Haven Retro Combined Chart : 17.02.1973

[smokeyb]

The Strawbs get their first retro number one as they finish just 1 point ahead.



This means Elton John falls to number 2 after just a week on top, the Sweet fall to 3



ELO are down to 4, and Focus are up to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is the Faces at number 18.



The biggest climber is the Partridge Family who jump up 17 places to mumber 22.



The biggest faller is Elvis Presley who falls off the chart from number 22.

[smokeyb]

17.02.1973 (Week # 07)

1 (03) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 153 points (12-4-3-1) 4 wks
2 (01) Elton John - Daniel - 152 points (11-4-2-1-2) 5 wks
3 (02) Sweet - Blockbuster - 141 points (6-2-1-1-2-3) 6 wks
4 (05) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar - 132 points (20-7-7-5-4) 5 wks
5 (04) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven - 112 points (28-14-4-5) 4 wks
6 (10) Focus - Sylvia - 101 points (21-13-10-6) 4 wks
7 (06) Status Quo - Paper Plane - 88 points (31-12-8-5-6-7) 6 wks
8 (12) Stevie Wonder - Superstition - 82 points (31-39-40-24-21-22-25-19-16-17-18-16-12-8) 14 wks
9 (07) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me - 78 points (25-9-8-7-9) 5 wks
10 (14) Dave Edmonds - Baby I Love You - 70 points (36-16-17-14-10) 5 wks
11 (17) Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways - 69 points (17-11) 2 wks
12 (25) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 67 points (25-12) 2 wks
13 (08) Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone - 66 points (24-18-13-11-4-6-7-7-11-20-34-31-36-7-4-3-6-8-13) 19 wks
14 (11) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads - 62 points (23-8-10-10-11-14) 6 wks
15 (21) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song - 61 points (37-25-21-15) 4 wks
16 (09) Carly Simon - You're So Vain - 54 points (7-5-4-3-1-1-2-3-9-16) 10 wks
17 (20) O’Jays - Love Train - 42 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17) 13 wks
18 (NE) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 41 points 1 wk
19 (16) Focus - Hocus Pocus - 41 points (24-21-16-19) 4 wks
20 (NE) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - 41 points 1 wk
21 (13) Free - Wishing Well - 35 points (30-36-x-15-5-5-9-13-21) 8 wks
22 (39) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love - 35 points (39-22) 2 wks
23 (18) David Bowie - The Jean Genie - 32 points (34-6-5-3-3-1-1-3-6-12-18-23) 13 wks
24 (24) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 29 points (26-17-26-27-27-23-24-24) 8 wks
25 (NE) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 28 points 1 wk
26 (26) Chi Lites – Write A Letter To Myself - 23 points (26-26) 2 wks
27 (27) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 23 points (27-27-27) 3 wks
28 (15) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – If You Don't Know Me By Now - 23 points (32-28-21-17-21-27-x-18-10-11-11-15-28) wks 12
29 (23) Steely Dan - Do It Again - 23 points (34-33-40-26-32-39-x-35-31-36-30-22-22-23-29) 14 wks
30 (19) Billy Paul – Me and Mrs. Jones - 22 points (33-27-29-x-21-15-15-19-30) 8 wks
31 (NE) Jr Walker & The All Stars – Take Me Girl, I'm Ready - 21 points 1 wk
32 (30) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 20 points (30-32) 2 wks
33 (29) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - 20 points (34-23-27-37-34-31-29-33) 8 wks
34 (38) Dr Hook - The Cover Of Rolling Stone - 19 points (38-34) 2 wks
35 (NE) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 18 points 1 wk
36 (31) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 18 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36) 13 wks
37 (35) Al Green – Hot Wire - 16 points (31-33-30-35-37) 5 wks
38 (NE) Jim Croce – One Less Set Of Footsteps - 16 points 1 wk
39 (37) Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love - 15 points (33-37-39) 3 wks
40 (28) Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - 13 points (35-28-40) 3 wks
40 (NE) Bread - Aubrey - 13 points 1 wk
40 (40) Whispers – Somebody Loves You - 13 points (40-36-40-40) 4 wks

Dropped Out
47 (36) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You - 10 points (36)
49 (32) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident - 10 points (23-12-9-6-5-7-13-19-32)
53 (33) King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight - 8 points (40-35-35-28-33)
66 (40) Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night - 2 points (40-34-40)
- (22) Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind - 0 points (16-10-7-5-4-6-14-18-22)
- (34) Vicky Leandros - The Love In Your Eyes - 0 points (32-26-34)

Thanks to o Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79  Mark  rubcale & Smurfie .





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 24.02.1973

1 (1) Sweet - Blockbuster (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (6 wk) (# 2)
4 (5) Focus - Sylvia (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (17) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (2 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar  (7 wk) (# 6)
7 (4) Elton John - Daniel (6 wk) (# 4)
8 (6) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (5 wk) (# 6)
9 (14) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (4 wk)(# 9)
10 (12) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (6 wk) (# 10)
11 (11) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4 wk) (# 11)
12 (8) Carly Simon - You're So Vain (11 wk) (# 3)
13 (10) Status Quo - Paper Plane (7 wk) (# 8)
14 (19) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (3 wk) (# 14)
15 (18) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (7 wk) (# 15)
16 (20) Jr Walker & The All Stars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready (5 wk) (# 16)
17 (9) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (14 wk) (# 1)
18 (23) Chuck Berry - Reelin' & Rockin' - (4 wk) (# 18)
19 (27) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (2 wk) (# 19)
20 (22) Focus - Hocus Pocus (6 wk) (# 20)
21 (31) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (3 wk) (# 21)
22 (16) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (7 wk) (# 12)
23 (47) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (15) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (7 wk) (# 9)
25 (13) Free - Wishing Well (7 wk) (# 7)
26 (21) Judge Dread - Big Seven (12 wk) (# 8)
27 (NE) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (1 wk) (# 27)
28 (26) David Bowie – The Jean Genie (12 wk) (# 2)
29 (38) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You (4 wk) (# 29)
30 (33) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (2 wk) (# 30)
31 (24) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind (11 wk) (# 9)
32 (28) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night (14 wk) (# 11)
33 (25) Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (7 wk) (# 14)
34 (30) Wings - Hi Hi Hi/C Moon (12 wk) (# 5)
35 (39) Dandy Livinstone - Big City (7 wk) (# 26)
36 (NE) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (NE) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (32) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In (12 wk) (# 13)
39 (36) The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (3 wk) (# 36)
40 (34) Osmonds - Crazy Horses (16 wk) (# 2)
41 (37) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways (3 wk) (# 37)
42 (29) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident (12 wk) (# 6)
43 (NE) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (49) Donny Osmond - Why (16 wk) (# 3)
45 (50) Colin Blunstone - How Can We Dare To Be Wrong (2 wk) (# 45)
46 (43) Blue Mink - Stay With Me (15 wk) (# 11)
47 (45) Archie Bell & The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (5 wk) (# 36)
48 (NE) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (35) Michael Jackson - Ben (14 wk) (# 7)
50 (48) Judge Dread-Big Six (27 wk) (# 11)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 22-02-73:  Presenter: Noel Edmonds
(4) FOCUS – Sylvia  
(30) WHITE PLAINS – Step Into A Dream
(5) THE FACES – Cindy Incidentally  
(36) NEIL SEDAKA – That’s When The Music Takes Me
(19) THE JACKSON 5 – Doctor My Eyes  
(29) MIKI ANTHONY – If It Wasn’t For The Reason That I Love You
(16) JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS – Take Me Girl, I’m Ready  
(NEW) SLADE – Cum On Feel The Noize  
(15) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Take Me Home Country Roads
(1) THE SWEET – Blockbuster  
(21) THE DETROIT EMERALDS – Feel The Need In Me

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 24.02.1973

1 (1) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (3 wk) (#1)
2 (NE) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) London Symphony Orchestra - The Strauss Family (6 wk) (# 2)
4 (13) Deep Purple - Who Do You Think We Are (2 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) Focus - Moving Waves (6 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (32 wk) (# 2)
7 (11) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Back To Front (15 wk) (# 1)
8 (12) Focus - Focus 111 (6 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) Slade - Slayed (13 wk) (# 1)
10 (9) Free - Heartbreaker (4 wk) (# 9)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 16.02.1973

1 (01) Sweet - Blockbuster
2 (02) Gary Glitter - Do Ya Wanna Touch Me
3 (06) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
4 (05) Focus - Sylvia
5 (16) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
6 (08) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
7 (04) Elton John - Daniel
8 (07) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
9 (19) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
10 (12) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
11 (10) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
12 (03) David Bowie - The Jean Genie
13 (09) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
14 (11) Status Quo - Paper Plane
15 (18) Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray
16 (17) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
17 (13) Free - Wishing Well
18 (20) Junior Walker And The Allstars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
19 (23) Focus - Hocus Pocus
20 (21) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
21 (25) Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin'
22 (28) Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
23 (32) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
24 (15) Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones
25 (37) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
26 (14) Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
27 (22) Judge Dread - Big Seven
28 (New) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me
29 (27) Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways
30 (34) White Plains - Step Into A Dream
31 (24) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
32 (29) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through The Night
33 (26) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
34 (31) Paul McCartney & Wings - Hi Hi Hi/C Moon
35 (33) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In
36 (36) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'n' Roll Band)
37 (New) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You
38 (New) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
39 (New) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
40 (New) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril

[o]

1 Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
2 Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
3 Sweet - Blockbuster
4 Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
5 Focus – Sylvia
6 Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me
7 Strawbs - Part Of The Union
8 Elton John – Daniel
9 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
10 Faces - Cindy Incidentally
11 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
12 Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
13 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
14 Focus - Hocus Pocus
15 Free - Wishing Well

[darkstar79]

01 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (3 wks)
02 The Carpenters – Sing (1 wk)
03 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (3 wks)
04 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (2 wk)
05 The O'Jays – Love Train (6 wks)
06 Al Green – Hot Wire (6 wks)
07 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (4 wks)
08 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (5 wks)
09 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (5 wks)
10 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (4 wks)

11 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (1 wk)
12 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (5 wks)
13 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (3 wks)
14 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (5 wks)
15 The Temptations – Masterpiece (1 wk)
16 David Bowie – Space Oddity (5 wks)
17 Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (5 wks)
18 Bill Withers – Kissing My Love (4 wks)
19 Syl Johnson – We Did It (1 wk)
20 Vicki Lawrence – The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (3 wks)

21 The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor (1 wk)
22 Paul Kelly – Don't Burn Me (5 wks)
23 The Chi Lites – Write A Letter To Myself (3 wks)
24 Bunny Sigler – Tossin' And Turnin' (3 wks)
25 The Sylvers – Wish That I Could Talk To You (4 wks)
26 Jr Walker & The All Stars – Take Me Girl, I'm Ready (5 wks)
27 Strawbs – Part Of The Union (5 wks)
28 Helen Reddy - Peaceful (4 wks)
29 The Jackson Five – Doctor My Eyes (2 wk)
30 James Brown – I Got Ants In My Pants ( And I Want To Dance ) (6 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elton John – Daniel
02(02) Stevie Wonder – Superstition
03(07) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways
04(20) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
05(11) The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
06(03) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
07(09) Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me
08(16) The Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes
09(04) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
10(05) Jim Croce – One Less Set Of Footsteps

11(14) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
12(06) Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar
13(10) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
14(23) The Faces – Cindy Incidentally
15(--) The Carpenters – Sing
16(08) Sweet – Blockbuster
17(27) Colin Blunstone – How Could We Dare To Be Wrong
18(--) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
19(15) The Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
20(29) White Plains – Step Into A Dream

21(12) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
22(13) Focus – Hocus Pocus
23(17) Status Quo - Paper Plane
24(--) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
25(18) Focus – Sylvia
26(--) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
27(22) Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
28(--) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
29(--) The New Seekers – Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)
30(--) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together

[rubcale]

Is this right?

Strawbs at #1 on 153 points, Elton John #1 157.

Maybe Strawbs are 158?

[rubcale]

01 Strawbs Part Of The Union
02 Focus Sylvia
03 Elton John Daniel
04 Sweet Blockbuster
05 Partridge Family Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
06 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
07 Olivia Newton-John Take Me Home Country Roads
08 Dave Edmunds Baby I Love You
09 Thin Lizzy Whiskey In The Jar
10 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song
11 Faces Cindy Incidentally
12 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin'
13 Alice Cooper Hello Hurray
14 Jnr Walker & The All Stars Take Me Girl I'm Ready
15 Jackson 5 Doctor My Eyes
16 Status Quo Paper Plane
17 New Seekers inball Wizzard
18 Timmy Thomas Why Can't We Live Together
19 ELO Roll Over Beethoven
20 Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse

[smokeyb]

Feb 18, 2023 12:06:46 GMT 1 rubcale said:

Is this right?

Strawbs at #1 on 153 points, Elton John #1 157.

Maybe Strawbs are 158?

Thanks, typo, Elton had 152,all fixed now

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (5 wks)
2 (3) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (5 wks)
3 (7) Focus - Sylvia (5 wks)
4 (4) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (6 wks)
5 (1) Elton John - Daniel (6 wks)
6 (5) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar (6 wks)
7 (9) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4 wks)
8 (12) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (3 wks)
9 (6) Status Quo - Paper Plane (7 wks)
10 (10) Focus - Hocus Pocus (6 wks)
11 (15) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (3 wks)
12 (17) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (3 wks)
13 (14) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (4 wks)
14 (20) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (2 wks)
15 (19) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways (3 wks)
16 (22) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (2 wks)
17 (8) Sweet - Blockbuster (7 wks)
18 (13) David Bowie – The Jean Genie (12 wks)
19 (18) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (4 wks)
20 (24) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You (4 wks)
21 (28) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (2 wks)
22 (31) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (2 wks)
23 (11) Jr Walker & The All Stars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready (5 wks)
24 (21) Bread - Aubrey (4 wks)
25 (35) Colin Blunstone - How Can We Dare To Be Wrong (2 wks)
26 (23) America - Don't Cross the River (5 wks)
27 (NE) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (1 wk)
28 (NE) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (1 wk)
29 (16) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (7 wks)
30 (25) Chuck Berry - Reelin' & Rockin' (4 wks)
31 (NE) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (1 wk)
32 (NE) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (1 wk)
33 (NE) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (1 wk)
34 (26) Archie Bell & The Drells - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (5 wks)
35 (27) Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (7 wks)
36 (NE) Carpenters - Sing (1 wk)
37 (NE) Temptations - Masterpiece (1 wk)
38 (29) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (7 wks)
39 (30) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (7 wks)
40 (NE) The Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor (1 wk)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
2 [2] :: Sweet - BLOCK BUSTER
3 [3] :: Status Quo - PAPER PLANE
4 [6] :: Stevie Wonder - SUPERSTITION
5 [5] :: Elton John - DANIEL
6 [4] :: Temptations - PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE
7 [9] :: Faces - CINDY INCIDENTALLY
8 [12] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
9 [7] :: Strawbs - PART OF THE UNION
10 [8] :: Gary Glitter - DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME ? (OH YEAH)
11 [new] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
12 [new] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
13 [10] :: Moody Blues - I'M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK'N'ROLL BAND)
14 [13] :: Electric Light Orchestra - ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
15 [15] :: Archie Bell & Drells - (THERE'S GONNA BE A) SHOWDOWN
16 [20] :: Free - WISHING WELL
17 [17] :: Eagles - PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING
18 [new] :: Timmy Thomas - WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER
19 [14] :: Billy Paul - ME AND MRS JONES
20 [16] :: Iggy & Stooges - SEARCH AND DESTROY

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook
3 ( 3 ) Love Train - O'Jays
4 ( 7 ) Avenues And Alleyways - Tony Christie
5 ( 5 ) Daniel - Elton John
6 ( 12 ) Cindy Incidentally - Faces
7 ( 9 ) Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds
8 ( 4 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (#3)
9 ( -- ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms
10 ( 19 ) Step Into A Dream - White Plains

11 ( 10 ) Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell (#10)
12 ( 8 ) Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (#8)
13 ( 14 ) Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper
14 ( 6 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon (#1[6])
15 ( 11 ) Sylvia - Focus (#11)
16 ( 18 ) I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - Moody Blues
17 ( 22 ) Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery
18 ( 28 ) How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - Colin Blunstone
19 ( 21 ) Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
20 ( 13 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan (#2[2])

21 ( 24 ) I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
22 ( 20 ) Take Me Girl I'm Ready - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#20)
23 ( 17 ) Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra (#14)
24 ( 15 ) Hocus Pocus - Focus (#9)
25 ( -- ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka
26 ( 29 ) Danny's Song - Anne Murray
27 ( 16 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest (#3)
28 ( 37 ) Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
29 ( -- ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus
30 ( 25 ) (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells (#22)

31 ( 23 ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners (#12)
32 ( -- ) Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
33 ( -- ) Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - Four Tops
34 ( 26 ) Paper Plane - Status Quo (#14)
35 ( 31 ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter (#28)
36 ( -- ) Don't Cross The River - America
37 ( 34 ) I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) - Luther Ingram (#30)
38 ( 30 ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs (#16)
39 ( 27 ) Wishing Well - Free (#5)
40 ( 36 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell (#16)

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-- ( 32 ) Blockbuster - Sweet (#6)
-- ( 33 ) Dreidel - Don McLean (#21)
-- ( 35 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings (#7)
-- ( 38 ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone (#26)
-- ( 39 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#2[4])

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-- ( -- ) Give Me Your Love - Barbara Mason

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Jimmy Helms would return to the UK chart in the late 80s as part of Londonbeat but this was his only solo hit.



He was actually already 31 at the time of this hit and 49 around the time "I've Been Thinking About You" was in the chart.
He's now 81 and still alive. He's no relation to Bobby Helms (obviously, if you look at them) of "Jingle Bell Rock" fame.

[Smurfie]

1) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
2) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
3) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
4) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
5) Focus - Sylvia
6) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
7) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
8) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
9) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
10) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
11) Elton John - Daniel
12) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
13) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
14) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways
15) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
16) Jr Walker & The All Stars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
17) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
18) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
19) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night
20) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me

[raliverpool]

01 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (3wks 18-7-1)
02 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (5wks 35-15-8-4-2)
03 Elton John - Daniel (5wks 10-5-3-2-3)
04 Sweet - Blockbuster (7wks 16-7-6-4-4-3-4)
05 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (9wks 18-8-4-4-2-2-1-1-5)
06 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In A Jar (4wks 29-19-12-6)
07 Focus - Sylvia (4wks 20-13-10-7)
08 O'Jays - Love Train (3wks 24-14-8)
09 Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (5wks 30-17-11-8-9)
10 Steely Dan - Do It Again (8wks 37-24-18-11-6-5-6-10)

11 Faces - Cindy Incidentally (2wks 32-11)
12 Focus - Hocus Pocus (4wks 28-20-15-12)
13 Strawbs - Part Of The Union (5wks 25-14-9-9-13)
14 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (3wks 34-22-14)
15 Stevie Wonder - Blame It On The Sun (5wks 39-27-21-17-15)
16 Carly Simon - We Have No Secrets (3wks 31-21-16)
17 Stevie Wonder - Superstition (9wks 31-14-5-3-1-1-2-5-17)
18 Bette Midler - Do You Want To Dance (5wks 31-22-17-16-18)
19 Gary Glitter - Do You Want To Touch Me (5wks 23-13-12-13-19)
20 Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways (3wks 37-28-20)

21 Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (3wks 32-25-21)
22 Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (2wks 33-22)
23 Status Quo - Paper Plane (6wks 27-12-7-6-11-23)
24 Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (3wks 35-29-24)
25 King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight (6wks 30-21-16-15-18-25)
26 Colin Bluntstone - How Could We Dare To Be Wrong (2wks 35-26)
27 Sandy Denny - Listen, Listen (4wks 33-25-23-27)
28 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Edward Bear - Last Song (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Deliverance - Dueling Banjos (4wks 32-27-26-30)

31 Gladys Knight - Neither One Of Us (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Anne Murray - Danny's Song (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads (4wks 30-26-27-33)
34 Elton John - High Flying Bird (2wks 39-34)
35 Free - Wishing Well (7wks 27-13-8-8-10-20-35)
36 Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night (8wks 30-12-6-5-3-7-19-37)
38 Dr Hook - The Cover Of Rolling Stone (3wks 36-34-38)
39 Middle Of The Road - Yellow Boomerang (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Seals & Croft - Hummingbird (1wk 40 NEW)

[popchartfreak]

sorry running a bit late, hope to post mid-evening! 

[popchartfreak]

11th February 1973

It's up to the top spot for a first number one for Frankenstein, The Edgar Winter Group synthrock instrumental fabulousness. That leaves The Moody Blues to grab a 3rd top 10 in 5 years of Retro charting. Highest new entry is the brilliant First Choice soul track Armed And Extremely Dangerous. Other acts will be taking notes at the time. New in at 16, as New York City debut their soul classic I'm Doin' Fine Now at 39, both tracks out this week in the USA, and both future UK hits, The Pasadenas getting an even bigger hit than New York City with their 90's cover. 

In at 50, Jimmy Helms, future Londonbeat member and backing singer to many an act, with his only solo hit, Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse, but Jimmy will be charting with other tracks in my retro charts (as he did in my original charts). The New Seekers go off at another tangent and do a medley of Pete Townsend "Tommy" songs, both having charted in my 1969 retro charts already for The Who. They are at 56 just ahead of Carpenters' sweet Sing - it's got kids on it, I think, but that's not always a bad thing.

In the expanded end of my chart, due to too many new releases and too much good older stuff hanging on, Circus debut at 73 with Stop, Look & Listen. No, I've never heard of it, or them, either, but it sounds like it's a lost 1976 US rock hit in the tradition of Boston or similar lesser names, The Temptations also debut Masterpiece - though strictly speaking that's Papa was A Rolling Stone - and keep the musical ambitions going. There's a footie song at 76, silly and singalong Nice One Cyril, The Real Thing get a 2nd funk entry with Plastic Man, Paul Williams does his own version of his own Carpenters song and he's always classy, Bill Withers is Kissing My Love, another new track to me, and Middle Of The Road slip in at 80 with the non-UK-release Yellow Boomerang as they buggered off to Europe where they still had big hit records. 



1 ( 10 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
2 ( 2 ) DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME? (OH YEAH) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 2
3 ( 1 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
4 ( 3 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
5 ( 5 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1
6 ( 8 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6
7 ( 4 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
8 ( 6 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
9 ( 13 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
10 ( 9 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1

11 ( 11 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
12 ( 19 ) AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) - The Four Tops # 12
13 ( 7 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 7
14 ( 12 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
15 ( 17 ) SAIL ON, SAILOR - The Beach Boys # 15
16 ( NEW ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 16
17 ( 16 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
18 ( 14 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack # 14
19 ( 15 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8
20 ( 26 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20

21 ( 18 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
22 ( 22 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
23 ( 23 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
24 ( 21 ) DANIEL - Elton John # 14
25 ( 20 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra # 11
26 ( 29 ) HELLO HURRAY - Alice Cooper # 26
27 ( 24 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
28 ( 25 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
29 ( 33 ) TOSSIN’ & TURNIN’ - Bunny Sigler # 29
30 ( 45 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces featuring Rod Stewart # 30

31 ( 27 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon # 6
32 ( 28 ) SATELLITE OF LOVE - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie # 1
33 ( 39 ) WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston # 33
34 ( 35 ) WISH THAT I COULD TALK TO YOU - The Sylvers # 34
35 ( 32 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
36 ( 31 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
37 ( 40 ) NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA - Vicki Lawrence # 37
38 ( 42 ) AVENUES AND ALLEYWAYS - Tony Christie # 38
39 ( NEW ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 39
40 ( 34 ) KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops # 10

41 ( 30 ) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia Newton-John # 30
42 ( 36 ) I’M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN - Ann Peebles # 36
43 ( 46 ) TEACHER I NEED YOU - Elton John # 43
44 ( 37 ) WE NEED ORDER - The Chi-Lites # 11
45 ( 43 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
46 ( 38 ) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir # 4
47 ( 55 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 47
48 ( 52 ) THAT’S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka # 48
49 ( 60 ) SAW A NEW MORNING - The Bee Gees # 49
50 ( NEW ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms # 50

51 ( 41 ) WHISKEY IN THE JAR - Thin Lizzy # 23
52 ( 51 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
53 ( 50 ) DO IT AGAIN - Steely Dan # 1
54 ( 49 ) STAY WITH ME - Blue Mink # 3
55 ( 44 ) I'M ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE - Chairmen Of The Board # 4
56 ( NEW ) PINBALL WIZARD - SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers # 56
57 ( 54 ) SWEET SURRENDER - Bread # 13
58 ( NEW ) SING - Carpenters # 58
59 ( 53 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie # 2
60 ( 61 ) TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN - Bettye Swann # 60

61 ( 56 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon featuring Mick Jagger # 6
62 ( 68 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 62
63 ( 67 ) BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - Charlie Rich # 63
64 ( 63 ) THE COLDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (PART 1) - The Chi-Lites # 1
65 ( 65 ) MASTER OF EYES (THE DEEPNESS OF YOUR EYES) - Aretha Franklin # 63
66 ( 70 ) BABY WE’VE GOT A DATE (ROCK IT BABY) - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 66
67 ( 69 ) DRIFT AWAY - Dobie Gray # 67
68 ( 71 ) ONE MAN BAND (PLAYS ALL ALONE) - Ronnie Dyson # 68
69 ( 73 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 69
70 ( 48 ) SOLITAIRE - Neil Sedaka # 27

71 ( 74 ) CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) - Al Green # 71
72 ( 62 ) COURT IN THE ACT - Lindisfarne # 58
73 ( NEW ) STOP WAIT & LISTEN - Circus # 73
74 ( 75 ) STEP INTO A DREAM - White Plains # 74
75 ( NEW ) MASTERPIECE - The Temptations # 75
76 ( NEW ) NICE ONE CYRIL - Cockerel Chorus # 76
77 ( NEW ) PLASTIC MAN - The Real Thing # 77
78 ( NEW ) I WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU - Paul Williams # 78
79 ( NEW ) KISSING MY LOVE - Bill Withers # 79
80 ( NEW ) YELLOW BOOMERANG - Middle Of The Road # 80


11th February 1973 My original charts of that week then

It's up to a first chart-topper for Dave Edmunds as he grabs a 2nd top 10 with his Phil Spector cover of Baby I Love You, and Focus do a double with Sylvia up to 5 on the fab Sylvia, and enter at 6 with the 2-year-old mad Hocus Pocus. Paper Plane finally makes the top 10 for Quo, Superstition is just pipped as it climbs up 17 places for Stevie Wonder, and Junior Walker is back again for another fab Motown soul monster, Take Me Girl I'm Ready at 22.

The Partridge Family get a 7th chart entry at 27 with their cover of Gene Pitney's Looking Through The Eyes Of Love, the TV show still giving David Cassidy assisted additional promo boost in the week that the very different Last Tango In Paris was boosting Marlon Brando's X-Rated profile at the cinemas. The Jackson 5 cover Jackson Browne's Doctor My Eyes a bit more upbeat and cheerful than the original, at 29, and Thin Lizzy scrape in with Whisky In The Jar, a record I never liked much at the time, at best it was OK, but it grew on me in later years.


1 ( 21 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
2 ( 1 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
3 ( 2 ) DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? - Gary Glitter
4 ( 3 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs
5 ( 27 ) SYLVIA - Focus
6 ( NEW ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus
7 ( 6 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT - Wizzard
8 ( 4 ) DANIEL - Elton John
9 ( 9 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Elvis Presley
10 ( 11 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo

11 ( 28 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder
12 ( 12 ) WISHING WELL - Free
13 ( 17 ) RELAY - The Who
14 ( 13 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie
15 ( 19 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon
16 ( 10 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
17 ( 20 ) LONG-HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL - Little Jimmy Osmond
18 ( 18 ) CRAZY HORSES - The Osmonds
19 ( 15 ) ME AND MRS JONES - Billy Paul
20 ( 26 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra

21 ( 29 ) 992 ARGUMENTS - The O’Jays
22 ( NEW ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
23 ( 5 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex
24 ( 22 ) DESPERATE DAN - Lieutenant Pigeon
25 ( 30 ) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia Newton-John
26 ( 8 ) BIG CITY - Dandy Livingstone
27 ( NEW ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
28 ( 7 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - The Moody Blues
29 ( NEW ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
30 ( NEW ) WHISKY IN THE JAR - Thin Lizzy