Haven Retro Combined Chart : 06.11.1971

[smokeyb]

Slade end Rod's reign at number one, could this be their first of many?

Cher bounces back to number 2, John Lennon is up to 3, the Four Tops slip to 4, and the Sweet are up at 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is John Lennon at number 24.



The biggest climber is Dolly Parton who jumps up 17 places to number 18.



The biggest faller is Elvis Presley who drops 39 places.

06.11.1971 (Week # 45)


1 (02) Slade - Coz I Luv You - 126 points (25-2-1) 3 wks

2 (06) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 97 points (27-28-29-29-14-16-9-8-6-4-6-2) 12 wks

3 (04) John Lennon - Imagine - 83 points (40-35-12-4-3) 5 wks

4 (03) Four Tops - Simple Game - 64 points (11-2-2-2-2-3-4) 7 wks

5 (08) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell - 62 points (17-8-5) 3 wks

6 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 58 points (32-x-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-6) 11 wks

7 (09) Doors - Riders On The Storm -56 points (36-x-25-11-7-17-18-16-12-17-24-x-13-9-7) 13 wks

8 (05) Al Green – Tired of Being Alone - 54 points (33-35-32-33-37-20-19-16-19-18-16-5-3-3-5-8) 16 wks

9 (07) Scott English - Brandy - 51 points (24-8-6-7-9) 5 wks

10 (10) Isaac Hayes - Theme Fom Shaft - 49 points (28-14-10-10) 4 wks

11 (17) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio - 49 points (17-11) 2 wks

12 (11) Settlers - The Lightning Tree - 44 points (16-11-12) 3 wks

13 (14) Delfonics – Ready or Not Here I Come - 38 points (26-21-14-13) 4 wks

14 (12) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans - 38 points (29-11-12-13-11-12-14) 7 wks

15 (13) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 35 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1-2-5-7-9-9-9-13-15) 15 wks

16 (16) Staple Singers - Respect Yourself - 35 points (24-16-16) 3 wks

17 (23) Move - Chinatown - 32 points (23-17) 2 wks

18 (35) Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors - 31 points (40-35-18) 3 wks

19 (20) T.Rex - Jeepstser - 27 points (32-25-29-20-19) 5 wks

20 (27) Tom Jones – Till - 27 points (27-20) 2 wks

21 (26) Diana Ross - Surrender - 26 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26-26-27-22-20-23-27-26-21) 16 wks

22 (22) Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 25 points (18-10-5-3-3-5-7-12-20-22-22) 11 wks

23 (18) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 22 points (22-12-4-2-4-4-5-7-18-23) 10 wks

24 (NE) John Lennon - Crippled Inside - 22 points 1 wk

25 (29) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her - 21 points (29-23-26-28-27-33-38-40-40-x-29-25) 11 wks

26 (15) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 21 points (27-33-36-36-33-19-14-15-20-19-20-26-27-18-11-10-15-26) 18 wks

27 (40) Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - 21 points (40-27) 2 wks

28 (31) Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be - 20 points (33-31-28) 3 wks

29 (30) Argent - Hold Your Head Up - 19 points (36-30-29) 3 wks

30 (NE) John Lennon - Jealous Guy - 19 points 1 wk

31 (34) Delfonics – Walk Right Up To The Sun - 18 points (34-31) 2 wks

32 (37) 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-34-30-37-32) 18 wks
33 (NE) John Lennon - Oh Yoko ! - 18 points 1 wk

34 (32) Melanie – Brand New Key - 18 points (32-34) 2 wks

35 (38) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There - 18 points (38-35) 2 wks

36 (NE) Nick Drake - Northern Sky - 18 points 1 wk

37 (28) Cat Stevens – Peace Train - 17 points (30-x-28-37) 3 wks

38 (40) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 17 points (30-30-34-34-30-30-28-31-33-34-32-34-40-38) 14 wks

39 (21) Carpenters - Superstar - 16 points (28-22-17-19-23-40-x-22-9-4-3-3-4-5-21-39) 15 wks

40 (RE) Delfonics – Hey Love - 16 points (27-27-26-24-25-24-27-27-28-29-29-27-27-27-28-30-30-31-31-x-40) 20 wks



Dropped Out

41 (33) Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - 15 points (33)

42 (19) Elvis Presley - It's Only Love - 15 points (19-18-19)

47 (39) Beach Boys - Long Promised Road - 13 points (37-39)

56 (24) Van Morrison - Wild Night - 11 points (35-21-19-24)

58 (25) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem - 10 points (31-37-x-26-11-7-8-25)

75 (36) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin' - 5 points (13-10-15-36)



Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak (frozen chart) darkstar79 Mark & o.


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 13.11.1971

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 11-11-71: Tony Blackburn & Jimmy Saville
(20) THE NEWBEATS – Run Baby Run  
(NEW) JOHN KONGOS – Tokoloshe Man
(16) CHER – Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves  
(26) THE MOVE – Chinatown  
(28) CLODAGH RODGERS – Lady Luv Bug  
(7) THE PIGLETS – Johnny Reggae  
(NEW) CILLA BLACK – Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight)  
(NEW) DANA – Isn’t It A Pity
(22) DIANA ROSS – Surrender  
(11) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Banks Of The Ohio
(1) SLADE – Coz I Luv You
(4) TOM JONES – Till  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 13.11.1971
1 (2) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (17 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) John Lennon - Imagine (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (5) Various Artists - Hot Hits 7 (4 wk) (# 3)
4 (3) T.Rex - Electric Warrior (6 wk) (# 2)
5 (4) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters (4 wk) (# 2)
6 (8) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (91 wks) (#1)
7 (6) Carole King - Tapestry (17 wk) (# 4)
8 (9) James Taylor - Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon (25 wk) (# 4)
9 (7) Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat (7 wk) (# 5)
10 (10) Various Artists - The World of Your 100 Best Tunes (15 wk) (# 10)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 05.11.1971

1 (01) Slade - Coz I Luv You
2 (02) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
3 (19) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio
4 (13) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans
5 (12) The Move - Chinatown
6 (03) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
7 (33) Piglets - Johnny Reggae
8 (34) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Did You Ever?
9 (20) Diana Ross - Surrender
10 (31) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
11 (04) The Settlers - The Lightning Tree
12 (05) Rod Stewart - Maggie May
13 (06) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
14 (07) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
15 (08) Tom Jones - Till
16 (09) Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
17 (10) Vince Hill - Look Around
18 (11) Four Tops - A Simple Game
19 (14) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
20 (15) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water
21 (18) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
22 (16) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin'
23 (17) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
24 (21) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
25 (22) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
26 (23) The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
27 (24) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
28 (25) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow
29 (26) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday?
30 (27) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
31 (28) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
32 (32) Diana Ross - Remember Me
33 (30) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
34 (29) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
35 (New) Benny Hill - Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West
36 (New) T. Rex - Jeepster
37 (37) Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Place, Another Time
38 (38) Carpenters - For All We Know
39 (New) Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom
40 (40) Carpenters - Superstar

[raliverpool]

01 Nick Drake - Northern Sky (5wks 30-15-5-3-1)
02 Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (6wks 25-9-4-2-1-2)
03 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (4wks 14-3-2-3)
04 John Lennon - Imagine (3wks 10-5-4)
05 Slade - Coz I Luv You (3wks 31-11-5)
06 Judee Sill - Jesus Was a Cross Maker (4wks 21-11-6-6)
07 Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (3wks 32-14-7)
08 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (5wks 32-17-13-9-8)
09 Cat Stevens - Peace Train (5wks 28-16-9-7-9)
10 Joni Mitchell - Blue (4wks 24-16-10-10)

11 Cher - Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves (6wks 24-5-1-1-4-11)
12 John Lennon - Crippled Inside (3wks 27-16-12)
13 Van Morrison - Wild Night (2wks 27-13)
14 Springwater - I Will Return (3wks 26-19-14)
15 Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (2wks 28-15)

16 Who - Behind Blue Eyes (1wk 16 NEW)

17 Move - Chinatown (3wks 33-21-17)
18 Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (4wks 31-21-17-18)
19 Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (2wks 36-19)

20 Beach Boys - Long Promised Road (7wks 36-22-8-5-4-8-20)

21 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (1wk 21 NEW)
22 James Taylor - Long Ago And Far Away (4wks 25-19-18-22)
23 Four Tops - Simple Game (7wks 20-12-7-6-7-12-23)
24 Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (6wks 27-21-12-12-15-24)
25 Paul & Linda McCartney - Eat At Home (3wks 39-30-25)
26 Jimi Hendrix - The Star-Spangled Banner (3wks 36-26-26)
27 Elvis Presley - It's Only Love (2wks 33-27)
28 Rod Stewart - Maggie May (9wks 9-1-1-1-2-3-6-13-28)
29 Bread - Baby I'm A Want You (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Who - Let's See Action (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Santana - Everybody's Everything (2wks 37-31)
32 Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (3wks 40-32-33)
34 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You (3wks 34-31-34)
35 Delaney & Bonnie - Only You Know And I Know (5wks 39-26-23-24-35)
36 T Rex - Mambo Sun (6wks 32-16-11-14-20-36)
37 Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (1wk 37 NEW)
38 5th Dimension - Never My Love (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Band - Life Is A Carnival (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Diana Ross - Surrender (10wks 37-24-11-8-2-1-2-8-22-40)

Originally written by Pete Townshend for his aborted Lifehouse project, this Who's Next gritty rock ballad album track released as a single hitting USA #34, is so good even Limp Bizkit could not ruin it!

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (16 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (5 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Walk Right Up To The Sun (3 wks)
04 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (15 wks)
05 Curtis Mayfield – Get Down (1 wk)
06 The Stylistics – You Are Everything (2 wks)
07 The Delfonics – Hey Love (22 wks)
08 Melanie – Brand New Key (3 wks)
09 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (12 wks)
10 Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (3 wks)

11 The Carpenters – Superstar (11 wks)
12 The Emotions – Show Me How (2 wks)
13 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (13 wks)
14 The Chi Lites – I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me) (2 wks)
15 The Supremes – Touch (6 wks)
16 Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (5 wks)
17 Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack – You've Lost That Loving Feeling (4 wks)
18 The Temptations – Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (2 wks)
19 The Intruders – I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) (3 wks)
20 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (17 wks)

21 The Chi-lites – Have You Seen Her (4 wks)
22 Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair (2 wks)
23 Tom Jones – Till (4 wks)
24 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Bless You (5 wks)
25 Pop Tops – Mamy Blue (6 wks)
26 Donnie Elbert – Where Did Our Love Go (5 wks)
27 Four Tops – MacArthur Park Pt. 2 (10 wks)
28 Bill Withers – Grandma's Hands (3 wks)
29 Four Tops – A Simple Game (8 wks)
30 Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (6 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Slade - Coz I Luv You (3 wks)
2 (6) The Move - Chinatown (4 wks)
3 (1) John Lennon - Imagine (4 wks)
4 (3) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (5 wks)
5 (NE) T. Rex - Jeepster (1 wk)
6 (7) The Doors - Riders On The Storm (5 wks)
7 (10) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (4 wks)
8 (11) The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (5 wks)
9 (17) Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves (2 wks)
10 (4) Four Tops - A Simple Game (8 wks)
11 (13) Tom Jones - Till (4 wks)
12 (5) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (6 wks)
13 (NE) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (1 wk)
14 (16) Diana Ross - Surrender (3 wks)
15 (21) The Piglets - Johnny Reggae (2 wks)
16 (19) The Who - Let's See Action (4 wks)
17 (30) The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (2 wks)
18 (12) The Settlers -The Lightning Tree (5 wks)
19 (9) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (8 wks)
20 (14) The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come (5 wks)
21 (NE) Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom (1 wk)
22 (NE) Deep Purple - Fireball (1 wk)
23 (8) The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place (6 wks)
24 (15) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (11 wks)
25 (18) Scott English - Brandy (6 wks)
26 (20) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (6 wks)
27 (22) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (7 wks)
28 (23) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (11 wks)
29 (24) Carpenters - Superstar (9 wks)
30 (NE) Three Dog Night - Just An Old Fashioned Lovesong (1 wk)

[popchartfreak]

I'm hoping I can catch up at the end of the week but if not this is last week's missing chart and that can be used instead if I dont get it in in time:


23rd October 1971

It's a first week on top for young 13-year-old Michael Jackson and his amazing vocal on Got To Be There, his first solo chart-topper (and very much not the last) in these retrospective revisit charts, his 2nd after I'll Be There did it first for The Jackson 5. Middle Of The Road were topping my charts exactly 50 years ago - but the follow-up single to that one is up to 6 for a 3rd Retro top 10, Soley Soley being a hit in Italy already. John Barry's fab TV show theme finally makes the top 10 too, his second after Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Highest new entry is straight in at 13 for Sly & The family Stone and their greatest record by some distance, the brilliant Family Affair. If the production sounds a bit muddy it's due to obsessive recording over on the same tape by Sly, apparently. Regardless, it's a classic, and I loved Madonna doing it live at one of her concerts - certainly much better than the Catastrophically bad version Sly & co did when I saw them around 10 or 15 years back.

New at 50, Jonathan King is back under another pseudonym - or so he claims. The backing track B side (I bought the single at the time) is certainly JK but the young girl rapping/semi-singing Johnny Reggae, most definitely isn't. It's a poke at the skinhead reggae youth tribe cult which was big in 1971 among some working class white lads and their girlfriends - a sort of reaction to the long-haired teens that was pretty much the official boys uniform at the time. My hair, as was the order of the day in RAF schools, was short but not skin-head, so that signified geek or nerd, or swot as the term of that time. The record is still quite fun and tongue-in-cheek.

The batch of new entries down t'bottom end: Cliff on Sing A Song Of Freedom, not one of my fave Cliff tracks at the time TBH - but it's not bad; The Trems getting a flop with Too Late (To Be Saved) and one I quite liked but never loved; David Cassidy debuting in the USA with his first solo hit spin-off from The Partridge Family, his fairly bland cover of the original and bland Cherish by The Association. At least in the UK it got to be the also-ran side of Could It be Forever, way better record; The Temptations were getting UK airplay with Superstar - but again not one of their greatest releases, or hits; Smokey Robinson is back, with a flop that is new to me, but Satisfaction is pretty decent actually - then again Smokey Robinson is minimum "pretty decent" generally; The Emotions also drop in 6 years earlier than their Best Of My Life real-life UK chart debut gem, with the rather nice Show Me How.


1 ( 3 ) GOT TO BE THERE - Michael Jackson # 1
2 ( 1 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade # 2
3 ( 2 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 3
4 ( 7 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 4
5 ( 4 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 5
6 ( 11 ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road # 6
7 ( 5 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 7
8 ( 6 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 8
9 ( 8 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 9
10 ( 12 ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 10

11 ( 10 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 11
12 ( 9 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 12
13 ( NEW ) FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone # 13
14 ( 13 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 14
15 ( 17 ) BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie # 15
16 ( 15 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 16
17 ( 16 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 17
18 ( 20 ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 18
19 ( 31 ) I WILL RETURN - Springwater # 19
20 ( 19 ) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - The Sweet # 20

21 ( 14 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 21
22 ( 18 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 22
23 ( 21 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 23
24 ( 22 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 24
25 ( 28 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 25
26 ( 26 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 26
27 ( 25 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 27
28 ( 32 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Stylistics # 28
29 ( 35 ) AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean # 29
30 ( 24 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 30

31 ( 23 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 31
32 ( 27 ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 32
33 ( 30 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 33
34 ( 44 ) SUPERBIRD - Neil Sedaka # 34
35 ( 47 ) VINCENT - Don McLean # 35
36 ( 36 ) TILL - Tom Jones # 36
37 ( 29 ) JEALOUS GUY - John Lennon # 37
38 ( 34 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 38
39 ( 50 ) THE LIGHTNING TREE - The Settlers # 39
40 ( 52 ) CHINATOWN - The Move # 40

41 ( 37 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 41
42 ( 38 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 42
43 ( 33 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 43
44 ( 43 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 44
45 ( 42 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 45
46 ( 40 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 46
47 ( 39 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 47
48 ( 45 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 48
49 ( 53 ) COSMIC DANCER - T.Rex # 49
50 ( NEW ) JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets # 50

51 ( 46 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 51
52 ( 65 ) I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (FOR LOVING ME) - The Chi-Lites # 52
53 ( 48 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 53
54 ( 51 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 54
55 ( 58 ) DESIDERATA - Les Crane # 55
56 ( 68 ) LIFE’S A GAS - T.Rex # 56
57 ( 55 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 57
58 ( 69 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER - John Stewart # 58
59 ( 70 ) THE WAY LOVE USED TO BE - The Kinks # 59
60 ( 59 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 60

61 ( 56 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 61
62 ( 57 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 62
63 ( 41 ) SWEET CITY WOMAN - The Stampeders # 63
64 ( 72 ) I’M YOURS (USE ME ANYWAY YOU WANNA) - Ike & Tina Turner # 64
65 ( 73 ) DON’T WANNA LIVE INSIDE MYSELF - The Bee Gees # 65
66 ( 66 ) SPILL THE WINE - The Isley Brothers # 66
67 ( 75 ) TURN YOUR RADIO ON - Ray Stevens # 67
68 ( 67 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 68
69 ( 62 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 69
70 ( 76 ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers # 70

71 ( 78 ) GRANDMA’S HANDS - Bill Withers # 71
72 ( 77 ) LET’S SEE ACTION - The Who # 72
73 ( 80 ) MY BOY - Richard Harris # 73
74 ( 79 ) ROCK STEADY - Aretha Franklin # 74
75 ( NEW ) SING A SONG OF FREEDOM - Cliff Richard # 75
76 ( NEW ) TOO LATE (TO BE SAVED) - The Tremeloes # 76
77 ( NEW ) CHERISH - David Cassidy # 77
78 ( NEW ) SUPERSTAR (REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT WHERE YOU ARE) - The Temptations # 78
79 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 79
80 ( NEW ) SHOW ME HOW - The Emotions # 80


Wot I liked then 26th Oct 1971

It's 8 weeks on top for Middle Of The Road, I was a bit of a fan back in the day. Elvis has his biggest hit since The Wonder Of You, at 2, and The Four Tops reach a new peak for my original 1968 onwards charts, as Simple game hits 3. Peter Noone returns after an enforced-Singapore gap (I didn't hear any Herman's Hermits tracks since My Sentimental Friend, and this is his first solo charting track, though I retrospectively got to hear Oh You Pretty Things). Walnut Whirl was listed in my notes of the week as a new track I liked, (but as I never managed to get it on tape it's going to be interesting to revisit 50 years on, given the lyrics about a girl with a weight issue...!)

1 ( 1 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 4 ) I’M LEAVING - Elvis Presley
3 ( 5 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops
4 ( 6 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez
5 ( 3 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate
6 ( 9 ) BRANDY - Scott English
7 ( 7 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters
8 ( 10 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers
9 ( 11 ) WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
10 ( 18 ) BUTTERFLY - Danyel Gerard

11 ( 14 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin
12 ( RE ) SULTANA - Titanic
13 ( 8 ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers
14 ( 12 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
15 ( 17 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade
16 ( 15 ) DID YOU EVER - Nancy & Lee
17 ( RE ) FREEDOM COME FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes
18 ( NEW ) WALNUT WHIRL - Peter Noone
19 ( 21 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S.
20 ( NEW ) LOOK AROUND - Vince Hill

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Imagine - John Lennon < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Shaft - Isaac Hayes
3 ( 3 ) Coz I Luv You - Slade
4 ( 4 ) Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
5 ( 8 ) One Tin Soldier - Coven
6 ( -- ) Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - Benny Hill
7 ( 6 ) The Lightning Tree - Settlers (#5)
8 ( 19 ) Johnny Reggae - Piglets
9 ( 13 ) Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots
10 ( 5 ) Gypsys Tramps And Thieves - Cher (#1[2])

11 ( 10 ) A Natural Man - Lou Rawls (#10)
12 ( 12 ) Desiderata - Les Crane
13 ( 7 ) Brandy - Scott English (#3)
14 ( 16 ) Question 67 And 68 - Chicago
15 ( -- ) Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
16 ( 11 ) Alexander Graham Bell - Sweet (#11)
17 ( -- ) Jeepster - T.Rex
18 ( 9 ) Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone (#3)
19 ( 26 ) Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
20 ( 17 ) Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton-John (#17)

21 ( -- ) It's A Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
22 ( 20 ) Chinatown - Move (#20)
23 ( 14 ) Sultana - Titanic (#6)
24 ( 27 ) Everybody's Everything - Santana
25 ( 32 ) Baby I'm A Want You - Bread
26 ( 34 ) Charity Ball - Fanny
27 ( 15 ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart (#1[5])
28 ( 18 ) Peace Train - Cat Stevens (#12)
29 ( 31 ) Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band
30 ( -- ) Sing A Song Of Freedom - Cliff Richard

31 ( 23 ) Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle (#18)
32 ( 28 ) Run Baby Run - Newbeats (#28)
33 ( 22 ) Simple Game - Four Tops (#4)
34 ( 21 ) One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (#9)
35 ( 40 ) Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
36 ( 24 ) I'm Leavin' - Elvis Presley (#11)
37 ( -- ) All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher
38 ( 25 ) Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull (#7)
39 ( 30 ) My Little Girl - Autumn (#28)
40 ( -- ) Fireball - Deep Purple

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-- ( 29 ) Birds Of A Feather - Raiders (#19)
-- ( 33 ) Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye (#30)
-- ( 35 ) You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) - 8th Day (#33)
-- ( 36 ) Lady Love Bug - Clodagh Rodgers (#25)
-- ( 37 ) Mammy Blue - Roger Whittaker (#21)
-- ( 38 ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS (#2[3])
-- ( 39 ) You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - Mungo Jerry (#6)

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-- ( -- ) Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
-- ( -- ) Burundi Black - Burundi Steiphenson Black

[Whitneyfan]

01(12) Cher – Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves
02(06) Slade – Coz I Luv You
03(02) Olivia Newton-John – Banks Of The Ohio
04(04) Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
05(07) Diana Ross – Surrender
06(01) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
07(13) Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands
08(09) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come
09(03) Scott English – Brandy
10(05) The Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell

11(--) T. Rex – Jeepster
12(08) Elvis Presley – It’s Only Love
13(--) John Lennon – Imagine
14(28) The Piglets – Johnny Reggae
15(10) The Four Tops – A Simple Game
16(11) The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself
17(14) The Move – Chinatown
18(19) The Carpenters – Bless The Beasts And Children
19(--) Benny Hill – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
20(15) Tom Jones – Till

21(17) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
22(16) The Carpenters – Superstar
23(--) Cliff Richard – Sing A Song Of Freedom
24(20) The Who – Let’s See Action
25(18) The Settlers – The Lightning Tree
26(22) Newbeats – Run Baby Run
27(21) Van Morrison – Wild Night
28(23) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
29(24) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug
30(--) Deep Purple – Fireball

[o]

1 Slade - Coz I Luv You
2 Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves
3 T.Rex - Jeepster
4 Doors – Riders on the storm
5 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone
6 Cilla Black – Something tells me
7 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
8 Benny Hill – The fastest milkman in the west
9 Tony Christie – Is this the way to Amarillo
10 Jonathan King – Hooked on a feeling

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: John Lennon - JEALOUS GUY
2 [1] :: John Lennon - IMAGINE
3 [6] :: Staple Singers - RESPECT YOURSELF
4 [3] :: John Lennon - OH YOKO !
5 [4] :: John Lennon - CRIPPLED INSIDE
6 [14] :: Cher - GYPSYS TRAMPS & THIEVES
7 [5] :: Doors - RIDERS ON THE STORM
8 [8] :: Olivia Newton-John - BANKS OF THE OHIO
9 [9] :: Sweet - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
10 [new] :: T. Rex - JEEPSTER
11 [17] :: Slade - COZ I LUV YOU
12 [11] :: Aretha Franklin - SPANISH HARLEM
13 [18] :: Aretha Franklin - ROCK STEADY
14 [10] :: Van Morrison - WILD NIGHT
15 [7] :: Dolly Parton - COAT OF MANY COLORS
16 [15] :: Diana Ross - SURRENDER
17 [12] :: Marvin Gaye - INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER)
18 [20] :: Rod Stewart - MAGGIE MAY
19 [new] :: Stylistics - YOU ARE EVERYTHING
20 [new] :: Neil Diamond - CRUNCHY GRANOLA SUITE

[popchartfreak]

30th October 1971

It's back up on top for a 3rd week for Slade, as Coz I Luv You topped the charts 50 years ago and tops my charts now, around the time I was now taping stuff off the radio and making all sorts of lists and charts in the exciting pop scene of late 1971. Middle Of The Road topped my chart back in 1971, and becomes the closest of their hat-trick of number ones in my original charts to do it again, at 3 with Soley Soley, as John Kongos gets an instant second top 5 with the thrilling and menacing Tokoloshe Man new at 4. Sly & The family Stone get a first top 10 in the retro charts, Family Affair remaining my fave of theirs, but they have a new album out too this week, so the next single charts early, Runnin' Away at 46.

New at 25, an instant number one for me after hearing Alan Freeman play it more than once in a row on his Pick Of The Pops - Rescue Company No. 1 were another RAK Records act, but never got the hit they deserved with Life's Too Short, a really strong song that could easily translate into a bangin dance or rock tune even 50 years later, I reckon. My younger brother's then-fave record (along with Charlie Drake's Puckwudgie) is new at 42 for Benny Hill. I watched Benny do it on his show, along with millions of others, and it is far and away his finest moment, Ernie being a right ol' parody of the Western High Noon done British-70's-style. You're lucky to find a milkman these days.

At 54, the song Paul Williams wrote for the Carpenters (I guess they objected to the song title given the Easy Listening slagging offs they were getting in some quarters) so he gave An Old fashioned Love Song to Three Dog Night, who duly ruined it as was their habit with covers. In the UK Ayshea Brough covered it on Lift Off - she usually did contemporary songs each week on the kids pop show, all but 1 or 2 of which have been scrubbed - as did The New Seekers, and both versions I liked. Paul released his own album of his own hit songs for others, and I love his ragtime style - much as he did with Bugsy Malone, the film soundtrack, and his guest spot on The Muppet Show a few years later when he sang this song. Still the best version.

It's double Lindisfarne this week, as the new album is out, with Fog On The Tyne popping in before Gazza can ruin it, a baby at this period probably, admittedly. Higher up, though, is the fab Meet Me On The Corner a few months early from being a hit single. I saw Lindisfarne in 1980 at Knebworth, they were fun. Cilla's new in with her TV show theme, watched and loved by millions, Something Tells Me was her last big hit, mainly cos it was the TV show theme though, I think. In 2 months she'll do a duet with Marc Bolan on his Life's A Gas - which I think is much better than the original a few places lower.

Peter Noone brings his "cuddly girls are fab" song into the chart, one I liked as I'd been a Herman's Hermits fan since I was 6, Walnut Whirl sounding not bad at all 50 years later. Sweathog is an American hit new to me, a decent rockpop single Hallelujah, Stones is the best track off Neil Diamond's latest album of mostly-covers (lazy!), and self-written, and one I quite liked at the time, Buffy Sainte-Marie's I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again charts a few months early too, out in the USA, and The Coasters return with a cool new image and a pretty good update of their classic Love Potion No. 9. Never heard it before, neither Tommy James' Nothing To Hide - which has never made the listing on any Greatest Hits CD's I've bought, but is decent. Finally, we have Burundi Black, the template for Adam & The Ants 9 years early. Oh, yes it is...!


1 ( 2 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade # 1
2 ( 1 ) GOT TO BE THERE - Michael Jackson # 1
3 ( 6 ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road # 3
4 ( NEW ) TOKOLOSHE MAN - John Kongos # 4
5 ( 3 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 2
6 ( 5 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
7 ( 7 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 5
8 ( 4 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 4
9 ( 13 ) FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone # 9
10 ( 8 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 1

11 ( 9 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 8
12 ( 10 ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 10
13 ( 11 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
14 ( 12 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 1
15 ( 18 ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 15
16 ( 14 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
17 ( 19 ) I WILL RETURN - Springwater # 17
18 ( 16 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
19 ( 17 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
20 ( 28 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Stylistics # 20

21 ( 21 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 4
22 ( 22 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
23 ( 35 ) VINCENT - Don McLean # 23
24 ( 24 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
25 ( NEW ) LIFE’S TOO SHORT - Rescue Company No. 1 # 25
26 ( 26 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
27 ( 29 ) AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean # 27
28 ( 23 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
29 ( 36 ) TILL - Tom Jones # 29
30 ( 20 ) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - The Sweet # 19

31 ( 27 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1
32 ( 25 ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 25
33 ( 30 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 17
34 ( 39 ) THE LIGHTNING TREE - The Settlers # 34
35 ( 33 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5
36 ( 31 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 10
37 ( 50 ) JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets # 37
38 ( 34 ) SUPERBIRD - Neil Sedaka # 34
39 ( 15 ) BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie # 15
40 ( 32 ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 27

41 ( 38 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
42 ( NEW ) ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) - Benny Hill # 42
43 ( 41 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
44 ( 42 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
45 ( 52 ) I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (FOR LOVING ME) - The Chi-Lites # 45
46 ( NEW ) RUNNIN’ AWAY - Sly & The Family Stone # 46
47 ( 40 ) CHINATOWN - The Move # 40
48 ( 44 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
49 ( 49 ) COSMIC DANCER - T.Rex # 49
50 ( 45 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6

51 ( 46 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5
52 ( 48 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
53 ( 58 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER - John Stewart # 53
54 ( NEW ) (JUST AN) OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG - Paul Williams # 54
55 ( 53 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 9
56 ( 54 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
57 ( 59 ) THE WAY LOVE USED TO BE - The Kinks # 57
58 ( 47 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 6
59 ( 64 ) I’M YOURS (USE ME ANYWAY YOU WANNA) - Ike & Tina Turner # 59
60 ( 65 ) DON’T WANNA LIVE INSIDE MYSELF - The Bee Gees # 60

61 ( 57 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
62 ( 60 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
63 ( NEW ) MEET ME ON THE CORNER - Lindisfarne # 63
64 ( 51 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 3
65 ( 37 ) JEALOUS GUY - John Lennon # 29
66 ( 67 ) TURN YOUR RADIO ON - Ray Stevens # 66
67 ( 43 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 14
68 ( 70 ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers # 68
69 ( 71 ) GRANDMA’S HANDS - Bill Withers # 69
70 ( 75 ) SING A SONG OF FREEDOM - Cliff Richard # 70

71 ( NEW ) SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING’S GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT) - Cilla Black # 71
72 ( 73 ) MY BOY - Richard Harris # 72
73 ( NEW ) WALNUT WHIRL - Peter Noone # 73
74 ( 76 ) TOO LATE (TO BE SAVED) - The Tremeloes # 74
75 ( 78 ) SUPERSTAR (REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT WHERE YOU ARE) - The Temptations # 75
76 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH - Sweathog # 76
77 ( 79 ) SATISFACTION - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 77
78 ( NEW ) STONES - Neil Diamond # 78
79 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA BE A COUNTRY GIRL AGAIN - Buffy Sainte Marie # 79
80 ( NEW ) LOVE POTION NO. 9 (1971 VERSION) - The Coasters # 80

81 ( NEW ) NOTHING TO HIDE - Tommy James # 81
82 ( NEW ) BURUNDI BLACK - Burundi Stephenson Black # 82
83 ( NEW ) FOG ON THE TYNE - Lindisfarne # 83
84 ( 56 ) LIFE’S A GAS - T.Rex # 56
85 ( 72 ) LET’S SEE ACTION - The Who # 72

[popchartfreak]

A bit late, this is what I loved this week 50 weeks ago:

2nd November 1971

It's a first chart-topper for The Four Tops version of The Moody Blues Simple Game, as I go mad on the powerful record, and it's not just Levi Stubbs with the vocals this time either, the others get a go too. Bubblegum still appeals bigly too, as Bay City Rollers hit 2 3 years earlier than they would do in the UK charts with the 60's cover, Keep On Dancing, and of a similar vintage it's new in at 5 for The Newbeats beat doo-wop Northern Soul goodie, Run Baby Run, loved that one, still do and also Jonathan King's Piglets enter at 6 with the amusing Johnny Reggae. Scott English meanwhile is huge with Brandy 4 years ahead of Barry Manilow blanding it out and scoring huge with Mandy. The entire top 10 could easily have all been number ones had they all not collided with each other.

Slade debut at 11 with Coz I Luv You, former-skinhead stomping Glam Rockers joining T.Rex as the next big Glam act, and what a great record too. At 12, The Hermits kick out Peter Noone from the chart, revenge is sweet, as She's A Lady debuts - I havent heard this record for 50 years, and am hoping it's on Youtube so I can assess it for my retro revisit charts. The Hermits, sadly, never made a go of a solo career, unlike Peter who I last saw singing at Disney Epcot in Florida in the 90's. Clodagh Rogers follows-up her Eurovision biggie for a 4th chart entry in nearly 3 years, Lady Love Bug new at 15, and The Move do the same with Chinatown at 19, not quite matching the chart-topping Blackberry Way though!

So, in my life, my charting was going strong, I was recording current songs off Radio 2 and the Alan Freeman's Pick Of The Pops, as Radio 1 in those days was not on FM, and the signal was terrible in rural Lincolnshire, and I was listing all my recordings, songs getting played on the radio, my records, music shows like Lift Off With Ayshea. I like lists. Took my mind off school, which was very stressful. I'd had to start doing PE and Games lessons, out in the cold. I was not a fan, hadn't a clue about football, and didn't like rugby or cricket or running in cold weather. I missed the equatorial heat, the tropical climates, and friendly schoolmates. During breaks I tried to avoid everyone else, the Library was handy for that, mostly I started to go out of school to the local newsagents and flick through the American comics racks looking for DC Comics, and spending my dinner money on those and making do with a bag of chips from the chipshop on the way to Asda. The RAF house hadn't got any sort of heating, just an electric fire on the wall in the bathroom, a portable electric heater, a portable paraffin heater mum bought, and a coal fire in the living room. Getting coal from the bunker was dirty and cleaning out the ashes every morning in the cold a pain in the ass. Oh, yes, I missed the sunshine and warmth! But the pop music was amazing!

1 ( 3 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops
2 ( 8 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers
3 ( 6 ) BRANDY - Scott English
4 ( 1 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
5 ( NEW ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats
6 ( NEW ) JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets
7 ( 4 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez
8 ( 9 ) WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
9 ( 7 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters
10 ( 2 ) I’M LEAVING - Elvis Presley

11 ( NEW ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade
12 ( NEW ) SHE’S A LADY - The Hermits
13 ( 12 ) SULTANA - Titanic
14 ( 10 ) BUTTERFLY - Danyel Gerard
15 ( NEW ) LADY LOVE BUG - Clodagh Rogers
16 ( 11 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin
17 ( 17 ) FREEDOM COME FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes
18 ( 14 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
19 ( NEW ) CHINATOWN - The Move
20 ( 13 ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers