Haven Retro Combined Chart : 14.04.1973

[smokeyb]

All change at the top, as Gilbert O'Sullivan gets his first retro number 1 song, but it was close.



The O'Jays have reached number 2, it has only taken them 21 weeks to get there.



Gary Glitter gets another top 3 hit, with Cliff slipping to 4 and Dawn moving back to 5.



There are 6 new entries this week, the highest is David Bowie at number 8.



The biggest climber is Paul McCartney & Wings who jump up 14 places to number 15.



The biggest faller is the Strawbs who fall off the chart from number 28.

[smokeyb]

14.04.1973 (Week # 15)

1 (03) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down - 122 points (8-6-3-1) 4 wks
2 (04) O’Jays - Love Train - 118 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7-6-3-4-4-2) 21 wks
3 (15) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again - 114 points (15-3) 2 wks
4 (02) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends - 103 points (12-4-3-2-4) 5 wks
5 (06) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 100 points (16-9-6-5-6-5) 6 wks
6 (01) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 100 points (2-2-1-1-1-6) 6 wks
7 (07) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 95 points (27-13-7-7-7-7) 6 wks
8 (NE) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday - 84 points 1 wk
9 (08) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown - 74 points (12-8-9) 3 wks
10 (05) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 67 points (2-1-1-2-2-5-10) 7 wks
11 (10) Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years - 65 points (31-21-18-10-11) 5 wks
12 (09) Mud - Crazy - 61 points (29-21-17-11-9-12) 6 wks
13 (21) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 55 points (29-30-21-13) 4 wks
14 (11) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You - 52 points (16-11-14) 3 wks
15 (29) Paul McCartney & Wings – My Love - 51 points (29-15) 2 wks
16 (14) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 49 points (28-23-18-14-16-14-14-16) 8 wks
17 (19) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do - 49 points (37-19-17) 3 wks
18 (12) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 45 points (25-12-8-4-5-3-5-8-12-18) 10 wks
19 (22) Geordie - All Because Of You - 44 points (34-25-22-19) 4 wks
20 (NE) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie - 42 points 1 wk
21 (20) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - 40 points (20-21) 2 wks
22 (16) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 38 points (40-32-23-13-13-16-22) 7 wks
23 (23) Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - 38 points (23-23) 2 wks
24 (13) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 34 points (20-13-11-14-15-13-24) 7 wks
25 (17) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song - 32 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3-4-12-10-17-25) 12 wks
26 (24) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never - 30 points (26-26-26-24-26) 5 wks
27 (26) Carpenters – Sing - 26 points (27-24-20-15-19-19-26-27) 8 wks
28 (27) Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You - 26 points (27-28) 2 wks
29 (24) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 23 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29) 7 wks
30 (31) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 19 points (30-32-30-32-31-34-33-32-31-30) 10 wks
31 (NE) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away - 18 points 1 wk
32 (NE) SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You - 18 points 1 wk
33 (34) Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - 18 points (36-34-33) 3 wks
34 (NE) Tom Jones – Letter To Lucille - 18 points 1 wk
35 (37) Sylvia - Pillow Talk - 18 points (31-33-37-35) 4 wks
36 (35) Donovan - Cosmic Wheels - 17 points (35-36) 2 wks
37 (30) Bloodstone - Natural High - 17 points (35-30-37) 3 wks
38 (NE) Liza Minnelli - Cabaret - 16 points 1 wk
39 (36) Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky - 16 points (36-39) 2 wks
40 (32) Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - 16 points (32-31-32-40) 4 wks

Dropped Out
43 (39) Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) - 14 points (35-34-38-x-35-25-27-39)
44 (33) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - 14 points (38-x-38-38-34-33)
62 (40) Kenny - Heart Of Stone - 8 points (37-20-22-40)
63 (18) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 8 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21-18-20-24-31-36-26-25-21-19-11-9-18)
- (28) Strawbs – Part Of The Union - 0 points (12-4-3-1-1-1-6-8-18-21-28)
- (38) Vicky Leandros - The Love In Your Eyes - 0 points (38)

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 21.04.1973

1 (2) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (5) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (1) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (6 wk) (# 1)
4 (6) Little Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer (5 wk) (# 3)
6 (4) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never (7 wk) (# 1)
7 (7) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (6 wk) (# 4)
8 (16) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday (2 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (8 wk) (# 8)
10 (10) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (7 wk) (# 10)
11 (11) Geordie - All because of you (6 wk) (# 11)
12 (9) The O'Jays - Love Train (8 wk) (# 9)
13 (20) Stuart Gillies - Amanda (4 wk) (# 13)
14 (14) Mud - Crazy (7 wk) (# 14)
15 (25) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love (3 wk) (# 15)
16 (12) Kenny - Heart Of Stone (8 wk) (# 11)
17 (21) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (29) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (5 wk) (# 18)
19 (13) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (8 wk) (# 1)
20 (19) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (10 wk) (# 6)
21 (33) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (2 wk) (# 21)
22 (15) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (9 wk) (# 12)
23 (18) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me (11 wk) (# 4)
24 (31) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (24) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (4 wk) (# 24)
26 (17) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (7 wk) (# 3)
27 (NE) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (1 wk) (# 27)
28 (22) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril (9 wk) (# 14)
29 (NE) Judge Dread - Big Eight (1 wk) (# 29)
30 (30) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (4 wk) (# 30)
31 (27) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love (8 wk) (# 21)
32 (NE) Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy (1 wk) (# 32)
33 (28) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer (9 wk) (# 8)
34 (23) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray (11 wk) (# 6)
35 (NE) Highly Likely - Whatever Happened To You (1 wk) (# 35)
36 (44) Status Quo - Mean Girl (2 wk) (# 36)
37 (NE) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (42) Joe Brown - Hey Mama (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (48) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille (2 wk) (# 39)
40 (35) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (22 wk) (# 1)
41 (NE) Perry Como - And I Love You So (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (39) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me (9 wk) (# 18)
43 (32) Handley Family - Wam Bam (3 wk) (# 32)
44 (26) Blue Mink - By The Devil I Was Tempted (8 wk) (# 26)
45 (37) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why (5 wk) (# 37)
46 (34) New Seekers - Nevertheless (3 wk) (# 34)
47 (46) Don McLean - Everyday (2 wk) (# 46)
48 (NE) Supremes - Bad Weather (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (38) Sweet - Blockbuster (15 wk) (# 1)
50 (45) The Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes (10 wk) (# 9)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 19-04-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville

(18) ARGENT  - God Gave Rock 'n Roll To You 
(2) GARY GLITTER - Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again
(21) HOT CHOCOLATE - Brother Louie
(30) CARLY SIMON - The Right Thing to Do
(8) DAVID BOWIE - Drive-In Saturday
(1) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO  - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 21.04.1973

1 (1) Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Various Artists - 40 Fantastic Hits From 50's/60's (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (NE) Faces - Ooh-La-La (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Various Artists - 20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties (4 wk) (# 1)
5 (4) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (3 wk) (# 4)
6 (5) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (5 wk) (# 1)
7 (6) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (4 wk) (# 2)
8 (11) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (11 wk) (# 1)
9 (9) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front (23 wk) (# 1)
10 (7) T. Rex - Tanx (4 wk) (# 4)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (5 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (11 wks)
03 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (2 wks)
04 The Supremes – Bad Weather (1 wk)
05 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (8 wks)
06 The Carpenters – Sing (9 wks)
07 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (8 wks)
08 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (10 wks)
09 The Dells – Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (1 wk)
10 Wilson Pickett – Mr. Magic Man (2 wks)

11 The New Birth – I Can Understand It (5 wks)
12 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (11 wks)
13 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (12 wks)
14 The O'Jays – Love Train (14 wks)
15 Al Green – Hot Wire (14 wks)
16 The Independents – Leaving Me (3 wks)
17 Tom Jones – Letter To Lucille (2 wks)
18 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (12 wks)
19 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (13 wks)
20 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (13 wks)

21 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (6 wks)
22 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (8 wks)
23 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (9 wks)
24 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (11 wks)
25 Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles (4 wks)
26 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough for You? (3 wks)
27 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (13 wks)
28 The Temptations – Masterpiece (9 wks)
29 Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never (8 wks)
30 The Beach Boys – California Saga (8 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
02 Gary Glitter Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again
03 O'Jays Love Train
04 David Cassidy I Am A Clown
05 Geordie All Because Of You
06 Argent God Gave Rock And Roll To You
07 Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends
08 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
09 David Bowie Drive-In Saturday
10 Wings My Love
11 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do
12 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never
13 Status Quo Mean Girl
14 Roger Daltry Giving It All Away
15 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me
16 Judge Dread Big Eight
17 Detroit Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
18 Don McLean Everyday
19 Alice Cooper No More Mr Nice Guy
20 Supremes Bad Weather

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Roxy Music - DO THE STRAND {For Your Pleasure LP track}
2 [1] :: O'Jays - LOVE TRAIN
3 [5] :: Liza Minnelli - CABARET {Cabaret OST LP track}
4 [2] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - TIE A YELLOW RIBBON
5 [new] :: Deep Purple - WOMAN FROM TOKYO
6 [7] :: Gary Glitter - HELLO, HELLO, I'M BACK AGAIN
7 [8] :: David Bowie - DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
8 [4] :: Roxy Music - PYJAMARAMA
9 [11] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - MY LOVE
10 [13] :: Don McLean - EVERYDAY
11 [new] :: Highly Likely - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU (Likely Lads Theme)
12 [15] :: Hot Chocolate - BROTHER LOUIE
13 [new] :: Wizzard - SEE MY BABY JIVE
14 [new] :: Doobie Brothers - LONG TRAIN RUNNIN'
15 [6] :: Roberta Flack - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
16 [18] :: Status Quo - MEAN GIRL
17 [3] :: Steely Dan - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
18 [14] :: Detroit Emeralds - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
19 [19] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
20 [new] :: Supremes - BAD WEATHER

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
02(02) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
03(04) Gary Glitter – Hello Hello I’m Back Again
04(06) Argent – God Gave Rock And Roll To You
05(18) Roger Daltrey – Giving It All Away
06(03) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Get Down
07(16) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
08(07) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
09(11) The Carpenters – Sing
10(05) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize

11(08) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
12(20) Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie
13(15) Wings - My Love
14(--) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
15(09) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
16(12) The O’Jays – Love Train
17(10) Geordie – All Because Of You
18(13) Mud – Crazy
19(--) Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
20(--) Wizzard – See My Baby Jive

21(14) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown
22(--) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
23(--) Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
24(17) Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends
25(--) Judge Dread – Big Eight
26(--) Perry Como – And I Love You So
27(--) The Supremes – Bad Weather
28(19) David Cassidy - Some Kind Of A Summer
29(--) Highly Likely – Whatever Happened To You
30(23) Elton John - Daniel

[raliverpool]

01 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (4wks 26-6-1-1)
02 Lou Reed - Perfect Day (3wks 24-9-2)
03 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (3wks 23-12-3)
04 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (5wks 26-16-10-5-4)
05 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (5wks 8-3-1-2-5)
06 Dobie Gray - Drift Away (3wks 29-14-6)
07 Roxy Music - Do The Strand (2wks 21-7)
08 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (4wks 28-14-10-8)
09 David Bowie - Drive In Saturday (2wks 19-9)
10 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (6wks 28-18-11-7-6-10)

11 Donovan - Cosmic Wheels (5wks 21-10-3-4-11)
12 Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (7wks 26-10-4-2-3-12)
13 Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (2wks 25-13)
14 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (2wks 20-14)
15 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again (3wks 28-17-15)
16 John Martyn - Solid Air (5wks 34-20-12-11-16)
17 Alice Cooper - Generation Landslide (5wks 19-12-9-8-17)
18 War - Cisco Kid (5wks 33-23-15-13-18)
19 Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years (2wks 30-19)
20 Gram Parsons - She (2wks 35-20)

21 Faces - Ooh La La (1wk 21 NEW)

22 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree (3wks 34-24-22)
23 Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (2wks 32-23)
24 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One Of Us (9wks 31-23-15-9-7-6-4-7-25)
26 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out Of The Question (2wks 33-26)
27 Geordie - All Because Of You (2wks 29-27)
28 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (1wk 29 NEW)
30 T-Rex - 20th Century Boy (7wks 2-2-2-2-8-18-30)

31 Raspberries - Let's Pretend (4wks 30-22-23-31)
32 T Rex - Tenement Lady (4wks 22-16-16-32)
33 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (8wks 3-1-1-1-1-5-15-33)
34 Helen Reddy - Peaceful (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Neil Sedaka - Solitaire (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Slade - The Whole World's Goin' Crazee (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (4wks 38-26-26-38)
39 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (6wks 19-11-9-11-22-39)
40 Ronnie Dyson - One Man Band (1wk 40 NEW)

The London rock group's 4th & final studio album, featured the Glyn Johns produced, Ronnie Lane penned & Ronnie Wood sung title track. It was later covered by (the Faces lead singer) Rod Stewart in 1998, and appeared at the end of Wes Anderson's film Rushmore (1998).

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
3 ( 3 ) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
4 ( 6 ) Hello Hello I'm Back Again - Gary Glitter
5 ( 10 ) Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey
6 ( -- ) See My Baby Jive - Wizzard
7 ( 4 ) I Am A Clown - David Cassidy (#4)
8 ( 17 ) Drive-In Saturday - David Bowie
9 ( 12 ) Out Of The Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan
10 ( 19 ) Brother Louie - Hot Chocolate

11 ( 5 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex (#1[2])
12 ( 11 ) Drift Away - Dobie Gray (#11)
13 ( 9 ) Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (#9)
14 ( 14 ) My Love - Wings
15 ( -- ) No More Mr Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
16 ( 8 ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard (#5)
17 ( 7 ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[1])
18 ( 16 ) The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon (#16)
19 ( 13 ) God Gave Rock And Roll To You - Argent (#11)
20 ( -- ) And I Love You So - Perry Como

21 ( 23 ) Wam Bam - Handley Family
22 ( 30 ) Hey Mama - Joe Brown
23 ( 20 ) Tweedle Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond (#20)
24 ( -- ) Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
25 ( 34 ) A Letter To Lucille - Tom Jones
26 ( 28 ) One Man Band (Plays All Alone) - Ronnie Dyson
27 ( 25 ) Good Grief Christina - Chicory Tip (#25)
28 ( 35 ) Hallelujah Day - Jackson 5
29 ( 29 ) Bitter Bad - Melanie
30 ( 15 ) Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade (#1[2])

31 ( 18 ) Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn (#3)
32 ( 39 ) Mean Girl - Status Quo
33 ( 40 ) Oh La De Da - Staple Singers
34 ( 24 ) One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce (#19)
35 ( 22 ) Pyjamarama - Roxy Music (#11)
36 ( 21 ) The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (#8)
37 ( -- ) Pillow Talk - Sylvia
38 ( 26 ) All Because Of You - Geordie (#15)
39 ( -- ) Bad Weather - Supremes
40 ( -- ) Big Eight - Judge Dread

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-- ( 27 ) Sing - Carpenters (#5)
-- ( 31 ) Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms (#3)
-- ( 32 ) Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk (#27)
-- ( 33 ) Masterpiece - Temptations (#22)
-- ( 36 ) Nice One Cyril - Cockerel Chorus (#14)
-- ( 37 ) That's When The Music Takes Me - Neil Sedaka (#9)
-- ( 38 ) The Cisco Kid - War (#33)

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-- ( -- ) Whatever Happened To You - Highly Likely

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Love Train suffering on the retro chart from the fact I charted it a few months ago when it was in the US chart, and it did reach #3 on my chart.

[Earl Purple]

Apr 15, 2023 11:54:16 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

13(15) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
14(--) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown

same song at #13 and #14 or there is a different Jim Croce song in there? BBLB isn't due in my chart until 2 June.

[Whitneyfan]

Apr 16, 2023 0:16:53 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Apr 15, 2023 11:54:16 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

13(15) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
14(--) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown

same song at #13 and #14 or there is a different Jim Croce song in there? BBLB isn't due in my chart until 2 June.

Doh! Silly me, 13 should have been Wings. I have amended it now.

Thank you for noticing and pointing it out.

[smokeyb]

1 (5) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday (2 wks)
2 (6) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (7 wks)
3 (2) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (7 wks)
4 (1) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (7 wks)
5 (13) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love (3 wks)
6 (4) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (6 wks)
7 (3) Mud - Crazy (7 wks)
8 (10) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (5 wks)
9 (11) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (4 wks)
10 (NE) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (1 wk)
11 (18) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (2 wks)
12 (9) Geordie - All Because Of You (6 wks)
13 (25) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (2 wks)
14 (7) Dobie Gray - Drift Away (9 wks)
15 (NE) Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy (1 wk)
16 (29) Status Quo - Mean Girl (2 wks)
17 (8) The O'Jays - Love Train (8 wks)
18 (20) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again (3 wks)
19 (19) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina (4 wks)
20 (NE) The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running (1 wk)
21 (39) Roxy Music - Do The Strand (2 wks)
22 (33) Don McLean - Everyday (2 wks)
23 (34) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille (2 wks)
24 (12) Pink Floyd - Money (4 wks)
25 (16) Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (4 wks)
26 (17) Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (4 wks)
27 (14) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends (6 wks)
28 (NE) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (1 wk)
29 (NE) Judge Dread - Big Eight (1 wk)
30 (15) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of A Summer (5 wks)
31 (21) Raspberries - Let's Pretend (5 wks)
32 (NE) Highly Likely - Whatever Happened To You (1 wk)
33 (40) Joe Brown - Hey Mama (2 wks)
34 (NE) Supremes - Bad Weather (1 wk)
35 (NE) The Faces - Ooh La La (1 wk)
36 (23) Pink Floyd - Us And Them (4 wks)
37 (24) Pink Floyd - Time (4 wks)
38 (26) Pink Floyd - Breathe (4 wks)
39 (27) Pink Floyd - Eclipse (4 wks)
40 (NE) Perry Como - And I Love You So (1 wk)

[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) The O'Jays - Love Train
5) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
6) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
7) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
8) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
9) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
10) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
11) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
12) Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Look of Love
13) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
14) Andy & David Williams - I Don't Know Why
15) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
16) Perry Como - And I Love You So
17) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
18) Supremes - Bad Weather
19) New Seekers - Nevertheless
20) Neil Sedaka - That's When The Music Takes Me

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 12.04.1973

1 (01) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
2 (05) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again
3 (02) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
4 (08) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
5 (04) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown/Some Kind Of Summer
6 (03) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
7 (10) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
8 (06) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never
9 (07) The O'Jays - Love Train
10 (22) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
11 (28) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You
12 (30) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away
13 (14) Geordie - All Because Of You
14 (09) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
15 (21) Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina
16 (11) Little Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee
17 (12) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
18 (13) Kenny - Heart Of Stone
19 (15) Mud - Crazy
20 (31) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
21 (New) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
22 (16) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
23 (17) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
24 (New) Judge Dread - Big Eight
25 (New) Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy
26 (18) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
27 (New) Highly Likely - Whatever Happened To You
28 (New) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
29 (19) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
30 (20) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
31 (23) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
32 (24) Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray
33 (25) Gladys Knight and the Pips - The Look Of Love
34 (26) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse
35 (29) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
36 (33) Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up
37 (35) Faces - Cindy Incidentally
38 (37) Status Quo - Mean Girl
39 (38) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille
40 (39) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

[o]

1 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again
2 O'Jays - Love Train
3 T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
4 Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
5 Paul McCartney & Wings – My love
6 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
7 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
8 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
9 Status Quo - Mean Girl
10 Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille
11 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
12 Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
13 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
14 Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me

[popchartfreak]

8th April 1973

It's straight in at 1, for my new fave pop band 50 years ago, Wizzard, and Roy Wood, and See My Baby Jive. It topped my charts of the time for 10 weeks, I had posters of Roy Wood on my bedroom wall and I was glam mad on the Wall Of Sound production. 50n years on, still love it, and it gives Roy his second retro chart-topper after 10538 Overture with ELO. Bowie is up to 3 with Drive-In Saturday on the 50th anniversary of Aladdin Sane, now back in the UK album charts this week, and 3 tracks from it debuting here: Cracked Actor (title of his 1973 TV special) at 38, The Prettiest Star remake at 55, and Panic In Detroit at 67. That's not the biggest chart haul here though, that's Abba, with 6 following new entries I Am Just A Girl and Love Isn't Easy. 

Another album slipping out this week is The Jackson 5's Skywriter, containing the essential title track and rather stupidly not the first single. It's still synthtastic, was ahead of the game, and should have been a big hit. It was their last great record under the Jackson 5 logo, and gives them 5 consecutive years of top 10 retro hits. New at 13, The Doobie Brothers get a 2nd chart entry with the fabulous Long Train Running, one that mostly passed me by at the time, but which I came to love by the Bananarama version which topped my charts in 1991, followed by remixed Doobies. The original is still best. 

Demis Roussos is top of the belgian chart this week with Forever And Ever. It took 3 years to top the UK chart as part of an EP but I liked it when it was out in the UK in 1973-ish, buying it in a Gloucester record shop bargain bin for 5 pence. I felt pretty smart when it topped the UK charts 2 years later, saved 45p. New at 20, and his second solo top 20 here. The Faces album track is new at 31 - not one I knew well at the time, and not sung by Rod, though eventually covered by him in the 90's, Ooh La la was an indication of some good solo stuff not far for Ronnie Lane. America debut with a 4th retro track, Only In Your Heart is quite nice and not one I knew, The Likely Lads 70's TV theme pops in, still the best thing about it, Jim Croce makes it a hat-trick, and Dusty drops different singles in the US and the UK, and both enter.


1 ( NEW ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
2 ( 1 ) BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate # 1
3 ( 8 ) DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - David Bowie # 3
4 ( NEW ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5 # 4
5 ( 2 ) ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack # 2
6 ( 4 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone # 1
7 ( 3 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia # 1
8 ( 6 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
9 ( 5 ) I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY - Barry White # 1
10 ( 11 ) ONE AND ONE IS ONE - Medicine Head # 10

11 ( 10 ) UNION SILVER - Middle Of The Road # 8
12 ( 13 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent # 4
13 ( NEW ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ - The Doobie Brothers # 13
14 ( 7 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
15 ( 9 ) HELLO, HELLO, I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
16 ( 25 ) ROCK ‘N ROLL BAND - Abba # 16
17 ( 17 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
18 ( 18 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
19 ( 29 ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes # 19
20 ( NEW ) FOREVER AND EVER - Demis Roussos # 20

21 ( 36 ) NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - Alice Cooper # 21
22 ( 12 ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 10
23 ( 22 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
24 ( 15 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 9
25 ( 27 ) ROCK A DOODLE DOO - Linda Lewis # 24
26 ( 14 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
27 ( 21 ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip # 16
28 ( 20 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
29 ( 33 ) I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA - The Intruders # 29
30 ( 16 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8

31 ( NEW ) OOH LA LA - The Faces # 31
32 ( 24 ) MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 24
33 ( 23 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
34 ( 32 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
35 ( 31 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1
36 ( 53 ) DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music # 36
37 ( 37 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
38 ( NEW ) CRACKED ACTOR - David Bowie # 38
39 ( 26 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
40 ( 19 ) RING RING - Abba # 10

41 ( 30 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
42 ( 42 ) MEAN GIRL - Status Quo # 42
43 ( 38 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
44 ( 28 ) ELECTRIC SLIM & THE FACTORY HEN - T.Rex # 25
45 ( 47 ) GIVING IT ALL AWAY - Roger Daltrey # 45
46 ( 45 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
47 ( 39 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
48 ( 48 ) WAM BAM - The Handley Family # 48
49 ( 40 ) DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - Kincade # 14
50 ( 50 ) AUBREY - Bread # 6

51 ( 34 ) MONEY - Pink Floyd # 5
52 ( 46 ) ANOTHER TOWN ANOTHER TRAIN - Abba # 29
53 ( 35 ) MAMA WAS A ROCK AND ROLL SINGER PAPA USED TO WRITE ALL HER SONGS - Sonny & Cher # 30
54 ( 72 ) NINA PRETTY BALLERINA - Abba # 54
55 ( NEW ) THE PRETTIEST STAR (’73) - David Bowie # 55
56 ( 62 ) HAIL - Redbone # 56
57 ( 54 ) BROKEN DOWN ANGEL - Nazareth # 54
58 ( 71 ) D’YER MAK’ER - Led Zeppelin # 58
59 ( 49 ) ONE GIRL TOO LATE - Brenda & The Tabulations # 20
60 ( 66 ) LEAVING ME - The Independents # 60

61 ( 59 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
62 ( 41 ) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU - Miki Anthony # 8
63 ( 74 ) NEVERTHELESS (I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 63
64 ( 51 ) I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK’N’ROLL BAND) - The Moody Blues # 9
65 ( 44 ) REELIN’ IN THE YEARS - Steely Dan # 38
66 ( NEW ) ONLY IN YOUR HEART - America # 66
67 ( NEW ) PANIC IN DETROIT - David Bowie # 67
68 ( NEW ) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU? - Highly Likely # 68
69 ( NEW ) MAMA’S LITTLE GIRL - Dusty Springfield # 69
70 ( 43 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 20

71 ( NEW ) LOVE ISN’T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH) - Abba # 71
72 ( NEW ) I AM JUST A GIRL - Abba # 72
73 ( 75 ) EVERYDAY - Don McLean # 73
74 ( NEW ) BAD BAD LEROY BROWN - Jim Croce # 74
75 ( NEW ) WHO GETS YOUR LOVE - Dusty Springfield # 75




8th April 1973 My chart that week then wot I actually liked then

It's 4 weeks on top for Love Train as the only new top 10 track is Gary Glitter grabbing a 4th top 5 in a row. Carly Simon is new at 23 with the lovely Right Thing To Do, her second chart hit, and Bowie is back with Drive-In Saturday, another futuristic song for his new persona Aladdin Sane, in at 24, but he was now at the stage where he didn't feel the need to turn up on Top Of The Pops - he was that big! 1973 was the year of Bowie, singles and albums.

The Supremes bring some Bad Weather as their Motown classic run draws to an end at 26, while Duelling Banjos drop out of the movie Deliverance for a bit of folk music twangy instrumentalism. Burt Reynolds had made the leap into movies after a few years on TV. In at 29, Wizzard get an early start with radio plays ahead of release, for the fabulous Phil Spector-ish wall of sound that is See My Baby Jive, and Roy Wood was my new top popstar poster boy - not Bowie! Finally Lynsey De Paul sneaks in with a flop single, All Night, which I liked even if no-one else did much.

At the cinema I'd been to see Lost Horizon, the Burt Bacharach musical, these days derided as a terrible film (but fun to watch) but I liked the songs, so I was happy. On TV THe Wombles gave kids and the fab Bernard Bresslaw something to enjoy, and Top Of The Pops was glamtastic. 

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

11 ( 10 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
12 ( 11 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
13 ( 12 ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
14 ( 26 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent
15 ( 13 ) TWEEDLEDEE - Little Jimmy Osmond
16 ( 15 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
17 ( 14 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard
18 ( 18 ) DOCTOR MY EYES - The Jackson 5
19 ( 22 ) I AM A CLOWN - David Cassidy
20 ( 19 ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan

21 ( 21 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
22 ( 16 ) PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME - The New Seekers
23 ( NEW ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon
24 ( NEW ) DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - David Bowie
25 ( 20 ) NEVER NEVER NEVER - Shirley Bassey
26 ( NEW ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes
27 ( NEW ) DUELING BANJOS - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
28 ( 17 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family
29 ( NEW ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard
30 ( NEW ) ALL NIGHT - Lynsey De Paul