - COSMIC DANCER {Electric Warrior LP track)
13 [14] :: Marvin Gaye - INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER)
14 [12] :: Delaney & Bonnie - ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
15 [new] :: Sweet - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
16 [6] :: Rod Stewart - REASON TO BELIEVE {Maggie May B-side}
17 [10] :: Carpenters - SUPERSTAR
18 [15] :: Hot Chocolate - I BELIEVE (IN LOVE)
19 [new] :: Clodagh Rodgers - LADY LOVE BUG
20 [20] :: Elvis Presley - I'M LEAVIN'

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Gypsys Tramps And Thieves - Cher < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart (#1[5])
3 ( 3 ) Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
4 ( 4 ) Simple Game - Four Tops
5 ( 11 ) Brandy - Scott English
6 ( 9 ) Sultana - Titanic
7 ( 8 ) Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull
8 ( 6 ) You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - Mungo Jerry (#6)
9 ( 19 ) One Fine Morning - Lighthouse
10 ( 5 ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS (#2[3])

11 ( 14 ) I'm Leavin' - Elvis Presley
12 ( 7 ) Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes (#3)
13 ( -- ) The Lightning Tree - Settlers
14 ( 23 ) Peace Train - Cat Stevens
15 ( 13 ) I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement (#13)
16 ( 10 ) If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (#4)
17 ( 15 ) Butterfly - Danyel Gerard (#15)
18 ( 20 ) Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle
19 ( 12 ) Superstar - Carpenters (#5)
20 ( 24 ) Birds Of A Feather - Raiders

21 ( 25 ) Mammy Blue - Roger Whittaker
22 ( -- ) Alexander Graham Bell - Sweet
23 ( 17 ) Yo-Yo - Osmonds (#13)
24 ( 28 ) Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kristofferson
25 ( 16 ) Cousin Norman - Marmalade (#8)
26 ( 21 ) Another Time Another Place - Engelbert Humperdinck (#19)
27 ( 36 ) Lady Love Bug - Clodagh Rodgers
28 ( 18 ) Sweet City Woman - Stampeders (#11)
29 ( -- ) A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
30 ( 30 ) All Day Music - War

31 ( 26 ) Rain Dance - Guess Who (#23)
32 ( 22 ) Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - Middle Of The Road (#10)
33 ( 31 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Glass Bottle (#29)
34 ( 27 ) The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues (#16)
35 ( -- ) My Little Girl - Autumn
36 ( 33 ) Remember - Rock Candy (#28)
37 ( -- ) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
38 ( 40 ) Deep Blue - George Harrison (#33)
39 ( 29 ) Back Street Luv - Curved Air (#1[3])
40 ( -- ) You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) - 8th Day

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-- ( 32 ) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (#8)
-- ( 34 ) Did You Ever - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#2[1])
-- ( 35 ) Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell (#11)
-- ( 37 ) Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart (#17)
-- ( 38 ) Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - Paul And Linda McCartney (#4)
-- ( 39 ) Smackwater Jack - Carole King (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee
-- ( -- ) Long Ago And Far Away - James Taylor

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This was a TV theme so could have been entered into Pot Pourri

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (12 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Ready or Not Here I Come (1 wk)
03 The Delfonics – Hey Love (18 wks)
04 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (11 wks)
05 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (8 wks)
06 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (13 wks)
07 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (9 wks)
08 The Carpenters – Superstar (7 wks)
09 The Supremes – Touch (2 wks)
10 Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (1 wk)


11 Four Tops – MacArthur Park Pt. 2 (6 wks)
12 Pop Tops – Mamy Blue (2 wks)
13 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (20 wks)
14 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Bless You (1 wk)
15 Donnie Elbert – Where Did Our Love Go (1 wk)
16 The Dells – The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (10 wks)
17 Four Tops – A Simple Game (4 wks)
18 The Isley Brothers – Spill The Wine (3 wks)
19 Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (2 wks)
20 Jean Knight – You Think You're Hot Stuff (1 wk)

21 The Stylistics – Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (8 wks)
22 Joe Simon – All My Hard Times (4 wks)
23 The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself (1 wk)
24 The Elgins – Put Yourself In My Place (2 wks)
25 Diana Ross – Surrender (10 wks)
26 8th Day – You've Got To Crawl (5 wks)
27 The Whatnauts – We're Friends By Day Lovers By Night (7 wks)
28 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (37 wks)
29 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Did You Ever? (9 wks)
30 Cher – Gypsy’s Tramps & Thieves (5 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Four Tops - A Simple Game (4 wks)
2 (5) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (4 wks)
3 (1) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (7 wks)
4 (3) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (7 wks)
5 (4) Carpenters - Superstar (5 wks)
6 (6) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (7 wks)
7 (9) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (5 wks)
8 (11) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (3 wks)
9 (17) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (2 wks)
10 (21) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (2 wks)
11 (7) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go (6 wks)
12 (18) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (2 wks)
13 (10) The Persuaders - Thin Line between Love & Hate (8 wks)
14 (8) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (5 wks)
15 (24) Scott English - Brandy (2 wks)
16 (14) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (5 wks)
17 (12) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (8 wks)
18 (13) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (10 wks)
19 (30) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (2 wks)
20 (25) Pop Tops - Mamy Blue (2 wks)
21 (NE) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (1 wk)
22 (NE) The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (1 wk)
23 (NE) The Doors - Riders On The Storm (1 wk)
24 (NE) The Settlers -The Lightning Tree (1 wk)
25 (15) Titanic - Sultana (4 wks)
26 (16) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (8 wks)
27 (19) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (8 wks)
28 (20) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (9 wks)
29 (22) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (12 wks)
30 (NE) The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (1 wk)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 08.10.1971

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

[raliverpool]

01 Diana Ross - Surrender (6wks 37-24-11-8-2-1)
02 Rod Stewart - Maggie May (5wks 9-1-1-1-2)
03 Carpenters - Superstar (6wks 16-8-5-3-3-3)
04 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (3wks 16-5-4)
05 Cher - Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves (2wks 24-5)
06 Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song (5wks 30-15-9-6-6)
07 Four Tops - Simple Game (3wks 20-12-7)
08 Beach Boys - Long Promised Road (3wks 36-22-8)
09 Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (2wks 25-9)
10 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever (8wks 26-17-7-3-2-2-4-10)

11 Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War (4wks 27-19-13-11)
12 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (5wks 26-13-11-11-12)
13 Yes - I've Seen All Good People (3wks 32-21-13)
14 Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile (2wks 28-14)
15 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate (4wks 28-21-17-15)
16 T Rex - Mambo Sun (2wks 32-16)
17 Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (8wks 25-1-1-1-3-5-8-17)
18 Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (7wks 21-11-10-8-7-10-18)
19 Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (7wks 19-8-5-4-4-7-19)
20 Joni Mitchell - Carey (6wks 21-13-7-6-9-20)

21 Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (2wks 27-21)
22 Denise LaSalle - Trapped By A Thing Called Love (4wks 36-25-19-22)
23 Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) (6wks 35-20-14-13-15-23)
24 Carole King - So Far Away (6wks 22-16-10-10-14-24)
25 Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (4wks 32-22-20-25)
26 CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (5wks 25-17-15-18-26)
27 Marmalade - Cousin Norman (6wks 33-23-12-12-16-27)
28 Cat Stevens - Peace Train (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (2wks 31-29)

30 Nick Drake - Northern Sky (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Who - My Wife (6wks 23-19-16-17-23-31)
32 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Pop Tops - Mamy Blue (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Titanic - Sultana (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean (2wks 39-37)
38 Lighthouse - One Fine Morning (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Delaney & Bonnie - Only You Know And I Know (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (8wks 36-26-19-17-19-23-30-40)

The English singer/songwriter's pastoral self penned folk track featured piano, organ and celesta arrangements added by John Cale. It remains the short lived troubled artist's second most famous work as this melancholic, ethereal track is also "the most unabashedly joyful song in his canon".

[popchartfreak]

2nd October 1971

It's a first week on top for Jeepster, giving T.Rex 4 in a row on top, a consistency no other act can match in the early 70's so far (unless you count McCartney/Beatles as one act) - plus they have 4 more album tracks on the chart. There is also 3 brand new entries straight into the top 10 this week, headed by Rod Argent and his Russ Ballard included new band Argent - ex-Zombies, I saw Rod & Colin Blunstone do Zombies, Argent and solo Blunstone hits a few years back and SO nostalgic it was too. Hold Your Head Up was plugged heavily on Alan Freeman's Rock show just before the chart rundown each Sunday, and I instantly loved and recorded Hold Your Head Up - and then had to wait almost 6 months for it to chart! For me it's October 1971 not 1972.

In at 9 it's another Bread ballad classic, Baby I'm A Want You was kinda understated when it charted in the UK early 1972, as Bread finally got that follow-up hit to Make It With You, but it's the 5th to chart in this retro rundown and it's still gorgeously under-stated and lovely. At 10, a record I bought in Feb 1972 - I'd gone to the Rediffusion shop in Lincoln to buy Donnie Elbert's Where Did Our Love Go, but they didn't have it in stock, so I popped into Woolworths and noticed All I Ever Need Is You had I Got You Babe on the B-side, so that gave it an edge over Donnie, I'm afraid, for my 50pence. Turns out it was a live version and I was a bit miffed about that, but happily I still loved the A side, All I Ever Need Is You giving Sonny & Cher a chart return after almost 5 years away then and in the retro countdown, thanks to Cher's solo revival and their huge USA TV show.

New at 51, and not a song I knew at the time, but The Pearls did a nice cover in 1973 and then Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross did an emotive hit version in 1974, by which time The Stylistics were on a roll in the UK. You Are Everything is pretty lush and classy, as all their early hits were. At 53, Tom Jones is back with a massive ballad, Till an old song from the 50's that had been tackled by many with big voices - but none as big as Jones The Voice hitting that final note with ease. I think it's his final great record before the Las Vegas years churned out lesser material as an occasional diversion. At 59, theme to TV show Follyfoot, beloved of kids in 1971, The Settlers' The Lightning Tree was jolly & moody, both, and like the record adjacent is based on an ancient folk song from previous centuries - not that any of us knew that at the time or for 50 years or so, when the huge hit sea shanty Wellerman was revived by Nathan Evans and the hook similarities became obvious (to those of us old enough to remember Follyfoot).

The Move also pop in with Chinatown, which I remember seeing on Top Of The Pops, and also recorded off the chart show. I loved the Chinatown theme to the song, being as I was back from Singapore and was already nostalgic for anything Chinese-related (or Malay or Indian). Others: a Bee Gees follow-up I've never heard, but is good, ditto The Chi-Lites track entering; John Stewart does his own version of his hit Monkees song, his Daydream Believer is more acoustic and naughty and playful. Nick Drake is back with another wistful gem, Ike & Tina are still putting out good singles, The Kinks drop by with a track I also don't know, but is quite sweet, and a debut from Five man Electrical Band with a good rockpop tune.

1 ( 2 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 1
2 ( 1 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 1
3 ( 4 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
4 ( 5 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 4
5 ( 9 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 5
6 ( 3 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
7 ( 6 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
8 ( NEW ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 8
9 ( NEW ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 9
10 ( NEW ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 10

11 ( 7 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
12 ( 8 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
13 ( 11 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
14 ( 12 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
15 ( 10 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 10
16 ( 15 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
17 ( 17 ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 17
18 ( 14 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 14
19 ( 13 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 6
20 ( 18 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1

21 ( 19 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
22 ( 21 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5
23 ( 26 ) BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie # 23
24 ( 23 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 17
25 ( 16 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 3
26 ( 27 ) SWEET CITY WOMAN - The Stampeders # 26
27 ( 20 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5
28 ( 25 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
29 ( 22 ) FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes # 22
30 ( 28 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1

31 ( 29 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
32 ( 31 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6
33 ( 35 ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 33
34 ( 32 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
35 ( 40 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 35
36 ( 42 ) LOOK AROUND (AND YOU’LL FIND ME THERE) - Vince Hill # 36
37 ( 24 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade # 19
38 ( 38 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 9
39 ( 33 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
40 ( 49 ) JEALOUS GUY - John Lennon # 40

41 ( 50 ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 41
42 ( 37 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
43 ( 51 ) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - The Sweet # 43
44 ( 45 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR - Mungo Jerry # 44
45 ( 46 ) MY LITTLE GIRL - Autumn # 45
46 ( 39 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 8
47 ( 41 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 10
48 ( 52 ) RESPECT YOURSELF - The Staple Singers # 48
49 ( 43 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
50 ( 63 ) SUPERBIRD - Neil Sedaka # 50

51 ( NEW ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Stylistics # 51
52 ( 54 ) WORKING ON A BUILDING OF LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board # 52
53 ( 47 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
54 ( NEW ) TILL - Tom Jones # 54
55 ( 30 ) MAMY BLUE - Pop Tops # 30
56 ( 57 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE - Elvis Presley # 56
57 ( 53 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
58 ( 64 ) BANKS OF THE OHIO - Olivia Newton-John # 58
59 ( NEW ) THE LIGHTNING TREE - The Settlers # 59
60 ( 62 ) MAMY BLUE - Roger Whittaker # 60

61 ( 55 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
62 ( 58 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
63 ( 67 ) DESIDERATA - Les Crane # 63
64 ( 66 ) COSMIC DANCER - T.Rex # 64
65 ( 48 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road # 9
66 ( 68 ) I’M A SONG (SING ME) - Neil Sedaka # 66
67 ( 72 ) RIP OFF - T.Rex # 67
68 ( 34 ) DAY BY DAY (GODSPELL MEDLEY) - Holly Sherwood # 8
69 ( NEW ) CHINATOWN - The Move # 69
70 ( 71 ) SPILL THE WINE - The Isley Brothers # 70

71 ( 74 ) LIFE’S A GAS - T.Rex # 71
72 ( 75 ) MAMBO SUN - T.Rex # 72
73 ( 73 ) BLESS YOU - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas # 73
74 ( NEW ) DON’T WANNA LIVE INSIDE MYSELF - The Bee Gees # 74
75 ( NEW ) I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (FOR LOVING ME) - The Chi-Lites # 75
76 ( NEW ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER - John Stewart # 76
77 ( NEW ) NORTHERN SKY - Nick Drake # 77
78 ( NEW ) I’M YOURS (USE ME ANYWAY YOU WANNA) - Ike & Tina Turner # 78
79 ( NEW ) ABSOLUTELY RIGHT - Five Man Electrical Band # 79
80 ( NEW ) THE WAY LOVE USED TO BE - The Kinks # 80


5th October 1971 Wot I Liked Then..

It's 5 weeks on top for the Tweedles as Redbone rise to 4 with the Witch Queen Of New Orleans. Still hoping Guardians Of The Galaxy use that one in Volume 3 after the wonderful Come And Get Your Love was rescued from obscurity in the opening scenes of Vol 1 for grown-up Chris Pratt. Titanic and The Four Tops also go top 10, as Aretha leapfrogs both entering at 6 with her uptempo funk rendition of Spanish Harlem, as good as the Ben E. King original in its own way. New at 19 Joan Baez covers The Band's Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and does a wonderful job totally ignoring gender changes in the lyrics, and injecting emotion. I bought this single in an oldies rack in a department store in California in 1979. The novelty of back catalogue classic vinyl singles wasn't something I'd come across in the UK, so I was quite over-excited to buy this record (and a few others).

Back in the UK in Lincoln, it was time to start school again. I had to wear long-trousers and a blazer and a tie, none of which I'd had to wear before, and had no idea of the notion of "trying to look cool" - that didn't exist in Singapore, everyone looked exactly the same. So consequently I had my blazer buttoned up and looked like a geek, I found out quickly. First impressions count, so that was my life ruined for the next 2 years, as I was thrown to the bullying wolves. I had to sit and take a test in the hall to see where they were going to squeeze me, classroom regards. My brother was in the old Secondary Modern (Robert Pattinson Comprehensive) across the road in his first year, while I was 3rd year in the old Grammar School, North Kesteven Comprehensive - still streaming pre-Comprehensive kids, apparently. Not that it made any difference. I bumped into Wendy, also fresh from Changi Grammar, so that was quite nice to see, and she was in a good class - sadly when they asked if I knew anyone I mentioned Graham, my old friend, and I got bunged into that group, which turned out to be The Nightmare From Hell.

One kid, Neil, was already held back a year so he could torment younger kids and destroy all classroom order, and make young teachers lives a living hell with his bad influence on the thickies and the intelligent should-know-betters who joined in to avoid becoming a target. The rest of us tried to make it through the day alive. Teachers were largely oblivious to our misery, and it wasn't just me that got picked on. Consequently my achievement-levels at school plummeted as they dragged me down to the level of the group, and the aim was not to stand out as a target by coming top at anything. As Wendy later commented, "You used to be a brainbox at Changi!". Which I was. That was a great school. This was a sh*t one, useless at noticing kids getting bullied, no idea about keeping order, and oblivious to the needs of individual children, especially the quiet ones. Forces kids were always a bit "second-class" citizens in having to catch up with syllabuses all the time, and not being part of peer groups, but I don't remember any attempts to try and help us in any way. Graham, by the way, was a complete waste of time, sucking up to the bullies and turning on me by disassociation so he didn't get tarred with the same brush. Human nature in a nutshell. I could write a novel of anecdotes of 2 years of misery, but I'll spare depressing anyone reading this far....!


1 ( 1 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 3 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers
3 ( 2 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate
4 ( 17 ) WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
5 ( 4 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
6 ( NEW ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin
7 ( 20 ) SULTANA - Titanic
8 ( 8 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross
9 ( 14 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops
10 ( 5 ) BUTTERFLY - Danyel Gerard

11 ( 11 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes
12 ( 6 ) FREEDOM COME FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes
13 ( 7 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade
14 ( 9 ) DID YOU EVER - Nancy & Lee
15 ( 13 ) SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie
16 ( 19 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers
17 ( 10 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S.
18 ( 15 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
19 ( NEW ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez
20 ( 18 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King