Haven Retro Combined Chart : 24.03.1973

[smokeyb]

T. Rex get their 8th number 1, and draw level with the Beatles as having the most retro number ones.



Slade slip to 2, O'Jays are up to 3, Cliff Richard is up to 4 and the Detroit Emeralds fall to 5.



There are 6 new entries this week, the highest is Gilbert O'Sullivan at number 8.



The biggest Climber is Kenny who jump up 17 places to number 20.



The biggest faller is Colin Bluntstone who drops 35 places.

[smokeyb]

24.03.1973 (Week # 12)

1 (02) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 170 points (2-2-1) 3 wks
2 (01) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 152 points (2-1-1-2) 4 wks
3 (06) O’Jays - Love Train - 118 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7-6-3) 18 wks
4 (12) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends - 114 points (12-4) 2 wks
5 (03) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 109 points (25-12-8-4-5-3-5) 7 wks
6 (09) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 96 points (16-9-6) 3 wks
7 (13) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 84 points (27-13-7) 3 wks
8 (NE) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down - 75 points 1 wk
9 (07) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - 73 points (40-19-15-7-9) 5 wks
10 (05) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 69 points (18-7-6-4-5-10) 6 wks
11 (19) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 69 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25-21-19-11) 18 wks
12 (04) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song -63 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3-4-12) 9 wks
13 (23) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 58 points (40-32-23-13) 4 wks
14 (11) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 57 points (20-13-11-14) 4 wks
15 (10) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 55 points (25-20-14-8-10-15) 6 wks
16 (14) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 52 points (28-23-18-14-16) 5 wks
17 (21) Mud - Crazy - 50 points (29-21-17) 3 wks
18 (08) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 49 points (12-4-3-1-1-1-6-8-18) 9 wks
19 (15) Carpenters – Sing - 48 points (27-24-20-15-19) 5 wks
20 (37) Kenny - Heart Of Stone - 36 points (37-20) 2 wks
21 (31) Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years - 30 points (31-21) 2 wks
22 (22) Sweet - Blockbuster - 25 points (6-2-1-1-2-3-5-9-17-22-22) 11 wks
23 (NE) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me - 24 points 1 wk
24 (28) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 24 points (30-28-28-24) 4 wks
25 (35) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 22 points (35-34-38-x-35-25) 5 wks
26 (26) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never - 22 points (26-26) 2 wks
27 (27) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 22 points (27-27-27-25-28-33-27-27) 8 wks
28 (20) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar - 22 points (20-7-7-5-4-3-8-10-20-28) 10 wks
29 (NE) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points 1 wk
30 (17) Dave Edmonds - Baby I Love You - 20 points (36-16-17-14-10-11-11-14-17-30) 10 wks
31 (NE) Sylvia - Pillow Talk - 20 points 1 wk
32 (NE) Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - 19 points 1 wk
33 (34) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 18 points (30-32-30-32-31-34-33) 7 wks
34 (NE) Geordie - All Because Of You - 18 points 1 wk
35 (24) Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes - 18 points (22-16-12-24-35) 5 wks
36 (25) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me - 18 points (23-25-36) 3 wks
37 (39) Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor - 17 points (39-37) 2 wks
38 (38) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - 17 points (38-x-38-38) 3 wks
39 (16) Focus - Sylvia - 16 points (21-13-10-6-4-7-11-16-39) 9 wks
40 (36) First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous - 15 points (31-35-36-40) 4 wks
40 (18) Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways - 15 points (17-11-12-10-9-18-40) 7 wks

Dropped Out
42 (40) Pink Floyd - Money - 14 points (40)
44 (30) Elton John - Daniel - 13 points (11-4-2-1-2-2-5-22-30)
50 (33) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 7 points (26-17-26-27-27-23-24-24-23-26-24-33)
55 (29) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - 9 points (20-14-13-19-29)
67 (32) Colin Bluntstone – How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - 4 points (29-30-32)

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 31.03.1973

1 (2) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (7) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (3 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (3 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (4 wk) (# 3)
6 (5) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (8 wk) (# 4)
7 (16) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (4 wk) (# 7)
8 (35) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer (2 wk) (# 8)
9 (6) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (7 wk) (# 6)
10 (11) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (12) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (5 wk) (# 11)
12 (13) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (6 wk) (# 12)
13 (19) The O'Jays - Love Train (5 wk) (# 13)
14 (10) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (6 wk) (# 8)
15 (8) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (8 wk) (# 6)
16 (14) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril (6 wk) (# 14)
17 (23) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (9) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (7 wk) (# 2)
19 (17) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (6 wk) (# 16)
20 (22) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (11 wk) (# 8)
21 (26) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (5 wk) (# 21)
22 (15) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (7 wk) (# 9)
23 (33) Mud - Crazy (4 wk) (# 23)
24 (18) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (6 wk) (# 18)
25 (28) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (19 wk) (# 1)
26 (27) Partridge Family - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (9 wk)(# 9)
27 (38) Geordie - All because of you (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (32) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted (5 wk) (# 28)
29 (29) White Plains - Step Into A Dream (7 wk) (# 21)
30 (NE) Little Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee (1 wk) (# 30)
31 (21) Sweet - Blockbuster (12 wk) (# 1)
32 (20) Strawbs - Part Of The Union (10 wk) (# 2)
33 (25) Focus - Sylvia (10 wk) (# 4)
34 (43) The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (3 wk) (# 34)
35 (24) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar  (12 wk) (# 6)
36 (NE) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (31) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (12 wk) (# 15)
38 (30) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (11 wk) (# 2)
39 (NE) Stuart Gillies - Amanda (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (45) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (49) Pearls - You Are Everything (2 wk) (# 41)
42 (34) Stevie Wonder - Superstition (9 wk) (# 11)
43 (42) Judge Dread - Big Seven (17 wk) (# 8)
44 (36) Val Doonican - Heaven Is My Woman's Love (4 wk) (# 36)
45 (37) The Beach Boys - California Saga (5 wk) (# 37)
46 (47) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why (2 wk) (# 46)
47 (NE) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (50) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven (10 wk) (# 6)
49 (NE) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 29-03-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(13) THE O’JAYS – Love Train  
(23) MUD – Crazy 
(8) DAVID CASSIDY – Some Kind Of A Summer
(27) GEORDIE – All Because Of You
(12) TIMMY THOMAS – Why Can’t We Live Together  
(NEW) ROGER DALTREY – Giving It All Away
(NEW) THE SUPREMES – Bad Weather
(3) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Get Down  
(1) DONNY OSMOND – The Twelfth Of Never  
(30) LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – Tweedlee Dee

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 31.03.1973

1 (NE) Various Artists - 20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (NE) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (1) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (2 wk) (# 1)
4 (NE) T. Rex - Tanx (1 wk) (# 4)
5 (2) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (8 wk) (#1)
6 (3) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (37 wk) (# 2)
7 (6) Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams (6 wk) (# 2)
8 (4) Various Artists - Clockwork Orange OST (8 wk) (# 4)
9 (7) Slade - Slayed (17 wk) (#1)
10 (8) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (6 wk) (# 2)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (2 wk)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (8 wks)
03 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (5 wks)
04 The Carpenters – Sing (6 wks)
05 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (5 wks)
06 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (7 wks)
07 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (8 wks)
08 The New Birth – I Can Understand It (2 wk)
09 The O'Jays – Love Train (11 wks)
10 Al Green – Hot Wire (11 wks)

11 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (9 wks)
12 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (10 wks)
13 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (10 wks)
14 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (9 wks)
15 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (3 wks)
16 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (5 wks)
17 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (6 wks)
18 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (10 wks)
19 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (8 wks)
20 Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles (1 wk)

21 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (10 wks)
22 The Temptations – Masterpiece (6 wks)
23 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (5 wks)
24 The Beach Boys – California Saga (5 wks)
25 First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous (4 wks)
26 David Bowie – Space Oddity (10 wks)
27 Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (10 wks)
28 Bill Withers – Kissing My Love (9 wks)
29 Syl Johnson – We Did It (6 wks)
30 The Staple Singers – Oh La De Da (4 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
2 [6] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
3 [4] :: Cliff Richard - POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
4 [3] :: T Rex - 20TH CENTURY BOY
5 [7] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
6 [2] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
7 [5] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
8 [9] :: ABBA - ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN
9 [10] :: Roxy Music - PYJAMARAMA
10 [12] :: Pink Floyd - THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}
11 [13] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
12 [8] :: Slade - CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
13 [16] :: Pink Floyd - BRAIN DAMAGE {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}
14 [14] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
15 [new] :: Gilbert O'Sullivan - GET DOWN
16 [new] :: Kenny - HEART OF STONE
17 [11] :: Faces - CINDY INCIDENTALLY
18 [15] :: Timmy Thomas - WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER
19 [17] :: Sweet - BLOCK BUSTER
20 [19] :: Pink Floyd - ECLIPSE {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
02(02) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize
03(05) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
04(03) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
05(11) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Get Down
06(04) The O’Jays – Love Train
07(06) Mud – Crazy
08(10) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
09(--) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
10(21) Argent – God Gave Rock And Roll To You

11(09) Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never
12(07) The Carpenters – Sing
13(13) Geordie – All Because Of You
14(08) Elton John – Daniel
15(24) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown
16(26) David Cassidy - Some Kind Of A Summer
17(27) Sonny & Cher – Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer
18(19) Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends
19(17) Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
20(16) Kenny – Heart Of Stone

[rubcale]

01 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
02 Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends
03 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
04 O'Jays Love Train
05 T-Rex 20th Century Boy
06 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
07 David Cassidy I Am A Clown
08 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never
09 Strawbs Part Of The Union
10 Gladys Knight & The Pips The Look Of Love
11 Timmy Thomas Why Can't We Live Together
12 Mud Crazy
13 Gilbert O'Sullivan Get Down
14 Geordie All Because Of You
15 Argent God Gave Rock And Roll To You
16 Tony Kenny Heart Of Stone
17 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do
18 Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse
19 Alice Cooper Hello Hurray
20 Slade Cum On Feel The Noize

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 22.03.1973

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan
3 ( 2 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade (#1[2])
4 ( 3 ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn (#3)
5 ( 7 ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard
6 ( 12 ) I Am A Clown - David Cassidy
7 ( -- ) Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
8 ( 8 ) The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
9 ( 5 ) Sing - Carpenters (#5)
10 ( 6 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms (#3)

11 ( 11 ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
12 ( 20 ) God Gave Rock And Roll To You - Argent
13 ( -- ) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
14 ( 9 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka (#9)
15 ( 16 ) All Because Of You - Geordie
16 ( -- ) Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
17 ( 10 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs (#1[4])
18 ( 15 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus (#14)
19 ( 23 ) One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce
20 ( 13 ) Love Train - O'Jays (#3)

21 ( 18 ) Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey (#17)
22 ( 24 ) Masterpiece - Temptations
23 ( 21 ) Crazy - Mud (#21)
24 ( -- ) Drift Away - Dobie Gray
25 ( 14 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook (#2[3])
26 ( -- ) The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon
27 ( 17 ) How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - Colin Blunstone (#10)
28 ( 35 ) Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
29 ( -- ) Tweedle Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond
30 ( 31 ) Cook With Honey - Judy Collins

31 ( 25 ) Heart Of Stone - Kenny (#25)
32 ( 28 ) Heaven Is My Woman's Love - Val Doonican (#28)
33 ( 38 ) The Cisco Kid - War
34 ( 19 ) Cindy Incidentally - Faces (#6)
35 ( -- ) Good Grief Christina - Chicory Tip
36 ( 26 ) Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#16)
37 ( 22 ) Step Into A Dream - White Plains (#8)
38 ( 29 ) Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III (#21)
39 ( 27 ) Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds (#7)
40 ( 33 ) California Saga - Beach Boys (#29)

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-- ( 30 ) Avenues And Alleyways - Tony Christie (#5)
-- ( 32 ) Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper (#13)
-- ( 34 ) Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - Four Tops (#23)
-- ( 36 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (#3)
-- ( 37 ) By The Devil - Blue Mink (#33)
-- ( 39 ) Don't Cross The River - America (#28)
-- ( 40 ) I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - Moody Blues (#16)

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-- ( -- ) Amanda - Stuart Gillies
-- ( -- ) Wildflower - Skylark

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Look at that - classic entries by Lou Reed, Stevie Wonder and Stealers Wheel all on the same week.

[o]

It's another poor week for new entries

1 T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
2 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
3 Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
4 O'Jays - Love Train
5 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
6 Focus – Sylvia
7 Faces - Cindy Incidentally
8 Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
9 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
10 Strawbs - Part Of The Union
11 Sweet - Blockbuster

[smokeyb]

1 (1) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (4 wks)
2 (8) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (4 wks)
3 (4) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (6 wks)
4 (5) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (6 wks)
5 (6) The O'Jays - Love Train (5 wks)
6 (2) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (5 wks)
7 (11) Mud - Crazy (4 wks)
8 (10) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (6 wks)
9 (3) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (8 wks)
10 (14) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (3 wks)
11 (16) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (4 wks)
12 (7) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (7 wks)
13 (20) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (3 wks)
14 (19) Hollies - Magic Woman Touch (5 wks)
15 (25) Geordie - All Because Of You (3 wks)
16 (17) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (5 wks)
17 (18) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (4 wks)
18 (29) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer (2 wks)
19 (9) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (8 wks)
20 (30) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (2 wks)
21 (26) The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (3 wks)
22 (13) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (5 wks)
23 (NE) Pink Floyd - Money (1 wk)
24 (NE) Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (1 wk)
25 (NE) Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (1 wk)
26 (NE) Pink Floyd - Us And Them (1 wk)
27 (NE) Pink Floyd - Time (1 wk)
28 (NE) Pink Floyd - Breathe (1 wk)
29 (NE) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (1 wk)
30 (36) Pearls - You Are Everything (2 wks)
31 (NE) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (1 wk)
32 (NE) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos (1 wk)
33 (NE) Pink Floyd - Eclipse (1 wk)
34 (37) Raspberries - Let's Pretend (2 wks)
35 (12) Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (8 wks)
36 (15) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (5 wks)
37 (21) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me (6 wks)
38 (22) Colin Blunstone - How Can We Dare To Be Wrong (7 wks)
39 (23) Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways (8 wks)
40 (24) Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love (5 wks)

[Earl Purple]

Mar 26, 2023 21:09:35 GMT 1 o said:

It's another poor week for new entries

In the UK chart yes. All my big new entries were in the US top 40 this week:

Stevie Wonder climbed 56-29
Lou Reed climbed 41-31
Stealers Wheel climbed 48-34

[Smurfie]

1) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
2) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
3) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
4) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
5) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
6) The O'Jays - Love Train
7) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me
8) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
9) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
10) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
11) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
12) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
13) Strawbs - Part Of The Union
14) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
15) Kenny - Heart Of Stone
16) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
17) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
18) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why
19) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
20) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads

[raliverpool]

01 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (5wks 3-1-1-1-1)
02 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (4wks 2-2-2-2)
03 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (2wks 8-3)
04 Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (3wks 26-10-4)
05 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (6wks 28-17-8-4-4-5)
06 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (6wks 31-23-15-9-7-6)
07 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (5wks 36-14-6-6-7)
08 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (5wks 34-16-7-5-8)
09 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (3wks 19-11-9)
10 Donovan - Cosmic Wheels (2wks 21-10)

11 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (3wks 28-18-11)
12 Alice Cooper - Generation Landslide (2wks 19-12)
13 Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (7wks 33-22-12-7-3-3-13)
14 Temptations - Masterpiece (3wks 22-15-14)
15 Al Green - Call Me (4wks 29-18-13-15)
16 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (2wks 26-16)
17 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk (3wks 29-23-17)
18 Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse (5wks 29-21-14-12-18)
19 Bread - Aubrey (5wks 35-23-17-16-19)
20 John Martyn - Solid Air (2wks 34-20)

21 Anne Murray - Danny's Song (6wks 32-25-20-16-14-21)
22 T Rex - Tenement Lady (1wk 22 NEW)
23 War - Cisco Kid (2wks 33-23)
24 Faces - Cindy Incidentally (7wks 32-11-4-3-5-9-24)
25 Slade - I'm Me, I'm Now, & That's Orl (3wks 34-25-25)
26 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Carpenters - Sing (3wks 21-20-27)
28 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1wk 28 NEW)
29 O'Jays - Love Train (8wks 24-14-8-5-6-8-17-29)
30 Raspberries - Let's Pretend (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (2wks 38-31)
32 Sonny & Cher - Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer (1wk 32 NEW)
33 David Cassidy - I'm A Clown (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Blue Mink - By The Devil (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Bill Withers - Kissing My Love (3wks 38-35-35)
36 Chi-Lites - A Letter To Myself (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (8wks 18-7-1-1-4-10-22-37)
38 Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Seals & Croft - Hummingbird (6wks 40-33-27-24-27-39)
40 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) (8wks 34-22-14-11-11-13-24-40)

[popchartfreak]

18th March 1973

It's up to the top spot for a second time for Barry White, after his stint talking on his wife's Love Unlimited 1972 topper (which he wrote and produced just like this equally long-titled sultry soul debut), as I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby shoves aside the equally bedroom-headed Pillow Talk, with Bloodstone's less bedroom-more-soul Natural High at 3. Argent get that 2nd top 10 with God gave Rock And Roll To You at 6, New York City do what they failed to do in my charts of the time - go top 10 with I'm Doing Fine Now - as time has been kind to it, and Abba get their first top 10, as Ring Ring hits 10 a year ahead of it's (remixed) falling short of the 10 in my 1974 charts of the time. Meanwhile Another Town Another Train is top 40.

Chicory Tip enter at 25 with Good Grief Christina, another Giorgio Moroder song, now hooked up with Pete Bellotte, who together they will change the face of music in 4 years time, meanwhile dabbling in synth pop to the benefit of Chicory Tip who get a 5th chart entry with their 2nd-best record. T.Rex drop Tanx, which gives me an excuse to chart Electric Slim & The Factory Hen, prob my fave track of the album, though I like quite a few of them - my mate Ian is 12 months in the future but as a Bolan freak he would play all of his albums for me more than once. Meanwhile B side to 20th Century Free Angel sneaks in at 75.


1 ( 2 ) I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY - Barry White # 1
2 ( 1 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia # 1
3 ( 13 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone # 3
4 ( 4 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
5 ( 3 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
6 ( 21 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent # 6
7 ( 6 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
8 ( 8 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
9 ( 16 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 9
10 ( 19 ) RING RING - Abba # 10

11 ( 5 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
12 ( 12 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
13 ( 11 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
14 ( 10 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
15 ( 9 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
16 ( 7 ) MONEY - Pink Floyd # 5
17 ( 15 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
18 ( 14 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
19 ( 24 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 19
20 ( 22 ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 20

21 ( 31 ) ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack # 21
22 ( 18 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1
23 ( 34 ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 23
24 ( 17 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14
25 ( NEW ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip # 25
26 ( 26 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
27 ( 39 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 27
28 ( 25 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
29 ( 32 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard # 29
30 ( 35 ) MAMA WAS A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER PAPA USED TO WRITE ALL HER SONGS - Sonny & Cher # 30

31 ( 49 ) ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN - Abba # 31
32 ( 48 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6
33 ( 33 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
34 ( 30 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
35 ( 20 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 20
36 ( 29 ) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER (GRANDE, GRANDE, GRANDE) - Shirley Bassey # 22
37 ( 27 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
38 ( 61 ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 38
39 ( 38 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
40 ( 36 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20

41 ( 23 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
42 ( 45 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack # 6
43 ( 53 ) SING - Carpenters # 32
44 ( 44 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
45 ( 28 ) BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED) - Blue Mink # 20
46 ( 46 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
47 ( 47 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
48 ( 43 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8
49 ( 56 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
50 ( 55 ) DANIEL - Elton John # 14

51 ( 51 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
52 ( 50 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
53 ( 41 ) AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) - The Four Tops # 5
54 ( 37 ) ONE MAN BAND (PLAYS ALL ALONE) - Ronnie Dyson # 22
55 ( 52 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 7
56 ( 58 ) DANCING TO YOUR MUSIC - Archie Bell & The Drells # 56
57 ( 42 ) WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston # 16
58 ( 40 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms # 25
59 ( 67 ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie # 59
60 ( 73 ) HALLELUJAH DAY - The Jackson 5 # 60

61 ( 60 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
62 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC SLIM & THE FACTORY HEN - T.Rex # 62
63 ( 65 ) MAMA I GOTTA BRAND NEW THING (DON’T SAY NO) - The Undisputed Truth # 63
64 ( 64 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
65 ( 54 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon # 6
66 ( 62 ) THE TWELFTH OF NEVER - Donny Osmond # 62
67 ( 59 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny # 25
68 ( 74 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY - Andy & David Williams # 68
69 ( 72 ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 69
70 ( 71 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO - Perry Como # 70

71 ( 63 ) CINDY INCIDENTALLY - The Faces featuring Rod Stewart # 22
72 ( 66 ) PINBALL WIZARD - SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers # 53
73 ( 57 ) CALIFORNIA SAGA - The Beach Boys # 57
74 ( 75 ) SOME KIND OF A SUMMER - David Cassidy # 74
75 ( NEW ) FREE ANGEL - T.Rex # 75




18th March 1973 My Chart of that week then age 15

It's up for a first week on top for Love Train, and a second number for The O'Jays, with one of the great soul Philly tracks of the era, I bought the single with my pocket money in Lincoln, and it was a forerunner of the forthcoming disco revolution. Talking of soul disco fore-runners, The Detroit Emeralds are up to 3 with Feel The Need In Me and it would return in the full-on disco era in 1977. 

Shirley Bassey enters at 12 with her last charting single for over a decade, an English language cover of an Italian hit, Grande Grande Grande, which is why it sounds so cool for such an MOR act (this was pre-cool-reinventions for Ms. Bassey). Gladys Knight meanwhile bids Motown a fond adieu with a cover of the Bacharach/David classic song The Look Of Love, not quite up to Dusty Springfield quality, but not far behind. 

Dawn are back with their career monster hit, Tie A Yellow Ribbon at 23 and their 6th chart entry in 3 years, and Roxy Music get a second with Pyjamarama at 24, Glam Quirky and following no prior song construction rules. Meanwhile at 26, future AC/DC global superstar Brian Johnson gets his gobsmacking Noddy Holder-volume-esque vocals into All Because Of You, as Geordie get a 2nd chart entry and a big UK hit with All Because Of You.


1 ( 21 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O'Jays
2 ( 1 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
3 ( 10 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
4 ( 3 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
5 ( 2 ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
6 ( 8 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
7 ( 6 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex
8 ( 5 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
9 ( 11 ) SYLVIA - Focus
10 ( 6 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade

11 ( 9 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
12 ( NEW ) NEVER NEVER NEVER - Shirley Bassey
13 ( 12 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
14 ( NEW ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips
15 ( 28 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard
16 ( 17 ) THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka
17 ( 18 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder
18 ( 14 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs
19 ( 15 ) DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? - Gary Glitter
20 ( 16 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family

21 ( 22 ) CRAZY - Mud
22 ( 4 ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
23 ( NEW ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
24 ( NEW ) PYJAMARAMA - Roxy Music
25 ( 23 ) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVED YOU - Miki Anthony
26 ( NEW ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie
27 ( 13 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus
28 ( 19 ) HELLO HURRAY - Alice Cooper
29 ( 25 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls
30 ( 20 ) NICE ONE CYRIL - Cockerel Chorus