Haven Retro Combined Chart : 22.09.1973

[smokeyb]

The Sweet crash straight in at number one, the first time this year that has happened


and it is their 4th chart topper, can they beat more than 2 weeks on top to beat their previous hits.



Ike & Tina Turner are up to 2, Wizzard remain at 3, the Rolling Stones fall to 4and David Essex tumbles to 5.



Thereare 12 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, apart from the Sweet at number 1 we have



David Bowie in at number 16.



The biggest climber is Simon Park who jumps up 17 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is Neil Sedaka who drops 48 places.

[smokeyb]

22.09.1973 (Week # 38)

1 (NE) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - 151 points (1) 1 wk
2 (04) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 138 points (8-4-2) 3 wks
3 (03) Wizzard - Angel Fingers - 129 points (2-2-3-3) 4 wks
4 (02) Rolling Stones - Angie - 127 points (13-3-2-4) 4 wks
5 (01) David Essex - Rock On - 120 points (19-2-1-1-1-5) 6 wks
6 (05) Status Quo - Caroline - 112 points (29-5-6) 3 wks
7 (08) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis - 109 points (8-7) 2 wks
8 (07) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby - 104 points (37-7-8) 3 wks
9 (12) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer - 71 points (12-9) 2 wks
10 (10) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash - 67 points (40-10-10) 3 wks
11 (06) 10CC - The Dean And I - 66 points (25-7-4-6-11) 5 wks
12 (29) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 50 points (29-12) 2 wks
13 (11) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 42 points (31-30-18-11-13) 5 wks
14 (17) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 41 points (22-26-17-14) 4 wks
15 (14) Cher – Half Breed - 33 points (36-18-18-19-29-11-14-15) 8 wks
16 (NE) David Bowie - Laughing Gnome - 33 points (16) 1 wk
17 (26) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt - 33 points (32-25-23-26-17) 5 wks
18 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Angel - 33 points (18) 1 wk
19 (20) Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man - 30 points (32-20-19) 3 wks
20 (NE) Jackson 5 - Skywriter - 29 points (20) 1 wk
21 (15) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 29 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3-5-2-3-5-12-15-21) 17 wks
22 (38) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 28 points (27-22-16-16-14-20-21-38-22) 9 wks
23 (09) Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces - 26 points (30-13-11-5-9-23) 6 wks
24 (13) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) - 26 points (28-32-39-x-24-14-9-8-8-10-13-24) 11 wks
25 (37) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 25 points (37-25) 2 wks
26 (22) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 24 points (31-22-26) 3 wks
27 (18) Free – All Right Now - 23 points (34-19-15-13-13-17-19-15-18-27) 10 wks
28 (RE) Isley Brothers - That Lady - 23 points (28-30-29-29-x-28) 5 wks
29 (16) Barry Blue – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) - 23 points (17-7-4-4-9-14-16-29) 8 wks
30 (35) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 21 points (28-17-13-12-15-38-x-40-35-30) 9 wks
31 (34) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31) 27 wks
32 (36) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32) 16 wks
33 (NE) Eagles - Outlaw Man - 19 points (33) 1 wk
34 (39) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 18 points (37-30-33-39-39-39-40-40-39-34) 10 wks
35 (NE) David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things - 18 points (35) 1 wk
36 (24) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free - 18 points (30-28-24-24-17-20-24-36) 8 wks
37 (NE) New York City – Make Me Twice The Man - 17 points (37) 1 wk
38 (NE) Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) - 16 points (38) 1 wk
39 (NE) Led Zeppelin - No Quarter - 16 points (39) 1 wk
40 (33) Elvis Presley – Fool - 16 points (27-23-32-30-33-40) 6 wks
40 (NE) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (part 1) - 16 points (40) 1 wk
40 (NE) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 16 points (40) 1 wk
40 (NE) Stealers Wheel - Everything Will Turn Out Fine - 16 points (40) 1 wk

Dropped Out
44 (23) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash - 15 points (28-6-1-1-1-3-9-23)
46 (31) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 15 points (27-20-20-16-28-38-31)
48 (40) 10CC - Speed Kills - 14 points (35-33-34-38-x-40)
51 (21) Donny Osmond - Young Love - 13 points (21-18-19-21)
53 (27) Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic - 10 points (40-14-8-8-6-6-10-25-27)
59 (19) Drifters - Like Brother And Sister - 10 points (30-10-12-6-6-19)
60 (28) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 9 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-1-3-5-4-13-28)
61 (25) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning - 9 points (26-12-7-4-4-4-7-10-14-16-25)
67 (30) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine - 6 points (15-12-7-30)
80 (32) Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together - 1 points (37-24-28-32)

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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 29.09.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 27-09-73:  Presenter: Noel Edmonds
(8) IKE & TINA TURNER – Nutbush City Limits  
(17) STATUS QUO – Caroline 
(6) ROD STEWART – Oh No Not My Baby  
(NEW) THE HOLLIES – The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee 
(9) PERRY COMO – For The Good Times  
(11) MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND – Joybringer  
(4) BOBBY ‘BORIS’ PICKETT & THE CRYPT KICKERS – Monster Mash  
(NEW) THE STRAWBS – Shine On Silver Sun  
(25) THE JACKSON 5 – Skywriter  
(1) SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level
(29) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 29.09.1973
1 (1) Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod (6 wk) (# 1)
3 (5) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (22 wk) (# 1)
4 (3) Peters & Lee - We Can Make It (14 wk) (# 1)
5 (4) Carpenters - Now And Then (13 wk) (# 2)
6 (6) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (30 wk) (# 3)
7 (8) Mott The Hoople - Mott (8 wk) (# 7)
8 (12) The Beatles - 1967-1970 (21 wk) (#2)
9 (9) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (63 wk) (# 5)
10 (14) Perry Como - And I Love You So (13 wk) (# 3)

[o]

1 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
2 Status Quo – Caroline
3 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
4 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
5 Rolling Stones - Angie
6 David Essex - Rock On
7 10CC - The Dean and I
8 Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
9 Perry Como - For The Good Times
10 Wizzard – Angel fingers
11 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
12 Geordie - Electric Lady
13 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
14 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (28 wks)
02 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (17 wks)
03 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (1 wk)
04 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (11 wks)
05 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (5 wks)
06 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (7 wks)
07 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (5 wks)
08 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (3 wks)
09 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (1 wk)
10 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (22 wks)

11 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (18 wks)
12 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (7 wks)
13 Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand The Rain (5 wks)
14 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (12 wks)
15 The Manhattans – You'd Better Believe It (2 wks)
16 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (18 wks)
17 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (16 wks)
18 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (15 wks)
19 Wilson Pickett – Take A Closer Look At The Woman You're With (1 wk)
20 The Sylvers – Stay Away from Me (7 wks)

21 Roberta Flack – Jesse (2 wks)
22 Millie Jackson – It Hurts So Good (4 wks)
23 The Stylistics – Peek-A-Boo (14 wks)
24 Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (13 wks)
25 Tyrone Davis – There It Is (10 wks)
26 The Chi Lites – Stoned Out Of My Mind (9 wks)
27 Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (8 wks)
28 Bloodstone – Natural High (7 wks)
29 The Jackson 5 – Get It Together (5 wks)
30 James Brown – Think (1973 Version) (8 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Guy Darrell I've Been Hurt
02 Sweet Ballroom Blitz
03 Wizzard Angel Fingers
04 Mott The Hoople All The Way To Memphis
05 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Joybringer
06 Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits
07 Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level
08 Rod Stewart Oh No Not My Baby
09 Hudson-Ford Pick Up The Pieces
10 David Bowie The Laughing Gnome
11 Bryan Ferry A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
12 Jackson 5 Skywriter
13 Rolling Stones Angie
14 Isley Brothers That Lady
15 David Essex Rock On
16 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
17 Aretha Franklin Angel
18 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On
19 Detroit Spinners Ghetto Child
20 Limmie & The Family Cookin' You Can Do Magic

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 3 ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Angel Fingers - Wizzard (#1[2])
3 ( 2 ) Caroline - Status Quo (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) Ghetto Child - Spinners
5 ( 9 ) Laughing Gnome - David Bowie
6 ( 11 ) Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
7 ( -- ) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
8 ( 7 ) Nutbush City Limits - Ike And Tina Turner (#7)
9 ( 8 ) All The Way From Memphis - Mott The Hoople (#8)
10 ( 6 ) Angie - Rolling Stones (#4)

11 ( 5 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (#1[4])
12 ( -- ) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry
13 ( 16 ) Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan
14 ( 10 ) Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#10)
15 ( 11 ) Half-Breed - Cher (#9)
16 ( 26 ) To Know You Is To Love You - B B King
17 ( 23 ) You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty
18 ( 19 ) Skywriter - Jackson 5
19 ( 17 ) Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers (#17)
20 ( 21 ) Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group

21 ( 14 ) Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder (#12)
22 ( -- ) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
23 ( 22 ) Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) - Temptations (#22)
24 ( 25 ) China Grove - Doobie Brothers
25 ( 12 ) The Dean And I - 10cc (#4)
26 ( -- ) It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
27 ( 34 ) The Old Fashioned Way - Charles Aznavour
28 ( -- ) Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat - DeFranco Family
29 ( 15 ) Rock On - David Essex (#2[1])
30 ( 36 ) Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh

31 ( 31 ) Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
32 ( 18 ) Pick Up The Pieces - Hudson-Ford (#5)
33 ( 28 ) Everything Will Turn Out Fine - Stealers Wheel (#28)
34 ( 20 ) Our Last Song Together - Neil Sedaka (#9)
35 ( 39 ) Ecstasy - Ohio Players
36 ( -- ) Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass
37 ( 24 ) For The Good Times - Perry Como (#16)
38 ( -- ) Law Of The Land - Temptations
39 ( 30 ) My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (#24)
40 ( 29 ) That Lady - Isley Brothers (#10)

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-- ( 27 ) Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (#2[1])
-- ( 32 ) Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon (#13)
-- ( 33 ) Electric Lady - Geordie (#21)
-- ( 35 ) Smarty Pants - First Choice (#5)
-- ( 37 ) There It Is - Tyrone Davis (#29)
-- ( 38 ) You Light Up My Life - Carole King (#17)
-- ( 40 ) Life On Mars - David Bowie (#1[5])

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-- ( -- ) Basketball Jones - Cheech And Chong

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Obviously a classic by Elton John you all know.

Two Bob Dylan songs next but it's the cover that shockingly enters higher.

A song you'd know but maybe not the version, before it was done reggae style:



Not entering this week is Cheech & Chong - hearing that you'll probably be shocked to hear that in 1974 they will have a single peak at NM #2.

[smokeyb]

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

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Sweet - BALLROOM BLITZ
2 [3] :: Status Quo - CAROLINE
3 [4] :: Ike & Tina Turner - NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS
4 [1] :: Mott The Hoople - ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
5 [11] :: Marvin Gaye - LET'S GET IT ON
6 [14] :: Isley Brothers - THAT LADY
7 [8] :: Aretha Franklin - ANGEL
8 [9] :: Eagles - OUTLAW MAN
9 [new] :: Simon Park Orchestra - EYE LEVEL
10 [10] :: Millie Jackson - IT HURTS SO GOOD
11 [5] :: Rolling Stones - ANGIE
12 [7] :: Rod Stewart - OH! NO NOT MY BABY
13 [6] :: Stealers Wheel - EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE
14 [15] :: Drifters - LIKE SISTER & BROTHER
15 [new] :: Paul Simon - LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK
16 [new] :: Bryan Ferry - A HARD RAINS GONNA FALL
17 [new] :: Elton John - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
18 [17] :: Average White Band - PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
19 [12] :: Allman Brothers Band - RAMBLIN' MAN
20 [new] :: Temptations - LAW OF THE LAND

[Whitneyfan]

01(03) Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
02(01) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
03(--) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
04(02) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis
05(21) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
06(04) Status Quo – Caroline
07(07) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
08(23) Isley Brothers – That Lady
09(10) Rod Stewart – Oh No Not My Baby
10(06) 10cc – The Dean And I

11(14) The Eagles – Outlaw Man
12(09) Aretha Franklin – Angel
13(17) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Ooh Baby
14(05) Elvis Presley – Fool
15(27) Paul Simon – Loves Me Like A Rock
16(12) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Joybringer
17(--) Bette Midler – Friends
18(08) Perry Como – For The Good Times
19(18) The Jackson 5 – Skywriter
20(11) Free – All Right Now

21(13) Rolling Stones – Angie
22(--) Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
23(15) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
24(16) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
25(22) David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome
26(--) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child
27(30) Charles Aznavour – The Old Fashioned Way
28(19) Rod Stewart – Twistin’ The Night Away
29(20) Wizzard – Angel Fingers
30(26) Cher – Half Breed

[popchartfreak]

15th September 1973 Retro Chart

It's up for Ballroom Blitz, giving The Sweet a hat-trick of chart-toppers with the classic still-exciting Glam track, while highest new entry is Elton John and one of his great ballads, the title track from his forthcoming double-album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, probably his best album, new in at 8. In at 11, and one I didn;t know at the time, it's the ever-present Aerosmith debuting with the epic Dream On, out in the USA this week.

In a big week for high entries, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, or Teddy Pendergrass and friends, enter at 25 with the Philly classic, The Love I Lost, Andy Williams covers Neil Sedaka and brings Solitaire into the chart at 26, outdoing Neil's version from earlier in 1973, and a 3rd song for Neil on the rundown, and at 27 it's country classic The Most Beautiful Girl from Charlie Rich, still 6 months away from hitting in the UK (as per usual in those days, US hits were often held back for ages), his 2nd chart entry.

Bryan Ferry gives Dylan a 2nd song on the chart, with the best version of A Hard Rain's A Gonna fall at 33, his first solo outing away from Roxy Music, and ahead of his covers album. The Temptations return at 46 with their version of The Undisputed Truth's Law Of The Land, a bit moodier and they push the original out, which is way funkier and faster. Colin Blunstone is on his 6th solo Retro hit, Wonderful at 68, The Four Tops are back again with Sweet Understanding Love, Greyhound are on single 5, Wily, Italy's Drupi enters early with Vado Via, and Roger daltrey is THinking of 2 chart tracks.

1 ( 2 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
2 ( 3 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
3 ( 1 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
4 ( 6 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
5 ( 8 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
6 ( 4 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
7 ( 5 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
8 ( NEW ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 8
9 ( 7 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
10 ( 9 ) ANGEL FINGERS (A TEEN BALLAD) - Wizzard # 4

11 ( NEW ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 11
12 ( 10 ) OH NO! NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart # 10
13 ( 13 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 8
14 ( 11 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 10
15 ( 40 ) STONED OUT OF MY MIND - The Chi-Lites # 15
16 ( 19 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople # 16
17 ( 25 ) MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 17
18 ( 18 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 6
19 ( 15 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 11
20 ( 17 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo # 17

21 ( 20 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
22 ( 22 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
23 ( 23 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
24 ( 26 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
25 ( NEW ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 25
26 ( NEW ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams # 26
27 ( NEW ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 27
28 ( 28 ) FAREWELL ANDROMEDA (WELCOME TO MY MORNING) - John Denver # 28
29 ( 12 ) ROCK ON - David Essex # 8
30 ( 27 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20

31 ( 41 ) WHY IS EVERYBODY GOING HOME - Leo Sayer # 31
32 ( 31 ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle # 3
33 ( NEW ) A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry # 33
34 ( 21 ) A BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG - Glen Campbell # 14
35 ( 34 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 7
36 ( 39 ) DAYDREAM - David Cassidy # 36
37 ( 38 ) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 37
38 ( 24 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 6
39 ( 14 ) CHINA GROVE - The Doobie Brothers # 14
40 ( 16 ) HE’S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - Stevie Wonder # 15

41 ( 36 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
42 ( 32 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
43 ( 30 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
44 ( 33 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud # 1
45 ( 44 ) OH LOVE WE FINALLY MADE IT - Love Unlimited # 35
46 ( NEW ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations # 46
47 ( 46 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
48 ( 29 ) ANGIE - The Rolling Stones # 29
49 ( 37 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC # 9
50 ( 35 ) HALF-BREED - Cher # 5

51 ( 47 ) SUPERSTAR - Carl Anderson & Cast # 1
52 ( 51 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
53 ( 48 ) COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE? - Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus & Cast # 2
54 ( 49 ) ANGEL - Aretha Franklin # 6
55 ( 56 ) SWEET ILLUSION - Junior Campbell # 4
56 ( 52 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
57 ( 53 ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 19
58 ( 61 ) I’VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE - Barry White # 58
59 ( 64 ) WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY (AGAIN) - Seals & Croft # 59
60 ( 50 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds # 10

61 ( 43 ) MISS CLARKE AND THE COMPUTER - Roy Wood # 38
62 ( 68 ) PAPER ROSES - Marie Osmond # 62
63 ( 45 ) SONGS OF PRAISE - Roy Wood # 43
64 ( 60 ) ALL I KNOW - Garfunkel # 60
65 ( 58 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth # 8
66 ( 62 ) TUBULAR BELLS SIDE 1 - Mike Oldfield # 3
67 ( 72 ) OOH BABY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 67
68 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL - Colin Blunstone # 68
69 ( 75 ) BLOW YOUR WHISTLE - KC & The Sunshine Band # 69
70 ( NEW ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops # 70

71 ( NEW ) WEST COAST WOMAN - Painter # 71
72 ( NEW ) VADO VIA - Drupi # 72
73 ( NEW ) WILY - Greyhound # 73
74 ( 74 ) SHINE ON SILVER SUN - The Strawbs # 74
75 ( NEW ) THINKING - Roger Daltrey # 75




15th September 1973 My chart that week then

It's The Sweet topping my charts of 50 years ago - Ballroom Blitz becomes their 4th number one in a row! Hudson-Ford peak at 2, The Jackson 5 leap up to 5 with the synthtastic Skywriter for a 3rd top 10 of the year and 7th in total in 3 years. Mott The Hoople make it 3 top 10's in a row too, Memphis at 7, and David Essex gets his first with Rock On at 8. Geordie take Electric Lady higher than previous singles bar All Because Of You, while Quo, the Turners, and Rod threaten to the top.

As we settled into our new house at RAF Innsworth married quarters (still looking exactly the same 50 years on, pleasingly as if time has stood still near this part of Gloucester, I was ecstatic to find radio 1 radio reception round here was way better than the awful reception in the Lincolnshire sticks, and I could now tape records off Radio 1 as well as the chart show on Radio 2. Hooray! I still didn't manage to tape The New Seekers We've Got To Do It Now, new at 25. I got luckier with The Isley Brothers That Lady, as they return to the UK charts with new stuff for the first time in 4 years. Stealers Wheel get a 2nd chart hit too, setting Gerry Rafferty up for greater things in the future. 

1 ( NEW ) BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet
2 ( 3 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford
3 ( 1 ) ANGEL FINGERS - Wizzard
4 ( 5 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC
5 ( 21 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5
6 ( 2 ) MONSTER MASH - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
7 ( 25 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople
8 ( 16 ) ROCK ON - David Essex
9 ( 4 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Barry Blue
10 ( 22 ) ELECTRIC LADY - Geordie

11 ( 8 ) SUMMER, THE FIRST TIME - Bobby Goldsboro
12 ( 28 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo
13 ( 29 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
14 ( 24 ) OH NO NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart
15 ( 9 ) I'M FREE - Roger Daltrey
16 ( 6 ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn/ Tony Orlando
17 ( 11 ) RISING SUN - Medecine Head
18 ( 7 ) DEAR ELAINE - Roy Wood
19 ( 15 ) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - Limmie & The family Cooking
20 ( 13 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters

21 ( 10 ) LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie
22 ( 26 ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka
23 ( 23 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
24 ( 12 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro
25 ( NEW ) WE’VE GOT TO DO IT NOW - The New Seekers
26 ( 17 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell
27 ( 18 ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - The Carpenters
28 ( NEW ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers
29 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE - Stealers Wheel
30 ( 14 ) I THINK OF YOU - The Detroit Emeralds

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 13.09.1973

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

[raliverpool]

01 Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (2wks 7-1)
02 David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things (4wks 25-7-3-2)
03 Rolling Stones - Angie (5wks 32-5-1-1-3)
04 Wizzard - Angel Fingers (5wks 10-1-2-2-4)
05 Mott The Hoople - All The Way To Memphis (3wks 19-9-5)
06 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (5wks 33-16-6-4-6)
07 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (3wks 31-14-7)
08 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man (3wks 20-12-8)
09 Cher - Half Breed (4wks 24-10-8-9)
10 David Essex - Rock On (6wks 35-12-3-3-6-10)

11 Status Quo - Caroline (3wks 29-17-11)
12 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (4wks 30-18-13-12)
13 Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (6wks 24-13-10-5-5-13)
14 Isley Brothers - That Lady (6wks 30-24-17-11-10-14)
15 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (2wks 20-15)
16 Doobie Brothers - China Grove (3wks 27-18-16)
17 Jackson Five - Skywriter (3wks 35-21-17)
18 Pink Floyd - Time (7wks 13-4-1-2-4-11-18)
19 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (3wks 34-27-20)

21 Rolling Stones - Dancing With Mr D (1wk 21 NEW)

22 Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (3wks 36-29-22)
23 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (3wks 32-28-23)
24 Spinners - Ghetto Child (6wks 26-17-12-8-15-24)
25 New York Dolls - Trash (2wks 39-25)
26 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (2wks 35-26)
27 Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby (4wks 31-25-25-27)
28 Harry Nilsson - As Time Goes By (2wks 37-28)
29 10cc - The Dean & I (6wks 34-25-15-9-16-29)
30 Hudson Ford - Pick Up The Pieces (5wks 35-19-13-19-30)

31 Van Morrison - Warm Love (5wks 37-28-26-26-31)
32 Millie Jackson - Hurts So Good (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Jackson Five - Get It Together (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (7wks 27-20-16-13-16-24-35)
36 George Harrison - Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn (9wks 23-16-10-9-7-8-14-22-37)
38 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (5wks 36-29-28-32-38)
39 War - Gypsy Man (4wks 34-30-34-39)
40 Roy Wood - Songs Of Praise (1wk 40 NEW)

[Smurfie]

1 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
2 ) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
3 ) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
4 ) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5 ) David Essex - Rock On
6 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
7 ) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
8 ) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
9 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
10 ) Jackson Five - Skywriter
11 ) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
12 ) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
13 ) Wizzard - Angel Fingers
14 ) Aretha Franklin - Angel
15 ) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt
16 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
17 ) Donny Osmond - Young Love
18 ) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now
19 ) The Temptations - Law Of The Land
20 ) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child