Haven Retro Combined Chart : 19.02.1972

[smokeyb]

Harry Nilsson gets his first number one song, with a fantastic cover of a Badfinger track, from the great album Nilsson Schmilsson.


T.Rex slip down to number 2 after a couple of weeks at the top.



Chicory Tip remain at number 3 for a third week, with a points figure that in most weeks would be a number 1.



Slade are up to number 4, and Don McLean falls to 5.



There are 4 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is Rod Stewart at number 16.



The biggest climber is Paul Simon who jumps up 26 places to number 14.



The biggest faller is Elvis Presley who drops 25 places.

19.02.1972 (Week # 08)


1 (02) Nilsson - Without You - 142 points (27-29-28-33-14-13-12-4-2-1) 10 wks

2 (01) T. Rex - Telegram Sam - 131 points (2-1-1-2) 4 wks

3 (03) Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father - 125 points (13-3-3-3) 4 wks

4 (06) Slade - Look Wot You Dun - 103 points (17-6-4) 3 wks

5 (04) Don McLean - American Pie - 92 points (30-16-25-22-20-17-13-8-1-2-4-5) 12 wks

6 (05) Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup - 91 points (20-10-5-6) 4 wks

7 (08) Sweet – Poppa Joe - 76 points (24-8-7) 3 wks

8 (25) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There - 71 points (38-35-25-25-30-24-25-x-25-8) 9 wks

9 (07) Badfinger - Day After Day - 64 points (38-25-20-23-15-8-7-9) 8 wks

10 (09) Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever - 53 points (9-6-5-5-9-10) 6 wks

11 (20) Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind - 50 points (20-11) 2 wks

12 (11) Carpenters – Hurting Each Other - 49 points (21-15-16-15-11-12) 6 wks

13 (12) Bee Gees - My World - 48 points (14-12-13) 3 wks

14 (40) Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion - 43 points (40-14) 2 wks

15 (10) America - A Horse With No Name - 42 points (23-5-1-1-1-1-4-6-10-15) 10 wks

16 (NE) Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags - 29 points 1 wk

17 (27) Neil Young - Heart Of Gold - 29 points (27-17) 2 wks

18 (16) Supremes – Floy Joy - 28 points (27-23-17-18-18-16-18) 7 wks

19 (13) Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair - 27 points (15-13-12-14-15-19-21-8-7-5-6-9-13-19) 14 wks

20 (18) Stevie Wonder – If You Really Love Me - 27 points (28-19-18-20) 4 wks

21 (NE) Bread - Everything I Own - 23 points 1 wk

22 (29) Jonathan King – Flirt - 22 points (33-29-22) 3 wks

23 (26) Holly Sherwood – Day By Day - 21 points (26-23) 2 wks

24 (21) Donnie Elbert – I Can't Help Myself - 21 points (34-26-21-24) 4 wks

25 (23) Denise La Salle – Now Run And Tell That - 20 points (25-23-25) 3 wks

26 (14) Al Green - Let's Stay Together - 19 points (17-11-12-10-9-3-2-2-3-7-14-26) 12 wks

27 (24) Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture - 19 points (25-27-24-27) 4 wks

28 (33) Four Tops – A Simple Game - 16 points (34-33-28) 3 wks

29 (19) Bread - Baby I'm A Want You - 16 points (14-17-20-19-29) 5 wks

30 (28) T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer - 16 points (29-28-28-30) 4 wks

31 (17) David Bowie - Changes - 16 points (23-10-9-8-11-17-31) 7 wks

32 (39) Donnie Elbert – Sweet Baby - 14 points (30-31-39-39-32) 5 wks

33 (15) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her - 14 points (29-23-26-28-27-33-38-40-40-x-29-25-22-20-24-x-12-10-12-15-33) 19 wks

34 (35) King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man - 14 points (40-35-34) 3 wks

35 (37) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 14 points (33-28-26-29-30-32-37-35) 8 wks

36 (RE) Johnnie Taylor – Standing In For Jody - 13 points (38-39-x-36) 3 wks

37 (31) Who - Bargain - 13 points (31-37) 2 wks

38 (NE) Jimi Hendrix – Johnny B Goode - 13 points 1 wk

39 (RE) Roberta Flack – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - 12 points (40-40-x-39) 3 wks

40 (38) Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind - 12 points (38-40) 2 wks

40 (40) Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River - 12 points (40-40) 2 wks

40 (NE) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown - 12 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

44 (30) New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - 11 points (8-5-2-3-7-11-16-30)

45 (22) Faces - Stay With Me - 11 points (16-6-4-4-4-4-9-13-22)

46 (34) Greyhound – Moon River - 11 points (34-39-35-35-34)

48 (36) Barry Ryan - Can't Let You Go - 10 points (24-19-22-36)

50 (40) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog - 8 points (28-25-24-31-40)

57 (32) Elvis Presley – I Just Can’t Help Believing - 7 points (24-13-13-13-12-15-27-26-30-32)



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 26.02.1972

1 (1) Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father (5 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) T. Rex - Telegram Sam (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (6) Don McLean - American Pie (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Slade - Look Wot You Dun (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (16) Nilsson - Without You (4 wk) (# 5)
6 (3) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (7 wk) (# 3)
7 (9) The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (22) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (3 wk) (# 8)
9 (5) Neil Reid - Mother Of Mine (9 wk) (# 2)
10 (13) Badfinger - Day After Day (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (8) Sonny & Cher - All I Ever Need Is You (7 wk) (# 8)
12 (10) Al Green - Let's Stay Together (8 wk) (# 7)
13 (7) The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (11 wk) (# 1)
14 (26) Sweet - Poppa Joe (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (NE) Chelsea FC - Blue Is The Colour (1 wk) (# 15)
16 (17) Bee Gees - My World (5 wk) (# 16)
17 (28) Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion (2 wk) (# 17)
18 (14) Melanie - Brand New Key (9 wk) (# 4)
19 (11) America - A Horse With No Name (10 wk) (# 3)
20 (20) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (6 wk) (# 20)
21 (21) The Faces - Stay With Me (11 wk) (# 6)
22 (19) Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go (8 wk) (# 8)
23 (12) Greyhound - Moon River (8 wk) (# 12)
24 (23) Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believing (13 wk) (# 6)
25 (15) Bread - Baby I'm A Want You (7 wk) (# 14)
26 (24) John Barry - The Persuaders Theme (12 wk) (# 13)
27 (27) Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sleepy Shores (11 wk) (# 8)
28 (31) Colin Blunstone - Say You Dont Mind (3 wk) (# 28)
29 (29) Holly Sherwood - Day By Day (4 wk) (# 29)
30 (34) Jonathan King - Flirt (4 wk) (# 30)
31 (18) Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (8 wk) (# 15)
32 (25) Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (9 wk) (# 9)
33 (30) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Theme from the Onedin Line (11 wk) (# 15)
34 (38) Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try (14 wk) (# 5)
35 (39) Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode (3 wk) (# 35)
36 (NE) Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (37) The Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You (14 wk) (# 4)
38 (32) Temptations - Superstar (4 wk) (# 32)
39 (NE) Donnie Elbert - I Can't Help Myself (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (NE) Hollies - The Baby (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (33) Middle Of The Road - Soley, Soley (12 wk) (# 5)
42 (50) Pagliaro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy (2 wk) (# 42)
43 (41) Peter Straker - The Spirit Is Willing (2 wk) (# 41)
44 (40) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (16 wk) (# 1)
45 (35) New World - Kara Kara (13 wk) (# 17)
46 (42) Val Doonican - Morning (13 wk) (# 12)
47 (NE) Partridge Family - It's One of those Nights (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (48) Jim Reeves - You're Free To Go (2 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (49) Les Crane - Desiderata (2 wk) (# 49)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 24-02-72:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(7) THE FORTUNES – Storm In A Teacup  
(30) JONATHAN KING – Flirt  
(15) CHELSEA FC – Blue Is The Colour
(NEW) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Alone Again (Naturally)
(10) BADFINGER – Day After Day  
(NEW) THE NEW SEEKERS – Beg, Steal Or Borrow
(16) THE BEE GEES – My World  
(17) PAUL SIMON – Mother And Child Reunion  
(14) THE SWEET – Poppa Joe
(1) CHICORY TIP – Son Of My Father  
(3) DON McLEAN – American Pie

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 26.02.1972

1 (1) Neil Reid - Neil Reid (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) T.Rex - Electric Warrior (21 wk) (# 1)
3 (NE) Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (3) Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat (22 wk) (# 2)
5 (5) The Faces - A Nod's A Good As A Wink…to A Blind Horse (10 wk) (# 2)
6 (4) Simon & Garfunkle - Bridge Over Troubled Water (106 wk) (# 1)
7 (7) Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix In The West (4 wk) (# 7)
8 (11) Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) John Lennon - Imagine (18 wk) (# 1)
10 (15) Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (11 wk) (# 10)

[darkstar79]

01 Denise La Salle – Now Run And Tell That (4 wks)
02 Isaac Hayes – Do Your Thing (1 wk)
03 The Carpenters – Hurting Each Other (7 wks)
04 Jonathan King – Flirt (4 wks)
05 Four Tops – A Simple Game (4 wks)
06 The Supremes – Floy Joy (8 wks)
07 The Dells – It's All Up To You (1 wk)
08 Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever (7 wks)
09 Donnie Elbert – Sweet Baby (6 wks)
10 Johnnie Taylor – Standing In For Jody (6 wks)

11 Linda Jones – For Your Precious Love (1 wk)
12 The Stylistics – Betcha By Golly, Wow (1 wk)
13 Faron Young – It's Four In The Morning (3 wks)
14 Roberta Flack – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (6 wks)
15 The Dramatics – In The Rain (1 wk)
16 Holly Sherwood – Day By Day (4 wks)
17 Aretha Franklin – Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) (7 wks)
18 Michael Jackson – Got To Be There (3 wks)
19 Jackie Wilson – You Got Me Walking (1 wk)
20 The J.B.'s – Gimme Some More (6 wks)

21 Laura Lee – Love & Liberty (6 wks)
22 The Honey Cone – The Day I Found Myself (2 wks)
23 The Undisputed Truth – What It Is (1 wk)
24 Bobby "Blue" Bland – Do What You Set Out To Do (1 wk)
25 Donnie Elbert – I Can't Help Myself (5 wks)
26 Joe Tex – I Gotcha (6 wks)
27 The Rock Flowers – Number Wonderful (3 wks)
28 Fantastics – Love Me Love The Life I Lead (2 wks)
29 Sly & The Family Stone – Runnin' Away (4 wks)
30 The Pioneers – Give And Take (7 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Harry Nilsson - Without You (6wks 21-10-2-1-1-1)
02 T Rex - Telegram Sam (5wks 14-5-3-2-2)
03 Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father (4wks 17-8-3-3)
04 Slade - Look Wot You Dun (4wks 27-12-4-4)
05 Carpenters - Hurting Each Other (5wks 17-13-9-6-5)
06 Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup (4wks 28-15-10-6)
07 Bee Gees - My World (4wks 29-17-12-7)
08 John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth (5wks 32-20-14-11-8)
09 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold (2wks 24-9)
10 T Rex - Cosmic Dancer (7wks 13-8-3-1-2-5-10)

11 Bread - Everything I Own (3wks 28-16-11)
12 Kinks - Have A Cuppa Tea (5wks 34-26-18-14-12)
13 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Down From Dover (2wks 27-13)
14 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (7wks 31-14-11-7-5-7-14)
15 Supremes - Floy Joy (3wks 29-19-15)
16 Carole King - Sweet Seasons (3wks 25-17-16)
17 Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind (7wks 33-19-13-9-6-9-17)
18 Who - Bargain (6wks 28-15-8-4-8-18)
19 Colin Bluntstone - Say You Don't Mind (2wks 25-19)
20 Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (3wks 27-20-20)

21 Cat Stevens - Rubylove (5wks 31-23-20-18-21)
22 Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion (2wks 33-22)

23 Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away (1wk 23 NEW)

24 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (8wks 10-3-1-1-3-7-13-24)
25 Harry Nilsson - Gotta Get Up (2wks 37-25)
26 Sweet - Poppa Joe (3wks 38-30-26)
27 Cher - The Way Of Love (2wks 32-27)
28 Billy Preston - I Wrote A Simple Song (3wks 36-31-28)
29 Joni Mitchell - A Case of You (7wks 10-6-4-6-10-15-29)
30 Michel Pagliaro - Loving You Ain't Easy (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Climax - Precious and Few (5wks 29-24-22-23-31)
32 Melanie - Nickel Song (3wks 39-34-32)
33 Genesis - The Knife (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Elton John - Indian Sunset (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Judee Sill - Crayon Angels (6wks 32-26-21-21-26-35)
36 Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River (2wks 36-36)
37 Bob Dylan - I Shall Be Released (2wks 40-37)
38 Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop (7wks 32-15-12-11-13-21-38)
39 Faron Young - It's Four In The Morning (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Badfinger - Day After Day (9wks 23-11-5-2-2-4-11-22-40)

The San Franscisco psychedelic soul group's downbeat cynical yet Sesame Street child like Sly Stone composition USA #23 & UK #17 hit from There's a Riot Goin' On featured Rose Stone harmonising with Sly's backing vocals.

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 12.02.1972

1 (02) Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father
2 (01) T. Rex - Telegram Sam
3 (03) Don McLean - American Pie
4 (10) Bee Gees - My World
5 (05) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
6 (06) Nillsson - Without You
7 (21) Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion
8 (04) Badfinger - Day After Day
9 (08) Slade - Look Wot You Down
10 (09) Sweet - Poppa Joe
11 (07) America - A Horse With No Name
12 (11) Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
13 (12) Bread - Baby I'm A Want You
14 (13) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
15 (14) Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup
16 (30) Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
17 (New) David Bowie - Changes
18 (15) Sly And The Family Stone - Family Affair
19 (16) New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
20 (17) Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
21 (18) Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love
22 (19) The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
23 (22) Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
24 (New) Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
25 (20) Al Green - Let's Stay Together
26 (24) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Theme from the Onedin Line
27 (25) Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sleepy Shores
28 (New) Bread - Everything I Own
29 (27) Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
30 (23) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
31 (29) John Barry - The Persuaders Theme
32 (26) Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try
33 (28) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
34 (31) Greyhound - Moon River
35 (32) Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
36 (34) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
37 (New) Roberta Flack - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
38 (35) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
39 (New) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown
40 (39) Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Nilsson – Without You
02(01) Don McLean – American Pie
03(05) Michael Jackson – Got To Be There
04(08) Rod Stewart – Handbags And Gladrags
05(03) Badfinger – Day After Day
06(13) Colin Blunstone – Say You Don’t Mind
07(07) Sweet – Poppa Joe
08(04) T. Rex – Telegram Sam
09(10) Slade – Look Wot You Dun
10(06) Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father

11(09) The Carpenters – Hurting Each Other
12(20) Paul Simon – Mother And Child Reunion
13(11) Barry Ryan – Can’t Let You Go
14(12) Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
15(27) Pagliaro – Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy
16(--) Sonny & Cher – A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done
17(14) David Bowie – Changes
18(15) Stevie Wonder – If You Really Love Me
19(17) The Fortunes – Storm In A Teacup
20(--) Lindisfarne – Meet Me On The Corner



27(--) The Hollies – The Baby
32(--) Donnie Elbert – I Can’t Help Myself
33(--) The Partridge Family – It’s One Of Those Nights
38(--) Wings – Give Ireland Back To The Irish

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Nilsson - Without You (4 wks)
2 (2) Badfinger - Day After Day (5 wks)
3 (3) Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father (5 wks)
4 (7) Slade - Look Wot You Dun (4 wks)
5 (11) Colin Blunstone - Say You Dont Mind (3 wks)
6 (6) The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup (5 wks)
7 (8) Bee Gees - My World (5 wks)
8 (9) Sweet - Poppa Joe (4 wks)
9 (18) Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion (2 wks)
10 (4) T. Rex - Telegram Sam (5 wks)
11 (19) Les Crane - Desiderata (2 wks)
12 (5) Don McLean - American Pie (6 wks)
13 (16) Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (3 wks)
14 (26) Pagliaro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy (2 wks)
15 (10) America - A Horse With No Name (11 wks)
16 (NE) Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner  (1 wk)
17 (22) Rod Stewart - Handbags & Gladrags (3 wks)
18 (15) Holly Sherwood - Day By Day (4 wks)
19 (17) Temptations - Superstar (4 wks)
20 (12) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (7 wks)
21 (21) Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode (3 wks)
22 (27) Yes - Roundabout (3 wks)
23 (28) Peter Straker - The Spirit Is Willing (2 wks)
24 (NE) Donnie Elbert - I Can't Help Myself (1 wk)
25 (NE) Hollies - The Baby (1 wk)
26 (NE) Partridge Family - It's One of those Nights (1 wk)
27 (13) David Bowie - Changes (8 wks)
28 (14) Bread - Baby I'm A Want You (7 wks)
29 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish (1 wk)
30 (NE) Gallery - It's So Nice To Be With You (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

Didn't "If You Really Love Me" also chart last year when I had it in my chart? It's a brilliant song though, totally did not deserve to get him into a sing-off so early.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Say You Don't Mind - Colin Blunstone < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Son Of My Father - Chicory Tip (#1[3])
3 ( 13 ) Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon
4 ( 7 ) Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
5 ( 4 ) Storm In A Teacup - Fortunes (#4)
6 ( 3 ) Without You - Nilsson (#1[1])
7 ( 5 ) Telegram Sam - T.Rex (#3)
8 ( 8 ) Poppa Joe - Sweet
9 ( 6 ) My World - Bee Gees (#5)
10 ( -- ) Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne

11 ( 10 ) Look Wot You Dun - Slade (#10)
12 ( 12 ) Everything I Own - Bread
13 ( 9 ) Down By The Lazy River - Osmonds (#7)
14 ( 21 ) Girl Of My Dreams - Gerry Monroe
15 ( 17 ) Flirt - Jonathan King
16 ( 15 ) Floy Joy - Supremes (#15)
17 ( -- ) Blue Is The Colour - Chelsea Football Team
18 ( 20 ) Day By Day - Holly Sherwood
19 ( 16 ) Don't Say You Don't Remember - Beverly Bremers (#16)
20 ( 11 ) Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey (#3)

21 ( 22 ) Sweet Seasons - Carole King
22 ( 30 ) Lovin' You Ain't Easy - Pagliaro (#5)
23 ( 14 ) Give And Take - Pioneers (#7)
24 ( 29 ) The Way Of Love - Cher
25 ( 24 ) Together Let's Find Love - 5th Dimension (#24)
26 ( 18 ) Looking For A Love - J Geils Band (#13)
27 ( 35 ) Jungle Fever - Chakachas (#7)
28 ( -- ) Give Ireland Back To The Irish - Wings
29 ( -- ) The Baby - Hollies
30 ( 23 ) Fire And Water - Wilson Pickett (#18)

31 ( 19 ) American Pie - Don McLean (#1[7])
32 ( 39 ) You Want It You Got It - Detroit Emeralds (#15)
33 ( -- ) A Mother's Prayer - Joe Tex
34 ( -- ) We've Got To Get It On Again - Addrisi Brothers
35 ( 27 ) Joy - Apollo 100 (#23)
36 ( 25 ) Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night (#8)
37 ( 26 ) Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens (#2[1])
38 ( 34 ) Hurting Each Other - Carpenters (#32)
39 ( 28 ) Can't Let You Go - Barry Ryan (#10)
40 ( 32 ) Precious And Few - Climax (#25)

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-- ( 31 ) Once You Understand - Think & Lou Stallman (#7)
-- ( 33 ) Sleepy Shores - Johnny Pearson Orchestra (#3)
-- ( 36 ) Bless You - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (#22)
-- ( 37 ) Theme From 'the Onedin Line' - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (#9)
-- ( 38 ) Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#26)
-- ( 40 ) Puckwudgie - Charlie Drake (#23)

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-- ( -- ) Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone
-- ( -- ) Rock And Roll Lullaby - B. J. Thomas
-- ( -- ) Nickel Song - Melanie
-- ( -- ) Talking Loud And Saying Nothing - James Brown

[o]

1 T Rex – Telegram Sam
2 Nilsson – Without you
3 Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
4 Fortunes – Storm in a teacup
5 Don McLean - American Pie
6 Jimi Hendrix – Johnny B Goode
7 Sweet – Poppa Joe
8 Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father
9 Badfinger – Day after day
10 America – Horse with no name
11 Slade – Look wot you dun
12 Michael Jackson – Got to be there
13 Gerry Monroe – Girl of my dreams
14 Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
15 Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner

[smokeyb]

Feb 19, 2022 20:40:46 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Didn't "If You Really Love Me" also chart last year when I had it in my chart? It's a brilliant song though, totally did not deserve to get him into a sing-off so early.

yes it did, I will correct next weeks chart, it's not always easy to remember songs that people chart in different years.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Don McLean - AMERICAN PIE
2 [2] :: T. Rex - TELEGRAM SAM
3 [6] :: Paul Simon - MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
4 [7] :: Nilsson - WITHOUT YOU
5 [4] :: Chicory Tip - SON OF MY FATHER
6 [3] :: Slade - LOOK WOT YOU DUN
7 [5] :: Rod Stewart - HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
8 [8] :: Stevie Wonder - IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME
9 [13] :: Neil Young - HARVEST {Harvest LP track}
10 [9] :: Sweet - POPPA JOE
11 [new] :: Lindisfarne - MEET ME ON THE CORNER
12 [11] :: Sly & The Family Stone - FAMILY AFFAIR
13 [12] :: Al Green - LET'S STAY TOGETHER
14 [18] :: Neil Young - ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNTRY ? {Harvest LP track}
15 [15] :: New Seekers - I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING
16 [14] :: Elvis Presley - I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVIN'
17 [19] :: John Lennon - JEALOUS GUY
18 [new] :: Neil Young - OUT ON THE WEEKEND {Harvest LP track}
19 [20] :: David Bowie - CHANGES
20 [10] :: Faces - STAY WITH ME

[popchartfreak]

Feb 20, 2022 17:08:21 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

Feb 19, 2022 20:40:46 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Didn't "If You Really Love Me" also chart last year when I had it in my chart? It's a brilliant song though, totally did not deserve to get him into a sing-off so early.

yes it did, I will correct next weeks chart, it's not always easy to remember songs that people chart in different years.

Oops, sorry! I'm the biggest culprit as I go with album tracks ahead of their release as singles - but The Four Tops Simple Game also charted anyway in 1971, so I guess this late US single (the UK went first with it) is a re-entry? In my own personal charts I don't do re-entries labelled as re-entries unless they are in the same calendar year, or just a few weeks after dropping out. They get listed as new entries and separate runs so they get caught as having a run in a particular run - Leader Of The Pack, frinstance was a UK hit in 1972 and 1976, so I charted it in 2 entirely different runs as Guinness Hit Singles books used to do (different labels). Mind you they listed re-entries as distinct entries of their own too, so take your pick really....
Plus, sorry again, Michael jackson's album track (future single) Aint No Sunshine got 18 points this week, many thanks!

[popchartfreak]

12th January 1972

It's a second solo chart-topper for Michael Jackson, following on where Bill Withers went before in 1971 with his fabulous Ain't No Sunshine. Michael's version is as good as Bill's. Out on sale is Todd Rundgren's double album Something Anything, a bit of a slow burner, they were still pulling singles off it in late 1973, so this week's top 10 now has 3 album tracks at number 7, 8 and 9 that charted in 1973 as singles, and one at 4 that was big in the USA in 1973, and released in the UK in early 1974: new at 4 Hello It's Me is the old Nazz single from 1969 (aka Todd Rundgren and friends) revamped as glossy glorious West Coast Rock, as it would soon become to be known as. Todd would also debut Sparks' first album as producer in 1972 - and they both got back together last year for the 50th anniversary fab single Your Fandango. The other future single, I Saw The Light, is in at 7 and is more well-known in the UK, but was never the big hit it should have been. Ditto Hello It's Me. Loved them then, love them now.

New at 50, Donny Osmond gets his second solo single, as Puppy Love (the old Paul Anka song) hits the spot for most 10 to 14-year-old girls of the time, and also for me - I'd liked The Osmond Brothers for years, long before Donny was solo, and this triggered Osmond-mania in the UK. 50 years later Donny is in my charts with new material, the rather good Let's All Dance, not entirely unlike pop records made my male singers 40 years younger. Don't expect follow-up Donny tracks in my charts though, not all of them were that much cop. At 66, Daniel Boone gifted Chelsea FC with a catchy football song, still the least bad football song of any team that isn't England. Blue Is The Colour is new at 66.

New at 70, Sonny & Cher get a follow-up that flopped in the UK, top 10 in the USA where their TV show was huge - A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done could easily have been done by Nancy & Lee in an alternate universe. Billy Joel's debut album is out, and She's Got A Way wasn't a hit single, but it became well-known in later years when ol' Boxer-Billy was successful. It's lovely. Joel songs are invariably classical-leaning a tad in inspiration, as that's where his piano-training came from. That and 50's/60's rock n roll pop. New at 72. Gallery is a US hit I liked at the time, Nice To Be With You sounded like The New Seekers to me, in at 73, and on a US hits of 1972 CD I bought in the 90's.

The Dramatics' In The Rain is new to me, and it pretty much sounds like it should sound: soulful, dramatic with rain effects. Barry White took notes. TBC. Jim Capaldi's B side to Eve is less known than Eve even is, sadly, it's a pretty good ballad is Going Down Slow All The Way at 75. The Hollies had lost not only Graham Nash by early '72, but also Allan Clarke, so they drafted in a Swedish vocalist for The Baby and sounded nothing much like The Hollies at all. It's OK, but it's not worthy of the Allan Clarke fronted single coming up in 1972 (which also sounded more CCR than Hollies). Cliff's love for Jesus is well-known, and Jesus has some nice guitar on it at 78, Lou Christie drops in with his version of the better Neil Sedaka original of Sing Me, for 3 years of Retro chart hits, and Wings scrape in with a banned single about Ireland. Even the title was banned, Alan Freeman had to announce "a record by Wings at number 14" and move on quickly, given political events of early 1972. So I never got to hear it for years, and when I did hear it, my impression was it did quite well in the charts considering Wings' Wild Life had much better tracks that were never singles.


1 ( 3 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Michael Jackson # 1
2 ( 2 ) 10538 OVERTURE - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
3 ( 1 ) STORM IN A TEACUP - The Fortunes # 1
4 ( NEW ) HELLO IT’S ME - Todd Rundgren # 4
5 ( 4 ) WITHOUT YOU - Nilsson # 1
6 ( 8 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND - Colin Blunstone # 6
7 ( NEW ) I SAW THE LIGHT - Todd Rundgren # 7
8 ( 9 ) I AM A CLOWN - David Cassidy # 8
9 ( 7 ) LIFE ON MARS? - David Bowie # 1
10 ( 5 ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) - Donnie Elbert # 4

11 ( 6 ) HEART OF GOLD - Neil Young # 6
12 ( 11 ) MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION - Paul Simon # 7
13 ( 10 ) MOON RIVER - Greyhound # 5
14 ( 12 ) EVERYTHING I OWN - Bread # 8
15 ( 13 ) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir # 1
16 ( 14 ) A THING CALLED LOVE - Johnny Cash & The Evangel Choir # 10
17 ( 23 ) LOVIN’ YOU AIN’T EASY - Pagliaro # 17
18 ( 15 ) SON OF MY FATHER - Chicory Tip # 15
19 ( 16 ) LOOK WOT YOU DUN - Slade # 16
20 ( 24 ) MY WORLD - The Bee Gees # 20

21 ( 18 ) TELEGRAM SAM - T.Rex # 9
22 ( 25 ) BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW - The Stylistics featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr. # 22
23 ( 19 ) A HORSE WITH NO NAME - America # 3
24 ( 17 ) HURTING EACH OTHER - Carpenters # 17
25 ( 22 ) IT MUST BE LOVE - Labi Siffre # 1
26 ( 21 ) LET’S STAY TOGETHER - Al Green # 3
27 ( 20 ) FLOY JOY - The Supremes # 7
28 ( 32 ) COULD IT BE FOREVER - David Cassidy # 28
29 ( 26 ) COZ I LUV YOU - Slade # 1
30 ( 27 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Led Zeppelin # 3

31 ( 31 ) SIMPLE GAME - The Four Tops # 1
32 ( 34 ) RUN RUN RUN - Jo Jo Gunne # 32
33 ( 40 ) ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD - Paul Simon # 33
34 ( 28 ) GOT TO BE THERE - Michael Jackson # 1
35 ( 50 ) EVE - Jim Capaldi # 35
36 ( 51 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? - Al Green # 36
37 ( 29 ) SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU - The Congregation featuring Brian Keith of Plastic Penny # 1
38 ( 35 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU - Bread # 4
39 ( 47 ) MATRIMONY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 39
40 ( 36 ) FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone # 2

41 ( 37 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
42 ( 33 ) IT’S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS (YES LOVE) - The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy # 7
43 ( 39 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - Donnie Elbert # 1
44 ( 30 ) CHANGES - David Bowie # 5
45 ( 42 ) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - Shirley Bassey # 7
46 ( 45 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
47 ( 41 ) TOKOLOSHE MAN - John Kongos # 1
48 ( 43 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent # 2
49 ( 44 ) JEEPSTER - T.Rex # 1
50 ( NEW ) PUPPY LOVE - Donny Osmond # 50

51 ( 46 ) SOLEY SOLEY - Middle Of The Road # 3
52 ( 48 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU - Sonny & Cher # 8
53 ( 64 ) SNOWQUEEN OF TEXAS - The Mamas & The Papas # 53
54 ( 38 ) IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME - Carole King # 38
55 ( 53 ) POPPA JOE - The Sweet # 47
56 ( 57 ) THE PIE - The Sutherland Brothers # 56
57 ( 60 ) ROCKIN’ ROBIN - Michael Jackson # 57
58 ( 58 ) FLIRT - Jonathan King # 58
59 ( 49 ) VINCENT - Don McLean # 7
60 ( 67 ) SWEET SEASONS - Carole King # 60

61 ( 55 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
62 ( 71 ) GLORY BOUND - The Grass Roots # 62
63 ( 70 ) YOU GOT ME WALKING - Jackie Wilson # 63
64 ( 72 ) LET ME BE THE ONE - Anne Murray # 64
65 ( 65 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - Jackson Browne # 65
66 ( NEW ) BLUE IS THE COLOUR - Chelsea FC # 66
67 ( 73 ) GOTTA GET UP - Nilsson # 67
68 ( 54 ) IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING - Faron Young # 10
69 ( 74 ) DA DOO RON RON (WHEN HE WALKED ME HOME) - Ian Matthews # 69
70 ( NEW ) A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE - Sonny & Cher # 70

71 ( 56 ) BRANDY - Scott English # 5
72 ( NEW ) SHE’S GOT A WAY - Billy Joel # 72
73 ( NEW ) NICE TO BE WITH YOU - Gallery # 73
74 ( NEW ) IN THE RAIN - The Dramatics # 74
75 ( NEW ) GOING DOWN SLOW ALL THE WAY - Jim Capaldi # 75
76 ( NEW ) THE BABY - The Hollies # 76
77 ( NEW ) COLD MORNING LIGHT - Todd Rundgren # 77
78 ( NEW ) JESUS - Cliff Richard # 78
79 ( NEW ) I’M A SONG (SING ME) - Lou Christie # 79
80 ( NEW ) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH - Wings # 80



19th February 1972 My actual charts of that week

It's a brand new entry at 1 for Paul Simon's debut solo single, the reggae-vibed Mother & Child Reunion, first track off his new album and apparently written about a bit of dinner he had where an egg and a bit of chicken were on the same plate. Kinda spoils it a bit! Nilsson's epic Without You is up to 2, and really should have been the number one, but my tastes at age 14 were quite volatile, I got mad on records instantly, and they ebbed off slowly, some more slowly than others, and then after a while they got a mini-revival - see The New Seekers back in the top 10. Michael Jackson is another solo debut, too, new at 3 with his fabulous Got To Be There, recorded while he was still 13 and ahead of his pure voice breaking.

New at 11, Holly Sherwood sings Godspell, and quite effectively, as Day By Day doubles the songs with Day in the title in the chart. Colin Blunstone fresh off Top Of The Pops, and about to be the next record I spent my pocket money on because I couldnt record it off the radio onto tape (as it had not charted), enters at 25 with Denny Laine's Say You Don't Mind, which I'd recorded on tape in Singapore and failed to notice that the ex-Zombies singer had done a major reworking on, all strings and falsetto. Fab. New at 27, a UK flop, but I was a Carpenters fan, so in drops Hurting Each Other.


1 ( NEW ) MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION Paul Simon
2 ( 24 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
3 ( NEW ) GOT TO BE THERE Michael Jackson
4 ( 1 ) STORM IN A TEACUP The Fortunes
5 ( 3 ) ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher
6 ( 6 ) SON OF MY FATHER Chicory Tip
7 ( 2 ) LOOK WOT YOU DUN Slade
8 ( 11 ) I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (IN PERFECT HARMONY) The New Seekers
9 ( 4 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites
10 ( 5 ) POPPA JOE The Sweet

11 ( NEW ) DAY BY DAY Holly Sherwood
12 ( 8 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Donnie Elbert
13 ( 7 ) MOON RIVER Greyhound
14 ( 12 ) DAY AFTER DAY Badfinger
15 ( 9 ) TELEGRAM SAM T.Rex
16 ( 10 ) BRAND NEW KEY Melanie
17 ( 14 ) THEME FROM THE PERSUADERS John Barry
18 ( 20 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
19 ( 13 ) LET’S STAY TOGETHER Al Green
20 ( 16 ) FAMILY AFFAIR Sly & The Family Stone

21 ( 19 ) A HORSE WITH NO NAME America
22 ( 21 ) MY WORLD The Bee Gees
23 ( 15 ) SOLEY SOLEY Middle Of The Road
24 ( 17 ) BABY I’M A WANT YOU Bread
25 ( NEW ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND Colin Blunstone
26 ( 18 ) SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU The Congregation
27 ( NEW ) HURTING EACH OTHER Carpenters
28 ( 22 ) IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME Stevie Wonder
29 ( 30 ) MAGGIE Redbone
30 ( 23 ) STAY WITH ME The Faces