Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.10.1971

[smokeyb]

Just no shifting Rod Stewart from the number 1 spot, as he racks up week number 6. The Four Tops hold steady

at number 2 for the 4 week in a row, Al Green remains at 3, Cher is up to 4 and the Carpenters drop to 5.



There are 9 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is the Doors at number 13.



The biggest climber is John Lennon who jumps up 23 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is the Fortunes who fall 61 places.



23.10.1971 (Week # 43)


1 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 123 points (32-x-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1) 9 wks

2 (02) Four Tops - Simple Game - 109 points (11-2-2-2-2) 5 wks

3 (03) Al Green – Tired of Being Alone - 72 points (33-35-32-33-37-20-19-16-19-18-16-5-3-3) 14 wks

4 (06) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 68 points (27-28-29-29-14-16-9-8-6-4) 10 wks

5 (04) Carpenters - Superstar - 64 points (28-22-17-19-23-40-x-22-9-4-3-3-4-5) 13 wks

6 (08) Scott English - Brandy - 61 points (24-8-6) 3 wks

7 (05) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 57 points (22-12-4-2-4-4-5-7) 8 wks

8 (07) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem - 51 points (31-37-x-26-11-7-8) 6 wks

9 (09) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 47 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1-2-5-7-9-9-9) 13 wks

10 (11) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 46 points (27-33-36-36-33-19-14-15-20-19-20-26-27-18-11-10) 16 wks

11 (13) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans - 45 points (29-11-12-13-11) 5 wks

12 (35) John Lennon - Imagine - 42 points (40-35-12) 3 wks

13 (RE) Doors - Riders On The Storm -37 points (36-x-25-11-7-17-18-16-12-17-24-x-13) 11 wks

14 (28) Isaac Hayes - Theme Fom Shaft - 37 points (28-14) 2 wks

15 (10) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' - 36 points (13-10-15) 3 wks

16 (NE) Settlers - The Lightning Tree - 36 points 1 wk

17 (NE) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell - 36 points 1 wk

18 (19) Elvis Presley - It's Only Love - 32 points (19-18) 2 wks

19 (21) Van Morrison - Wild Night - 30 points (35-21-19) 3 wks

20 (12) Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 30 points (18-10-5-3-3-5-7-12-20) 9 wks

21 (26) Delfonics – Ready or Not Here I Come - 29 points (26-21) 2 wks

22 (18) Elgins – Put Yourself In My Place - 25 points (18-22) 2 wks

23 (NE) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug - 22 points 1 wk

24 (NE) Staple Singers - Respect Yourself - 21 points 1 wk

25 (NE) Slade - Coz I Luv You - 20 points 1 wk

26 (14) Marmalade - Cousin Norman - 20 points (18-12-6-6-10-14-26) 7 wks

27 (23) Diana Ross - Surrender - 19 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26-26-27-22-20-23-27) 14 wks

28 (16) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe - 19 points (21-15-7-8-6-16-28) 7 wks

29 (25) T.Rex - Jeepstser - 19 points (32-25-29) 3 wks

30 (34) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye - 18 points (23-23-32-24-31-36-x-18-13-16-18-22-27-x-40-40-x-34-30) 16 wks

31 (31) Delfonics – Hey Love - 18 points (27-27-26-24-25-24-27-27-28-29-29-27-27-27-28-30-30-31-31) 19 wks

32 (17) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song - 18 points (40-23-16-17-32) 5 wks

33 (NE) Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be - 17 points 1 wk

34 (32) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 17 points (30-30-34-34-30-30-28-31-33-34-32-34) 12 wks

35 (33) Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love - 17 points (38-40-39-40-38-38-x-36-33-35) 9 wks

36 (NE) Argent - Hold Your Head Up - 17 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Beach Boys - Long Promised Road - 16 points 1 wk

38 (37) Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You - 16 points (36-34-34-31-36-39-38-37-38) 9 wks

39 (38) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 16 points (17-17-13-10-14-13-14-14-37-x-14-9-6-5-8-12-23-38-39) 18 wks

40 (NE) Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors - 15 points 1 wk

40 (15) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - 15 points (24-21-17-15-40) 5 wks

40 (29) Newbeats - Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) - 15 points (36-29-29-40) 4 wks

40 (22) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 15 points (35-32-19-17-20-21-15-9-8-7-5-5-6-7-9-11-13-17-25-22-40) 21 wks

40 (40) Curved Air - Back Street Luv - 15 points (14-9-6-5-4-4-8-12-25-x-40-40) 11 wks



Dropped Out

45 (30) Cat Stevens – Peace Train - 14 points (30)

46 (40) Titanic - Sultana - 14 points (38-39-x-31-40)

48 (20) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing - 14 points (21-13-15-20)

50 (24) Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go - 14 points (33-28-37-24)

52 (36) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story - 13 points (40-36)

66 (39) Carpenters - For All We Know - 8 points (33-34-17-17-15-11-10-10-11-18-26-x-31-38-40-x-30-32-33-39)

84 (40) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting - 2 points (6-3-2-2-2-2-3-10-15-20-27-40)

88 (27) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go - 1 points (22-14-10-14-27)

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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 30.10.1971

1 (1) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (6 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (9 wk) (# 2)
4 (5) Four Tops - A Simple Game (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (10) Titanic - Sultana (6 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know (13 wk) (# 6)
7 (6) Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (8 wk) (# 6)
8 (4) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (10 wk) (# 4)
9 (20) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (7 wk) (# 9)
10 (19) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (4 wk) (# 10)
11 (12) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (7 wk) (# 11)
12 (18) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (8) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (11 wk) (# 2)
14 (11) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (9 wk) (# 5)
15 (9) Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (14 wk) (# 1)
16 (13) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place (8 wk) (# 13)
17 (23) Vince Hill - Look Around (6 wk) (# 17)
18 (25) Scott English - Brandy (4 wk) (# 18)
19 (14) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (5 wk) (# 14)
20 (22) Tom Jones - Till (2 wk) (# 20)
21 (17) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (9 wk) (# 6)
22 (21) Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know (7 wk) (# 21)
23 (29) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' (5 wk) (# 23)
24 (37) Springwater - I Will Return (2 wk) (# 23)
25 (24) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (12 wk) (# 17)
26 (NE) Slade - Coz I Luv You (1 wk) (# 26)
27 (16) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (7 wk) (# 11)
28 (33) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (4 wk) (# 28)
29 (49) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (15) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War (7 wk) (# 13)
31 (36) The Move - Chinatown (2 wk) (# 31)
32 (40) Roger Whittaker - Mamy Blue (5 wk) (# 32)
33 (32) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (4 wk) (# 32)
34 (42) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (3 wk) (# 34)
35 (27) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (10 wk) (# 8)
36 (39) The Settlers -The Lightning Tree (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (38) Autumn - My Little Girl (3 wk) (# 37)
38 (48) Newbeats - Run Baby Run (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (30) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue (16 wk) (# 7)
40 (26) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (11 wk) (# 5)
41 (28) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (10 wk) (# 22)
42 (NE) Doors - Riders On The Storm (1 wk) (# 42)
43 (35) Pop Tops - Mamy Blue (4 wk) (# 35)
44 (46) The Who - Let's See Action (2 wk) (# 44)
45 (31) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (17 wk) (# 2)
46 (34) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (14 wk) (# 1)
47 (41) The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (3 wk) (# 41)
48 (NE) Diana Ross - Surrender (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (45) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (22 wk) (# 1)
50 (NE) Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes/Remember (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 28-10-71: Ed Stewart
(26) SLADE – Coz I Luv You  
(29) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Banks Of The Ohio  
(19) ARETHA FRANKLIN - Spanish Harlem
(10) AL GREEN – Tired Of Being Alone  
(28) THE ELGINS – Put Yourself In My Place  
(NEW) RICHARD HARRIS – My Boy
(5) TITANIC – Sultana  
(NEW) LESLEY DUNCAN – Sing Children Sing
(20) TOM JONES – Till  
(1) ROD STEWART – Maggie May  
(9) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Keep On Dancing

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 30.10.1971

1 (NE) John Lennon - Imagine (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (15 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters (2 wk) (# 2)
4 (3) Various Artists - Hot Hots 7 (2 wk) (# 3)
5 (4) T.Rex - Electric Warrior (4 wk) (# 2)
6 (8) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (89 wks) (#1)
7 (7) James Taylor - Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon (23 wk) (# 4)
8 (5) Carole King - Tapestry (15 wk) (# 4)
9 (10) Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat (5 wk) (# 5)
10 (12) Who - Who's Next (8 wk) (# 1)

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (14 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (3 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Walk Right Up To The Sun (1 wk)
04 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (13 wks)
05 The Delfonics – Hey Love (20 wks)
06 Melanie – Brand New Key (1 wk)
07 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (10 wks)
08 Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (1 wk)
09 The Carpenters – Superstar (9 wks)
10 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (11 wks)

11 The Supremes – Touch (4 wks)
12 Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (3 wks)
13 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (15 wks)
14 Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack – You've Lost That Loving Feeling (2 wks)
15 The Chi-lites – Have You Seen Her (2 wks)
16 Tom Jones – Till (2 wks)
17 The Intruders – I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) (1 wk)
18 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Bless You (3 wks)
19 Pop Tops – Mamy Blue (4 wks)
20 Four Tops – MacArthur Park Pt. 2 (8 wks)

21 Donnie Elbert – Where Did Our Love Go (3 wks)
22 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (22 wks)
23 Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (4 wks)
24 Four Tops – A Simple Game (6 wks)
25 Bill Withers – Grandma's Hands (1 wk)
26 The Isley Brothers – Spill The Wine (5 wks)
27 Jean Knight – You Think You're Hot Stuff (3 wks)
28 Joe Simon – All My Hard Times (6 wks)
29 The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself (3 wks)
30 The Dells – The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (12 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Cher - Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves (4wks 24-5-1-1)
02 Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (4wks 25-9-4-2)
03 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (2wks 14-3)
04 Beach Boys - Long Promised Road (5wks 36-22-8-5-4)
05 Nick Drake - Northern Sky (3wks 30-15-5)
06 Rod Stewart - Maggie May (7wks 9-1-1-1-2-3-6)
07 Four Tops - Simple Game (5wks 20-12-7-6-7)
08 Diana Ross - Surrender (8wks 37-24-11-8-2-1-2-8)
09 Cat Stevens - Peace Train (3wks 28-16-9)
10 John Lennon - Imagine (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Judee Sill - Jesus Was a Cross Maker (2wks 21-11)
12 Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (4wks 27-21-12-12)
13 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (3wks 32-17-13)
14 T Rex - Mambo Sun (4wks 32-16-11-14)
15 Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile (4wks 28-14-9-15)
16 Joni Mitchell - Blue (2wks 24-16)
17 Yes - I've Seen All Good People (5wks 32-21-13-10-17)
18 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (5wks 16-5-4-8-18)
19 James Taylor - Long Ago And Far Away (2wks 25-19)
20 Titanic - Sultana (3wks 34-23-20)

21 Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (2wks 31-21)
22 Carpenters - Superstar (8wks 16-8-5-3-3-3-7-22)
23 Delaney & Bonnie - Only You Know And I Know (3wks 39-26-23)
24 Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song (7wks 30-15-9-6-6-13-24)
25 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate (6wks 28-21-17-15-19-25)
26 Springwater - I Will Return (1wk 26 NEW)
27 John Lennon - Crippled Inside (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (3wks 36-28-28)
29 Pop Tops - Mamy Blue (3wks 33-27-29)
30 Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War (6wks 27-19-13-11-18-30)

31 Slade - Coz I Luv You (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (1wk 32 NEW)

33 Move - Chinatown (1wk 33 NEW)

34 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Fanny - Charity Ball (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Jimi Hendrix - The Star-Spangled Banner (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Birds Of A Feather (2wks 38-37)
38 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (7wks 26-13-11-11-12-20-38)
39 Paul & Linda McCartney - Eat At Home (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (1wk 40 NEW)

Written and co-produced by Roy Wood, this UK #23 was taken from their 4th & final album Message from the Country. You may recognise it's co-vocalist is Jeff Lynne.

[o]

1 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone
3 CCS - Tap Turns On The Water
4 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
5 Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love)
6 Slade - Coz I Luv You
7 Marmalade - Cousin Norman
8 T.Rex - Jeepstser
9 Supremes - Nathan Jones
10 Doors – Riders on the storm

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Imagine - John Lennon < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Gypsys Tramps And Thieves - Cher (#1[2])
3 ( 9 ) Shaft - Isaac Hayes
4 ( 3 ) Brandy - Scott English (#3)
5 ( 6 ) The Lightning Tree - Settlers
6 ( 4 ) Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone (#3)
7 ( -- ) Coz I Luv You - Slade
8 ( 5 ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart (#1[5])
9 ( 7 ) Sultana - Titanic (#6)
10 ( -- ) Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites

11 ( 14 ) Alexander Graham Bell - Sweet
12 ( 17 ) A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
13 ( 12 ) Peace Train - Cat Stevens (#12)
14 ( 10 ) One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (#9)
15 ( 24 ) Desiderata - Les Crane
16 ( 8 ) Simple Game - Four Tops (#4)
17 ( -- ) One Tin Soldier - Coven
18 ( 11 ) Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull (#7)
19 ( 13 ) I'm Leavin' - Elvis Presley (#11)
20 ( 29 ) Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton-John

21 ( 18 ) Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle (#18)
22 ( -- ) Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots
23 ( 19 ) Birds Of A Feather - Raiders (#19)
24 ( 32 ) Chinatown - Move
25 ( -- ) Question 67 And 68 - Chicago
26 ( 16 ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS (#2[3])
27 ( 15 ) You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - Mungo Jerry (#6)
28 ( 28 ) My Little Girl - Autumn
29 ( 22 ) Mammy Blue - Roger Whittaker (#21)
30 ( 25 ) Lady Love Bug - Clodagh Rodgers (#25)

31 ( 36 ) Run Baby Run - Newbeats
32 ( 30 ) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye (#30)
33 ( 21 ) I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement (#13)
34 ( 33 ) You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) - 8th Day (#33)
35 ( 20 ) Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes (#3)
36 ( 26 ) Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kristofferson (#24)
37 ( 23 ) Butterfly - Danyel Gerard (#15)
38 ( -- ) Everybody's Everything - Santana
39 ( 27 ) If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (#4)
40 ( -- ) Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band

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-- ( 31 ) Superstar - Carpenters (#5)
-- ( 34 ) Yo-Yo - Osmonds (#13)
-- ( 35 ) All Day Music - War (#30)
-- ( 37 ) Another Time Another Place - Engelbert Humperdinck (#19)
-- ( 38 ) Cousin Norman - Marmalade (#8)
-- ( 39 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Glass Bottle (#29)
-- ( 40 ) Deep Blue - George Harrison (#33)

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-- ( -- ) Gypsy Eyes - Jimi Hendrix

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) Four Tops - A Simple Game (6 wks)
2 (3) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (4 wks)
3 (12) John Lennon - Imagine (2 wks)
4 (11) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (3 wks)
5 (4) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (4 wks)
6 (2) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (6 wks)
7 (5) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (9 wks)
8 (18) The Move - Chinatown (2 wks)
9 (10) Scott English - Brandy (4 wks)
10 (15) The Doors - Riders On The Storm (3 wks)
11 (9) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (4 wks)
12 (17) The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (3 wks)
13 (22) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (2 wks)
14 (20) The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (3 wks)
15 (19) The Settlers -The Lightning Tree (3 wks)
16 (21) Tom Jones - Till (2 wks)
17 (NE) Slade - Coz I Luv You (1 wk)
18 (6) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (5 wks)
19 (7) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (9 wks)
20 (8) Carpenters - Superstar (7 wks)
21 (28) The Who - Let's See Action (2 wks)
22 (NE) Diana Ross - Surrender (1 wk)
23 (13) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (4 wks)
24 (14) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (9 wks)
25 (16) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (7 wks)
26 (23) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go (8 wks)
27 (24) The Persuaders - Thin Line between Love & Hate (10 wks)
28 (25) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (7 wks)
29 (26) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (7 wks)
30 (27) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (10 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 22.10.1971

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(03) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
02(05) Scott English – Brandy
03(12) The Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell
04(02) The Four Tops – A Simple Game
05(07) Elvis Presley – It’s Only Love
06(20) Olivia Newton-John – Banks Of The Ohio
07(01) The Carpenters – Superstar
08(14) The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
09(04) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
10(10) The Settlers – The Lightning Tree

11(15) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come
12(11) Van Morrison – Wild Night
13(06) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
14(09) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug
15(28) The Move – Chinatown
16(08) Elvis Presley – I’m Leavin’
17(29) Tom Jones – Till
18(--) Diana Ross – Surrender
19(--) Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
20(--) Slade – Coz I Luv You

21(13) The Carpenters – For All We Know
22(18) Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
23(39) The Who – Let’s See Action
24(35) Newbeats – Run Baby Run
25(--) The Carpenters – Bless The Beasts And Children
26(36) Springwater – I Will Return
27(16) Aretha Franklin – Spanish Harlem
28(17) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place
29(--) Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands
30(19) Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: John Lennon - IMAGINE
2 [2] :: Aretha Franklin - SPANISH HARLEM
3 [1] :: Van Morrison - WILD NIGHT
4 [8] :: Staple Singers - RESPECT YOURSELF
5 [6] :: Dolly Parton - COAT OF MANY COLORS
6 [7] :: Doors - RIDERS ON THE STORM
7 [3] :: Elvis Presley - IT'S ONLY LOVE
8 [9] :: Al Green - TIRED OF BEING ALONE
9 [11] :: Sweet - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
10 [12] :: Olivia Newton-John - BANKS OF THE OHIO
11 [10] :: T Rex - COSMIC DANCER {Electric Warrior LP track)
12 [14] :: Marvin Gaye - INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER)
13 [5] :: Joan Baez - THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
14 [4] :: Rod Stewart - MAGGIE MAY
15 [new] :: Diana Ross - SURRENDER
16 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - ROCK STEADY
17 [new] :: Slade - COZ I LUV YOU
18 [16] :: Delaney & Bonnie - ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
19 [15] :: Mungo Jerry - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR
20 [13] :: Bay City Rollers - KEEP ON DANCING

[popchartfreak]

16th October 1971

It's 2 weeks on top for Slade's stomping classic, holding the brilliant Argent and Hold Your Head Up at 2, good enough for a number one easily, as is Michael Jackson's highest new entry, and solo debut, at 3 - Got To Be There is more Easy Listening than Soul (as the genres were then called) but it's a great record, and a lesson in how to be 13-years-old and have an amazing range used emotionally and appropriately. Pure class. I think he might do well, that boy! New at 11, Middle Of The Road get a 5th charting track, and instant number 11, the lovely Soley Soley sounding very European Pop, largely because it IS European pop (Italian mostly) and selling in Europe ahead of a UK release.

The Sweet make it 3 top 20's in a row, with the basic beat that Block Buster would do even better with, and Gene Pitney's forgotten Run Run Roadrunner has legs, it really is a great track, albeit one I never knew before 2021. Don McLean has 2 modest chart entries for 2 huge singles not yet out - but his album is, and American Pie (Part 1 would be the single, but both parts comprise the album track) and Vincent, my middle name, and a tribute to Van Gogh, both enter in response, Vincent 9 months early for the UK singles chart - but hey, this chart is a "What if Global Release Dates was a thing then chart" so I can make it substantially different from my actual charts of the time. From this week, all my charts were weekly (or more often) and as I liked them at the time.

Ray Stevens is also a bit early with his gospel Turn Your Radio On, Bill Withers' Grandma's Hands isn't one I knew at the time, but it's not bad, ditto Aretha Franklin's Rocksteady, both of them failing to make the UK charts and get radio airplay. Unlike the final new entry, Richard Harris' My Boy got Radio 2 plays for sure - I know cos I taped it off the radio, and the only radio station with decent FM in rural Lincolnshire was Radio 2. Radio 1 was still on the fading-in-and-out full-of-whistles AM, and Radio Luxembourg was too, only even worse than Radio 1. My Boy was later covered to over-blown effect by Elvis Presley, who got the hit Richard Harris didn't.



1 ( 1 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade # 1
2 ( 4 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 2
3 ( NEW ) GOT TO BE THERE - Michael Jackson # 3
4 ( 3 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
5 ( 5 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 5
6 ( 2 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 1
7 ( 8 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 7
8 ( 9 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 8
9 ( 6 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 1
10 ( 10 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1

11 ( NEW ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road # 11
12 ( 12 ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 12
13 ( 11 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
14 ( 7 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 4
15 ( 13 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
16 ( 14 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
17 ( 19 ) BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie # 17
18 ( 16 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
19 ( 38 ) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - The Sweet # 19
20 ( 39 ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 20

21 ( 15 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
22 ( 18 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
23 ( 17 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 10
24 ( 20 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 17
25 ( 22 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1
26 ( 23 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
27 ( 27 ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 27
28 ( 28 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 28
29 ( 36 ) JEALOUS GUY - John Lennon # 29
30 ( 26 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5

31 ( 49 ) I WILL RETURN - Springwater # 31
32 ( 40 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Stylistics # 32
33 ( 21 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 14
34 ( 31 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
35 ( NEW ) AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean # 35
36 ( 43 ) TILL - Tom Jones # 36
37 ( 33 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
38 ( 34 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
39 ( 25 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 6
40 ( 32 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5

41 ( 24 ) SWEET CITY WOMAN - The Stampeders # 24
42 ( 35 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6
43 ( 37 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
44 ( 47 ) SUPERBIRD - Neil Sedaka # 44
45 ( 41 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
46 ( 30 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 3
47 ( NEW ) VINCENT - Don McLean # 47
48 ( 42 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 9
49 ( 29 ) LOOK AROUND (AND YOU’LL FIND ME THERE) - Vince Hill # 29
50 ( 54 ) THE LIGHTNING TREE - The Settlers # 50

51 ( 48 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
52 ( 66 ) CHINATOWN - The Move # 52
53 ( 58 ) COSMIC DANCER - T.Rex # 53
54 ( 44 ) RESPECT YOURSELF - The Staple Singers # 44
55 ( 53 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
56 ( 50 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 8
57 ( 52 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 10
58 ( 62 ) DESIDERATA - Les Crane # 58
59 ( 59 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
60 ( 46 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade # 19

61 ( 45 ) FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes # 22
62 ( 57 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
63 ( 56 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE - Elvis Presley # 56
64 ( 51 ) WORKING ON A BUILDING OF LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board # 51
65 ( 69 ) I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (FOR LOVING ME) - The Chi-Lites # 65
66 ( 67 ) SPILL THE WINE - The Isley Brothers # 66
67 ( 64 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
68 ( 68 ) LIFE’S A GAS - T.Rex # 68
69 ( 71 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER - John Stewart # 69
70 ( 77 ) THE WAY LOVE USED TO BE - The Kinks # 70

71 ( 55 ) MAMY BLUE - Roger Whittaker # 55
72 ( 75 ) I’M YOURS (USE ME ANYWAY YOU WANNA) - Ike & Tina Turner # 72
73 ( 73 ) DON’T WANNA LIVE INSIDE MYSELF - The Bee Gees # 73
74 ( 65 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
75 ( NEW ) TURN YOUR RADIO ON - Ray Stevens # 75
76 ( 80 ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers # 76
77 ( 79 ) LET’S SEE ACTION - The Who # 77
78 ( NEW ) GRANDMA’S HANDS - Bill Withers # 78
79 ( NEW ) ROCK STEADY - Aretha Franklin # 79
80 ( NEW ) MY BOY - Richard Harris # 80

19th October 1971

In which my first weekly charts start up again after 2 years of "after-the-event" fill-in's, and the top 2 are the singles I bought in the UK at my very first opportunity. So that's 7 weeks on top for Middle Of The Road, having the edge over The New Seekers. In comes Elvis with a track at 4 I never managed to record on tape (the stuff from Singapore had arrived, so I had my notepads for charting, and a microphone for recording off the old radio from Germany we still had. The sound was tinny, but I still love those tapes off Alan Freeman's chart show and Terry Wogan's afternoon radio show) so I got it for Xmas cos I loved I'm Leaving and still loved Elvis in those days.

The Carpenters debut at 7 with Superstar, as they were in the UK promoting it and at last get another UK hit after flopping with Rainy Days & Mondays. New at 8, I included The New Seekers latest single Good Old Fashioned Music - and then because it wasn't in the UK charts I erased it and moved all other songs up one place. I can still make out where they were originally, so I've re-instated it as I wish I'd never introduced the "UK top 30 only" rule for my charts in a few weeks time, so many great records never charted until I changed the rules in 1974. New at 9, the fab Brandy, the definitive version of the song from writer Scott English, and way better than the famous blander versions from Barry Manilow and Westlife, aka Mandy.




1 ( 1 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 2 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers
3 ( 3 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate
4 ( NEW ) I’M LEAVING - Elvis Presley
5 ( 5 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops
6 ( 6 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez
7 ( NEW ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters
8 ( NEW ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers
9 ( NEW ) BRANDY - Scott English
10 ( 11 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers

11 ( 7 ) WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
12 ( 8 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
13 ( 9 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross
14 ( 10 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin
15 ( 17 ) DID YOU EVER - Nancy & Lee
16 ( 16 ) SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie
17 ( 14 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade
18 ( 12 ) BUTTERFLY - Danyel Gerard
19 ( 13 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes
20 ( 19 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
21 ( RE ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S.