Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.03.1973

[smokeyb]

Slade only get their second number one as they move up a place to take over the top spot.



T. Rex enter straight in at number 2, so next week could be interesting.



Roberta Flack remains at 3, the Faces are up at 4, and the Detroit Emeralds slip to 5.



The Strawbs fall from the top spot down to number 6.



There are 6 new entries this week the highest is T. Rex at number 2, then Dawn at number 16.



The biggest climber is Shirley Bassey who jumps up 8 places to number 32.



The biggest faller is Gary Glitter who drops 41 places.

[smokeyb]

10.03.1973 (Week # 10)

1 (02) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 177 points (2-1) 2 wks
2 (NE) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 158 points 1 wk
3 (03) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song - 132 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3) 7 wks
4 (06) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 124 points (18-7-6-4) 4 wks
5 (04) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 124 points (25-12-8-4-5) 5 wks
6 (01) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 104 points (12-4-3-1-1-1-6) 7 wks
7 (12) O’Jays - Love Train - 79 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7) 16 wks
8 (14) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 76 points (25-20-14-8) 4 wks
9 (10) Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways - 62 points (17-11-12-10-9) 5 wks
10 (08) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar - 62 points (20-7-7-5-4-3-8-10) 8 wks
11 (07) Focus - Sylvia - 61 points (21-13-10-6-4-7-11) 7 wks
12 (16) Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes - 52 points (22-16-12) 3 wks
13 (20) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 57 points (20-13) 2 wks
14 (11) Dave Edmonds - Baby I Love You - 55 points (36-16-17-14-10-11-11-14) 8 wks
15 (19) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - 53 points (40-19-15) 3 wks
16 (NE) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 49 points 1 wk
17 (09) Sweet - Blockbuster - 46 points (6-2-1-1-2-3-5-9-17) 9 wks
18 (23) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 45 points (28-23-18) 3 wks
19 (13) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - 42 points (20-14-13-19) 4 wks
20 (24) Carpenters – Sing - 40 points (27-24-20) 3 wks
21 (25) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 38 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25-21) 16 wks
22 (05) Elton John - Daniel - 32 points (11-4-2-1-2-2-5-22) 8 wks
23 (NE) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me - 30 points 1 wk
24 (26) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 26 points (26-17-26-27-27-23-24-24-23-26-24) 11 wks
25 (15) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven - 24 points (28-14-4-5-9-15-25) 7 wks
26 (22) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love - 22 points (39-22-17-22-26) 5 wks
27 (NE) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 22 points 1 wk
28 (30) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 21 points (30-28) 2 wks
29 (NE) Mud - Crazy - 21 points 1 wk
30 (29) Colin Blunstone – How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - 20 points (29-30) 2 wks
31 (32) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 19 points (30-32-30-32-31) 5 wks
32 (40) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 19 points (40-32) 2 wks
33 (28) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 19 points (27-27-27-25-28-33) 6 wks
34 (17) Stevie Wonder - Superstition - 18 points (31-39-40-24-21-22-25-19-16-17-18-16-12-8-10-17-34) 17 wks
35 (31) First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous - 18 points (31-35) 2 wks
36 (33) Dr Hook - The Cover Of Rolling Stone - 17 points (38-34-32-33-36) 5 wks
37 (27) Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone - 17 points (24-18-13-11-4-6-7-7-11-20-34-31-36-7-4-3-6-8-13-16-27-37) 22 wks
38 (34) White Plains - Step Into A Dream - 16 points (34-38) 2 wks
39 (NE) Beach Boys - California Saga - 16 points 1 wk
40 (35) Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein - 16 points (31-35-40) 3 wks

Dropped Out
41 (38) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 15 points (35-34-38)
42 (21) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads - 15 points (23-8-10-10-11-14-18-21)
43 (36) Chi Lites – Write A Letter To Myself - 15 points (26-26-33-36)
44 (39) Al Green – Hot Wire - 13 points (31-33-30-35-37-36-39)
59 (18) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me - 7 points (25-9-8-7-9-13-18)
61 (40) Carly Simon - You're So Vain - 6 points (7-5-4-3-1-1-2-3-9-16-21-40)
64 (37) Status Quo - Paper Plane - 5 points (31-12-8-5-6-7-15-37)

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 17.03.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 15-03-73:  Presenter: Noel Edmonds
(3) T-REX – 20th Century Boy  
(30) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Get Down
(13) CLIFF RICHARD – Power To All Our Friends  
(31) ROXY MUSIC – Pyjamarama 
(21) WHITE PLAINS – Step Into A Dream
(28) THE O’JAYS – Love Train  
(20) SHIRLEY BASSEY – Never, Never, Never
(23) TIMMY THOMAS – Why Can’t We Live Together
(1) SLADE – Cum On Feel The Noize  
(19) KENNY – Heart Of Stone

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 17.03.1973
1 (1) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (6 wk) (#1)
2 (3) Focus - Moving Waves (9 wk) (# 2)
3 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (35 wk) (# 2)
4 (2) Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams (4 wk) (# 2)
5 (5) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (4 wk) (# 2)
6 (7) Various Artists - Clockwork Orange OST (6 wk) (# 6)
7 (15) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Back To Front (18 wk) (# 1)
8 (8) Slade - Slayed (15 wk) (#1)
9 (6) Focus - Focus 111 (9 wk) (# 6)
10 (14) Donny Osmond - Portrait Of Donny (26 wk) (# 5)

[Shireblogger]

1 [5] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
2 [1] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
3 [6] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
4 [7] :: T Rex - 20TH CENTURY BOY
5 [2] :: Slade - CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
6 [4] :: Faces - CINDY INCIDENTALLY
7 [8] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
8 [10] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
9 [3] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
10 [13] :: ABBA - ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN
11 [new] :: Cliff Richard - POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
12 [11] :: Electric Light Orchestra - ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
13 [new] :: Roxy Music - PYJAMARAMA
14 [14] :: Timmy Thomas - WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER
15 [12] :: Strawbs - PART OF THE UNION
16 [new] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
17 [9] :: Stevie Wonder - SUPERSTITION
18 [17] :: Elton John - DANIEL
19 [15] :: Sweet - BLOCK BUSTER
20 [16] :: Status Quo - PAPER PLANE

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
02(01) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
03(04) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize
04(03) Elton John – Daniel
05(14) The O’Jays – Love Train
06(07) The Carpenters – Sing
07(09) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
08(22) Mud – Crazy
09(19) Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never
10(05) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song

11(25) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
12(06) Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me
13(16) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look Of Love
14(08) The Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes
15(26) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
16(18) Kenny – Heart Of Stone
17(10) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways
18(11) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
19(13) The Beach Boys – California Saga/California
20(12) The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

21(30) Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
22(15) The Faces – Cindy Incidentally
23(17) Stevie Wonder – Superstition
24(--) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Get Down
25(20) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
26(21) Blue Mink – By The Devil I Was Tempted
27(--) Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends
28(--) Geordie – All Because Of You
29(24) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
30(--) The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up

[rubcale]

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

[darkstar79]

01 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (3 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (6 wks)
03 The Carpenters – Sing (4 wks)
04 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (3 wks)
05 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (6 wks)
06 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (5 wks)
07 The O'Jays – Love Train (9 wks)
08 Al Green – Hot Wire (9 wks)
09 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (7 wks)
10 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (8 wks)

11 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (8 wks)
12 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (7 wks)
13 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (1 wk)
14 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (3 wks)
15 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (4 wks)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (8 wks)
17 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (6 wks)
18 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (8 wks)
19 The Temptations – Masterpiece (4 wks)
20 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (3 wks)

21 The Beach Boys – California Saga (3 wks)
22 First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous (2 wks)
23 David Bowie – Space Oddity (8 wks)
24 Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (8 wks)
25 Bill Withers – Kissing My Love (7 wks)
26 Syl Johnson – We Did It (4 wks)
27 The Staple Singers – Oh La De Da (2 wks)
28 Vicki Lawrence – The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (6 wks)
29 The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor (4 wks)
30 Paul Kelly – Don't Burn Me (8 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 8.03.1973

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

[o]

I think it should say 10.03.73 in the thread title.

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

[Earl Purple]

I will post mine later but UK chart brilliant classics at numbers 1 and 3 with totally dreadful number 2.

[smokeyb]

Date sorted,thanks for pointing out

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 5 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex
3 ( 8 ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn
4 ( 3 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms (#3)
5 ( 2 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs (#1[4])
6 ( 14 ) Sing - Carpenters
7 ( 4 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook (#2[3])
8 ( 6 ) Love Train - O'Jays (#3)
9 ( 11 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka
10 ( -- ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan

11 ( 7 ) Cindy Incidentally - Faces (#6)
12 ( 10 ) How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - Colin Blunstone (#10)
13 ( 9 ) Step Into A Dream - White Plains (#8)
14 ( 15 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus
15 ( 26 ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
16 ( -- ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard
17 ( 20 ) Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey
18 ( -- ) The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
19 ( 13 ) Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds (#7)
20 ( 12 ) Avenues And Alleyways - Tony Christie (#5)

21 ( 17 ) Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#16)
22 ( 31 ) Crazy - Mud
23 ( 16 ) Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper (#13)
24 ( 21 ) Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III (#21)
25 ( 25 ) Heart Of Stone - Kenny
26 ( -- ) All Because Of You - Geordie
27 ( 23 ) Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - Four Tops (#23)
28 ( 18 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (#3)
29 ( 37 ) Masterpiece - Temptations
30 ( 29 ) California Saga - Beach Boys (#29)

31 ( 38 ) Heaven Is My Woman's Love - Val Doonican
32 ( -- ) One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce
33 ( 19 ) Daniel - Elton John (#4)
34 ( 22 ) Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell (#10)
35 ( 24 ) I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - Moody Blues (#16)
36 ( 33 ) By The Devil - Blue Mink (#33)
37 ( 30 ) Don't Cross The River - America (#28)
38 ( 27 ) I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#21)
39 ( 28 ) Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (#19)
40 ( -- ) Cook With Honey - Judy Collins

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-- ( 32 ) Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers (#25)
-- ( 34 ) Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (#8)
-- ( 35 ) Danny's Song - Anne Murray (#26)
-- ( 36 ) Sylvia - Focus (#11)
-- ( 39 ) Take Me Girl I'm Ready - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#20)
-- ( 40 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon (#1[6])

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (3 wks)
2 (2) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (2 wks)
3 (5) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (6 wks)
4 (4) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (6 wks)
5 (8) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (5 wks)
6 (10) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (4 wks)
7 (11) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (4 wks)
8 (3) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (6 wks)
9 (13) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (4 wks)
10 (12) Colin Blunstone - How Can We Dare To Be Wrong (5 wks)
11 (6) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways (6 wks)
12 (18) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (4 wks)
13 (19) The O'Jays - Love Train (3 wks)
14 (9) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (5 wks)
15 (7) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (8 wks)
16 (32) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (2 wks)
17 (17) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (5 wks)
18 (31) Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (3 wks)
19 (24) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (3 wks)
20 (28) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (3 wks)
21 (26) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (3 wks)
22 (29) Hollies - Magic Woman Touch (3 wks)
23 (33) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (2 wks)
24 (39) Mud - Crazy (2 wks)
25 (40) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (2 wks)
26 (NE) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (1 wk)
27 (20) Carpenters - Sing (4 wks)
28 (23) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (4 wks)
29 (NE) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (1 wk)
30 (25) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted (3 wks)
31 (27) The Beach Boys - California Saga (3 wks)
32 (30) The Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor (4 wks)
33 (14) Focus - Sylvia (8 wks)
34 (15) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (8 wks)
35 (NE) Geordie - All Because Of You (1 wk)
36 (16) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (9 wks)
37 (21) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (7 wks)
38 (22) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar (9 wks)
39 (35) America - Don't Cross the River (8 wks)
40 (NE) The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (1 wk)

[Smurfie]

1) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
2) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
3) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
4) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
5) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
6) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me
7) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
8) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
9) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
10) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
11) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
12) Focus - Sylvia
13) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
14) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
15) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
16) The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up
17) The O'Jays - Love Train
18) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
19) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
20) Val Doonican - Heaven Is My Woman's Love

[raliverpool]

01 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (3wks 3-1-1)
02 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (2wks 2-2)
03 Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (5wks 33-22-12-7-3)
04 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (4wks 28-17-8-4)
05 Faces - Cindy Incidentally (5wks 32-11-4-3-5)
06 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (3wks 36-14-6)
07 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (3wks 34-16-7)
08 O'Jays - Love Train (6wks 24-14-8-5-6-8)
09 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (4wks 31-23-15-9)
10 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (6wks 18-7-1-1-4-10)

11 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (8wks 35-15-8-4-2-2-5-11)
12 Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways (6wks 37-28-20-13-10-12)
13 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (6wks 34-22-14-11-11-13)
14 Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse (3wks 29-21-14)
15 Focus - Hocus Pocus (7wks 28-20-15-12-9-9-15)
16 Anne Murray - Danny's Song (4wks 32-25-20-16)
17 Bread - Aubrey (3wks 35-23-17)
18 Al Green - Call Me (2wks 29-18)
19 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Edward Bear - Last Song (4wks 29-20-17-20)

21 Carpenters - Sing (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Temptations - Masterpiece (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Focus - Sylvia (7wks 20-13-10-7-7-12-23)
24 Seals & Croft - Hummingbird (4wks 40-33-27-24)
25 Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (6wks 32-25-21-19-18-25)
26 Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In A Jar (7wks 29-19-12-6-6-13-27)
28 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Carly Simon - We Have No Secrets (6wks 31-21-16-16-22-30)

31 Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes (3wks 28-26-31)
32 Elton John - Daniel (8wks 10-5-3-2-3-8-19-32)
33 Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Slade - I'm Me, I'm Now, & That's Orl (1wk 34 NEW)
35 New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (2wks 32-35)
36 Colin Bluntstone - How Could We Dare To Be Wrong (5wks 35-26-22-25-36)
37 Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (6wks 35-29-24-24-30-37)
38 Bill Withers - Kissing My Love (1wk 38 NEW)
39 James Taylor - One Man Parade (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Sweet - Blockbuster (10wks 16-7-6-4-4-3-4-10-24-40)

[popchartfreak]

4th March 1973

It's a first week on top for the glamtastic T.Rex as 20th Century Boy becomes their 7th number one out of 9 singles, and Roxy Music get a 2nd top 5 as Pyjamarama climbs to 4. A classic album is out, one with no UK singles and no radio airplay to speak of, but America will eventually convince Pink Floyd to release the most-commercial track, the biting Money, which debuts at 5 to give them a first retro chart hit since Arnold Layne and a 3rd in total 6 years on. 

It's also a big Eurovision week as the UK picks which of 6 songs Cliff Richard would sing for the UK - the public picked the right one, the pretty good Power To All Our Friends, with 2 of the runners-up following later in the year as a double A side. Cliff enters at 49 for a 6th consecutive retro year of charting, but he's beaten by Abba at 36 - the Swedish public didn't pick Ring Ring, thankfully, as it made Bjorn & Benny try again next year with a big rise in quality, but it was huge in Sweden anyway and is their 5th chart entry with a 6th lower down as their singles strategy was quite relaxed in different territories - and smart. Another Town Another Train is at 63 and would become better known on their first Greatest Hits album in 1976. Ring Ring would get remixed and issued in the UK as follow-up to you-know-what in 18 months. Oh, and their debut album is out at the end of March 1973.

New at 43, Stevie Wonder follows his funk classic with the MOR gift to artists prone to cover hit songs - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life. Aided vocally by Lani Groves and Jim Gilstrap, who will have to wait 2 years to get how own hit. Archie Bell & The Drells meanwhile keep the good dance stuff coming at 68, Geordie grab a 2nd Brian Johnson chart entry with All Because Of You, rockin' it somewhat, Gilbert O'Sullivan lets slip his sexist tendencies which will become much more apparent in 2 years time, with the very over-rated Get Down. Yeah, despite Pans People attempts to suggest otherwise, it's not about dogs. The Jackson 5 meanwhile drop one of their lesser singles, the fairly average Hallelujah Day, but there's a gem coming later in the year.


1 ( 2 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
2 ( 1 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
3 ( 3 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
4 ( 13 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
5 ( NEW ) MONEY - Pink Floyd # 5
6 ( 4 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
7 ( 7 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
8 ( 6 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
9 ( 5 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
10 ( 10 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1

11 ( 11 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
12 ( 12 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
13 ( 8 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
14 ( 14 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14
15 ( 9 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
16 ( 21 ) WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston # 16
17 ( 16 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
18 ( 20 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 18
19 ( 23 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
20 ( 37 ) BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED) - Blue Mink # 20

21 ( 17 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
22 ( 30 ) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER (GRANDE, GRANDE, GRANDE) - Shirley Bassey # 22
23 ( 34 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 23
24 ( 24 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
25 ( 29 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms # 25
26 ( 18 ) AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) - The Four Tops # 5
27 ( 19 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack # 6
28 ( 22 ) ONE MAN BAND (PLAYS ALL ALONE) - Ronnie Dyson # 22
29 ( 25 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces featuring Rod Stewart # 22
30 ( 27 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1

31 ( 65 ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 31
32 ( 49 ) SING - Carpenters # 32
33 ( 33 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
34 ( 15 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6
35 ( 42 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 35
36 ( NEW ) RING RING - Abba # 36
37 ( 51 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 37
38 ( 38 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20
39 ( 60 ) PLASTIC MAN - The Real Thing # 39
40 ( 31 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8

41 ( 41 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
42 ( 28 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 7
43 ( NEW ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 43
44 ( 44 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
45 ( 39 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
46 ( 46 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
47 ( 40 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
48 ( 47 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
49 ( NEW ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard # 49
50 ( 45 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon # 6

51 ( 43 ) STOP WAIT & LISTEN - Circus # 43
52 ( 26 ) DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME? (OH YEAH) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 2
53 ( 32 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny # 25
54 ( 35 ) DANIEL - Elton John # 14
55 ( 36 ) TOSSIN’ & TURNIN’ - Bunny Sigler # 29
56 ( 62 ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 56
57 ( 66 ) CALIFORNIA SAGA - The Beach Boys # 57
58 ( 64 ) DRIFT AWAY - Dobie Gray # 58
59 ( 52 ) MASTERPIECE - The Temptations # 51
60 ( 57 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1

61 ( 53 ) PINBALL WIZARD - SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers # 53
62 ( 58 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
63 ( NEW ) ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN - Abba # 63
64 ( 59 ) KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops # 10
65 ( 54 ) SATELLITE OF LOVE - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie # 1
66 ( 48 ) SAIL ON, SAILOR - The Beach Boys # 15
67 ( 71 ) THE TWELFTH OF NEVER - Donny Osmond # 67
68 ( NEW ) DANCING TO YOUR MUSIC - Archie Bell & The Drells # 68
69 ( 55 ) BABY WE’VE GOT A DATE (ROCK IT BABY) - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 55
70 ( 69 ) THE COLDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (PART 1) - The Chi-Lites # 1

71 ( 61 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra # 11
72 ( NEW ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie # 72
73 ( NEW ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 73
74 ( 50 ) CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) - Al Green # 48
75 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH DAY - The Jackson 5 # 75

4th March 1973 wot I liked that week then

It's Slade finally getting that number one after Coz I Luv You and Look Wot You Dun peaked at 2, Cum On Feel The Noize getting that one spot extra. The Jackson 5 make it 2 top 10's in a row, and an 8th in total, plus 4 extra for Michael. Neil Sedaka also enters with his new track recorded at Strawberry Studios with 10c.c., That's When The Music Takes Me going where Oh Carol has recently been, if lower at 17. 

There's a bunch of new entries in the 20's, Timmy Thomas's classic and evocative, sparse organ soul classic Why Can't We Live Together at 22. Still great. The Pearls cover The Stylistics' non-UK-hit You Are Everything and grab a 3rd chart hit for me - well, the name has 3 at any rate, Sue and Sunny have been replaced by this time, but not to worry both Sunny and The Pearls would go top 10 in the UK in 1974.

Jimmy Helms has a great vocal range, and it gets a workout on Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse at 27, soul just ahead of shambolic football laugh Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus being Spurs FC more or less. T.Rex return at a modest 29 with the monster glam classic 20th Century Boy, so good it was the hit again in 1991 by which time it was recognised as a Bolan cornerstone rather than a career in decline, as was the general mood at my school at any rate. Finally, Andy & David Williams do I Don't Know Why - teen nephews of the more famous Andy Williams. By the end of the year Andy, with a bit of help from Neil Sedaka, would show them how to get a proper hit.


1 ( 21 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
2 ( 1 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
3 ( 2 ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
4 ( 6 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
5 ( 7 ) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVED YOU - Miki Anthony
6 ( 3 ) SYLVIA - Focus
7 ( 4 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
8 ( 5 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
9 ( 14 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
10 ( 8 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces

11 ( 10 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder
12 ( 9 ) HELLO HURRAY - Alice Cooper
13 ( 18 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus
14 ( 13 ) DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? - Gary Glitter
15 ( 12 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs
16 ( 16 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
17 ( NEW ) THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka
18 ( 17 ) WISHING WELL - Free
19 ( 11 ) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - Electric Light Orchestra
20 ( 19 ) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia Newton-John

21 ( 23 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
22 ( NEW ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
23 ( NEW ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls
24 ( 25 ) PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers
25 ( 15 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie
26 ( 20 ) REELIN’ AND ROCKIN’ - Chuck Berry
27 ( NEW ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
28 ( NEW ) NICE ONE CYRIL - Cockeral Chorus
29 ( NEW ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex
30 ( NEW ) I DON'T KNOW WHY - Andy & David Williams