Haven Retro Combined Chart : 31.03.1973

[smokeyb]

T. Rex stay at number one for a second week, with a big lead over Slade who remain at number 2.



Cliff gets his highest chart position since he reached number 6 in 1970 with Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha.



The O'Jays slip to 4 and Dawn are up to 5.



There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is David Cassidy at number 12.



The biggest climber is Geordie who jump up 9 places to number 25.



The biggest faller is Dave Edmunds who drops 43 places.

[smokeyb]

31.03.1973 (Week # 13)

1 (01) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 165 points (2-2-1-1) 4 wks
2 (02) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 132 points (2-1-1-2-2) 5 wks
3 (04) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends - 129 points (12-4-3) 3 wks
4 (03) O’Jays - Love Train - 120 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7-6-3-4) 19 wks
5 (06) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 115 points (16-9-6-5) 4 wks
6 (08) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down - 106 points (8-6) 2 wks
7 (07) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 100 points (27-13-7-7) 4 wks
8 (05) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 92 points (25-12-8-4-5-3-5-8) 8 wks
9 (11) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 61 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25-21-19-11-9) 19 wks
10 (12) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song -54 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3-4-12-10) 10 wks
11 (17) Mud - Crazy - 53 points (29-21-17-11) 4 wks
12 (NE) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown - 51 points 1 wk
13 (13) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 50 points (40-32-23-13-13) 5 wks
14 (16) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 49 points (28-23-18-14-16-14) 6 wks
15 (14) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 47 points (20-13-11-14-15) 5 wks
16 (NE) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You - 42 points 1 wk
17 (09) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - 41 points (40-19-15-7-9-17) 6 wks
18 (21) Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years - 39 points (31-21-18) 3 wks
19 (19) Carpenters – Sing - 38 points (27-24-20-15-19-19) 6 wks
20 (10) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 35 points (18-7-6-4-5-10-20) 7 wks
21 (18) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 35 points (12-4-3-1-1-1-6-8-18-21) 10 wks
22 (20) Kenny - Heart Of Stone - 32 points (37-20-22) 3 wks
23 (24) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 30 points (30-28-28-24-23) 5 wks
24 (15) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 28 points (25-20-14-8-10-15-24) 7 wks
25 (34) Geordie - All Because Of You - 27 points (34-25) 2 wks
26 (26) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never - 24 points (26-26-26) 3 wks
27 (25) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 21 points (35-34-38-x-35-25-27) 6 wks
28 (27) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 19 points (27-27-27-25-28-33-27-27-28) 9 wks
29 (22) Sweet - Blockbuster - 21 points (6-2-1-1-2-3-5-9-17-22-22-29) 12 wks
30 (29) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30) 2 wks
31 (32) Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - 20 points (32-31) 2 wks
32 (33) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 19 points (30-32-30-32-31-34-33-32) 8 wks
33 (19) Sylvia - Pillow Talk - 19 points (31-33) 2 wks
34 (38) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - 18 points (38-x-38-38-34) 4 wks
35 (NE) Bloodstone - Natural High - 18 points 1 wk
36 (NE) Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - 17 points 1 wk
37 (NE) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do - 16 points 1 wk
38 (23) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me - 16 points (23-38) 2 wks
39 (36) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me - 16 points (23-25-36-39) 4 wks
40 (37) Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor - 16 points (39-37-40) 3 wks

Dropped Out
41 (39) Focus - Sylvia - 15 points (21-13-10-6-4-7-11-16-39)
43 (40) Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways - 14 points (17-11-12-10-9-18-40)
44 (40) First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous - 14 points (31-35-36-40)
51 (35) Jackson 5 – Doctor My Eyes - 11 points (22-16-12-24-35)
61 (28) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar - 7 points (20-7-7-5-4-3-8-10-20-28)
73 (30) Dave Edmonds - Baby I Love You - 3 points (36-16-17-14-10-11-11-14-17-30)

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 07.04.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 05-04-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn

(21) GEORDIE – All Because Of You  
(17) GARY GLITTER – Hello! Hello! I’m Back Again
(3) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree  
(6) LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – Tweedlee Dee  
(13) ROXY MUSIC – Pyjamarama  
(43) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – My Love 
(20) STUART GILLIES – Amanda
(NEW) HURRICANE SMITH – Beautiful Day Beautiful Night
(1) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Get Down  
(5) DAVID CASSIDY – Some Kind Of A Summer

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 07.04.1973

1 (1) Various Artists - 20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (NE) Various Artists - 40 Fantastic Hits From 50's/60's (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (3 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) T. Rex - Tanx (2 wk) (# 4)
5 (2) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (2 wk) (# 2)
6 (5) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (9 wk) (#1)
7 (NE) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1 wk) (# 7)
8 (10) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (7 wk) (# 2)
9 (6) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (38 wk) (# 2)
10 (12) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front (21 wk) (# 1)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (3 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (9 wks)
03 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (6 wks)
04 The Carpenters – Sing (7 wks)
05 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (6 wks)
06 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (8 wks)
07 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (9 wks)
08 The New Birth – I Can Understand It (3 wks)
09 The O'Jays – Love Train (12 wks)
10 Al Green – Hot Wire (12 wks)

11 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (10 wks)
12 The Independents – Leaving Me (1 wk)
13 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (11 wks)
14 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (11 wks)
15 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (10 wks)
16 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (4 wks)
17 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (6 wks)
18 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (7 wks)
19 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (11 wks)
20 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (9 wks)

21 Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles (2 wks)
22 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough for You? (1 wk)
23 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (11 wks)
24 The Temptations – Masterpiece (7 wks)
25 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (6 wks)
26 The Beach Boys – California Saga (6 wks)
27 First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous (5 wks)
28 David Bowie – Space Oddity (11 wks)
29 Archie Bell & The Drells – (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (11 wks)
30 Bill Withers – Kissing My Love (10 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
02 Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends
03 O'Jays Love Train
04 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
05 David Cassidy I Am A Clown
06 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
07 Mud Crazy
08 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never
09 T-Rex 20th Century Boy
10 Gilbert O'Sullivan Get Down
11 Strawbs Part Of The Union
12 Geordie All Because Of You
13 Argent God Gave Rock And Roll To You
14 Gary Glitter Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again
15 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do
16 Timmy Thomas Why Can't We Live Together
17 Gladys Knight & The Pips The Look Of Love
18 Chicory Tip Good Grief Christina

19 Blue Mink By The Devil I NWas Tempted

20 Tony Kenny Heart Of Stone

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
2 [1] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
3 [5] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
4 [9] :: Roxy Music - PYJAMARAMA
5 [3] :: Cliff Richard - POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
6 [10] :: Pink Floyd - THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}
7 [4] :: T Rex - 20TH CENTURY BOY
8 [11] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
9 [6] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
10 [8] :: ABBA - ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN
11 [15] :: Gilbert O'Sullivan - GET DOWN
12 [7] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
13 [new] :: Gary Glitter - HELLO, HELLO, I'M BACK AGAIN
14 [new] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - MY LOVE
15 [13] :: Pink Floyd - BRAIN DAMAGE {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}
16 [16] :: Kenny - HEART OF STONE
17 [14] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
18 [12] :: Slade - CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
19 [new] :: Handley Family - WAM BAM
20 [20] :: Pink Floyd - ECLIPSE {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 7 ) Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex (#1[2])
3 ( 2 ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[1])
4 ( 6 ) I Am A Clown - David Cassidy
5 ( 5 ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard
6 ( 13 ) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
7 ( 3 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade (#1[2])
8 ( -- ) Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
9 ( 4 ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn (#3)
10 ( 16 ) Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel

11 ( 12 ) God Gave Rock And Roll To You - Argent
12 ( 8 ) The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (#8)
13 ( -- ) Hello Hello I'm Back Again - Gary Glitter
14 ( 11 ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music (#11)
15 ( 24 ) Drift Away - Dobie Gray
16 ( 9 ) Sing - Carpenters (#5)
17 ( 26 ) The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon
18 ( 10 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms (#3)
19 ( 15 ) All Because Of You - Geordie (#15)
20 ( 19 ) One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce (#19)

21 ( 29 ) Tweedle Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond
22 ( -- ) Out Of The Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan
23 ( -- ) My Love - Wings
24 ( 14 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka (#9)
25 ( 22 ) Masterpiece - Temptations (#22)
26 ( 18 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus (#14)
27 ( 28 ) Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
28 ( 35 ) Good Grief Christina - Chicory Tip
29 ( 17 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs (#1[4])
30 ( 21 ) Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey (#17)

31 ( 23 ) Crazy - Mud (#21)
32 ( -- ) Wam Bam - Handley Family
33 ( 20 ) Love Train - O'Jays (#3)
34 ( 33 ) The Cisco Kid - War (#33)
35 ( 30 ) Cook With Honey - Judy Collins (#30)
36 ( -- ) One Man Band (Plays All Alone) - Ronnie Dyson
37 ( -- ) Bitter Bad - Melanie
38 ( 25 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook (#2[3])
39 ( 32 ) Heaven Is My Woman's Love - Val Doonican (#28)
40 ( 31 ) Heart Of Stone - Kenny (#25)

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-- ( 27 ) How Could We Dare To Be Wrong - Colin Blunstone (#10)
-- ( 34 ) Cindy Incidentally - Faces (#6)
-- ( 36 ) Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#16)
-- ( 37 ) Step Into A Dream - White Plains (#8)
-- ( 38 ) Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III (#21)
-- ( 39 ) Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds (#7)
-- ( 40 ) California Saga - Beach Boys (#29)

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-- ( -- ) Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) - Eve Graham & The New Seekers

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Not the best Wings song at #23 but they'll have a #1 later in the year.

No surprise here really that Lou Reed's classic climbs up to #1.

[o]

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 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again
7 Faces - Cindy Incidentally
8 Paul McCartney & Wings – My love
9 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
10 Strawbs - Part Of The Union

[Whitneyfan]

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

11(13) Geordie – All Because Of You
12(15) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown
13(--) Gary Glitter – Hello Hello I’m Back Again
14(16) David Cassidy - Some Kind Of A Summer
15(17) Sonny & Cher – Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer
16(11) Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never
17(18) Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends
18(12) The Carpenters – Sing
19(14) Elton John – Daniel
20(--) Wings – My Love

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 29.03.1973

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

[smokeyb]

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

[Smurfie]

1) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
2) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
3) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
4) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
5) Vicky Leandros - The Love In Your Eyes
6) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
7) The O'Jays - Love Train
8) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
9) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
10) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
11) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
12) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
13) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
14) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer
15) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
16) New Seekers - Nevertheless
17) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why
18) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
19) Val Doonican - Heaven Is My Woman's Love
20) Handley Family - Wam Bam

[raliverpool]

01 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (3wks 8-3-1)

02 Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (5wks 26-10-4-2)
03 Donovan - Cosmic Wheels (3wks 21-10-3)
04 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (7wks 31-23-15-9-7-6-4)
05 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (6wks 3-1-1-1-1-5)
06 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (2wks 26-6)
07 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (4wks 28-18-11-7)
08 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (5wks 2-2-2-2-8)
09 Alice Cooper - Generation Landslide (3wks 19-12-9)
10 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (3wks 26-16-10)

11 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (4wks 19-11-9-11)
12 John Martyn - Solid Air (3wks 34-20-12)
13 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (6wks 36-14-6-6-7-13)
14 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (2wks 28-14)
15 War - Cisco Kid (3wks 33-23-15)
16 T Rex - Tenement Lady (2wks 22-16)
17 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (7wks 28-17-8-4-4-5-17)
18 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk (4wks 29-23-17-18)
19 Temptations - Masterpiece (4wks 22-15-14-19)
20 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (6wks 34-16-7-5-8-20)

21 Al Green - Call Me (5wks 29-18-13-15-21)
22 Raspberries - Let's Pretend (2wks 30-22)
23 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Lou Reed - Perfect Day (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Sonny & Cher - Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer (2wks 32-25)
26 Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (2wks 38-26)
27 Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (8wks 33-22-12-7-3-3-13-27)
28 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Dobie Gray - Drift Away (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Blue Mink - By The Devil (2wks 34-30)

31 David Cassidy - I'm A Clown (2wks 33-31)
32 Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (3wks 38-31-32)
33 Anne Murray - Danny's Song (7wks 32-25-20-16-14-21-33)
34 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Bread - Aubrey (6wks 35-23-17-16-19-35)
36 Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Slade - I'm Me, I'm Now, & That's Orl (4wks 34-25-25-38)
39 Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse (6wks 29-21-14-12-18-39)

40 Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (1wk 40 NEW)

My video features one of the most memorable Top Of The Pops performances in its history. Clearly Dog #3 was paying its ahead of its time tribute to Robbie Williams; Brian McFadden & Zayn Malik!

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25th March 1973

It's up to the top spot for Bloodstone and a 3rd classic soul chart-topper in a row with the lovely Natural High, as Argent get a 2nd top 5 with God Gave Rock And Roll To You at 4. The highest new entry is Middle Of The Road's flop future-single Union Silver from their new album, the UK opting belatedly for the European hit of over 6 months ago, Talk Of All The USA. Neither of them was ever going to get UK radio play, what with one being about fancying a Transwoman and the other a touching ballad about a difficult life in a mining community. As I was born in a coal mining community and 3 generations (at least) of my family were coal miners Union Silver speaks to me still, so they grab themselves a 5th top 10.

Stevie Wonder makes it 2 in a row top 10's as You Are The Sunshine Of My Life makes it 7 years of upper echelon records. In a bumper week for new records, Linda Lewis debuts with Rock A Doodle Doo, in her early singer-songwriter style, but with a soul element a few years ahead of Joan Armatrading. Linda's voice though has an amazing range, shown to great effect new at 24, and she's not given enough credit for her part in British music. Paul McCartney meanwhile is back in slushy love ballad vogue and is new at 27 with My Love as Wings morph into Paul McCartney & Wings.

Medicine Head's new single One And One Is One is out in the UK this week, a hit before long, it's still quirky and great and under-stated at 32. Bad Weather is Motown's final single for the great run of Supremes records, as after this they lost all interest in Mary Wilson and co. New at 36. At 42, The Glitter Band and that bloke debut with Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again, which was always a great way to start a rousing concert - rather ironic these days as he won't be back again.

The Intruders got a 1974 UK hit with this 1973 US hit, I'll Always Love My Mama in at 48, sweet smooth soul, a little sentimental, but the it still applies as true to me, while Roger Daltrey gets his first solo hit outside The Who after Leo Sayer has a hit song which he was indeed Giving It All Away new at 49 - but it got him set up for his own hit later in the year. The Handley Family have a jolly bit of ragtime pop at 51, Wam Bam, while The New Seekers credit Eve Graham on their slow ballad ragtime bigband-style ballad, nevertheless at 74. 

Nazareth debut their raspy version of rousing uptempo rock, Brokendown Angel at 69, Roxy Music drop For Your Pleasure album and the top track on it is Do The Strand, new at 70, leaving a soul track I've never heard in my life to debut at 75 - The Independents' Leaving Me. 



1 ( 3 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone # 1
2 ( 1 ) I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY - Barry White # 1
3 ( 2 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia # 1
4 ( 6 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent # 4
5 ( 4 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
6 ( 5 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
7 ( 8 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
8 ( NEW ) UNION SILVER - Middle Of The Road # 8
9 ( 9 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 9
10 ( 23 ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 10

11 ( 13 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
12 ( 7 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
13 ( 10 ) RING RING - Abba # 10
14 ( 12 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
15 ( 11 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
16 ( 25 ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip # 16
17 ( 17 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
18 ( 21 ) ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack # 18
19 ( 18 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
20 ( 15 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1

21 ( 16 ) MONEY - Pink Floyd # 5
22 ( 14 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
23 ( 22 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1
24 ( NEW ) ROCK A DOODLE DOO - Linda Lewis # 24
25 ( 62 ) ELECTRIC SLIM & THE FACTORY HEN - T.Rex # 25
26 ( 26 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
27 ( NEW ) MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27
28 ( 29 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard # 28
29 ( 31 ) ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN - Abba # 29
30 ( 20 ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 20

31 ( 28 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
32 ( NEW ) ONE AND ONE IS ONE - Medicine Head # 32
33 ( 30 ) MAMA WAS A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER PAPA USED TO WRITE ALL HER SONGS - Sonny & Cher # 30
34 ( 32 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6
35 ( 33 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
36 ( NEW ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes # 36
37 ( 19 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 19
38 ( 34 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
39 ( 24 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14
40 ( 63 ) MAMA I GOTTA BRAND NEW THING (DON’T SAY NO) - The Undisputed Truth # 40

41 ( 41 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
42 ( NEW ) HELLO, HELLO, I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 42
43 ( 40 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20
44 ( 38 ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 38
45 ( 39 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
46 ( 37 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
47 ( 27 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 27
48 ( NEW ) I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA - The Intruders # 48
49 ( NEW ) GIVING IT ALL AWAY - Roger Daltrey # 49
50 ( 35 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 20

51 ( NEW ) WAM BAM - The Handley Family # 51
52 ( 36 ) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER (GRANDE, GRANDE, GRANDE) - Shirley Bassey # 22
53 ( 44 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
54 ( 46 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
55 ( 47 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
56 ( 49 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
57 ( 52 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
58 ( 48 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8
59 ( 45 ) BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED) - Blue Mink # 20
60 ( 42 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack # 6

61 ( 56 ) DANCING TO YOUR MUSIC - Archie Bell & The Drells # 56
62 ( 50 ) DANIEL - Elton John # 14
63 ( 43 ) SING - Carpenters # 32
64 ( 59 ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie # 59
65 ( 68 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY - Andy & David Williams # 65
66 ( 51 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
67 ( 61 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
68 ( 64 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
69 ( NEW ) BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth # 69
70 ( NEW ) DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music # 70

71 ( 75 ) FREE ANGEL - T.Rex # 71
72 ( 55 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 7
73 ( 60 ) HALLELUJAH DAY - The Jackson 5 # 60
74 ( NEW ) NEVERTHELESS (I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 74
75 ( NEW ) LEAVING ME - The Independents # 75




25th March 1973

It's 2 weeks on top for Love Train as Dawn stage an attempt to overthrow The O'Jays, with Tie A Yellow Ribbon becoming their 5th top 10 at 2. Roxy Music as Pyjamarama outdoes Virginia Plain by peaking at 7, and there are only 2 new entries, Gilbert O'Sullivan's very over-rated Get Down at 25, and Little Jimmy Osmond's under-rated whimsy Tweedle Dee at 26. Gimme "bomp bomp bomp" over "you're a bad dog baby" anyday...


1 ( 1 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O'Jays
2 ( 23 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
3 ( 2 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
4 ( 3 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
5 ( 4 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
6 ( 6 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
7 ( 24 ) PYJAMARAMA - Roxy Music
8 ( 5 ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
9 ( 9 ) SYLVIA - Focus
10 ( 7 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex

11 ( 10 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
12 ( 11 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
13 ( 8 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
14 ( 12 ) NEVER NEVER NEVER - Shirley Bassey
15 ( 18 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs
16 ( 19 ) DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? - Gary Glitter
17 ( 13 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
18 ( 14 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips
19 ( 20 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
20 ( 15 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard

21 ( 21 ) CRAZY - Mud
22 ( 26 ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie
23 ( 16 ) THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka
24 ( 22 ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
25 ( NEW ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan
26 ( NEW ) TWEEDLEDEE - Little Jimmy Osmond
27 ( 17 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder
28 ( 25 ) IF IT WASN'T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVED YOU - Miki Anthony
29 ( 27 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus
30 ( RE ) PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers