Haven Retro Combined Chart : 07.04.1973

[smokeyb]

Week number 3 at the top for T. Rex, who are being chased by Cliff Richard who moves up to 2.



Gilbert O'Sullivan is up at 3, the O'jays stay at 4 and Slade fall to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week, the highest is Gary Glitter at number 15.



The biggest climber is Carly Simon who jumps up 18 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is the New Seekers who drop off the chart from number 39.

[smokeyb]

07.04.1973 (Week # 14)

1 (01) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 141 points (2-2-1-1-1) 5 wks
2 (03) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends - 131 points (12-4-3-2) 4 wks
3 (06) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down - 129 points (8-6-3) 3 wks
4 (04) O’Jays - Love Train - 121 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7-6-3-4-4) 20 wks
5 (02) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 102 points (2-1-1-2-2-5) 6 wks
6 (05) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 96 points (16-9-6-5-6) 5 wks
7 (07) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 83 points (27-13-7-7-7) 5 wks
8 (12) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown - 74 points (12-8) 2 wks
9 (11) Mud - Crazy - 62 points (29-21-17-11-9) 5 wks
10 (18) Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years - 58 points (31-21-18-10) 4 wks
11 (16) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You - 57 points (16-11) 2 wks
12 (08) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 57 points (25-12-8-4-5-3-5-8-12) 9 wks
13 (15) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 52 points (20-13-11-14-15-13) 6 wks
14 (14) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 51 points (28-23-18-14-16-14-14) 7 wks
15 (NE) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again - 51 points 1 wk
16 (13) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 49 points (40-32-23-13-13-16) 6 wks
17 (10) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song -41 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3-4-12-10-17) 11 wks
18 (09) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 39 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25-21-19-11-9-18) 20 wks
19 (37) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do - 35 points (37-19) 2 wks
20 (NE) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - 35 points 1 wk
21 (30) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 33 points (29-30-21) 3 wks
22 (25) Geordie - All Because Of You - 33 points (34-25-22) 3 wks
23 (NE) Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - 33 points 1 wk
24 (26) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never - 32 points (26-26-26-24) 4 wks
25 (23) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 30 points (30-28-28-24-23-24) 6 wks
26 (19) Carpenters – Sing - 25 points (27-24-20-15-19-19-26) 7 wks
27 (NE) Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You - 25 points 1 wk
28 (21) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 21 points (12-4-3-1-1-1-6-8-18-21-28) 11 wks
29 (NE) Wings – My Love - 21 points 1 wk
30 (35) Bloodstone - Natural High - 20 points (35-30) 2 wks
31 (32) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 20 points (30-32-30-32-31-34-33-32-31) 9 wks
32 (31) Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - 19 points (32-31-32) 3 wks
33 (34) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - 19 points (38-x-38-38-34-33) 5 wks
34 (36) Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - 19 points (36-34) 2 wks
35 (NE) Donovan - Cosmic Wheels - 19 points 1 wk
36 (NE) Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky - 18 points 1 wk
37 (33) Sylvia - Pillow Talk - 18 points (31-33-37) 3 wks
38 (NE) Vicky Leandros - The Love In Your Eyes - 18 points 1 wk
39 (27) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 15 points (35-34-38-x-35-25-27-39) 7 wks
40 (22) Kenny - Heart Of Stone - 15 points (37-20-22-40) 4 wks

Dropped Out
42 (20) Faces - Cindy Incidentally - 14 points (18-7-6-4-5-10-20)
43 (28) Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - 14 points (27-27-27-25-28-33-27-27-28)
44 (17) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - 14 points (40-19-15-7-9-17)
49 (38) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me - 12 points (23-38)
54 (24) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray - 9 points (25-20-14-8-10-15-24)
62 (29) Sweet - Blockbuster - 7 points (6-2-1-1-2-3-5-9-17-22-22-29)
73 (40) Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor - 4 points (39-37-40)
- (39) New Seekers - Pinball Wizard / See Me Feel Me - 12 points (23-25-36-39)

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 14.04.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 12-04-73:  Presenter:

No show BBC strike




TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 14.04.1973

1 (NE) Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Various Artists - 20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) Various Artists - 40 Fantastic Hits From 50's/60's (2 wk) (# 2)
4 (7) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (2 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (4 wk) (# 1)
6 (5) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (3 wk) (# 2)
7 (4) T. Rex - Tanx (3 wk) (# 4)
8 (29) Jack Jones - Together (2 wk) (# 8)
9 (10) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front (22 wk) (# 1)
10 (8) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (8 wk) (# 2)

[rubcale]

01 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
02 O'Jays Love Train
03 David Cassidy I Am A Clown
04 Gary Glitter Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again
05 Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends
06 Mud Crazy
07 Geordie All Because Of You
08 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
09 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
10 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never
11 Argent God Gave Rock And Roll To You
12 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do
13 Chicory Tip Good Grief Christina
14 Gilbert O'Sullivan Get Down
15 Wings My Love
16 David Bowie Drive-In Saturday
17 T-Rex 20th Century Boy
18 Status Quo Mean Girl
19 Don McLean Everyday
20 Roger Daltry Giving It All Away

[raliverpool]

01 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (3wks 26-6-1)
02 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (4wks 8-3-1-2)
03 Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (6wks 26-10-4-2-3)
04 Donovan - Cosmic Wheels (4wks 21-10-3-4)
05 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (4wks 26-16-10-5)
06 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (5wks 28-18-11-7-6)
07 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (8wks 31-23-15-9-7-6-4-7)
08 Alice Cooper - Generation Landslide (4wks 19-12-9-8)
09 Lou Reed - Perfect Day (2wks 24-9)
10 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (3wks 28-14-10)

11 John Martyn - Solid Air (4wks 34-20-12-11)
12 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (2wks 23-12)
13 War - Cisco Kid (4wks 33-23-15-13)
14 Dobie Gray - Drift Away (2wks 29-14)
15 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (5wks 3-1-1-1-1-5-15)
16 T Rex - Tenement Lady (3wks 22-16-16)
17 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again (2wks 28-17)
18 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (6wks 2-2-2-2-8-18)
19 David Bowie - Drive In Saturday (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Roxy Music - Do The Strand (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (5wks 19-11-9-11-22)
23 Raspberries - Let's Pretend (3wks 30-22-23)
24 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree (2wks 34-24)
25 Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (3wks 38-26-26)
27 Sonny & Cher - Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer (3wks 32-25-27)
28 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk (5wks 29-23-17-18-28)
29 Geordie - All Because Of You (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Temptations - Masterpiece (5wks 22-15-14-19-31)
32 Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out Of The Question (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (7wks 36-14-6-6-7-13-34)
35 Gram Parsons - She (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Al Green - Call Me (6wks 29-18-13-15-21-36)
37 Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (8wks 28-17-8-4-4-5-17-37)
38 Byrds - Full Circle (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Mud - Crazy (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (1wk 40 NEW)

The opening frenetic melodic hard rock track on the UK & USA #1 album Houses Of The Holy, was penned by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant. The title of the song was used as the title of both the film and the album of the live 1976 Led Zeppelin film soundtrack.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
02(02) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
03(03) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Get Down
04(13) Gary Glitter – Hello Hello I’m Back Again
05(04) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize
06(07) Argent – God Gave Rock And Roll To You
07(06) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
08(08) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
09(05) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
10(11) Geordie – All Because Of You

11(18) The Carpenters – Sing
12(09) The O’Jays – Love Train
13(10) Mud – Crazy
14(12) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown
15(20) Wings – My Love
16(--) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
17(17) Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends
18(--) Roger Daltrey – Giving It All Away
19(14) David Cassidy - Some Kind Of A Summer
20(--) Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (4 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (10 wks)
03 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (1 wk)
04 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (7 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Sing (8 wks)
06 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (7 wks)
07 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (9 wks)
08 Wilson Pickett – Mr. Magic Man (1 wk)
09 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (10 wks)
10 The New Birth – I Can Understand It (4 wks)

11 The O'Jays – Love Train (13 wks)
12 Al Green – Hot Wire (13 wks)
13 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (11 wks)
14 The Independents – Leaving Me (2 wks)
15 Tom Jones – Letter To Lucille (1 wk)
16 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (12 wks)
17 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (12 wks)
18 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (11 wks)
19 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (5 wks)
20 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (7 wks)

21 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (8 wks)
22 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (12 wks)
23 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (10 wks)
24 Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles (3 wks)
25 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough for You? (2 wks)
26 The Temptations – Masterpiece (8 wks)
27 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (7 wks)
28 The Beach Boys – California Saga (7 wks)
29 First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous (6 wks)
30 Betty Swann – Today I Started Loving You (12 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
2 [8] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
3 [3] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
4 [4] :: Roxy Music - PYJAMARAMA
5 [new] :: Liza Minnelli - CABARET {Cabaret OST LP track}
6 [2] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
7 [13] :: Gary Glitter - HELLO, HELLO, I'M BACK AGAIN
8 [new] :: David Bowie - DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
9 [6] :: Pink Floyd - THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY {Dark Side Of The Moon LP track}
10 [11] :: Gilbert O'Sullivan - GET DOWN
11 [14] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - MY LOVE
12 [5] :: Cliff Richard - POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS
13 [new] :: Don McLean - EVERYDAY
14 [12] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
15 [new] :: Hot Chocolate - BROTHER LOUIE
16 [10] :: ABBA - ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN
17 [9] :: Dobie Gray - DRIFT AWAY
18 [new] :: Status Quo - MEAN GIRL
19 [17] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
20 [19] :: Handley Family - WAM BAM

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 8 ) Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
3 ( 6 ) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
4 ( 4 ) I Am A Clown - David Cassidy
5 ( 2 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex (#1[2])
6 ( 13 ) Hello Hello I'm Back Again - Gary Glitter
7 ( 3 ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[1])
8 ( 5 ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard (#5)
9 ( 10 ) Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
10 ( -- ) Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey

11 ( 15 ) Drift Away - Dobie Gray
12 ( 22 ) Out Of The Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan
13 ( 11 ) God Gave Rock And Roll To You - Argent (#11)
14 ( 23 ) My Love - Wings
15 ( 7 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade (#1[2])
16 ( 17 ) The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon
17 ( -- ) Drive-In Saturday - David Bowie
18 ( 9 ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn (#3)
19 ( -- ) Brother Louie - Hot Chocolate
20 ( 21 ) Tweedle Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond

21 ( 12 ) The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (#8)
22 ( 14 ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music (#11)
23 ( 32 ) Wam Bam - Handley Family
24 ( 20 ) One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce (#19)
25 ( 28 ) Good Grief Christina - Chicory Tip
26 ( 19 ) All Because Of You - Geordie (#15)
27 ( 16 ) Sing - Carpenters (#5)
28 ( 36 ) One Man Band (Plays All Alone) - Ronnie Dyson
29 ( 37 ) Bitter Bad - Melanie
30 ( -- ) Hey Mama - Joe Brown

31 ( 18 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms (#3)
32 ( 27 ) Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk (#27)
33 ( 25 ) Masterpiece - Temptations (#22)
34 ( -- ) A Letter To Lucille - Tom Jones
35 ( -- ) Hallelujah Day - Jackson 5
36 ( 26 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus (#14)
37 ( 24 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka (#9)
38 ( 34 ) The Cisco Kid - War (#33)
39 ( -- ) Mean Girl - Status Quo
40 ( -- ) Oh La De Da - Staple Singers

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-- ( 29 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs (#1[4])
-- ( 30 ) Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey (#17)
-- ( 31 ) Crazy - Mud (#21)
-- ( 33 ) Love Train - O'Jays (#3)
-- ( 35 ) Cook With Honey - Judy Collins (#30)
-- ( 38 ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook (#2[3])
-- ( 39 ) Heaven Is My Woman's Love - Val Doonican (#28)
-- ( 40 ) Heart Of Stone - Kenny (#25)

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-- ( -- ) Step By Step - Joe Simon
-- ( -- ) Funky Worm - Ohio Players

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (6 wks)
2 (2) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (6 wks)
3 (3) Mud - Crazy (6 wks)
4 (4) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (5 wks)
5 (NE) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday (1 wk)
6 (7) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (6 wks)
7 (6) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (8 wks)
8 (5) The O'Jays - Love Train (7 wks)
9 (11) Geordie - All Because Of You (5 wks)
10 (13) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (4 wks)
11 (23) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (3 wks)
12 (16) Pink Floyd - Money (3 wks)
13 (32) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love (2 wks)
14 (8) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (5 wks)
15 (12) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer (4 wks)
16 (17) Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (3 wks)
17 (18) Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (3 wks)
18 (NE) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (1 wk)
19 (25) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (3 wks)
20 (36) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again (2 wks)
21 (27) Raspberries - Let's Pretend (4 wks)
22 (19) The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up (5 wks)
23 (20) Pink Floyd - Us And Them (3 wks)
24 (21) Pink Floyd - Time (3 wks)
25 (NE) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (1 wk)
26 (22) Pink Floyd - Breathe (3 wks)
27 (26) Pink Floyd - Eclipse (3 wks)
28 (9) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (8 wks)
29 (NE) Status Quo - Mean Girl (1 wk)
30 (10) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (8 wks)
31 (14) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (7 wks)
32 (15) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (10 wks)
33 (NE) Don McLean - Everyday (1 wk)
34 (NE) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille (1 wk)
35 (24) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos (3 wks)
36 (28) Faces - Cindy Incidentally (9 wks)
37 (29) Hollies - Magic Woman Touch (7 wks)
38 (30) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (7 wks)
39 (NE) Roxy Music - Do The Strand (1 wk)
40 (NE) Joe Brown - Hey Mama (1 wk)

[o]

1 T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
2 Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
3 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again
4 O'Jays - Love Train
5 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
6 Faces - Cindy Incidentally
7 Paul McCartney & Wings – My love
8 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
9 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
10 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
11 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
12 Status Quo - Mean Girl
13 Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 05.04.1973

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

[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) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
5) The O'Jays - Love Train
6) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
7) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
8) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
9) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
10) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
11) New Seekers - Nevertheless
12) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer
13) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
14) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me
15) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why
16) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
17) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille
18) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
19) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
20) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama

[popchartfreak]

1st April 1973

It's a 4th consecutive soul chart-topper, this time for British/Caribbean band Hot Chocolate, as the fabulous and forgotten Brother Louie gives them a 3rd Retro number one, just ahead of Bobby Womack's similarly social-conscience soul classic Across 110th Street - not one I knew at the time. So that's a soul top 5 followed by a glam batch as David Bowie gets the second-highest new entry with Drive-In Saturday making it 5 in a row official singles going top 10 or 9 in total including album tracks. Close behind it's a 4th in a row for The Convict and the fab Glitter Band.

ABBA drop their Ring Ring album, chocka full of singles past and future, none of them UK hits until the 1974 remix of Ring Ring itself which featured non-UK-single Rock 'N' Roll Band on the B side, so I charted both of them in 1974 when I bought the single. As it's out now, though, it's new at 25. It features some fabulous guitar work - sadly ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander died this week, but his riffs are amongst the best in pop music: look no further than Voulez Vous, Eagle, Knowing Me Knowing You to hear his soaring work. Another future single, Nina, Pretty Ballerina enters at 72.

Alice Cooper makes it 4 in a row with No More Mr. Nice Guy new at 36, while Quo debut at 42 with 1970 track Mean Girl - one I forgot to chart in my retro charts, so it's here now instead. In at 62, Redbone are back with a 4th track - it's called Hail, but it flopped, got revamped, they upped the beats a bit, added some lyrics and got a huge 1974 hit with the new version, called Come And Get Your Love, which was in Guardians Of The Galaxy and has been in adverts on the telly ever since so everyone will know it now. I charted it in 1974, and will chart it again when the new version comes out, but this is pretty decent, albeit not as classic.

That leaves reggae-rock D'Yer Mak'er (Jamaica obv) from Zep's new album Houses Of The Holy new at 71, and Don McLean's odd decision to cover Buddy Holly's Everyday at 75. As an occasional marketing strategy, doing covers would pay dividends in 1980 for Don. 



1 ( NEW ) BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate # 1
2 ( 18 ) ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack # 2
3 ( 3 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia # 1
4 ( 1 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone # 1
5 ( 2 ) I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY - Barry White # 1
6 ( 5 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
7 ( 6 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
8 ( NEW ) DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - David Bowie # 8
9 ( 42 ) HELLO, HELLO, I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
10 ( 8 ) UNION SILVER - Middle Of The Road # 8

11 ( 32 ) ONE AND ONE IS ONE - Medicine Head # 11
12 ( 10 ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 10
13 ( 4 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent # 4
14 ( 7 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
15 ( 9 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 9
16 ( 11 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
17 ( 12 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
18 ( 17 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
19 ( 13 ) RING RING - Abba # 10
20 ( 14 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1

21 ( 16 ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip # 16
22 ( 20 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
23 ( 19 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
24 ( 27 ) MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 24
25 ( NEW ) ROCK ‘N ROLL BAND - Abba # 25
26 ( 15 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
27 ( 24 ) ROCK A DOODLE DOO - Linda Lewis # 24
28 ( 25 ) ELECTRIC SLIM & THE FACTORY HEN - T.Rex # 25
29 ( 36 ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes # 29
30 ( 22 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1

31 ( 23 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1
32 ( 26 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
33 ( 48 ) I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA - The Intruders # 33
34 ( 21 ) MONEY - Pink Floyd # 5
35 ( 33 ) MAMA WAS A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER PAPA USED TO WRITE ALL HER SONGS - Sonny & Cher # 30
36 ( NEW ) NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - Alice Cooper # 36
37 ( 35 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
38 ( 38 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
39 ( 41 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
40 ( 39 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14

41 ( 31 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
42 ( NEW ) MEAN GIRL - Status Quo # 42
43 ( 43 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20
44 ( 44 ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 38
45 ( 45 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
46 ( 29 ) ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN - Abba # 29
47 ( 49 ) GIVING IT ALL AWAY - Roger Daltrey # 47
48 ( 51 ) WAM BAM - The Handley Family # 48
49 ( 30 ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 20
50 ( 34 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6

51 ( 46 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
52 ( 37 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon # 19
53 ( 70 ) DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music # 53
54 ( 69 ) BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth # 54
55 ( 40 ) MAMA I GOTTA BRAND NEW THING (DON’T SAY NO) - The Undisputed Truth # 40
56 ( 56 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
57 ( 50 ) MAGIC WOMAN TOUCH - The Hollies # 20
58 ( 58 ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 8
59 ( 54 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
60 ( 28 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard # 28

61 ( 52 ) NEVER, NEVER, NEVER (GRANDE, GRANDE, GRANDE) - Shirley Bassey # 22
62 ( NEW ) HAIL - Redbone # 62
63 ( 53 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
64 ( 55 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
65 ( 57 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
66 ( 75 ) LEAVING ME - The Independents # 66
67 ( 47 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - The Pearls # 27
68 ( 68 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1
69 ( 67 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
70 ( 71 ) FREE ANGEL - T.Rex # 70

71 ( NEW ) D’YER MAK’ER - Led Zeppelin # 71
72 ( NEW ) NINA PRETTY BALLERINA - Abba # 72
73 ( 65 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY - Andy & David Williams # 65
74 ( 74 ) NEVERTHELESS (I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 74
75 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY - Don McLean # 75



1st April 1973 Wot I Liked That Week Then

It's LOve Train steaming ahead still 50 years ago, as The O'Jays hold off the fab Mud, who's Tango-Glam Crazy leaps to 2, with future AC/DC star Brian Johnson at 5, All Because Of You. Neil Sedaka finally gets his new single into the top 10 after faffing about a few weeks in the 20's, his 2nd Retro top 10, as the highest new entry is David Cassidy's one-year-old album track I'm A Clown which was and is massively better than the drippy other A side off his new album. Still one of his best recordings and new at 22, just ahead of Gary Glitter's announcement Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again. A little premature, 50 years later, as he wasn't back for long.

Argent get a 3rd hit with the fabulous Russ Ballard song, God Gave Rock And Roll To You, so good that Kiss were moved to try and ruin it in the 90's. New at 26 while Donny Osmond scrapes in for the last time as a solo artist in my charts until he tried a bit of disco in 1976, covering The Four Seasons. Finally, Blue Mink get a 6th hit with By The Devil (I Was Tempted), with one more hit to come. 

1 ( 1 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O'Jays
2 ( 21 ) CRAZY - Mud
3 ( 2 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
4 ( 5 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds
5 ( 22 ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie
6 ( 4 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
7 ( 7 ) PYJAMARAMA - Roxy Music
8 ( 10 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex
9 ( 23 ) THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka
10 ( 3 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny

11 ( 13 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
12 ( 8 ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
13 ( 26 ) TWEEDLEDEE - Little Jimmy Osmond
14 ( 20 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard
15 ( 11 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
16 ( 30 ) PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers
17 ( 19 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
18 ( 17 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
19 ( 25 ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan
20 ( 14 ) NEVER NEVER NEVER - Shirley Bassey

21 ( 12 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
22 ( NEW ) I AM A CLOWN - David Cassidy
23 ( NEW ) HELLO HELLO I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter
24 ( 18 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips
25 ( 6 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet
26 ( NEW ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent
27 ( 9 ) SYLVIA - Focus
28 ( NEW ) THE TWELFTH OF NEVER - Donny Osmond
29 ( 24 ) TAKE ME GIRL I'M READY - Junior Walker & The Allstars
30 ( NEW ) BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED) - Blue Mink