Haven Retro Combined Chart : 27.11.1971

[smokeyb]

Week number 4 at the top for Slade, as they hold off T. Rex at number 2, Tony Christie is up at 3

Cher slips to 4 and Benny Hill is stuck at 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is the Supremes & Four Tops at number 23.



The biggest climber is Labi Siffre who jumps up 29 places to number 11.



The biggest faller is John Lennon who drops 26 places.


27.11.1971 (Week # 48)


1 (01) Slade - Coz I Luv You - 138 points (25-2-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (02) T.Rex - Jeepstser - 116 points (32-25-29-20-19-4-2-2) 8 wks

3 (07) Tony Christie – Is This The Way to Amarillo - 101 points (7-3) 2 wks

4 (03) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 86 points (27-28-29-29-14-16-9-8-6-4-6-2-2-3-4) 15 wks

5 (05) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - 85 points (13-5-5) 3 wks

6 (04) John Lennon - Imagine - 82 points (40-35-12-4-3-3-4-6) 8 wks

7 (21) Cilla Black – Something Tells Me - 67 points (21-7) 2 wks

8 (12) John Kongos - Tokoloshie Man - 60 points (37-12-8) 3 wks

9 (06) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio - 52 points (17-11-5-6-9) 5 wks

10 (08) Staple Singers - Respect Yourself - 52 points (24-16-16-10-8-10) 6 wks

11 (40) Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love - 44 points (40-11) 2 wks

12 (09) Piglets - Johnny Reggae - 39 points (11-9-12) 3 wks

13 (15) Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair - 37 points (15-13) 2 wks

14 (23) Who - Behind Blue Eyes - 35 points (23-14) 2 wks

15 (22) Cliff Richard – Sing A Song Of Freedom - 31 points (22-15) 2 wks

16 (10) Doors - Riders On The Storm -29 points (36-x-25-11-7-17-18-16-12-17-24-x-13-9-7-6-10-16) 16 wks

17 (37) Jonathan King – Hooked On A Feeling - 28 points (37-17) 2 wks

18 (27) Deep Purple - Fireball - 27 points (27-18) 2 wks

19 (13) Diana Ross - Surrender - 27 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26-26-27-22-20-23-27-26-21-12-13-19) 19 wks

20 (14) Isaac Hayes - Theme Fom Shaft - 26 points (28-14-10-10-8-14-26) 7 wks

21 (18) Nick Drake - Northern Sky - 26 points (36-26-18-21) 4 wks

22 (19) Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - 26 points (33-x-29-19-22) 4 wks

23 (NE) Supremes & The Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - 25 points 1 wk

24 (20) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her - 24 points (29-23-26-28-27-33-38-40-40-x-29-25-22-20-24) 14 wks

25 (17) Delfonics – Ready or Not Here I Come - 23 points (26-21-14-13-17-17-25) 7 wks

26 (24) Springwater - I Will Return - 23 points (24-26) 2 wks

27 (26) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 20 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1-2-5-7-9-9-9-13-15-15-26-27) 18 wks

28 (11) Move - Chinatown - 20 points (23-17-9-11-28) 5 wks

29 (28) John Lennon - Jealous Guy - 20 points (30-27-28-29) 4 wks

30 (25) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There - 20 points (38-35-25-25-30) 5 wks

31 (29) Stylistics – You Are Everything - 19 points (31-29-31) 3 wks

32 (NE) Congregation ft Brian Keith of Plastic Penny - Softly Whispering I Love You - 19 points 1 wk

33 (32) Delfonics – Walk Right Up To The Sun - 18 points (34-31-30-32-33) 5 wks

34 (35) Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands - 17 points (35-34) 2 wks

35 (NE) Melanie – Brand New Key - 17 points 1 wk

36 (38) Tyrone Davis – You Keep Me Holding On - 17 points (38-36) 2 wks

37 (40) Curtis Mayfield – Get Down - 16 points (39-40-37) 3 wks

38 (RE) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 15 points (30-30-34-34-30-30-28-31-33-34-32-34-40-38-33-x-38) 16 wks

39 (16) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell - 15 points (17-8-5-7-16-39) 6 wks

40 (40) Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - 14 points (40-40) 2 wks

40 (NE) Bread - Baby I'm A Want You - 14 points 1 wk

40 (39) Middle Of The Road - Soley Soley - 14 points (32-39-40) 3 wks



Dropped Out

52 (30) Four Tops - Simple Game - 11 points (11-2-2-2-2-3-4-14-30)

53 (31) Van Morrison - Wild Night - 10 points (35-21-19-24-x-31)

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

58 (34) Scott English - Brandy - 10 points (24-8-6-7-9-16-34)

59 (33) John Lennon - Crippled Inside - 9 points (24-21-33)


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 04.12.1971

1 (1) Slade - Coz I Luv You (6 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) T. Rex - Jeepster - (4 wk) (# 2)
4 (4) Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) The Piglets - Johnny Reggae (5 wk) (# 3)
6 (14) John Kongos Tokoloshe Man (3 wk) (# 6)
7 (8) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (7 wk) (# 6)
8 (6) Tom Jones - Till (7 wk) (# 2)
9 (7) Springwater - I Will Return (7 wk) (# 5)
10 (12) Newbeats - Run Baby Run (7 wk) (# 10)
11 (21) Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (3 wk) (# 11)
12 (10) Diana Ross - Surrender (6 wk) (# 10)
13 (18) Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom (4 wk) (# 13)
14 (9) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (14 wk) (# 1)
15 (44) Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try (2 wk) (# 15)
16 (NE) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (1 wk) (# 16)
17 (23) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know (18 wk) (# 6)
18 (15) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (9 wk) (# 6)
19 (13) Vince Hill - Look Around (11 wk) (# 12)
20 (19) The Who - Let's See Action (7 wk) (# 19)
21 (32) Deep Purple - Fireball (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (30) Doors - Riders On The Storm (6 wk) (# 22)
23 (11) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone (9 wk) (# 4)
24 (16) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (11 wk) (# 2)
25 (38) Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (3 wk) (# 25)
26 (36) Jonathan King - Hooked On A Feeling (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (42) Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (50) The Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You (2 wk) (# 28)
29 (34) The Supremes & The Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (3 wk) (# 29)
30 (25) The Move - Chinatown (7 wk) (# 23)
31 (22) Titanic - Sultana (11 wk) (# 5)
32 (17) Scott English - Brandy (9 wk) (# 12)
33 (27) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (12 wk) (# 9)
34 (20) Four Tops - A Simple Game (11 wk) (# 3)
35 (29) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (16 wk) (# 2)
36 (24) Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know (12 wk) (# 18)
37 (28) Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (13 wk) (# 6)
38 (26) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (14 wk) (# 2)
39 (31) Burundi Steiphenson Black - Burundi Black (4 wk) (# 31)
40 (33) Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug (9 wk) (# 28)
41 (NE) Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believing (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (49) Marmalade - Back On The Road (2 wk) (# 42)
43 (39) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (15 wk) (# 4)
44 (37) Roger Whittaker - Mamy Blue (10 wk) (# 31)
45 (NE) Val Doonican - Morning (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (40) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (12 wk) (# 11)
47 (NE) Ronnie Dyson - When You Get Right Down To It (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (43) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (27 wk) (# 1)
49 (NE) New World - Kara Kara (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (48) James Brown - Hey America (2 wk) (# 48)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 02-12-71: Jimmy Saville
(16) ISAAC HAYES – Theme From ‘Shaft’  
(NEW) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Soley Soley
(2) BENNY HILL – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)  
(25) TONY CHRISTIE – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo  WATCH
(NEW) THE BACHELORS – Diamonds Are Forever
(21) DEEP PURPLE – Fireball  
(NEW) FAME & PRICE – Follow Me
(27) LABI SIFFRE – It Must Be Love
(29) THE SUPREMES & THE FOUR TOPS – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart
(1) SLADE – Coz I Luv You  
(4) CHER – Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves

You wait almost a year for a full TOTP episode then 2 appear almost back to back.

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 04.12.1971

1 (10) Led Zeppelin - Four Symbols IV (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Various Artists - Top Of The Pops Vol. 20 (4 wk) (# 1)
3 (NE) Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (5) John Lennon - Imagine (6 wk) (# 1)
5 (6) T.Rex - Electric Warrior (9 wk) (# 2)
6 (2) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (20 wk) (# 1)
7 (NE) Yes - Fragile (1 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) Frank Pourcel - This Is Pourcel (3 wk) (# 8)
9 (4) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters (7 wk) (# 2)
10 (7) Carole King - Tapestry (20 wk) (# 4)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 26.11.1971

1 (01) Benny Hill - Ernie The Fastest Milkman In The West
2 (02) Slade - Coz I Luv You
3 (05) Tony Christie - Is This Way To Amarillo?
4 (08) Jonathan King - Hooked On A Feeling
5 (03) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
6 (04) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio
7 (12) Tom Jones - Till
8 (15) The Move - Chinatown
9 (06) Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
10 (37) Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try
11 (13) Vince Hill - Look Around
12 (14) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
13 (07) Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom
14 (09) T. Rex - Jeepster
15 (10) Redbone - Witch Queen Of New Orleans
16 (11) The Supremes and Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart
17 (16) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
18 (18) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Did You Ever?
19 (19) Diana Ross - Surrender
20 (New) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
21 (17) Piglets - Johnny Reggae
22 (20) The Settlers - The Lightning Tree
23 (21) Rod Stewart - Maggie May
24 (New) Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believing
25 (22) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
26 (23) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
27 (24) Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
28 (25) Four Tops - A Simple Game
29 (26) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
30 (27) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water
31 (28) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
32 (29) Elvis Presley - I'm Leavin'
33 (31) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
34 (32) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
35 (33) The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
36 (34) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
37 (30) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
38 (38) Diana Ross - Remember Me
39 (39) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
40 (New) Marmalade - Back On The Road

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) (Is This The Way To) Amarillo - Tony Christie < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Imagine - John Lennon (#1[5])
3 ( -- ) American Pie - Don McLean
4 ( 5 ) Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight) - Cilla Black
5 ( 11 ) Brand New Key - Melanie
6 ( 3 ) Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - Benny Hill (#3)
7 ( 14 ) It Must Be Love - Labi Siffre
8 ( 7 ) Respect Yourself - Staple Singers (#7)
9 ( 4 ) Shaft - Isaac Hayes (#2[3])
10 ( 17 ) No Matter How I Try - Gilbert O'Sullivan

11 ( 18 ) You Are Everything - Stylistics
12 ( 9 ) Jeepster - T.Rex (#9)
13 ( 6 ) Coz I Luv You - Slade (#3)
14 ( 13 ) Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos (#13)
15 ( 8 ) Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites (#4)
16 ( 16 ) Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - Temptations
17 ( 19 ) Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
18 ( 10 ) One Tin Soldier - Coven (#5)
19 ( -- ) Your Move - Yes
20 ( 28 ) Back On The Road - Marmalade

21 ( 12 ) Johnny Reggae - Piglets (#8)
22 ( 15 ) It's A Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone (#14)
23 ( 31 ) Softly Whispering I Love You - Congregation
24 ( 20 ) Sing A Song Of Freedom - Cliff Richard (#20)
25 ( 25 ) You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - Supremes And Four Tops
26 ( 36 ) Hey America - James Brown
27 ( 22 ) Got To Be There - Michael Jackson (#18)
28 ( 32 ) Summer Of 42 - Peter Nero
29 ( 40 ) Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
30 ( 34 ) Wild Night - Van Morrison

31 ( 21 ) Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots (#9)
32 ( -- ) Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
33 ( 23 ) Desiderata - Les Crane (#12)
34 ( 29 ) Baby I'm A Want You - Bread (#24)
35 ( 26 ) Question 67 And 68 - Chicago (#14)
36 ( 24 ) The Lightning Tree - Settlers (#5)
37 ( 33 ) All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher (#31)
38 ( 30 ) Charity Ball - Fanny (#25)
39 ( 27 ) A Natural Man - Lou Rawls (#10)
40 ( -- ) Kara Kara - New World

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-- ( 35 ) Gypsys Tramps And Thieves - Cher (#1[2])
-- ( 37 ) Fireball - Deep Purple (#35)
-- ( 38 ) Everybody's Everything - Santana (#24)
-- ( 39 ) Brandy - Scott English (#3)

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-- ( -- ) Behind Blue Eyes - Who
-- ( -- ) When You Get Right Down To It - Ronnie Dyson
-- ( -- ) I'm A Greedy Man - James Brown

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[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (19 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (8 wks)
03 Al Green – Let's Stay Together (1 wk)
04 The Delfonics – Walk Right Up To The Sun (6 wks)
05 Tyrone Davis – You Keep Me Holding On (3 wks)
06 Curtis Mayfield – Get Down (4 wks)
07 The Stylistics – You Are Everything (5 wks)
08 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (18 wks)
09 Tony Christie – Is This The Way To Amarillo (3 wks)
10 The Delfonics – Hey Love (25 wks)

11 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (15 wks)
12 Jackie Wilson – Love Is Funny That Way (2 wks)
13 Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (6 wks)
14 The Carpenters – Superstar (14 wks)
15 The Emotions – Show Me How (5 wks)
16 Melanie – Brand New Key (6 wks)
17 Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (8 wks)
18 Ronnie Dyson – When You Get Right Down To It (1 wk)
19 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Satisfaction (3 wks)
20 The Honey Cone – One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (3 wks)

21 Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love (2 wks)
22 The Isley Brothers – Lay Lady Lay (1 wk)
23 The Chi Lites – I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me) (5 wks)
24 Buffy Sainte-Marie – I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again (2 wks)
25 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (16 wks)
26 Cilla Black – Something Tells Me (3 wks)
27 Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack – You've Lost That Loving Feeling (7 wks)
28 The Supremes – Touch (9 wks)
29 The Temptations – Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (5 wks)
30 Joe Simon – Drowning In The Sea Of Love (2 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) John Lennon – Imagine
02(02) Cher – Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves
03(06) Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo
04(05) Benny Hill – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
05(09) Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
06(03) T. Rex – Jeepster
07(14) Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love
08(04) Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands
09(13) The Supremes & The Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart
10(15) John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man

11(12) Cliff Richard – Sing A Song Of Freedom
12(28) The Congregation – Softly Whispering I Love You
13(24) Gilbert O’Sullivan – No Matter How I Try
14(23) Marmalade – Back On The Road
15(--) Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft
16(07) Slade – Coz I Luv You
17(--) Elvis Presley – I Just Can’t Help Believing
18(29) Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman
19(08) The Piglets – Johnny Reggae
20(10) Olivia Newton-John – Banks Of The Ohio

21(11) Dolly Parton – Coat Of Many Colors
22(16) Diana Ross – Surrender
23(21) Deep Purple – Fireball
24(30) James Brown – Hey America
25(18) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
26(17) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come
27(20) The Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell
28(19) The Carpenters – Bless The Beasts And Children
29(22) Scott English – Brandy
30(25) The Four Tops – A Simple Game

33(--) Val Doonican – Morning
35(--) Ronnie Dyson – When You Get Right Down To It
36(--) New World – Kara Kara

[smokeyb]

1 (1) T. Rex - Jeepster (4 wks)
2 (3) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (4 wks)
3 (2) Slade - Coz I Luv You (6 wks)
4 (10) Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (3 wks)
5 (9) Deep Purple - Fireball (4 wks)
6 (6) The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (5 wks)
7 (12) John Kongos Tokoloshe Man (3 wks)
8 (13) Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (3 wks)
9 (5) The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (8 wks)
10 (20) Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love (2 wks)
11 (23) Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try (2 wks)
12 (14) Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom (4 wks)
13 (4) Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves (5 wks)
14 (NE) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (1 wk)
15 (7) Diana Ross - Surrender (6 wks)
16 (28) The Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You (2 wks)
17 (8) The Piglets - Johnny Reggae (5 wks)
18 (11) The Who - Let's See Action (7 wks)
19 (22) The Supremes & The Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (3 wks)
20 (27) Marmalade - Back On The Road (2 wks)
21 (21) Three Dog Night - Just An Old Fashioned Lovesong (4 wks)
22 (26) Faces - I Know I'm Losing You (3 wks)
23 (NE) Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believing (1 wk)
24 (15) The Move - Chinatown (7 wks)
25 (NE) Ronnie Dyson - When You Get Right Down To It (1 wk)
26 (16) John Lennon - Imagine (7 wks)
27 (17) Sweet - Alexander Graham Bell (8 wks)
28 (18) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (7 wks)
29 (19) Tom Jones - Till (7 wks)
30 (24) The Doors - Riders On The Storm (8 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Who - Behind Blue Eyes (4wks 16-4-1-1)
02 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (3wks 8-5-2)
03 T Rex - Jeepster (3wks 14-6-3)
04 Slade - Coz I Luv You (6wks 31-11-5-3-2-4)
05 John Lennon - Imagine (6wks 10-5-4-2-3-5)

06 Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks (1wk 6 NEW)

07 Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (3wks 20-9-7)
08 John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man (2wks 23-8)
09 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (4wks 21-11-8-9)
10 Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (3wks 28-14-10)

11 Nick Drake - Northern Sky (8wks 30-15-5-3-1-1-4-11)
12 Beach Boys - Surf's Up (2wks 21-12)
13 Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (4wks 32-23-17-13)
14 Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (5wks 28-15-10-10-14)
15 Sonny & Cher - All I Ever Need Is You (3wks 29-18-15)
16 Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (2wks 28-16)
17 Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (7wks 32-14-7-5-7-17)
18 Van Morrison - Wild Night (5wks 27-13-9-11-18)
19 Three Dog Night - An Old Fashioned Love Song (2wks 27-19)
20 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (2wks 22-20)

21 Bread - Baby I'm A Want You (4wks 29-19-16-21)
22 Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (5wks 36-19-12-13-22)
23 Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World (3wks 34-20-23)
24 Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (2wks 29-24)
25 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (7wks 14-3-2-3-6-12-25)
26 T Rex - Life's A Gas (2wks 34-26)
27 Melanie - Brand New Key (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Gilbert O' Sullivan - No Matter How I Try (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (4wks 37-24-19-29)
30 Who - Let's See Action (4wks 30-26-24-30)

31 Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (9wks 25-9-4-2-1-2-7-15-32)
33 John Prine - Angel From Montgomery (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Curtis Mayfield - Get Down (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Supremes & Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Buffy Sainte-Marie - I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jefferson Airplane - Pretty As You Feel (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Judee Sill - Jesus Was a Cross Maker (7wks 21-11-6-6-13-25-40)

The seminal power rock reworking of the Mississippi blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, which was the eight minute final track off the English rock band's untitled 4th studio album (now commonly known as "Four Symbols").

[o]

1 T.Rex - Jeepster
2 John Kongos – Tokoloshe man
3 Doors – Riders on the storm
4 Cilla Black – Something tells me
5 Jonathan King – Hooked on a feeling
6 Benny Hill – The fastest milkman in the west
7 Tony Christie – Is this the way to Amarillo
8 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love
9 Slade - Coz I Luv You
10 Springwater – I will return
11 Deep Purple – Fireball
12 Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves
13 Nick Drake – Northern sky
14 Move – Chinatown
15 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: John Lennon - JEALOUS GUY
2 [2] :: John Lennon - IMAGINE
3 [5] :: Tony Christie - (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO ?
4 [7] :: T. Rex - JEEPSTER
5 [4] :: Slade - COZ I LUV YOU
6 [new] :: Benny Hill - ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST)
7 [new] :: Led Zeppelin - ROCK AND ROLL
8 [6] :: Staple Singers - RESPECT YOURSELF
9 [8] :: Olivia Newton-John - BANKS OF THE OHIO
10 [new] :: Led Zeppelin - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
11 [13] :: Betty Wright - CLEAN UP WOMAN
12 [14] :: Wailers - WHY SHOULD I
13 [3] :: Cher - GYPSYS TRAMPS & THIEVES
14 [9] :: Doors - RIDERS ON THE STORM
15 [new] :: James Brown - HEY AMERICA
16 [new] :: Labi Siffre - IT MUST BE LOVE
17 [16] :: Deep Purple - FIREBALL
18 [new] :: Led Zeppelin - BLACK DOG
19 [18] :: Buffy Sainte-Marie - I'M GONNA BE A COUNTRY GIRL AGAIN
20 [new] :: Rod Stewart & The Faces - (I KNOW I'M) LOSING YOU

[popchartfreak]

20th November 1971

It's a first week on top for Plastic Penny plus some choral backing singers. More or less. Softly Whispering I Love You is a fab single, unique then and unique now. Sly & The family Stone go top 3 with the incredible Family Affair and top 30 with the follow-up Runnin' Away. In my charts of the time Runnin' Away peaked at 2 and Family Affair a bit lower down, but time has reversed the ratings. Al Green gets a second top 10, as Let's Stay Together climbs, and Don McLean makes the 10 too - with the next single, Vincent, not American Pie Part 1, the current single, which climbs to 19. Yet Pie peaked at 2 on reissue in my charts in 1991 - proving that love for tracks can ebb and flow with the years, for me.

Led Zep are top 20 with Rock classic Stairway To Heaven and Faron Young climbs fast to 20, setting up Robert Plant for his current repeat album success with Alison Krauss I like to think. Not that Faron was Bluegrass, he was pure Country, more violin than fiddle. Highest new entry is Elton John at 28, with non-UK-hit Tiny Dancer - a record I didn't really know until the 21st century when it took on a life of it's own to become one his biggest streaming and downloading catalogue tracks. The first single of Madman Across The Water, Levon, sneaks in at the bottom, pretty much have no recall of hearing it before.

New World get a 3rd single, as the Boy-Scout-sounding Kara Kara debuts, and another forgotten single - it never ever gets airplay anywhere, the lyrics a little on the naff side in these more cynical times, I suspect, but it was catchy, and New World were always on variety shows, along with fellow inoffensive family-appealing acts like The New Seekers. Elvis' cover of B.J. Thomas' I Just Can't Help Believing enters much lower than he did 50 years ago in my charts of the time. Just not that fussed by most Elvis 70's stuff these days.

Val Doonican covers Morning, quite well, and it's Irish-charm is still there, albeit old-time crooning, Bob Marley pops in with Why Should I, a 90's remix I know, but not this original version by The Wailers, Springwater's B side is decent and pops in, Carly Simon is full of Anticipation for a UK hit - but that's still a year away. Gerry Rafferty's debut in the chart is one I knew and liked, Can I Have My Money Back, heard it once or twice, and then nothing for decades - it's nothing like Baker Street, still 7 years away! Spoiler alert: Baker Street is the greatest record ever made. Just saying! Fame & Price follow-up Rosetta with Follow Me, another one I quite liked at the time, but never loved. That's not changed.



1 ( 2 ) SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU - The Congregation featuring Brian Keith of Plastic Penny # 1
2 ( 1 ) IT MUST BE LOVE - Labi Siffre # 1
3 ( 6 ) FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone # 3
4 ( 4 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade # 1
5 ( 3 ) TOKOLOSHE MAN - John Kongos # 1
6 ( 9 ) I WILL RETURN - Springwater # 6
7 ( 5 ) GOT TO BE THERE - Michael Jackson # 1
8 ( 14 ) LET’S STAY TOGETHER - Al Green # 8
9 ( 17 ) VINCENT - Don McLean # 9
10 ( 7 ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road # 3

11 ( 8 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 2
12 ( 10 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
13 ( 11 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 5
14 ( 12 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 4
15 ( 15 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
16 ( 26 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Led Zeppelin # 16
17 ( 13 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 8
18 ( 16 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 1
19 ( 21 ) AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean # 19
20 ( 34 ) IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING - Faron Young # 20

21 ( 18 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
22 ( 22 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
23 ( 25 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING - Jonathan King # 23
24 ( 19 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats # 1
25 ( 23 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
26 ( 28 ) (JUST AN) OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG - Paul Williams # 26
27 ( 24 ) THEME FROM “THE PERSUADERS” - John Barry # 10
28 ( NEW ) TINY DANCER - Elton John # 28
29 ( 35 ) RUNNIN’ AWAY - Sly & The Family Stone # 29
30 ( 40 ) I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (IN PERFECT HARMONY) - The New Seekers # 30

31 ( 20 ) LIFE’S TOO SHORT - Rescue Company No. 1 # 20
32 ( 39 ) DAY AFTER DAY - Badfinger # 32
33 ( 31 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1
34 ( 32 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
35 ( 33 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
36 ( 30 ) ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) - Benny Hill # 30
37 ( 29 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Stylistics # 18
38 ( 42 ) MEET ME ON THE CORNER - Lindisfarne # 38
39 ( 44 ) THE WAY LOVE USED TO BE - The Kinks # 39
40 ( 49 ) NOTHING TO HIDE - Tommy James # 40

41 ( 36 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1
42 ( 27 ) JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets # 27
43 ( 37 ) IMAGINE - John Lennon # 4
44 ( 38 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
45 ( 53 ) NO MATTER HOW I TRY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 45
46 ( 43 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5
47 ( 58 ) WALNUT WHIRL - Peter Noone # 47
48 ( 59 ) SING A SONG OF FREEDOM - Cliff Richard # 48
49 ( 47 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
50 ( 48 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1

51 ( 46 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
52 ( 45 ) I WANT TO PAY YOU BACK (FOR LOVING ME) - The Chi-Lites # 39
53 ( 60 ) SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING’S GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT) - Cilla Black # 53
54 ( 63 ) (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO? - Tony Christie # 54
55 ( 64 ) STONES - Neil Diamond # 55
56 ( 67 ) SUPERSTAR (REMEMBER HOW YOU GOT WHERE YOU ARE) - The Temptations # 56
57 ( 56 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
58 ( 55 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
59 ( 68 ) HALLELUJAH - Sweathog # 59
60 ( NEW ) KARA KARA - New World # 60

61 ( 69 ) BACK ON THE ROAD - Marmalade # 61
62 ( 50 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 17
63 ( 77 ) ROCK AND ROLL - Led Zeppelin # 63
64 ( 62 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6
65 ( 61 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5
66 ( 54 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - The Elgins # 10
67 ( 78 ) WAY BACK HOME - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 67
68 ( 70 ) SATISFACTION - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 68
69 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING - Elvis Presley # 69
70 ( 41 ) RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - Gene Pitney # 15

71 ( 74 ) LOVE POTION NO. 9 (1971 VERSION) - The Coasters # 71
72 ( 57 ) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - The Sweet # 19
73 ( 51 ) THE LIGHTNING TREE - The Settlers # 34
74 ( NEW ) MORNING - Val Doonican # 74
75 ( NEW ) WHY SHOULD I - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 75
76 ( NEW ) STONE CROSS - Springwater # 76
77 ( NEW ) CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK? - Gerry Rafferty # 77
78 ( NEW ) ANTICIPATION - Carly Simon # 78
79 ( NEW ) LEVON - Elton John # 79
80 ( NEW ) FOLLOW ME - Fame & Price Together # 80





23rd November 1971 Wot I liked when I wuz 13 actual charts of the time

It's 2 weeks on top for Jeepster as T.Rex were my latest fave cool band and Diana Ross makes it 2 top 5's in a row with Surrender. Anne Murray had a lot of residual love from me for chart-topping Snowbird, a Singapore fave, so her new flop single Talk It Over In The Morning jumps in at 6 based on a couple of hearings. A little over-rated, I think, but hey I was 13 and never stopped loving Anne Murray (see Stewie & Brian in Family Guy, only 40 years earlier!). The Doors atmospheric classic Riders On The Storm enters at 16, their chart debut being their last hit single, while my chart extends to 30 and sees some re-entries.

New at 21, Soley Soley makes it 3 in a row for Middle Of The Road, their 3rd single following on from 2 huge chart-toppers and using the surname my grandma was using - though she never actually married her partner I found out years later. Mrs Soley was a name she adopted. Elvis is also back with a live cover version of a B.J.Thomas hit, at 22, and Isaac Hayes brilliant Shaft theme a modest 23. I never did see the film (not old enough) but Richard Roundtree was certainly a cool poster image. Springwater pop in at 28 with I Will Return, Phil Cordell's great instrumental has been all but forgotten these days, which is a great shame, cos it had a certain guitar majesty appeal to it.

1 ( 1 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex
2 ( 3 ) LIFE’S TOO SHORT - Rescue Company No. 1
3 ( 5 ) NO MATTER HOW I TRY - Gilbert O’Sullivan
4 ( 7 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops
5 ( 10 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross
6 ( NEW ) TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNING - Anne Murray
7 ( 9 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher
8 ( 11 ) RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - The Newbeats
9 ( 4 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade
10 ( 6 ) JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets

11 ( 2 ) TOKOLOSHE MAN - John Kongos
12 ( 8 ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers
13 ( 13 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez
14 ( 15 ) BRANDY - Scott English
15 ( 18 ) KARA KARA - New World
16 ( NEW ) RIDERS ON THE STORM - The Doors
17 ( 12 ) SHE’S A LADY - The Hermits
18 ( 14 ) IT MUST BE LOVE - Labi Siffre
19 ( RE ) GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC - The New Seekers
20 ( RE ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters

21 ( NEW ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road
22 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING - Elvis Presley
23 ( NEW ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes
24 ( 20 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
25 ( 16 ) SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING’S GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT) - Cilla Black
26 ( 19 ) WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
27 ( 17 ) ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) - Benny Hill
28 ( NEW ) I WILL RETURN - Springwater
29 ( RE ) CHINATOWN - The Move
30 ( RE ) SULTANA - Titanic