Haven Retro Combined Chart : 15.09.1973

[smokeyb]

David Essex holds on for a 3rd week at the top, but only has a 4 point gap to his nearest rivals



who are the Rolling Stones who are up to 2, Wizzard slip to 3, Ike & Tina Turner are up to 4 and



Status Quo are up to number 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest are Mott The Hoople at 8



and Manfred Mann's Earthband at 12.



There are some huge jumpers in this week's chart:



Rod Stewart up 30 places to number 7

Bobby Borris Pickett up 30 places to number 10

Status Quo up 24 places to number 5



The biggest faller is First Choice who drop off the chart from number 33.

[smokeyb]

15.09.1973 (Week # 37)

1 (01) David Essex - Rock On - 146 points (19-2-1-1-1) 5 wks
2 (03) Rolling Stones - Angie - 142 points (13-3-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Wizzard - Angel Fingers - 140 points (2-2-3) 3 wks
4 (08) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 109 points (8-4) 2 wks
5 (29) Status Quo - Caroline - 90 points (29-5) 2 wks
6 (04) 10CC - The Dean And I - 89 points (25-7-4-6) 4 wks
7 (37) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby - 77 points (37-7) 2 wks
8 (NE) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis - 74 points (8) 1 wk
9 (05) Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces - 62 points (30-13-11-5-9) 5 wks
10 (40) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash - 55 points (40-10) 2 wks
11 (18) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 53 points (31-30-18-11) 4 wks
12 (NE) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer - 51 points (12) 1 wk
13 (10) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) - 45 points (28-32-39-x-24-14-9-8-8-10-13) 10 wks
14 (11) Cher – Half Breed - 44 points (36-18-18-19-29-11-14) 7 wks
15 (12) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 40 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3-5-2-3-5-12-15) 16 wks
16 (14) Barry Blue – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) - 38 points (17-7-4-4-9-14-16) 7 wks
17 (26) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 36 points (22-26-17) 3 wks
18 (15) Free – All Right Now - 35 points (34-19-15-13-13-17-19-15-18) 9 wks
19 (06) Drifters - Like Brother And Sister - 32 points (30-10-12-6-6-19) 6 wks
20 (32) Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man - 31 points (32-20) 2 wks
21 (19) Donny Osmond - Young Love - 31 points (21-18-19-21) 4 wks
22 (31) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 31 points (31-22) 2 wks
23 (09) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash - 28 points (28-6-1-1-1-3-9-23) 8 wks
24 (20) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free - 28 points (30-28-24-24-17-20-24) 7 wks
25 (16) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning - 27 points (26-12-7-4-4-4-7-10-14-16-25) 11 wks
26 (23) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt - 27 points (32-25-23-26) 4 wks
27 (25) Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic - 26 points (40-14-8-8-6-6-10-25-27) 9 wks
28 (13) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 25 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-1-3-5-4-13-28) 12 wks
29 (NE) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 25 points (29) 1 wk
30 (07) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine - 24 points (15-12-7-30) 4 wks
31 (38) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 22 points (27-20-20-16-28-38-31) 7 wks
32 (28) Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together - 20 points (37-24-28-32) 4 wks
33 (30) Elvis Presley – Fool - 20 points (27-23-32-30-33) 5 wks
34 (34) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34) 26 wks
35 (40) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 20 points (28-17-13-12-15-38-x-40-35) 8 wks
36 (35) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36) 15 wks
37 (NE) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 19 points (37) 1 wk
38 (21) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 19 points (27-22-16-16-14-20-21-38) 8 wks
39 (40) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 18 points (37-30-33-39-39-39-40-40-39) 9 wks
40 (RE) 10CC - Speed Kills - 18 points (35-33-34-38-x-40) 5 wks

Dropped Out
42 (36) Pink Floyd - Time - 17 points (34-36)
45 (27) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You - 15 points (28-22-21-27)
48 (39) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 15 points (40-36-39)
62 (22) Hot Chocolate - Rumours - 10 points (32-32-37-x-22-20-23-22)
63 (24) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - 9 points (5-2-1-3-5-9-15-24)
69 (17) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now -7 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29-40-28-27-17-14-20-28-x-18-16-11-8-7-16-17)
- (33) First Choice - Smarty Pants - 0 points (21-11-18-26-33)

[smokeyb]

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 22.09.1973

1 (2) Wizzard - Angel Fingers (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (NE) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) David Essex - Rock On (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (21) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) The Rolling Stones - Angie (4 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby (3 wk) (# 6)
7 (1) Donny Osmond - Young Love (6 wk) (# 1)
8 (4) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night (8 wk) (# 2)
9 (6) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes (11 wk) (# 5)
10 (24) Perry Como - For The Good Times (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (10) 10CC - The Dean and I (5 wk) (# 10)
12 (12) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (8 wk) (# 12)
13 (8) Hudson Ford - Pick Up The Pieces (6 wk) (# 8)
14 (48) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (2 wk)(# 14)
15 (18) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt (6 wk) (# 15)
16 (11) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother (8 wk) (# 7)
17 (23) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (3 wk) (# 17)
18 (32) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (15) Elvis Presley - Fool (7 wk) (# 15)
20 (26) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (13) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (8 wk) (# 13)
22 (16) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (12 wk) (# 2)
23 (28) Status Quo - Caroline (3 wk) (# 23)
24 (9) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic (10 wk) (# 3)
25 (42) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (31) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (2 wk) (# 26)
27 (14) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time (8 wk) (# 9)
28 (17) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home (18 wk) (# 1)
29 (27) Jackson Five - Skywriter (3 wk) (# 27)
30 (22) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (7 wk) (# 18)
31 (19) First Choice - Smarty Pants (8 wk) (# 9)
32 (25) Gary Glitter - Leader of the Gang (I Am) (10 wk) (# 1)
33 (36) Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine (4 wk) (# 33)
34 (20) Medicine Head - Rising Sun (8 wk) (# 11)
35 (30) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You (7 wk) (# 27)
36 (37) Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together (5 wk) (# 31)
37 (41) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (29 wk) (# 1)
38 (29) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now (10 wk) (# 20)
39 (33) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (11 wk) (# 9)
40 (44) Aretha Franklin - Angel (3 wk) (# 40)
41 (34) Geordie - Electric Lady (5 wk) (# 32)
42 (35) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (9 wk) (# 3)
43 (NE) Isley Brothers - That Lady (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1 wk) (# 44)
45 (38) David Bowie – Life On Mars? (13 wk) (# 3)
46 (43) Perry Como - And I Love You So (23 wk) (# 3)
47 (39) The Goons - The Ying Tong Song (10 wk) (# 9)
48 (40) Mungo Jerry - Alright ,Alright, Alright (12 wk) (# 3)
49 (NE) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (1 wk)(# 49)
50 (NE) Charles Aznavour - The Old Fashioned Way (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 20-09-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(4) BOBBY ‘BORIS’ PICKETT & THE CRYPT KICKERS – Monster Mash  
(15) GUY DARRELL – I’ve Been Hurt 
(14) SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level
(17) MOTT THE HOOPLE – All The Way From Memphis
(26) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Ooh Baby 
(2) THE SWEET – Ballroom Blitz 
(NEW) ROGER DALTREY – Thinking 
(23) STATUS QUO – Caroline 
(18) IKE & TINA TURNER – Nutbush City Limits  
(1) WIZZARD – Angel Fingers
(20) MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – Joybringer 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 22.09.1973
1 (NE) Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) Peters & Lee - We Can Make It (13 wk) (# 1)
4 (2) Carpenters - Now And Then (12 wk) (# 2)
5 (4) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (21 wk) (# 1)
6 (5) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (29 wk) (# 3)
7 (19) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (11 wk) (# 7)
8 (11) Mott The Hoople - Mott (7 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (62 wk) (# 5)
10 (6) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (62 wk) (# 2)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (27 wks)
02 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (16 wks)
03 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (10 wks)
04 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (4 wks)
05 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (6 wks)
06 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (4 wks)
07 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (2 wks)
08 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (21 wks)
09 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (17 wks)
10 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (6 wks)

11 Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand The Rain (4 wks)
12 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (11 wks)
13 The Manhattans – You'd Better Believe It (1 wk)
14 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (17 wks)
15 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (15 wks)
16 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (14 wks)
17 The Sylvers – Stay Away from Me (6 wks)
18 Roberta Flack – Jesse (1 wk)
19 Millie Jackson – It Hurts So Good (3 wks)
20 The Stylistics – Peek-A-Boo (13 wks)

21 Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (12 wks)
22 Tyrone Davis – There It Is (9 wks)
23 The Chi Lites – Stoned Out Of My Mind (8 wks)
24 Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (7 wks)
25 Bloodstone – Natural High (6 wks)
26 The Jackson 5 – Get It Together (4 wks)
27 James Brown – Think (1973 Version) (7 wks)
28 The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (6 wks)
29 Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning (17 wks)
30 David Bowie – Life On Mars (13 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Wizzard Angel Fingers
02 Guy Darrell I've Been Hurt
03 Hudson-Ford Pick Up The Pieces
04 Rod Stewart Oh No Not My Baby
05 Sweet Ballroom Blitz
06 Rolling Stones Angie
07 David Essex Rock On
08 Mott The Hoople All The Way To Memphis
09 Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits
10 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Joybringer
11 Limmie & The Family Cookin' You Can Do Magic
12 Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level
13 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers Monster Mash
14 Jackson 5 Skywriter
15 Aretha Franklin Angel
16 Isley Brothers That Lady
17 David Bowie The Laughing Gnome
18 Drifters Like Brother And Sister
19 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On
20 Roger Daltrey I'm Free

[raliverpool]

01 Rolling Stones - Angie (4wks 32-5-1-1)
02 Wizzard - Angel Fingers (4wks 10-1-2-2)
03 David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things (3wks 25-7-3)
04 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (4wks 33-16-6-4)
05 Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (5wks 24-13-10-5-5)
06 David Essex - Rock On (5wks 35-12-3-3-6)
07 Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (1wk 7 NEW)
08 Cher - Half Breed (3wks 24-10-8)
09 Mott The Hoople - All The Way To Memphis (2wks 19-9)
10 Isley Brothers - That Lady (5wks 30-24-17-11-10)

11 Pink Floyd - Time (6wks 13-4-1-2-4-11)
12 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man (2wks 20-12)
13 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (3wks 30-18-13)
14 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (2wks 31-14)
15 Spinners - Ghetto Child (5wks 26-17-12-8-15)
16 10cc - The Dean & I (5wks 34-25-15-9-16)
17 Status Quo - Caroline (2wks 29-17)
18 Doobie Brothers - China Grove (2wks 27-18)
19 Hudson Ford - Pick Up The Pieces (4wks 35-19-13-19)
20 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Jackson Five - Skywriter (2wks 35-21)
22 Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn (8wks 23-16-10-9-7-8-14-22)
23 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (8wks 20-5-3-2-2-4-12-23)
24 Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (6wks 27-20-16-13-16-24)
25 Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby (3wks 31-25-25)
26 Van Morrison - Warm Love (4wks 37-28-26-26)
27 Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (2wks 34-27)
28 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (2wks 32-28)
29 Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (2wks 36-29)
30 Judee Sill - There's A Rugged Road (5wks 33-28-23-22-30)

31 Clifford T Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad (8wks 25-12-8-6-4-6-15-31)
32 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (4wks 36-29-28-32)
33 Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (5wks 21-19-21-24-33)
34 War - Gypsy Man (3wks 34-30-34)
35 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (6wks 31-15-9-7-17-36)
37 Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By (1wk 37 NEW)
38 David Bowie - Queen b**** (8wks 17-10-5-5-5-11-23-38)

39 New York Dolls - Trash (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Ohio Players - Ecstasy (1wk 40 NEW)

The hard rock proto punk group managed by Malcolm McLaren released this track as the first single from the group's self titled debut album, produced by Todd Rundgren. It was written by band members David Johansen & Sylvain Sylvain.

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 06.09.1973

1 (01) David Essex - Rock On
2 (14) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
3 (02) Wizzard - Angel Fingers
4 (New) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
5 (06) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby
6 (08) Status Quo - Caroline
7 (03) Rolling Stones - Angie
8 (17) Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
9 (26) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis
10 (39) Ike And Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
11 (04) Donny Osmond - Young Love
12 (05) Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night
13 (07) 10cc - The Dean And I
14 (27) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
15 (33) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby
16 (34) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer
17 (37) Jackson 5 - Skywriter
18 (New) Perry Como - For The Good Times
19 (20) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
20 (13) The Drifters - Like Sister, Like Brother
21 (09) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
22 (10) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
23 (11) David Bowie - Life On Mars?
24 (12) Free - All Right Now
25 (15) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?
26 (16) Limmie And The Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic
27 (18) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye
28 (19) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
29 (21) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine
30 (22) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
31 (23) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free
32 (New) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
33 (25) Elton John - Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting
34 (New) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
35 (29) Hotshots - Snoopy Vs The Red Baron
36 (31) Slade - Sqweeze Me, Pleeze Me
37 (32) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
38 (35) Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You
39 (New) Isley Brothers - That Lady
40 (40) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You

[smokeyb]

1 (1)The Rolling Stones - Angie (4 wks)
2 (2) Wizzard - Angel Fingers (4 wks)
3 (5) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (3 wks)
4 (10) Status Quo - Caroline (3 wks)
5 (3) 10CC - The Dean and I (5 wks)
6 (11) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (3 wks)
7 (NE) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (1 wk)
8 (4) David Essex - Rock On (6 wks)
9 (19) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (3 wks)
10 (14) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby (3 wks)
11 (22) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (2 wks)
12 (6) David Bowie – Life On Mars? (13 wks)
13 (13) The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (5 wks)
14 (7) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (8 wks)
15 (8) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (7 wks)
16 (16) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (4 wks)
17 (9) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time (8 wks)
18 (12) Hudson Ford - Pick Up The Pieces (6 wks)
19 (36) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (2 wks)
20 (20) Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine (4 wks)
21 (30) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (2 wks)
22 (15) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother (8 wks)
23 (31) Aretha Franklin - Angel (3 wks)
24 (17) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (8 wks)
25 (28) Jackson Five - Skywriter (3 wks)
26 (18) Hot Chocolate - Rumours (6 wks)
27 (21) Geordie - Electric Lady (5 wks)
28 (23) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (9 wks)
29 (NE) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (1 wk)
30 (24) Medicine Head - Rising Sun (8 wks)
31 (NE) Isley Brothers - That Lady (1 wk)
32 (NE) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1 wk)
33 (25) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You (7 wks)
34 (26) America - Muskrat Love (6 wks)
35 (27) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt (6 wks)
36 (29) Hawkwind - Urban Guerilla (7 wks)
37 (32) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (12 wks)
38 (33) Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band (9 wks)
39 (34) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now (10 wks)
40 (35) Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together (5 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
02(03) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis
03(--) Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
04(07) Status Quo – Caroline
05(01) Elvis Presley – Fool
06(05) 10cc – The Dean And I
07(13) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
08(04) Perry Como – For The Good Times
09(12) Aretha Franklin – Angel
10(18) Rod Stewart – Oh No Not My Baby

11(06) Free – All Right Now
12(16) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Joybringer
13(11) Rolling Stones – Angie
14(25) The Eagles – Outlaw Man
15(08) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
16(10) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
17(30) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Ooh Baby
18(19) The Jackson 5 – Skywriter
19(09) Rod Stewart – Twistin’ The Night Away
20(14) Wizzard – Angel Fingers

21(--) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
22(27) David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
23(--) Isley Brothers – That Lady
24(15) Nilsson – As Time Goes By
25(17) David Essex – Rock On
26(20) Cher – Half Breed
27(--) Paul Simon – Loves Me Like A Rock
28(21) First Choice – Smarty Pants
29(22) Hudson-Ford – Pick Up The Pieces
30(--) Charles Aznavour – The Old Fashioned Way

[o]

1 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
2 Rolling Stones - Angie
3 Status Quo – Caroline
4 David Essex - Rock On
5 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
6 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
7 10CC - The Dean and I
8 Free - All Right Now
9 Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
10 Cher - Half-breed
11 Geordie - Electric Lady
12 Perry Como - For The Good Times
13 Wizzard – Angel fingers
14 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
15 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

[Earl Purple]

No Laughing Gnome in the retro top 40? It climbs 6 places in my chart though into the top 10. It's good to see Status Quo doing well in the combi-chart, I'd have to say it's a bit unlucky to be stuck at #2 in my chart this week. This and Marguerita Time are my favourite Status Quo songs.

1 ( 1 ) Angel Fingers - Wizzard < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Caroline - Status Quo
3 ( -- ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
4 ( 5 ) Ghetto Child - Spinners
5 ( 2 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (#1[4])
6 ( 4 ) Angie - Rolling Stones (#4)
7 ( 8 ) Nutbush City Limits - Ike And Tina Turner
8 ( 12 ) All The Way From Memphis - Mott The Hoople
9 ( 15 ) Laughing Gnome - David Bowie
10 ( 11 ) Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

11 ( 17 ) Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
12 ( 9 ) Half-Breed - Cher (#9)
13 ( 6 ) The Dean And I - 10cc (#4)
14 ( 13 ) Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder (#13)
15 ( 7 ) Rock On - David Essex (#2[1])
16 ( 24 ) Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan
17 ( 18 ) Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
18 ( 10 ) Pick Up The Pieces - Hudson-Ford (#5)
19 ( 23 ) Skywriter - Jackson 5
20 ( 14 ) Our Last Song Together - Neil Sedaka (#9)

21 ( 27 ) Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
22 ( 29 ) Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) - Temptations
23 ( 35 ) You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty
24 ( 19 ) For The Good Times - Perry Como (#16)
25 ( 36 ) China Grove - Doobie Brothers
26 ( -- ) To Know You Is To Love You - B B King
27 ( 16 ) Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (#2[1])
28 ( 30 ) Everything Will Turn Out Fine - Stealers Wheel
29 ( 20 ) That Lady - Isley Brothers (#10)
30 ( 26 ) My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (#24)

31 ( 40 ) Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
32 ( 22 ) Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon (#13)
33 ( 25 ) Electric Lady - Geordie (#21)
34 ( -- ) The Old Fashioned Way - Charles Aznavour
35 ( 21 ) Smarty Pants - First Choice (#5)
36 ( -- ) Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
37 ( 33 ) There It Is - Tyrone Davis (#29)
38 ( 32 ) You Light Up My Life - Carole King (#17)
39 ( -- ) Ecstasy - Ohio Players
40 ( 28 ) Life On Mars - David Bowie (#1[5])

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-- ( 31 ) I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
-- ( 34 ) Dancing On A Saturday Night - Barry Blue (#7)
-- ( 37 ) Fool - Elvis Presley (#14)
-- ( 38 ) Rumours - Hot Chocolate (#26)
-- ( 39 ) We're An American Band - Grand Funk (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Get It Together - Jackson 5

[popchartfreak]

8th September 1973

It's a new number one for Manfred Mann, his first retro chart-topper, with Joybringer holding off the glam rok bombshell that is The Ballroom Blitz, The Sweet's greatest record just ahead of Hell Raiser, and that's a 5th or 6th top 10, 3 top 2's in a row. Rod Stewart gets a 3rd top 10, solo, plus one with Python Lee Jackson, and in a quiet week for new releases (no Record Mirror to comb through till next week, just Billboard magazine) it's a fairly slow chart. Seals & Croft get a 2nd chart entry, with We May Never Pass This Way Again - not quite up to Summer Breeze, but good. The Strawbs make it 3 - or rather dave Cousin does, as Hudson-Ford already are on their 3rd - with the decent Shine On Silver Sun, and I find that KC & The Sunshine Band (soon to change the music scene in 1974, end Glam and bring in disco) had an early single I'd not been aware of - new at 75, Blow Your Whistle is not bad, but way better to come.


1 ( 2 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
2 ( NEW ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 2
3 ( 1 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
4 ( 5 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
5 ( 6 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
6 ( 7 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
7 ( 3 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
8 ( 9 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 8
9 ( 4 ) ANGEL FINGERS (A TEEN BALLAD) - Wizzard # 4
10 ( 16 ) OH NO! NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart # 10

11 ( 10 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 10
12 ( 12 ) ROCK ON - David Essex # 8
13 ( 8 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 8
14 ( 14 ) CHINA GROVE - The Doobie Brothers # 14
15 ( 11 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 11
16 ( 15 ) HE’S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - Stevie Wonder # 15
17 ( 32 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo # 17
18 ( 18 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 6
19 ( 20 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople # 19
20 ( 17 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1

21 ( 19 ) A BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG - Glen Campbell # 14
22 ( 26 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
23 ( 22 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
24 ( 13 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 6
25 ( 35 ) MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 25
26 ( 30 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
27 ( 23 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20
28 ( 36 ) FAREWELL ANDROMEDA (WELCOME TO MY MORNING) - John Denver # 28
29 ( 38 ) ANGIE - The Rolling Stones # 29
30 ( 31 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1

31 ( 37 ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle # 3
32 ( 29 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
33 ( 33 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud # 1
34 ( 21 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 7
35 ( 27 ) HALF-BREED - Cher # 5
36 ( 28 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
37 ( 25 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC # 9
38 ( 49 ) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 38
39 ( 44 ) DAYDREAM - David Cassidy # 39
40 ( 56 ) STONED OUT OF MY MIND - The Chi-Lites # 40

41 ( 63 ) WHY IS EVERYBODY GOING HOME - Leo Sayer # 41
42 ( 40 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Undisputed Truth # 18
43 ( 39 ) MISS CLARKE AND THE COMPUTER - Roy Wood # 38
44 ( 53 ) OH LOVE WE FINALLY MADE IT - Love Unlimited # 35
45 ( 43 ) SONGS OF PRAISE - Roy Wood # 43
46 ( 50 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
47 ( 47 ) SUPERSTAR - Carl Anderson & Cast # 1
48 ( 42 ) COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE? - Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus & Cast # 2
49 ( 46 ) ANGEL - Aretha Franklin # 6
50 ( 54 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds # 10

51 ( 58 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
52 ( 52 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
53 ( 41 ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 19
54 ( 51 ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 5
55 ( 48 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT - Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson & Cast # 5
56 ( 57 ) SWEET ILLUSION - Junior Campbell # 4
57 ( 24 ) AS TIME GOES BY - Nilsson # 22
58 ( 59 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth # 8
59 ( 34 ) HEADLINE HUSTLER - 10CC # 25
60 ( 75 ) ALL I KNOW - Garfunkel # 60

61 ( 72 ) I’VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE - Barry White # 61
62 ( 55 ) TUBULAR BELLS SIDE 1 - Mike Oldfield # 3
63 ( 61 ) IS IT BECAUSE I’M BLACK - Ken Boothe # 10
64 ( NEW ) WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY (AGAIN) - Seals & Croft # 64
65 ( 62 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice # 35
66 ( 60 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings # 2
67 ( 45 ) UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE - Love Unlimited # 34
68 ( 68 ) PAPER ROSES - Marie Osmond # 68
69 ( 64 ) RUBBER BULLETS - 10CC # 1
70 ( 66 ) ELECTRIC LADY - Geordie # 62

71 ( 69 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
72 ( 70 ) OOH BABY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 70
73 ( 71 ) GET IT TOGETHER - The Jackson 5 # 64
74 ( NEW ) SHINE ON SILVER SUN - The Strawbs # 74
75 ( NEW ) BLOW YOUR WHISTLE - KC & The Sunshine Band # 75




8th September 1973 My actual chart of that week way back then

It's a quiet week back in 1973 this week, and also this week in my retro chart above, as Angel Fingers gets 2 weeks on top, with Monster Mash heading towards a novelty number 2 for Bobby Pickett & co - it's still a great Halloween song, and it already sounded old (10 years) in 1973, 50 years on and it's still known by all and sundry. 10CC get a 3rd top 5, and there's new entries from Rod Stewart and his unexpected cover of a Goffin & King 60's classic, Oh No Not My Baby at 24; Quo make it 3 in a row with caroline new at 28, and 60's icons Ike & Tina Turner are back with a stone-cold classic, Tina's own song, Nutbush City Limits at 29. John Peel reviewed it in Sounds magazine not keen on the synth sounds, but liking the rest of it. I loved all of it.

This was also the week we moved to Gloucester and I ran out of space for my personal charts in my full notebook. Pressured to feel I should be maturing aged 15 and in the last year before O levels - and still delaying going to the new school for another week - I very annoyingly stopped doing my personal charts. It wouldn't last, I eventually used an old schoolbook for my charts, expanded them to a top 30, and allowed any tracks in at all that I was enjoying and that were out to buy, no more stuck with the UK top 30 controlling what I listed, and it would make quite the difference to my enthusiasm. However, I hate a chart gap so I went back and made up some weekly charts for the rest of 1973 after the event (still using the UK charts and whatever I had taped off the radio as a guide) and got a pretty accurate load of charts as it was still fresh in my mind what I liked most. They will start next week.


1 ( 1 ) ANGEL FINGERS - Wizzard
2 ( 21 ) MONSTER MASH - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
3 ( 4 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford
4 ( 2 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Barry Blue
5 ( 8 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC
6 ( 7 ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn/ Tony Orlando
7 ( 9 ) DEAR ELAINE - Roy Wood
8 ( 3 ) SUMMER, THE FIRST TIME - Bobby Goldsboro
9 ( 6 ) I'M FREE - Roger Daltrey
10 ( 12 ) LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie

11 ( 5 ) RISING SUN - Medecine Head
12 ( 13 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro
13 ( 10 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters
14 ( 14 ) I THINK OF YOU - The Detroit Emeralds
15 ( 16 ) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - Limmie & The family Cooking
16 ( 23 ) ROCK ON - David Essex
17 ( 28 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell
18 ( 17 ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - The Carpenters
19 ( 18 ) SPANISH EYES - Al Martino
20 ( 19 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW - New York City

21 ( 25 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5
22 ( 27 ) ELECTRIC LADY - Geordie
23 ( 30 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
24 ( NEW ) OH NO NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart
25 ( 26 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople
26 ( 29 ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka
27 ( 22 ) NATURAL HIGH - Bloodstone
28 ( NEW ) CAROLINE - Status Quo
29 ( NEW ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
30 ( RE ) SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers

[Shireblogger]

1 [3] :: Mott The Hoople - ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
2 [new] :: Sweet - BALLROOM BLITZ
3 [4] :: Status Quo - CAROLINE
4 [5] :: Ike & Tina Turner - NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS
5 [1] :: Rolling Stones - ANGIE
6 [7] :: Stealers Wheel - EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE
7 [8] :: Rod Stewart - OH! NO NOT MY BABY
8 [17] :: Aretha Franklin - ANGEL
9 [10] :: Eagles - OUTLAW MAN
10 [16] :: Millie Jackson - IT HURTS SO GOOD
11 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - LET'S GET IT ON
12 [2] :: Allman Brothers Band - RAMBLIN' MAN
13 [11] :: David Essex - ROCK ON
14 [new] :: Isley Brothers - THAT LADY
15 [18] :: Drifters - LIKE SISTER & BROTHER
16 [6] :: Detroit Emeralds - I THINK OF YOU
17 [19] :: Average White Band - PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
18 [new] :: Kool & The Gang - FUNKY STUFF
19 [12] :: Wizzard - ANGEL FINGERS
20 [14] :: Hot Chocolate - RUMOURS

[Smurfie]

1 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
2 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
3 ) David Essex - Rock On
4 ) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
5 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
6 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
7 ) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night
8 ) Jackson Five - Skywriter
9 ) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
10 ) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
11 ) Wizzard - Angel Fingers
12 ) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
13 ) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt
14 ) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
15 ) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now
16 ) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
17 ) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
18 ) Donny Osmond - Young Love
19 ) Aretha Franklin - Angel
20 ) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On