Haven Retro Combined Chart : 03.03.1973

[smokeyb]

The Strawbs get a 3rd week at number one, but with Slade entering straight in at number 2


looks like their days are numbered. Slade just miss out entering straight at number 1 by just 2 points.



Roberta Flack is up to 3, the Detroit Emeralds are at 4 and Elton John slips to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, Slade enter at 2 and Gladys Knight enters at number 20.



The biggest climber is Jimmy Helms who jumps up 21 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is Jr Walker who falls off the chart from number 31.

[smokeyb]

03.03.1973 (Week # 09)

1 (01) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 126 points (12-4-3-1-1-1) 6 wks
2 (NE) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 124 points 1 wk
3 (06) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song - 120 points (37-25-21-15-6-3) 6 wks
4 (08) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 118 points (25-12-8-4) 4 wks
5 (02) Elton John - Daniel - 113 points (11-4-2-1-2-2-5) 7 wks
6 (07) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 113 points (18-7-6) 3 wks
7 (04) Focus - Sylvia - 113 points (21-13-10-6-4-7) 6 wks
8 (03) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar - 101 points (20-7-7-5-4-3-8) 7 wks
9 (05) Sweet - Blockbuster - 85 points (6-2-1-1-2-3-5-9) 8 wks
10 (12) Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways - 82 points (17-11-12-10) 4 wks
11 (11) Dave Edmonds - Baby I Love You - 71 points (36-16-17-14-10-11-11) 7 wks
12 (19) O’Jays - Love Train - 70 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12) 15 wks
13 (14) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - 68 points (20-14-13) 3 wks
14 (20) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 62 points (25-20-14) 3 wks
15 (09) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven - 54 points (28-14-4-5-9-15) 6 wks
16 (22) Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes - 52 points (22-16) 2 wks
17 (10) Stevie Wonder - Superstition - 47 points (31-39-40-24-21-22-25-19-16-17-18-16-12-8-10-17) 16 wks
18 (13) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me - 45 points (25-9-8-7-9-13-18) 7 wks
19 (40) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - 44 points (40-19) 2 wks
20 (NE) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 43 points 1 wk
21 (18) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads - 42 points (23-8-10-10-11-14-18-21) 8 wks
22 (17) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love - 40 points (39-22-17-22) 4 wks
23 (28) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 35 points (28-23) 2 wks
24 (27) Carpenters – Sing - 32 points (27-24) 2 wks
25 (26) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 31 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25) 15 wks
26 (23) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 30 points (26-17-26-27-27-23-24-24-23-26) 10 wks
27 (16) Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone - 28 points (24-18-13-11-4-6-7-7-11-20-34-31-36-7-4-3-6-8-13-16-27) 21 wks
28 (25) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 25 points (27-27-27-25-28) 5 wks
29 (NE) Colin Blunstone – How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - 21 points 1 wk
30 (NE) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 21 points 1 wk
31 (NE) First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous - 20 points 1 wk
32 (30) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 19 points (30-32-30-32) 4 wks
33 (32) Dr Hook - The Cover Of Rolling Stone - 19 points (38-34-32-33) 4 wks
34 (NE) White Plains - Step Into A Dream - 19 points 1 wk
35 (31) Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein - 18 points (31-35) 2 wks
36 (33) Chi Lites – Write A Letter To Myself - 17 points (26-26-33-36) 4 wks
37 (15) Status Quo - Paper Plane - 17 points (31-12-8-5-6-7-15-37) 8 wks
38 (34) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 15 points (35-34-38) 3 wks
39 (36) Al Green – Hot Wire - 13 points (31-33-30-35-37-36-39) 7 wks
40 (21) Carly Simon - You're So Vain - 13 points (7-5-4-3-1-1-2-3-9-16-21-40) 12 wks
40 (NE) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 13 points 1 wk

Dropped Out
42 (39) Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love - 12 points (33-37-39-39)
43 (24) Focus - Hocus Pocus - 12 points (24-21-16-19-24)
44 (29) Free - Wishing Well - 10 points (30-36-x-15-5-5-9-13-21-29)
48 (38) Bread - Aubrey - 7 points (40-38)
51 (35) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - 6 points (34-23-27-37-34-31-29-33-35)
- (31) Jr Walker & The All Stars – Take Me Girl, I'm Ready - 0 points (31-37)

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 10.03.1973

1 (1) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (5) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (NE) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (7 wk) (# 2)
5 (3) Sweet - Blockbuster (9 wk) (# 1)
6 (10) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (13) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (19) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (12) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (07) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar  (9 wk) (# 6)
11 (8) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (8 wk) (# 8)
12 (4) Focus - Sylvia (7 wk) (# 4)
13 (6) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (8 wk) (# 2)
14 (NE) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never (1 wk) (# 14)
15 (9) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (6 wk)(# 9)
16 (22) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (3 wk) (# 16)
17 (16) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (3 wk) (# 16)
18 (14) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (6 wk) (# 11)
19 (29) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (18) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (16 wk) (# 1)
21 (15) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (7 wk) (# 6)
22 (17) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (9 wk) (# 15)
23 (20) Chuck Berry - Reelin' & Rockin' - (6 wk) (# 18)
24 (28) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (36) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (21) Focus - Hocus Pocus (8 wk) (# 20)
27 (24) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (4 wk) (# 24)
28 (32) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (3 wk) (# 28)
29 (23) Jr Walker & The All Stars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready (7 wk) (# 16)
30 (11) Elton John - Daniel (8 wk) (# 4)
31 (42) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (2 wk) (# 31)
32 (35) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (25) Carly Simon - You're So Vain (13 wk) (# 3)
34 (26) Status Quo - Paper Plane (9 wk) (# 8)
35 (31) Judge Dread - Big Seven (14 wk) (# 8)
36 (27) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You (6 wk) (# 27)
37 (44) The Beach Boys - California Saga (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (NE) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (49) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (2 wk) (# 39)
40 (46) The O'Jays - Love Train (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (45) Donny Osmond - Why (18 wk) (# 3)
42 (30) Free - Wishing Well (9 wk) (# 7)
43 (43) Osmonds - Crazy Horses (18 wk) (# 2)
44 (37) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night (16 wk) (# 11)
45 (NE) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (33) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (9 wk) (# 12)
47 (34) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (9 wk) (# 9)
48 (NE) Mud - Crazy (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (40) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind (13 wk) (# 9)
50 (NE) Val Doonican - Heaven Is My Woman's Love (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 08-03-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(16) THE NEW SEEKERS – Pinball Wizard – See Me, Feel Me
(25) KENNY – Heart Of Stone
(14) DONNY OSMOND – The Twelfth Of Never  
(17) JIMMY HELMS – Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
(3) T-REX – 20th Century Boy  
(6) THE DETROIT EMERALDS – Feel The Need In Me  
(2) THE FACES – Cindy Incidentally  
(NEW) CLIFF RICHARD – Power To All Our Friends
(1) SLADE – Cum On Feel The Noize  
(28) TIMMY THOMAS – Why Can’t We Live Together

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 10.03.1973
1 (1) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (5 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Focus - Moving Waves (8 wk) (# 3)
4 (6) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (34 wk) (# 2)
5 (4) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (3 wk) (# 2)
6 (10) Focus - Focus 111 (8 wk) (# 6)
7 (17) Various Artists - Clockwork Orange OST (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (14) Slade - Slayed (14 wk) (#1)
9 (5) London Symphony Orchestra - The Strauss Family (8 wk) (# 2)
10 (7) Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry V111 (3 wk) (# 7)

[rubcale]

01 Strawbs Part Of The Union
02 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
03 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song
04 Alice Cooper Hello Hurray
05 Faces Cindy Incidentally
06 Jackson 5 Doctor My Eyes
07 T-Rex 20th Century Boy
08 Slade Cum On Feel The Noize
09 Partridge Family Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
10 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
11 Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse
12 New Seekers Pinball Wizzard
13 Timmy Thomas Why Can't We Live Together
14 Dave Edmunds Baby I Love You
15 Tony Kenny Heart Of Stone
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips The Look Of Love
17 O'Jays Love Train
18 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
19 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never
20 Mud Crazy

[darkstar79]

01 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (2 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (5 wks)
03 The Carpenters – Sing (3 wks)
04 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (2 wks)
05 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (5 wks)
06 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (4 wks)
07 The O'Jays – Love Train (8 wks)
08 Al Green – Hot Wire (8 wks)
09 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (6 wks)
10 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (7 wks)

11 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (7 wks)
12 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (6 wks)
13 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (2 wks)
14 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (3 wks)
15 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (7 wks)
16 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (5 wks)
17 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (7 wks)
18 The Temptations – Masterpiece (3 wks)
19 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (2 wks)
20 The Beach Boys – California Saga (2 wks)

21 First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous (1 wk)
22 David Bowie – Space Oddity (7 wks)
23 Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (7 wks)
24 Bill Withers – Kissing My Love (6 wks)
25 Syl Johnson – We Did It (3 wks)
26 The Staple Singers – Oh La De Da (1 wk)
27 Vicki Lawrence – The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (5 wks)
28 The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor (3 wks)
29 Paul Kelly – Don't Burn Me (7 wks)
30 The Chi Lites – Write A Letter To Myself (5 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(04) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
02(--) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
03(01) Elton John – Daniel
04(11) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize
05(02) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
06(05) Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me
07(07) The Carpenters – Sing
08(08) The Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes
09(12) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
10(03) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways

11(10) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
12(06) The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
13(25) The Beach Boys – California Saga/California
14(26) The O’Jays – Love Train
15(13) The Faces – Cindy Incidentally
16(28) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look Of Love
17(09) Stevie Wonder – Superstition
18(27) Kenny – Heart Of Stone
19(30) Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never
20(20) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril

21(29) Blue Mink – By The Devil I Was Tempted
22(--) Mud – Crazy
23(14) Colin Blunstone – How Could We Dare To Be Wrong
24(15) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
25(--) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
26(--) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
27(16) White Plains – Step Into A Dream
28(17) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
29(19) Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar
30(--) Roxy Music – Pyjamarama

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 30.02.1973

1 (01) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
2 (New) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
3 (05) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
4 (02) Sweet - Blockbuster
5 (03) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
6 (10) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
7 (13) Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray
8 (18) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
9 (12) Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
10 (04) Focus - Sylvia
11 (07) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
12 (08) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
13 (New) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
14 (06) Gary Glitter - Do Ya Wanna Touch Me
15 (09) Elton John - Daniel
16 (11) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
17 (25) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me
18 (16) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse
19 (14) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
20 (21) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
21 (15) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
22 (17) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
23 (19) Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways
24 (26) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
25 (36) Kenny - Heart Of Stone
26 (22) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
27 (23) Focus - Hocus Pocus
28 (35) White Plains - Step Into A Dream
29 (28) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
30 (31) Junior Walker And The Allstars - Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
31 (38) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
32 (20) David Bowie - The Jean Genie
33 (24) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
34 (New) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted
35 (27) Miki Anthony - If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You
36 (New) Beach Boys - California Saga
37 (New) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
38 (New) Gladys Knight and the Pips - The Look Of Love
39 (37) The O'Jays - Love Train
40 (New) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama

[Earl Purple]

The Strawbs definitely won't be #1 next week but will it be Slade or T Rex?

In my chart, Slade this week but T Rex get a high entry and will be #1 two weeks from now.

That Donny Osmond song is among the worst 3 number ones of the 1970s along with JJ Barrie and Lena Martell, those 3 all worse than Donny's other two solo number ones which come in next, along with the Scots Dragoon Guards version of Amazing Grace.

1 ( 5 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs (#1[4])
3 ( 3 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms
4 ( 2 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook (#2[3])
5 ( -- ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex
6 ( 4 ) Love Train - O'Jays (#3)
7 ( 6 ) Cindy Incidentally - Faces (#6)
8 ( -- ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn
9 ( 8 ) Step Into A Dream - White Plains (#8)
10 ( 11 ) How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - Colin Blunstone

11 ( 15 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka
12 ( 7 ) Avenues And Alleyways - Tony Christie (#5)
13 ( 9 ) Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds (#7)
14 ( -- ) Sing - Carpenters
15 ( 19 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus
16 ( 13 ) Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper (#13)
17 ( 16 ) Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#16)
18 ( 12 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (#3)
19 ( 10 ) Daniel - Elton John (#4)
20 ( 29 ) Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey

21 ( 23 ) Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
22 ( 14 ) Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell (#10)
23 ( 24 ) Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - Four Tops
24 ( 17 ) I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - Moody Blues (#16)
25 ( 31 ) Heart Of Stone - Kenny
26 ( -- ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
27 ( 21 ) I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#21)
28 ( 20 ) Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (#19)
29 ( 34 ) California Saga - Beach Boys
30 ( 28 ) Don't Cross The River - America (#28)

31 ( -- ) Crazy - Mud
32 ( 25 ) Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers (#25)
33 ( 35 ) By The Devil - Blue Mink
34 ( 18 ) Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (#8)
35 ( 27 ) Danny's Song - Anne Murray (#26)
36 ( 22 ) Sylvia - Focus (#11)
37 ( -- ) Masterpiece - Temptations
38 ( -- ) Heaven Is My Woman's Love - Val Doonican
39 ( 30 ) Take Me Girl I'm Ready - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#20)
40 ( 26 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon (#1[6])

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-- ( 32 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan (#2[2])
-- ( 33 ) Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra (#14)
-- ( 36 ) Hocus Pocus - Focus (#9)
-- ( 37 ) (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells (#22)
-- ( 38 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest (#3)
-- ( 39 ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - Aretha Franklin

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Gary Glitter drops out of my chart from #28 and actually I think the title and his personality makes that song sound more creepy than any of his others. Generally I'm judging him by the songs and he got a lot of big hits in my chart including one number one. Joan Jett's cover of that song is on my 1982 playlist now and is actually quite a good cover.

[raliverpool]

01 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (2wks 3-1)
02 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (1wk 2 NEW)
03 Faces - Cindy Incidentally (4wks 32-11-4-3)
04 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (5wks 18-7-1-1-4)
05 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (7wks 35-15-8-4-2-2-5)
06 O'Jays - Love Train (5wks 24-14-8-5-6)
07 Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (4wks 33-22-12-7)
08 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (3wks 28-17-8)
09 Focus - Hocus Pocus (6wks 28-20-15-12-9-9)
10 Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways (5wks 37-28-20-13-10)

11 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (5wks 34-22-14-11-11)
12 Focus - Sylvia (6wks 20-13-10-7-7-12)
13 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In A Jar (6wks 29-19-12-6-6-13)
14 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (2wks 36-14)
15 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (3wks 31-23-15)
16 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (2wks 34-16)
17 Edward Bear - Last Song (3wks 29-20-17)
18 Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (5wks 32-25-21-19-18)
19 Elton John - Daniel (7wks 10-5-3-2-3-8-19)
20 Anne Murray - Danny's Song (3wks 32-25-20)

21 Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse (2wks 29-21)
22 Carly Simon - We Have No Secrets (5wks 31-21-16-16-22)
23 Bread - Aubrey (2wks 35-23)
24 Sweet - Blockbuster (9wks 16-7-6-4-4-3-4-10-24)
25 Colin Bluntstone - How Could We Dare To Be Wrong (4wks 35-26-22-25)
26 Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes (2wks 28-26)
27 Seals & Croft - Hummingbird (3wks 40-33-27)
28 Stevie Wonder - Blame It On The Sun (7wks 39-27-21-17-15-18-28)
29 Al Green - Call Me (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (5wks 35-29-24-24-30)

31 Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (7wks 30-17-11-8-9-14-31)
32 New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Strawbs - Part Of The Union (7wks 25-14-9-9-13-21-33)
34 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (11wks 18-8-4-4-2-2-1-1-5-15-34)
35 Elton John - High Flying Bird (4wks 39-34-32-35)
36 Rick Wakeman - Catherine Of Aragon (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Diana Ross - Good Morning Heartache (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Aretha Franklin - Master Of Eyes (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Jim Croce - One Less Set Of Footsteps (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Look Of Love (1wk 40 NEW)

[o]

1 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
2 Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
3 Dave Edmunds – Baby I love you
4 Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
5 T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
6 Focus – Sylvia
7 Sweet - Blockbuster
8 Strawbs - Part Of The Union
9 Faces - Cindy Incidentally
10 O'Jays - Love Train
11 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
12 Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
13 Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
14 Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
15 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (2 wks)
2 (NE) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (1 wk)
3 (4) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (5 wks)
4 (7) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (5 wks)
5 (8) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (5 wks)
6 (9) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways (5 wks)
7 (2) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (7 wks)
8 (11) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (4 wks)
9 (10) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (4 wks)
10 (15) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (3 wks)
11 (16) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (3 wks)
12 (17) Colin Blunstone - How Can We Dare To Be Wrong (4 wks)
13 (19) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (3 wks)
14 (3) Focus - Sylvia (7 wks)
15 (5) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (7 wks)
16 (6) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (8 wks)
17 (20) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (4 wks)
18 (24) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (3 wks)
19 (31) The O'Jays - Love Train (2 wks)
20 (23) Carpenters - Sing (3 wks)
21 (12) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (6 wks)
22 (13) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar (8 wks)
23 (25) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (3 wks)
24 (35) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (2 wks)
25 (30) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted (2 wks)
26 (32) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (2 wks)
27 (37) The Beach Boys - California Saga (2 wks)
28 (36) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (2 wks)
29 (39) Hollies - Magic Woman Touch (2 wks)
30 (29) The Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor (3 wks)
31 (40) Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (2 wks)
32 (NE) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (1 wk)
33 (NE) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1 wk)
34 (18) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (4 wks)
35 (28) America - Don't Cross the River (7 wks)
36 (14) Elton John - Daniel (8 wks)
37 (22) Focus - Hocus Pocus (8 wks)
38 (26) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (6 wks)
39 (NE) Mud - Crazy (1 wk)
40 (NE) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (1 wk)

[Smurfie]

1) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
2) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
3) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
4) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
5) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
6) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
7) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
8) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
9) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
10) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
11) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
12) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me
13) Focus - Sylvia
14) The Beach Boys - California Saga
15) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
16) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
17) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
18) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
19) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
20) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
2 [5] :: Slade - CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
3 [1] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
4 [3] :: Faces - CINDY INCIDENTALLY
5 [9] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
6 [10] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
7 [new] :: T Rex - 20TH CENTURY BOY
8 [new] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
9 [4] :: Stevie Wonder - SUPERSTITION
10 [15] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
11 [13] :: Electric Light Orchestra - ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
12 [8] :: Strawbs - PART OF THE UNION
13 [new] :: ABBA - ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN
14 [16] :: Timmy Thomas - WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER
15 [6] :: Sweet - BLOCK BUSTER
16 [7] :: Status Quo - PAPER PLANE
17 [12] :: Elton John - DANIEL
18 [17] :: Free - WISHING WELL
19 [new] :: Gladys Knight & Pips - THE LOOK OF LOVE
20 [11] :: Moody Blues - I'M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK'N'ROLL BAND)

[popchartfreak]

25th February 1973

It's straight in at 1 for veteran band Mud, getting the Chinn-Chapman hit machine treatment with the fabulous Glam-Tango-Rock of Crazy, the start of a great run of singles fronted by the wonderful Les Grey and future songwriter hitmaker (in 25 years-time) Rob Davies. That means T.Rex have to settle for a number 2 new entry, for now, with the rifftastic 20th Century Boy. Boys at school my age were starting to slag off Marc Bolan, the lyric about "20th Century Boy, I wanna be your toy" a little bit too gay for the very homophobic times.

Slade, meanwhile leap up to 7 for a 2nd retro Top 10 with Cum On Feel The Noize, though in my charts of the time it was their first number one and 5th top 10. These days it's used for selling old people stuff, and I just attended a 70th birthday party with loads of Glam Rock and older people trying to hark back at their younger days. The spirit is willing, the body says "hang on a mo, let me catch my breath!" Gerry Rafferty goes top 10 for the first time with Stuck In The Middle at 8, and new in at 13 it's Roxy Music's avante-grade version of Glam Rock, the quirky Pyjamarama, their 2nd retro top 20.

Down the lower end, Steely Dan get a 2nd retro hit with Reelin' In The Years at 62, and at 65 it's the forgotten gem from Brenda & The Tabulations, One Girl Too Late, written and produced by the talented Van McCoy, and coming out in the UK in 1975 after his massive disco hit The Hustle, which is when I first noticed, liked and charted it. It's very 60's girl-group sounding but with the lush orchestral backdrop that underpinned The Sound Of Philadelphia soul hits.


1 ( NEW ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
2 ( NEW ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 2
3 ( 1 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
4 ( 2 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
5 ( 3 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
6 ( 4 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
7 ( 30 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
8 ( 17 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
9 ( 7 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
10 ( 8 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1

11 ( 10 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
12 ( 11 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
13 ( NEW ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 13
14 ( 24 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14
15 ( 14 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6
16 ( 15 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
17 ( 9 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
18 ( 5 ) AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) - The Four Tops # 5
19 ( 6 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack # 6
20 ( 20 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 20


21 ( 32 ) WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston # 21
22 ( 47 ) ONE MAN BAND (PLAYS ALL ALONE) - Ronnie Dyson # 22
23 ( 16 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
24 ( 21 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
25 ( 22 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces featuring Rod Stewart # 22
26 ( 12 ) DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME? (OH YEAH) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 2
27 ( 13 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
28 ( 18 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 7
29 ( 38 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms # 29
30 ( 45 ) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER (GRANDE, GRANDE, GRANDE) - Shirley Bassey # 30


31 ( 19 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8
32 ( 25 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny # 25
33 ( 27 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
34 ( 31 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 31
35 ( 28 ) DANIEL - Elton John # 14
36 ( 36 ) TOSSIN’ & TURNIN’ - Bunny Sigler # 29
37 ( 60 ) BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED) - Blue Mink # 37
38 ( 23 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20
39 ( 35 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
40 ( 26 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1


41 ( 34 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
42 ( 50 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 42
43 ( 57 ) STOP WAIT & LISTEN - Circus # 43
44 ( 39 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
45 ( 40 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon # 6
46 ( 42 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
47 ( 43 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
48 ( 29 ) SAIL ON, SAILOR - The Beach Boys # 15
49 ( 49 ) SING - Carpenters # 49
50 ( 48 ) CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) - Al Green # 48


51 ( 58 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 51
52 ( 51 ) MASTERPIECE - The Temptations # 51
53 ( 62 ) PINBALL WIZARD - SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers # 53
54 ( 41 ) SATELLITE OF LOVE - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie # 1
55 ( 59 ) BABY WE’VE GOT A DATE (ROCK IT BABY) - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 55
56 ( 44 ) AVENUES AND ALLEYWAYS - Tony Christie # 38
57 ( 54 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
58 ( 56 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
59 ( 55 ) KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops # 10
60 ( 65 ) PLASTIC MAN - The Real Thing # 60


61 ( 46 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra # 11
62 ( NEW ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 62
63 ( 37 ) HELLO HURRAY - Alice Cooper # 26
64 ( 67 ) DRIFT AWAY - Dobie Gray # 64
65 ( NEW ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 65
66 ( 80 ) CALIFORNIA SAGA - The Beach Boys # 66
67 ( 64 ) MASTER OF EYES (THE DEEPNESS OF YOUR EYES) - Aretha Franklin # 63
68 ( 33 ) WISH THAT I COULD TALK TO YOU - The Sylvers # 33
69 ( 69 ) THE COLDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (PART 1) - The Chi-Lites # 1
70 ( 63 ) I'M ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE - Chairmen Of The Board # 4

71 ( 79 ) THE TWELFTH OF NEVER - Donny Osmond # 71
72 ( 75 ) I WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU - Paul Williams # 72
73 ( 52 ) TEACHER I NEED YOU - Elton John # 43
74 ( 53 ) THAT’S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka # 48
75 ( 77 ) KISSING MY LOVE - Bill Withers # 75


25th February 1973 My charts of that week then

It's 3 weeks on top for Dave Edmunds, as Junior Walker slides into runners-up and The Partridge Family make it a 6th top 5, with David Cassidy on 7. Roberta Flack gets a first top 10 with Killing Me Softly at 6 and Miki Anthony at 7 with If It Wasn't For The Reason, and Cindy Incidentally up to 8 for The Faces, their 2nd top 10 signals a busy chart-week in both my charts of the time and my retro charts.

New at 16 it's The Detroit Emeralds debuting Feel The Need In Me, a soul classic that will be re-recorded and a hit again in 1977, and covered by Forrest in 1983. Irish singer Kenny gets a debut too, new at 23 with Heart Of Stone, falsetto Glam Bubble Rock that I loved at the time, not so much these days, and Slade are in at 21 with their monster hit Cum On Feel The Noize as they sealed their claim to be the most-popular popstars of the time, taking over from T.Rex.

At 25, The New Seekers cover The Who's Tommy rock-opera hits Pinball Wizard and See Me Feel Me, but as a medley, and odd decision and not as good as the original Pinball Wizard but better than the original See Me Feel Me. New at 30 thanks to a TV advert, White Plains are back, with Step Into A Dream. It's just a ditty, really. It was never designed to be a hit. 


1 ( 1 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
2 ( 3 ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
3 ( 2 ) SYLVIA - Focus
4 ( 5 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
5 ( 21 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
6 ( 27 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
7 ( 23 ) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVED YOU - Miki Anthony
8 ( 19 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces
9 ( 10 ) HELLO HURRAY - Alice Cooper
10 ( 4 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder

11 ( 6 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra
12 ( 7 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs
13 ( 8 ) DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? - Gary Glitter
14 ( 13 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
15 ( 14 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie
16 ( NEW ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
17 ( 9 ) WISHING WELL - Free
18 ( 11 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus
19 ( 24 ) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia Newton-John
20 ( 25 ) REELIN’ AND ROCKIN’ - Chuck Berry

21 ( NEW ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
22 ( 12 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT - Wizzard
23 ( NEW ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
24 ( 15 ) DANIEL - Elton John
25 ( NEW ) PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers
26 ( 29 ) WHISKY IN THE JAR - Thin Lizzy
27 ( 16 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Elvis Presley
28 ( 17 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo
29 ( 18 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
30 ( NEW ) STEP INTO A DREAM - White Plains