Haven Retro Combined Chart : 28.04.1973

[smokeyb]

Wizzard beat David Bowie's big jump to number 1 last week from 8th, as they jump up from 10th place to the top.



David Bowie slips down to 2, after just 1 week at the top, he misses out by just 2 points.



Gary Glitter is down a place at 3, Hot Chocolate are up to 4 and Paul McCartney & Wings are up to 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week,the highest is Gene Pitney at number 23.



The biggest climber is the Doobie Brothers who jump up 31 places to number 9.



The biggest faller is Roberta Flack who drops 30 places.

[smokeyb]

28.04.1973 (Week # 17)

1 (10) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive - 132 points (10-1) 2 wks
2 (01) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday - 130 points (8-1-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again - 109 points (15-3-2-3) 4 wks
4 (07) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie - 96 points (20-7-4) 3 wks
5 (08) Paul McCartney & Wings – My Love - 78 points (29-15-8-5) 4 wks
6 (04) Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - 78 points (16-9-6-5-6-5-4-6) 8 wks
7 (12) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away - 71 points (31-12-7) 3 wks
8 (03) O’Jays - Love Train - 69 points (33-27-25-31-38-40-x-40-36-x-28-17-20-20-17-19-12-7-6-3-4-4-2-3-8) 23 wks
9 (40) Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' - 66 points (40-9) 2 wks
10 (32) Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy - 60 points (32-10) 2 wks
11 (09) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy - 58 points (2-2-1-1-1-6-9-11) 8 wks
12 (06) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down - 54 points (8-6-3-1-6-12) 6 wks
13 (05) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama - 53 points (27-13-7-7-7-7-5-13) 8 wks
14 (14) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 50 points (29-30-21-13-14-14) 6 wks
15 (26) Status Quo - Mean Girl - 49 points (26-15) 2 wks
16 (16) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends - 46 points (12-4-3-2-4-16-16) 7 wks
17 (15) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do - 45 points (37-19-17-15-17) 5 wks
18 (11) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You - 45 points (16-11-14-11-18) 5 wks
19 (13) Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years - 44 points (31-21-18-10-11-13-19) 7 wks
20 (23) Roxy Music - Do The Strand - 44 points (23-20) 2 wks
21 (17) David Cassidy - I Am A Clown - 39 points (12-8-9-17-21) 5 wks
22 (19) Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side - 38 points (20-21-19-22) 4 wks
23 (NE) Gene Pitney – 24 Sycamore - 34 points 1 wk
24 (33) Supremes - Bad Weather - 33 points (33-24) 2 wks
25 (RE) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 30 points (26-17-26-27-27-23-24-24-23-26-24-33-x-25) 13 wks
26 (22) Geordie - All Because Of You - 29 points (34-25-22-19-22-26) 6 wks
27 (25) Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - 26 points (23-23-25-27) 4 wks
28 (40) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 25 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29-40-28) 9 wks
29 (20) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize - 25 points (2-1-1-2-2-5-10-20-29) 9 wks
30 (NE) Perry Como - And I Love You So - 24 points 1 wk
31 (30) Mud - Crazy - 22 points (29-21-17-11-9-12-30-31) 8 wks
32 (NE) Anne Marie David - Wonderful Dream - 21 points 1 wk
33 (34) Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love - 20 points (20-13-11-14-15-13-24-34-33) 9 wks
34 (31) Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You - 20 points (27-28-31-34) 4 wks
35 (35) Lou Reed - Perfect Day - 20 points (35-35) 2 wks
36 (38) Jackson 5 - Skywriter - 20 points (38-36) 2 wks
37 (21) Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) - 19 points (30-32-30-32-31-34-33-32-31-30-21-37) 12 wks
38 (NE) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown - 19 points 1 wk
39 (28) Carpenters – Sing - 18 points (27-24-20-15-19-19-26-27-28-39) 10 wks
40 (37) SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You - 18 points (32-37-40) 3 wks
40 (24) Shirley Bassey – Never, Never, Never - 18 points (40-32-23-13-13-16-22-24-40) 9 wks

Dropped Out
42 (36) Liza Minnelli - Cabaret - 17 points (38-36)
47 (39) Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo - 14 points (39)
48 (27) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never - 14 points (26-26-26-24-26-27)
53 (18) Dobie Gray – Drift Away - 12 points (28-23-18-14-16-14-14-16-18)
59 (29) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me - 10 points (25-12-8-4-5-3-5-8-12-18-29)
70 (40) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song - 7 points (37-25-21-15-6-3-3-4-12-10-17-25-40)

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 05.05.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 04-05-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn

(27) STATUS QUO – Mean Girl  
(NEW) 10cc – Rubber Bullets
(20) PERRY COMO – And I Love You So  
(9) HOT CHOCOLATE – Brother Louie 
(NEW) LYNSEY DE PAUL – All Night
(11) ROGER DALTREY – Giving It All Away  
(30) THE DETROIT SPINNERS – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love  
(2) GARY GLITTER – Hello! Hello! I’m Back Again
(4) THE SWEET – Hell Raiser 
(6) WIZZARD – See My Baby Jive 
(1) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 05.05.1973

1 (NE) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Various Artists - Believe In Music (2 wk) (# 2)
3 (6) Various Artists - 40 Fantastic Hits From 50's/60's (5 wk) (# 2)
4 (1) Faces - Ooh-La-La (3 wk) (# 1)
5 (NE) The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1 wk) (# 5)
6 (NE) The Beatles - 1962-1966 (1 wk) (# 6)
7 (8) Various Artists - 20 Flashback Greats Of The Sixties (6 wk) (# 1)
8 (9) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (7 wk) (# 1)
9 (4) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front (25 wk) (# 1)
10 (3) Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (4 wk) (# 1)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (7 wks)
02 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (1 wk)
03 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (13 wks)
04 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (4 wks)
05 The Supremes – Bad Weather (3 wks)
06 Gene Pitney – 24 Sycamore (2 wks)
07 New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now (10 wks)
08 The Carpenters – Sing (11 wks)
09 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Daddy Could Swear I Declare (2 wks)
10 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Look of Love (10 wks)

11 Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (12 wks)
12 The Dells – Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (3 wks)
13 Wilson Pickett – Mr. Magic Man (4 wks)
14 The New Birth – I Can Understand It (7 wks)
15 Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways (13 wks)
16 Candi Staton – Do It In The Name Of Love (14 wks)
17 The O'Jays – Love Train (16 wks)
18 Al Green – Hot Wire (16 wks)
19 The Independents – Leaving Me (5 wks)
20 Tom Jones – Letter To Lucille (4 wks)

21 Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (14 wks)
22 Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song (15 wks)
23 The Whispers – Somebody Loves You (15 wks)
24 Jackson 5 – Hallelujah Day (8 wks)
25 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Yesterday I Had The Blues (10 wks)
26 Dobie Gray – Drift Away (11 wks)
27 The Stylistics – Break Up To Make Up (13 wks)
28 Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles (6 wks)
29 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough for You? (5 wks)
30 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (15 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: David Bowie - WATCH THAT MAN {Aladdin Sane LP track}
2 [2] :: Wizzard - SEE MY BABY JIVE
3 [1] :: Roxy Music - DO THE STRAND {For Your Pleasure LP track}
4 [3] :: Doobie Brothers - LONG TRAIN RUNNIN'
5 [6] :: Eagles - DESPERADO {Desperado LP track}
6 [new] :: David Bowie - CRACKED ACTOR {Aladdin Sane LP track}
7 [5] :: Status Quo - MEAN GIRL
8 [7] :: Deep Purple - WOMAN FROM TOKYO
9 [new] :: David Bowie - THE PRETTIEST STAR {Aladdin Sane LP track}
10 [new] :: Sweet - HELLRAISER
11 [9] :: Hot Chocolate - BROTHER LOUIE
12 [17] :: Detroit Spinners - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE
13 [4] :: Liza Minnelli - CABARET {Cabaret OST LP track}
14 [11] :: Don McLean - EVERYDAY
15 [10] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - MY LOVE
16 [12] :: Highly Likely - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU (Likely Lads Theme)
17 [14] :: David Bowie - DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
18 [15] :: Mud - CRAZY
19 [new] :: David Bowie - PANIC IN DETROIT {Aladdin Sane LP track}
20 [new] :: David Bowie - LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER {Aladdin Sane LP track}

[rubcale]

01 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
02 David Bowie Drive-In Saturday
03 Wizzard See My Baby Jive
04 O'Jays Love Train
05 Geordie All Because Of You
06 Status Quo Mean Girl
07 Judge Dread Big Eight
08 David Cassidy I Am A Clown
09 Nazareth Broken Down Angel
10 Supremes Bad Weather
11 Detroit Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
12 Gary Glitter Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again
13 Medicine Head One And One Is One
14 Roxy Music Pyjamarama
15 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do
16 Roger Daltrey Giving It All Away
17 Deodato Sprach Zara Zarathustra
18 Don McLean Everyday
19 Wings My Love
20 Cliff Richard Power To All My Friends

[raliverpool]

01 Lou Reed - Perfect Day (5wks 24-9-2-1-1)
02 Roxy Music - Do The Strand (4wks 21-7-4-2)
03 Faces - Ooh La La (3wks 21-8-3)
04 David Bowie - Drive In Saturday (4wks 19-9-6-4)
05 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You (5wks 23-12-3-3-5)
06 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (6wks 26-6-1-1-2-6)
07 Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (4wks 25-13-9-7)
08 Gram Parsons - She (4wks 35-20-13-8)
09 Dobie Gray - Drift Away (5wks 29-14-6-5-9)
10 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (3wks 28-16-10)

11 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (3wks 24-15-11)
12 Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years (4wks 30-19-14-12)
13 Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love (2wks 20-13)
14 Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (3wks 29-18-14)
15 Pink Floyd - Breathe (2wks 21-15)
16 Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (4wks 32-23-17-16)
17 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (4wks 20-14-11-17)
18 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (6wks 28-14-10-8-10-18)
19 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy (2wks 24-19)
20 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out Of The Question (4wks 33-26-23-20)

21 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (7wks 26-16-10-5-4-7-21)
22 Sweet - Hell Raiser (1wk 22 NEW)
23 T Rex - Electric Slim & The Factory Hen (2wks 27-23)
24 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down (7wks 8-3-1-2-5-12-24)
25 David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again (5wks 28-17-15-19-26)
27 Geordie - All Because Of You (4wks 29-27-26-27)

28 New York City - I'm Doin' Fine Now (1wk 28 NEW)

29 Status Quo - Mean Girl (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Neil Sedaka - Solitaire (3wks 35-31-30)

31 Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Todd Rundgren - Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree (5wks 34-24-22-25-33)
34 Supremes - Bad Weather (2wks 39-34)
35 Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (3wks 36-33-35)
36 Fleetwood Mac - Remember Me (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jackson 5 - Hallelujah Day (2wks 40-38)
39 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (8wks 28-18-11-7-6-10-22-39)

40 Stooges - Search & Destroy (1wk 40 NEW)

The Thom Bell co-written & produced Philly soul track (later covered by the Pasadenas) reached USA #17 (R&B #14) & UK #20 New York based R&B vocal group, whose backing musicians included (the first appearance of) Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards (whom I will feature on many occasions in the future).

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – 2oth Century Boy
02(02) Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown
03(07) Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
04(10) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
05(11) Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
06(03) Roger Daltrey – Giving It All Away
07(12) Wizzard – See My Baby Jive
08(04) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
09(06) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
10(05) Gary Glitter – Hello Hello I’m Back Again

11(13) Perry Como – And I Love You So
12(09) Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie
13(27) Anne-Marie David – Wonderful Dream
14(--) Fleetwood Mac – Remember Me
15(08) Argent – God Gave Rock And Roll To You
16(--) Sweet - Hell Raiser
17(14) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Get Down
18(16) Judge Dread – Big Eight
19(15) Dobie Gray – Drift Away
20(--) Medicine Head – One And One Is One

21(--) Nazareth – Broken Down Angel
22(17) The Carpenters – Sing
23(29) Gene Pitney – 24 Sycamore
24(--) Michael Jackson – With A Child’s Heart
25(18) Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize
26(21) The Supremes – Bad Weather
27(23) Highly Likely – Whatever Happened To You
28(20) Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years
29(--) Detroit Emeralds – You Want It, You Got It
30(--) Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart – I’ve Been Drinking

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) See My Baby Jive - Wizzard < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
3 ( 2 ) Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed (#1[3])
4 ( 4 ) Giving It All Away - Roger Daltrey
5 ( 5 ) Hello Hello I'm Back Again - Gary Glitter (#4)
6 ( 7 ) Drive-In Saturday - David Bowie
7 ( 11 ) I'm Doin' Fine Now - New York City
8 ( 8 ) No More Mr Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
9 ( 6 ) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder (#3)
10 ( 12 ) And I Love You So - Perry Como

11 ( 16 ) Armed And Extremely Dangerous - First Choice
12 ( -- ) Hell Raiser - Sweet
13 ( 9 ) Brother Louie - Hot Chocolate (#9)
14 ( 14 ) Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
15 ( -- ) One And One Is One - Medicine Head
16 ( 10 ) Out Of The Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#9)
17 ( 25 ) Thinking Of You - Loggins & Messina
18 ( 18 ) Hey Mama - Joe Brown
19 ( 28 ) 24 Sycamore - Gene Pitney
20 ( 21 ) A Letter To Lucille - Tom Jones

21 ( 15 ) Drift Away - Dobie Gray (#11)
22 ( 13 ) I Am A Clown - David Cassidy (#4)
23 ( -- ) Broken Down Angel - Nazareth
24 ( 17 ) My Love - Wings (#14)
25 ( 24 ) Hallelujah Day - Jackson 5 (#24)
26 ( 29 ) Pillow Talk - Sylvia
27 ( 22 ) Wam Bam - Handley Family (#21)
28 ( 19 ) Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (#9)
29 ( 39 ) Leaving Me - Independents
30 ( 23 ) The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon (#16)

31 ( 27 ) One Man Band (Plays All Alone) - Ronnie Dyson (#26)
32 ( 40 ) Wonderful Dream - Anne-Marie David
33 ( 20 ) 20th Century Boy - T Rex (#1[2])
34 ( 34 ) Bad Weather - Supremes
35 ( 31 ) Mean Girl - Status Quo (#31)
36 ( 36 ) Big Eight - Judge Dread
37 ( 26 ) Power To All Our Friends - Cliff Richard (#5)
38 ( 35 ) Oh La De Da - Staple Singers (#33)
39 ( -- ) The Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
40 ( -- ) It Sure Took A Long Long Time - Lobo

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-- ( 30 ) God Gave Rock And Roll To You - Argent (#11)
-- ( 32 ) Tweedle Dee - Little Jimmy Osmond (#20)
-- ( 33 ) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[1])
-- ( 37 ) Bitter Bad - Melanie (#29)
-- ( 38 ) Good Grief Christina - Chicory Tip (#25)

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-- ( -- ) I Can Understand It - New Birth
-- ( -- ) I've Been Drinking - Jeff Beck Group
-- ( -- ) I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby - Barry White
-- ( -- ) Steamroller Blues - Elvis Presley

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[o]

1 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
2 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I`m Back Again
3 Roxy Music – Pyjamarama
4 O'Jays - Love Train
5 Status Quo - Mean Girl
6 T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
7 Paul McCartney & Wings – My love
8 Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
9 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel
10 Medicine Head - One And One Is One
11 Sweet – Hell-raiser
12 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
13 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
14 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie

[smokeyb]

1 (1) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday (4 wks)
2 (2) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (3 wks)
3 (4) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away (4 wks)
4 (6) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie (4 wks)
5 (7) Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy (3 wks)
6 (5) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love (5 wks)
7 (12) Status Quo - Mean Girl (4 wks)
8 (3) Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years (9 wks)
9 (13) The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running (3 wks)
10 (14) Roxy Music - Do The Strand (4 wks)
11 (8) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (9 wks)
12 (NE) Sweet - Hell Raiser (1 wk)
13 (15) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (3 wks)
14 (9) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (7 wks)
15 (10) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do (6 wks)
16 (18) The Faces - Ooh La La (3 wks)
17 (19) Tom Jones - Letter To Lucille (4 wks)
18 (22) Highly Likely - Whatever Happened To You (3 wks)
19 (27) America - Only In Your Heart (2 wks)
20 (25) Supremes - Bad Weather (3 wks)
21 (NE) Medicine Head - One And One Is One (1 wk)
22 (NE) Nazareth - Broken Down Angel (1 wk)
23 (NE) Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (1 wk)
24 (33) Anne Marie David - Wonderful Dream (2 wks)
25 (11) T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (9 wks)
26 (21) Judge Dread - Big Eight (3 wks)
27 (37) The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (2 wks)
28 (NE) Jeff Beck Group - I've Been Drinking (1 wk)
29 (NE) Detroit Emeralds -You Want It You Got It (1 wk)
30 (30) Joe Brown - Hey Mama (4 wks)
31 (NE) David Bowie - Panic In Detroit (1 wk)
32 (NE) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1 wk)
33 (NE) David Bowie - Watch That Man (1 wk)
34 (NE) David Bowie - Time (1 wk)
35 (38) Tremeloes - Ride On (2 wks)
36 (NE) David Bowie - Prettiest Star (1 wk)
37 (NE) David Bowie - Cracked Actor (1 wk)
38 (NE) David Bowie - Let's Spend The Night Together (1 wk)
39 (NE) David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul (1 wk)
40 (20) Don McLean - Everyday (4 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 26.04.1973

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

[Smurfie]

1) Anne Marie David - Wonderful Dream
2) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
3) Supremes - Bad Weather
4) Perry Como - And I Love You So
5) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
6) Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
7) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
8) Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You
9) The O'Jays - Love Train
10) Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
11) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
12) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
13) Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
14) Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
15) Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
16) Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
17) Sweet - Hell Raiser
18) Detroit Emeralds -You Want It You Got It
19) Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
20) Gene Pitney - 24 Sycamore

[popchartfreak]

22nd April 1973

It's straight in at 1 for a 2nd Retro chart-topper from The Sweet, the explodingly Glam fabness of Hell Raiser, the first single a young George Michael bought. That holds off the equally fab Gene Pitney at 2 for his biggest retro hit to date - but his greatest records predate 1967, and I hope to do 1960 to 1966 one day. New in at 4 the best record from the Eurovision Song Contest - Luxembourg won (see Anne-Marie David at 16), the UK came 4th, but the winner should have been Spain's Mocedades with the soaring fabness of Eres Tu, a huge hit in the USA and much of the Spanish-speaking world. The Doobie Brothers get a 2nd top 10 at 8 and the only reason it's not higher is the sheer volume of classic records around, ditto Roxy Music's 3rd top 10 with Do The Strand at 10.

Broadway's musical sensation is A Little Night Music, and from the album of the show, the wonderful British actress Glynis Johns, of many a film and TV show - see Mary Poppins - gives an amazing rendition of Send In The Clowns. Judy Collins would get the UK hit version in 2 years time, and she's a flawless singer, but Glynis has the emotion for me. She's not a singer so much as living the words. New at 17, while David Cassidy at 18 has a final Partridge Family chart moment with his good cover of The Ronettes' fab Walking In The Rain, also covered beautifully by The Walker Brothers. 

Barry Blue has been writing songs with Lynsey De Paul under their aliases Green & Ruben (see Lynsey at 72) but he starts his oen pop chart career doing his own version of the Greek-flavoured Dancin' (On A Saturday Night) - Mardi Gras unwisely turned it down, it would have been an enormous hit for them, as it was written in their style. Back at 50, and back for a 3rd run in the US charts ahead of it's UK debut, it's Monster Mash, still the best Halloween record bar none, and still regularly popping into the UK charts at the end of October 50 years later.

Finally The James Boys were one of the very many pre-voice-breaking teen wannabees around in the UK after Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond set the trend, and Over And Over was a decent tune that got played on Junior's Choice at the time, and Desmond Dekker had a flop with the jolly Sing A Little Song, but hey, re-record, wait 2 years, and it'll be the follow-up to the re-recorded Israelites chart hit in 1975 and charting too. 


1 ( NEW ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
2 ( 3 ) 24 SYCAMORE - Gene Pitney # 2
3 ( 2 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
4 ( NEW ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 4
5 ( 1 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5 # 1
6 ( 4 ) BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate # 1
7 ( 5 ) ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack and Peace # 2
8 ( 11 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ - The Doobie Brothers # 8
9 ( 8 ) I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY - Barry White # 1
10 ( 24 ) DO THE STRAND - Roxy Music # 10

11 ( 16 ) FOREVER AND EVER - Demis Roussos # 11
12 ( 7 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia # 1
13 ( 6 ) DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - David Bowie # 3
14 ( 10 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex # 1
15 ( 9 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone # 1
16 ( 20 ) WONDERFUL DREAM - Anne-Marie David # 16
17 ( NEW ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 17
18 ( NEW ) WALKING IN THE RAIN - The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Starring Shirley Jones # 18
19 ( 41 ) ELECTRIC SLIM & THE FACTORY HEN - T.Rex # 19
20 ( 23 ) CRACKED ACTOR - David Bowie # 20

21 ( 31 ) THE WORLD IS A CIRCLE - Lost Horizon Original Soundtrack # 21
22 ( 14 ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes # 14
23 ( 26 ) I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA - The Intruders # 23
24 ( 12 ) HELLO, HELLO, I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
25 ( 21 ) NO MORE MR. NICE GUY - Alice Cooper # 21
26 ( 13 ) ONE AND ONE IS ONE - Medicine Head # 10
27 ( 27 ) UNION SILVER - Middle Of The Road # 8
28 ( 18 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
29 ( 22 ) ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - First Choice # 1
30 ( 15 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent # 4

31 ( 19 ) CRAZY - Mud # 1
32 ( 32 ) MEAN GIRL - Status Quo # 32
33 ( 33 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
34 ( 25 ) ROCK A DOODLE DOO - Linda Lewis # 24
35 ( 28 ) OOH LA LA - The Faces # 28
36 ( 29 ) I’M DOIN’ FINE NOW - New York City # 9
37 ( 46 ) PANIC IN DETROIT - David Bowie # 37
38 ( 49 ) ONLY IN YOUR HEART - America # 38
39 ( 30 ) A LETTER TO MYSELF - The Chi-Lites # 1
40 ( 17 ) ROCK ‘N ROLL BAND - Abba # 16

41 ( 53 ) THE PRETTIEST STAR (’73) - David Bowie # 41
42 ( 75 ) I LIKE YOU - Donovan # 42
43 ( 34 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
44 ( NEW ) DANCIN’ (ON A SATURDAY NIGHT) - Barry Blue # 44
45 ( 37 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 2
46 ( 40 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
47 ( 74 ) ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME - Stephen Stills & Manassas # 47
48 ( 38 ) YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - Stevie Wonder featuring Jim Gilstrap & Lani Groves # 10
49 ( 45 ) GIVING IT ALL AWAY - Roger Daltrey # 45
50 ( NEW ) MONSTER MASH - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers # 50

51 ( 70 ) NEVERTHELESS (I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 51
52 ( 52 ) NINA PRETTY BALLERINA - Abba # 52
53 ( 56 ) HAIL - Redbone # 53
54 ( 58 ) MAMA’S LITTLE GIRL - Dusty Springfield # 54
55 ( 47 ) WAM BAM - The Handley Family # 47
56 ( 79 ) THE FREE ELECTRIC BAND - Albert Hammond # 56
57 ( 57 ) D’YER MAK’ER - Led Zeppelin # 57
58 ( 60 ) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU? - Highly Likely # 58
59 ( 69 ) BAD BAD LEROY BROWN - Jim Croce # 59
60 ( 44 ) SYLVIA - Focus # 1

61 ( 43 ) FRANKENSTEIN - The Edgar Winter Group # 1
62 ( 42 ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
63 ( 55 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
64 ( 36 ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip # 16
65 ( 48 ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 1
66 ( 51 ) PJYAMARAMA - Roxy Music # 4
67 ( 50 ) RING RING - Abba # 10
68 ( 54 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade # 7
69 ( 35 ) MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 24
70 ( 64 ) WHO GETS YOUR LOVE - Dusty Springfield # 64

71 ( 39 ) STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealer’s Wheel # 8
72 ( 78 ) ALL NIGHT - Lynsey De Paul # 72
73 ( 76 ) ONE OF A KIND (LOVE AFFAIR) - The Detroit Spinners # 73
74 ( 77 ) THE MORNING AFTER - Maureen McGovern # 74
75 ( 68 ) EVERYDAY - Don McLean # 68
76 ( 72 ) I AM JUST A GIRL - Abba # 72
77 ( 71 ) LOVE ISN’T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH) - Abba # 71
78 ( 80 ) DESPERADO - The Eagles # 78
79 ( NEW ) OVER AND OVER - The James Boys # 79
80 ( NEW ) SING A LITTLE SONG - Desmond Dekker # 80


22nd April 1973 My Charts of The time

It's 6 weeks on top for The O'Jays' Love Train and 4 weeks at 2 for Mud's Crazy, but Wizzard's See My Baby Jive is about to become my fave record for the next 10 weeks, up to 3. Chicory Tip get a 3rd synthrockpop top 10 with Good Grief Christina, and highest new entry is a 6th chart hit for Hot Chocolate as they go full-on soul with the marvellous Brother Louie, an American-sounding track except for the English accents, new at 21.

The Handley Family have a fun bit of old-time Ragtime pop at 25, Wam Bam, totally forgotten these days even by folk who were around at the time, and fresh from winning Eurovision Anne-Marie David does a very good English-language version of the French-language Luxembourg entry, Tu Te Reconnaitras, but Wonderful Dream is easier to type. Spain should have won though, with Eres Tu from Mocedades, a future US and Spanish-speaking nations hit.

The New Seekers feature Eve Graham on a smooth soul-styled MOR ballad, nevertheless at 28, and proper Philly soul continues to make chart inroads as The Spinners debut at 30 - not the Irish folk band, so they had to put Detroit in front of their name to make that plain in the UK market, and the marvellous Could It Be I'm falling In Love is at 30. 


1 ( 1 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O'Jays
2 ( 2 ) CRAZY - Mud
3 ( 22 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard
4 ( 3 ) HELLO HELLO I’M BACK AGAIN - Gary Glitter
5 ( 4 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
6 ( 5 ) ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Geordie
7 ( 7 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon
8 ( 8 ) DRIVE-IN SATURDAY - David Bowie
9 ( 6 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME - The Detroit Emeralds
10 ( 20 ) GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA - Chicory Tip

11 ( 9 ) PYJAMARAMA - Roxy Music
12 ( 10 ) 20th CENTURY BOY - T.Rex
13 ( 11 ) HEART OF STONE - Kenny
14 ( 14 ) GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU - Argent
15 ( 13 ) WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas
16 ( 15 ) TWEEDLEDEE - Little Jimmy Osmond
17 ( 16 ) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Slade
18 ( 18 ) I AM A CLOWN - David Cassidy
19 ( 17 ) POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS - Cliff Richard
20 ( 19 ) GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan

21 ( NEW ) BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate
22 ( 21 ) KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack
23 ( 23 ) BAD WEATHER - The Supremes
24 ( 27 ) MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings
25 ( NEW ) WAM BAM - The Handley Family
26 ( 30 ) SING - The Carpenters
27 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL DREAM - Anne-Marie David
28 ( NEW ) NEVERTHELESS (I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - The New Seekers/ Eve Graham
29 ( 12 ) GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE - Jimmy Helms
30 ( NEW ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners