Haven Retro Combined Chart : 13.10.1973

[smokeyb]

The Sweet maintain their run at number 1, for a 4th week. But Elton John is only 4 points behind at 2.



Ike & Tina slip to 3, Bryan Ferry is up to 4 and Slade are up to 5.



There are 4 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is David Cassidy at number 17.



The biggest climber is the Electric Light Orchestra who jump up 16 places to number 7.



The biggest faller is Dawn who drop 30 places.

[smokeyb]

13.10.1973 (Week # 41)

1 (01) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - 167 points (1-1-1-1) 4 wks
2 (03) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 163 points (8-3-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 152 points (8-4-2-2-2-3) 6 wks
4 (07) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - 127 points (22-7-4) 3 wks
5 (08) Slade - My Friend Stan - 116 points (8-5) 2 wks
6 (04) Status Quo - Caroline - 94 points (29-5-6-3-4-6) 6 wks
7 (23) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown - 83 points (23-7) 2 wks
8 (19) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 78 points (19-8) 2 wks
9 (09) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 71 points (29-12-9-9-9) 5 wks
10 (11) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 69 points (27-22-16-16-14-20-21-38-22-12-11-10) 12 wks
11 (14) Isley Brothers - That Lady - 59 points (28-30-29-29-x-28-15-14-11) 8 wks
12 (17) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 59 points (31-30-18-11-13-17-17-12) 8 wks
13 (05) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis - 57 points (8-7-5-5-13) 5 wks
14 (13) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash - 52 points (40-10-10-13-13-14) 6 wks
15 (12) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer - 47 points (12-9-10-12-15) 5 wks
16 (06) Wizzard - Angel Fingers - 46 points (2-2-3-3-4-6-16) 7 wks
17 (NE) David Cassidy - Daydreamer - 45 points (17) 1 wk
18 (15) David Bowie - Laughing Gnome - 41 points (16-14-15-18) 4 wks
19 (20) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 39 points (37-25-21-20-19) 5 wks
20 (10) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby - 39 points (37-7-8-6-10-20) 6 wks
21 (RE) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 30 points (31-22-26-40-x-21) 5 wks
22 (24) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 28 points (34-24-22) 3 wks
23 (16) Rolling Stones - Angie - 27 points (13-3-2-4-7-16-23) 7 wks
24 (22) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 21 points (22-26-17-14-20-22-24) 7 wks
25 (27) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25) 30 wks
26 (32) Ringo Starr - Photograph - 20 points (32-26) 2 wks
27 (28) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27) 19 wks
28 (26) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 19 points (28-17-13-12-15-38-x-40-35-30-x-26-28) 11 wks
29 (NE) Jim Croce – I Got a Name - 18 points (29) 1 wk
30 (18) David Essex - Rock On - 18 points (19-2-1-1-1-5-11-18-30) 9 wks
31 (31) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 17 points (31-31) 2 wks
32 (33) Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man - 17 points (32-20-19-25-33-32) 6 wks
33 (40) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock - 17 points (26-40-33) 3 wks
34 (34) Bette Midler – Friends - 16 points (34-34) 2 wks
35 (35) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 16 points (37-30-33-39-39-39-40-40-39-34-36-35-35) 13 wks
36 (25) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (part 1) - 16 points (40-28-25-36) 4 wks
37 (NE) Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love - 15 points (37) 1 wk
38 (37) Temptations – Law Of The Land - 15 points (40-37-38) 3 wks
39 (29) David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things - 15 points (35-32-29-39) 4 wks
40 (40) New York City – Make Me Twice The Man - 14 points (37-33-40-40) 4 wks
40 (NE) Aerosmith - Dream On - 14 points (40) 1 wk
40 (RE) Jackson 5 - Skywriter - 14 points (20-19-x-40) 3 wks

Dropped Out
47 (21) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby - 12 points (29-21)
49 (39) 10CC - The Dean And I - 12 points (25-7-4-6-11-16-39)
54 (30) Aretha Franklin - Angel - 9 points (18-18-30)
56 (40) Eagles - Outlaw Man - 8 points (33-27-40)
65 (38) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 7 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3-5-2-3-5-12-15-21-23-38)
66 (36) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 7 points (27-20-20-16-28-38-31-x-36)

[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 20.10.1973

1 (1) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (6 wk) (# 1)
2 (8) David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (2 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Slade - My Friend Stan (3 wk) (# 2)
4 (4) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (7 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (8 wk) (# 3)
6 (6) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (6 wk) (# 6)
7 (3) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (5 wk) (# 2)
8 (9) Status Quo - Caroline (7 wk) (# 8)
9 (7) Perry Como - For The Good Times (9 wk) (# 7)
10 (12) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4 wk) (# 10)
11 (14) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (4 wk) (# 11)
12 (20) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (10) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (7 wk) (# 9)
14 (29) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (3 wk) (# 14)
15 (11) Wizzard - Angel Fingers (8 wk) (# 1)
16 (NE) David Bowie - Sorrow (1 wk) (# 16)
17 (22) Isley Brothers - That Lady (5 wk) (# 17)
18 (26) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (15) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes (15 wk) (# 5)
20 (40) The Who - 5:15 (2 wk) (# 20)
21 (18) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt (10 wk) (# 12)
22 (13) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby (7 wk) (# 6)
23 (45) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (24) Michael Ward - Let There Be Peace On Earth (4 wk) (# 24)
25 (17) David Essex - Rock On (10 wk) (# 3)
26 (38) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (23) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (12 wk) (# 12)
28 (28) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (33 wk) (# 1)
29 (16) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (7 wk) (# 10)
30 (21) The Rolling Stones - Angie (8 wk) (# 5)
31 (35) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (5 wk) (# 31)
32 (25) Jackson Five - Skywriter (7 wk) (# 25)
33 (43) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (49) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (30) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night (12 wk) (# 2)
36 (NE) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (32) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home (22 wk) (# 1)
38 (19) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (6 wk) (# 18)
39 (33) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother (12 wk) (# 7)
40 (44) Perry Como - And I Love You So (27 wk) (# 3)
41 (39) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (5 wk)(# 39)
42 (27) Donny Osmond - Young Love (10 wk) (# 1)
43 (36) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (16 wk) (# 2)
44 (34) Strawbs - Shine On Silver Sun (3 wk) (# 34)
45 (41) The Temptations - Law Of The Land (4 wk) (# 41)
46 (NE) Glyn Poole - Milly Molly Mandy (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Is All (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (NE) Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Limmie and The Family Cookin - Dreamboat (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) Charles Aznavour - The Old Fashioned Way (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 18-10-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn
(17) THE ISLEY BROTHERS – That Lady  
(NEW) MUD – Dynamite
(18) BOB DYLAN – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door  
(NEW) PETERS & LEE – By Your Side
(11) BRYAN FERRY – A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
(10) ELTON JOHN – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  
(23) NAZARETH – This Flight Tonight
(8) STATUS QUO – Caroline
(2) DAVID CASSIDY – Daydreamer  
(1) SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level
(12) THE DETROIT SPINNERS– Ghetto Child

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 20.10.1973
1 (1) Slade - Sladest (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Gilbert O' Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (NE) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Status Quo - Hello (3 wk) (# 4)
5 (2) Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup (5 wk) (# 1)
6 (7) Perry Como - And I Love You So (16 wk) (# 3)
7 (5) Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod (9 wk) (# 1)
8 (10) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (33 wk) (# 3)
9 (8) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (25 wk) (# 1)
10 (6) Carpenters - Now And Then (16 wk) (# 2)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 04.10.1973

1 (01) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
2 (07) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
3 (03) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
4 (02) Slade - My Friend Stan
5 (05) Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
6 (10) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
7 (04) Ike And Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
8 (06) Wizzard - Angel Fingers
9 (08) David Essex - Rock On
10 (09) Status Quo - Caroline
11 (14) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
12 (15) Isley Brothers - That Lady
13 (11) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
14 (12) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby
15 (13) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
16 (29) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
17 (23) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
18 (16) 10cc - The Dean And I
19 (17) Perry Como - For The Good Times
20 (18) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
21 (28) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
22 (19) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis
23 (20) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer
24 (21) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby
25 (New) David Bowie - Sorrow
26 (22) Rolling Stones - Angie
27 (New) Carpenters - Top Of The World
28 (24) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
29 (25) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
30 (26) Jackson 5 - Skywriter
31 (27) The Drifters - Like Sister, Like Brother
32 (30) Donny Osmond - Young Love
33 (33) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
34 (34) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
35 (35) Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night
36 (36) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
37 (37) David Bowie - Life On Mars?
38 (31) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
39 (39) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?
40 (40) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (31 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (1 wk)
03 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (20 wks)
04 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (4 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (3 wks)
06 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (14 wks)
07 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (2 wk)
08 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (8 wks)
09 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (10 wks)
10 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (3 wks)

11 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (8 wks)
12 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (6 wks)
13 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (4 wks)
14 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (3 wks)
15 The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (1 wk)
16 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (25 wks)
17 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (21 wks)
18 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (10 wks)
19 Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand The Rain (8 wks)
20 The Dells – My Pretending Days Are Over (3 wks)

21 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (15 wks)
22 The Manhattans – You'd Better Believe It (5 wks)
23 The Ovations – Having A Party (Medley) (2 wk)
24 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (21 wks)
25 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (19 wks)
26 Johnnie Taylor – Cheaper To Keep Her (2 wk)
27 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (18 wks)
28 Wilson Pickett – Take A Closer Look At The Woman You're With (4 wks)
29 The Sylvers – Stay Away from Me (10 wks)
30 Roberta Flack – Jesse (5 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
02(06) Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
03(02) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
04(11) E.L.O. – Showdown
05(03) Jim Croce – I Got a Name
06(13) Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
07(05) Bette Midler – Friends
08(07) Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
09(--) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
10(04) Isley Brothers – That Lady

11(09) Slade – My Friend Stan
12(08) Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
13(--) David Bowie – Sorrow
14(21) David Cassidy – Daydreamer
15(12) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child
16(26) Nazareth – This Flight Tonight
17(10) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
18(15) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Ooh Baby
19(29) The Who – 5:15
20(16) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis

21(14) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
22(17) Status Quo – Caroline
23(--) Aerosmith – Dream On
24(18) Paul Simon – Loves Me Like A Rock
25(30) The Hollies – The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
26(20) 10cc – The Dean And I
27(--) Steve Miller Band – The Joker
28(25) Free – All Right Now
29(19) Rod Stewart – Oh No Not My Baby
30(23) Aretha Franklin – Angel

[raliverpool]

01 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (6wks 31-14-7-3-1-1)
02 Slade - My Friend Stan (3wks 4-3-2)
03 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3wks 17-8-3)
04 Status Quo - Caroline (6wks 29-17-11-7-5-4)
05 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (4wks 19-13-7-5)
06 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man (6wks 20-12-8-5-4-6)
07 Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (5wks 7-1-1-2-7)
08 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall (3wks 28-12-8)
09 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (4wks 33-18-11-9)
10 Who - 5:15 (2wks 19-10)

11 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (5wks 20-15-12-10-11)
12 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (2wks 37-12)

13 David Bowie - Sorrow (1wk 13 NEW)

14 Mott The Hoople - All The Way To Memphis (6wks 19-9-5-6-9-14)
15 David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things (7wks 25-7-3-2-2-6-15)
16 Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (6wks 34-27-20-16-14-16)
17 Billy Preston - Space Race (2wks 25-17)
18 Doobie Brothers - China Grove (6wks 27-18-16-15-16-18)
19 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way (3wks 33-24-19)
20 Millie Jackson - Hurts So Good (4wks 32-27-23-20)

21 Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (6wks 36-29-22-19-18-21)
22 Bette Midler - Chapel Of Love (2wks 32-22)
23 Cher - Half Breed (7wks 24-10-8-9-11-15-23)
24 Art Garfunkel - All I Know (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff (3wks 36-28-25)
26 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (8wks 33-16-6-4-6-8-13-26)
27 Stevie Wonder - Visions (3wks 34-29-27)
28 Paul Simon - St Judy's Comet (2wks 36-28)
29 Alan Price - O Lucky Man! (2wks 33-29)
30 David Cassidy - The Puppy Song (2wks 31-30)

31 Ringo Starr - Photograph (1wk 31 NEW)
32 New York Dolls - Trash (5wks 39-25-21-22-32)
33 Jim Croce - I Got A Name (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Roberta Flack - Jesse (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Wizzard - Angel Fingers (8wks 10-1-2-2-4-9-17-35)
36 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (5wks 35-26-25-27-36)
37 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (7wks 30-18-13-12-14-20-37)
38 David Cassidy - Daydreamer (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Rolling Stones - Angie (8wks 32-5-1-1-3-10-21-40)

If you need more evidence how David Bowie was so far ahead of the curve, his promo video for his cover of The Merseys 1966 UK top 10 hit, features famous model Amanda Lear born Alain Tap, in Saigon in 1939, who had sex reassignment paid for by Spanish painter Salvador Dalí in Casablanca in 1963.

[Earl Purple]

smokeyb wrong year but Slade are clearly not out of place here

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Ike & Tina Turner - NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS
2 [6] :: Bryan Ferry - A HARD RAINS GONNA FALL
3 [3] :: Sweet - BALLROOM BLITZ
4 [2] :: Status Quo - CAROLINE
5 [4] :: Marvin Gaye - LET'S GET IT ON
6 [5] :: Isley Brothers - THAT LADY
7 [7] :: Slade - MY FRIEND STAN
8 [9] :: ABBA - NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA {French single}
9 [10] :: Bob Dylan - KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
10 [8] :: Elton John - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
11 [11] :: Electric Light Orchestra - SHOWDOWN
12 [new] :: David Bowie - SORROW
13 [new] :: Carpenters - TOP OF THE WORLD
14 [16] :: Bryan Ferry - THESE FOOLISH THINGS {These Foolish Things LP track}
15 [new] :: Stevie Wonder - HIGHER GROUND
16 [15] :: Simon Park Orchestra - EYE LEVEL
17 [17] :: Rod Stewart - OH! NO NOT MY BABY
18 [18] :: Elton John - ALL THE GIRLS LOVE ALICE {Goodbye Yellow Brick Road LP track}
19 [new] :: Steve Miller Band - JOKER
20 [19] :: Elton John - YOUR SISTER CAN'T TWIST (BUT SHE SURE CAN ROCK'N'ROLL) {Goodbye Yellow Brick Road LP track}

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4 wks)
2 (2) Slade - My Friend Stan (3 wks)
3 (8) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (3 wks)
4 (5) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (4 wks)
5 (13) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (3 wks)
6 (NE) David Bowie - Sorrow (1 wk)
7 (6) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (5 wks)
8 (3) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (5 wks)
9 (4) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (7 wks)
10 (20) The Who - 5:15 (2 wks)
11 (12) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child (4 wks)
12 (7) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (7 wks)
13 (9) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (7 wks)
14 (22) Jim Croce - I Got A Name (3 wks)
15 (26) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (2 wks)
16 (28) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (2 wks)
17 (19) The Temptations - Law Of The Land (4 wks)
18 (10)The Rolling Stones - Angie (8 wks)
19 (11) Isley Brothers - That Lady (5 wks)
20 (29) David Cassidy - Daydreamer (2 wks)
21 (14) Status Quo - Caroline (7 wks)
22 (30) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (3 wks)
23 (31) Hollies - The day that curly Billy shot down crazy Sam McGee (2 wks)
24 (16) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby (7 wks)
25 (17) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (6 wks)
26 (NE) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (1 wk)
27 (18) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (5 wks)
28 (21) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (6 wks)
29 (23) Aretha Franklin - Angel (7 wks)
30 (NE) Limmie and The Family Cookin - Dreamboat (1 wk)
31 (24) Wizzard - Angel Fingers (8 wks)
32 (25) Strawbs - Shine On Silver Sun (3 wks)
33 (NE) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1 wk)
34 (27) The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (9 wks)
35 (15) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (6 wks)
36 (32) 10CC - The Dean and I (9 wks)
37 (33) David Essex - Rock On (10 wks)
38 (34) David Bowie – Life On Mars? (17 wks)
39 (35) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (8 wks)
40 (NE) Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er (1 wk)

[rubcale]

01 David Cassidy Daydreamer
02 Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level
03 Bryan Ferry A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
04 Sweet Ballroom Blitz
05 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
06 Mott The Hoople All The Way To Memphis
07 Status Quo Caroline
08 David Bowie Sorrow
09 Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits
10 Isley Brothers That Lady
11 Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heavens Door
12 Detroit Spinners Ghetto Child
13 ELO Showdown
14 Nazareth This Flight Tonight
15 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On
16 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Joybringer
17 Hollies The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee
18 Carpenters Top Of The World
19 Limmie & The Family Cookin' Dreamboat
20 Wink Martindale Deck Of Cards

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
3 ( 4 ) My Friend Stan - Slade
4 ( 3 ) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry (#3)
5 ( 5 ) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
6 ( -- ) Top Of The World - Carpenters
7 ( 12 ) Daydreamer - David Cassidy
8 ( 10 ) Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra
9 ( 9 ) It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
10 ( 17 ) The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee - Hollies

11 ( 6 ) Laughing Gnome - David Bowie (#4)
12 ( -- ) The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
13 ( 7 ) Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#5)
14 ( 20 ) 05:15 - Who
15 ( 21 ) This Flight Tonight - Nazareth
16 ( 11 ) To Know You Is To Love You - B B King (#11)
17 ( 23 ) I Got A Name - Jim Croce
18 ( 14 ) Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat - DeFranco Family (#14)
19 ( 8 ) Angel Fingers - Wizzard (#1[2])
20 ( 19 ) Let Me In - Osmonds (#19)

21 ( 15 ) Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#13)
22 ( 25 ) Shine On Silver Sun - Strawbs
23 ( 13 ) Ghetto Child - Spinners (#4)
24 ( 26 ) Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass
25 ( 36 ) We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals And Crofts
26 ( -- ) Just You 'n' Me - Chicago
27 ( 16 ) Caroline - Status Quo (#2[1])
28 ( 30 ) Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
29 ( 18 ) Nutbush City Limits - Ike And Tina Turner (#7)
30 ( -- ) Dreamboat - Limmie & Family Cookin'

31 ( 32 ) All I Know - Art Garfunkel
32 ( -- ) Milly Molly Mandy - Glyn Poole
33 ( 22 ) All The Way From Memphis - Mott The Hoople (#8)
34 ( -- ) Photograph - Ringo Starr
35 ( 24 ) Angie - Rolling Stones (#4)
36 ( 27 ) You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty (#17)
37 ( 34 ) Law Of The Land - Temptations (#32)
38 ( 31 ) The Old Fashioned Way - Charles Aznavour (#26)
39 ( 28 ) Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#10)
40 ( 29 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (#1[4])

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-- ( 33 ) Skywriter - Jackson 5 (#18)
-- ( 35 ) Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group (#20)
-- ( 37 ) Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers (#17)
-- ( 38 ) Half-Breed - Cher (#9)
-- ( 39 ) Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh (#30)
-- ( 40 ) China Grove - Doobie Brothers (#24)

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Both this year and 1991 have new entries in my chart called "Top Of The World" - different songs, and in 1991 it's Van Halen, but enjoy the classic from 1973. Karen Carpenters was such an angel, so sad that she died less than 10 years later.

[popchartfreak]

6th October 1973

It's Elton John on top with his 4th number one as the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road drops and invades an expanded chart to accommodate it, the title track at 1, and future US chart-topper (and B side in the UK, outrageously, until 1976) Bennie & The Jets new in at 4. There's also Harmony new at 72, a US single in 1980, and the starter epic Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding at 75. Missing is Grey Seal which has already charted in the 1970 charts as a B side, earlier version.

Charlie Rich's country classic is up to 6, Harold Melvin/Teddy Pendergrass are up to 10 for a first top 10, and future US number one, Show And Tell, brings Al Wilson in at 25 - still pretty obscure to the UK though, which is a shame. New at 36, Bowie is about to do a Bryan Ferry eg a covers album (see These Foolish Things new at 76), and his version of the Merseys' Sorrow is in at 36 - pretty good, but largely forgotten these days. In at 64, a radio hit I was a fan of at the time, String Driven Thing's It's A Game - it made the Breakers but never quite broke into the 50, so it was left to the Bay City Rollers to get the hit in 1977.

Future UK and US number one, The Joker, sneaks in for The Steve Miller Band - I charted it in early 1974, but the UK waited until an advert pushed it in 1990 to the top spot, at 66, and at 67 another one I charted in 1974 as The Three Degrees go full-on Philly on Dirty Ol' Man without convincing the UK record-buying public. Linda Lewis gets a 2nd chart entry with Play Around, another one I liked, still quite sweet, but not a hit. The Stylistics chart early with Rockin' Roll Baby as they move away from lush soul ballads, new at 74. At 77, one I have listed in my charts of the time, but one I'd forgotten, Jam Jam sort of discorock from the American Jam Band, whil Phil Cordell is back as Dan The Banjo Man, his previous alias being the fab Springwater. This one almost charted too. Al Stewart debuts, Terminal Eyes is a new one on me, but Dreamboat isn't as Limmie & co were on Top Of The Pops, at 80 and 79. 

1 ( 4 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
2 ( 1 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
3 ( 2 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
4 ( NEW ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 4
5 ( 3 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
6 ( 13 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
7 ( 7 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7
8 ( 8 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
9 ( 5 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
10 ( 11 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10

11 ( 18 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth # 11
12 ( 14 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12
13 ( 6 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
14 ( 23 ) WHY IS EVERYBODY GOING HOME - Leo Sayer # 14
15 ( 10 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
16 ( 9 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
17 ( 17 ) A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry # 17
18 ( 19 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies # 18
19 ( 15 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
20 ( 20 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade # 20

21 ( 16 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
22 ( 12 ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams # 12
23 ( 21 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
24 ( 22 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 10
25 ( NEW ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 25
26 ( 30 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations # 26
27 ( 25 ) STONED OUT OF MY MIND - The Chi-Lites # 15
28 ( 34 ) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 28
29 ( 39 ) I’VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE - Barry White # 29
30 ( 49 ) I GOT A NAME - Jim Croce # 30

31 ( 27 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 8
32 ( 26 ) FAREWELL ANDROMEDA (WELCOME TO MY MORNING) - John Denver # 26
33 ( 28 ) OH NO! NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart # 10
34 ( 31 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
35 ( 24 ) ANGEL FINGERS (A TEEN BALLAD) - Wizzard # 4
36 ( NEW ) SORROW - David Bowie # 36
37 ( 33 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
38 ( 42 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard # 38
39 ( 66 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - Phil Everly # 39
40 ( 29 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 6

41 ( 32 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 11
42 ( 35 ) WEST COAST WOMAN - Painter # 35
43 ( 37 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
44 ( 61 ) ANOTHER ‘WITHOUT YOU’ DAY - Blue Mink # 44
45 ( 38 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 7
46 ( 43 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20
47 ( 55 ) WE MAY NEVER PASS THIS WAY (AGAIN) - Seals & Croft # 47
48 ( 40 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo # 17
49 ( 41 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 6
50 ( 46 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4

51 ( 44 ) MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 17
52 ( 59 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops # 52
53 ( 53 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
54 ( 36 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople # 16
55 ( 65 ) THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy # 55
56 ( 50 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
57 ( 51 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
58 ( 63 ) WONDERFUL - Colin Blunstone # 58
59 ( 52 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
60 ( 47 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1

61 ( 56 ) DAYDREAMER - David Cassidy # 56
62 ( 54 ) CHINA GROVE - The Doobie Brothers # 14
63 ( 48 ) ROCK ON - David Essex # 8
64 ( NEW ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing # 64
65 ( 58 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
66 ( NEW ) THE JOKER - The Steve Miller Band # 66
67 ( NEW ) DIRTY OL’ MAN - The Three Degrees # 67
68 ( 70 ) SMOKIN’ IN THE BOYS ROOM - Brownsville Station # 68
69 ( 45 ) HE’S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - Stevie Wonder # 15
70 ( NEW ) PLAY AROUND - Linda Lewis # 70

71 ( 64 ) GET UP STAND UP - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 64
72 ( NEW ) HARMONY - Elton John # 72
73 ( 73 ) SAIL AROUND THE WORLD - David Gates # 73
74 ( NEW ) ROCKIN’ ROLL BABY - The Stylistics # 74
75 ( NEW ) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND/LOVE LIES BLEEDING - Elton John # 75
76 ( NEW ) THESE FOOLISH THINGS - Bryan Ferry # 76
77 ( NEW ) JAM JAM - American Jam Band # 77
78 ( NEW ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man # 78
79 ( NEW ) DREAMBOAT - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 79
80 ( NEW ) TERMINAL EYES - Al Stewart # 80




6th October 1973 Wot I Liked That Actual Week Then

It's 2 weeks on top for ELO 50 years ago, with The Jackson 5's Skywriter challenging for the top spot as Slade make it 7 top 5's out of 8. Manfred Mann, the man, gets his first top 10 since Ragamuffin Man in 1969, courtesy of his Earthband at 8, with some assist from Holst. Dylan the man is back for the first time since 1969, and he's Knockin' On Heaven's Door with the fab Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid movie tune, Bob having done the soundtrack to the film. X-Rated due to the violence, so I've never seen it!

Stevie Wonder is back funky and political, Higher Ground at 22, Dawn and Geordie both re-enter, while a quick chart note for The Rolling Stones' Angie and UK chart-topper Eye Level, neither of which I was that bothered about at the time, but which are pretty decent-sounding 50 years later. The Stones' make it 5 years of charting along with Manfred Mann and Bob Dylan. 5 years was an eternity in chart terms back in those days, and it seemed so long ago as to be nostalgic to a 15-year-old. To a 65-year-old 5 years is pretty recent. 


1 ( 1 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
2 ( 5 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5
3 ( 3 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John
4 ( 2 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
5 ( 8 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade
6 ( 7 ) A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry
7 ( 6 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon
8 ( 13 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
9 ( 4 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo
10 ( 10 ) BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet

11 ( 11 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners
12 ( 9 ) ANGEL FINGERS - Wizzard
13 ( 17 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford
14 ( 25 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers
15 ( 14 ) OH NO NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart
16 ( 19 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies
17 ( 18 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople
18 ( 15 ) MONSTER MASH - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
19 ( 12 ) HOLLY HOLY - Junior Walker & The All Stars
20 ( 20 ) ROCK ON - David Essex

21 ( 23 ) ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE - Bobby McGee
22 ( NEW ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder
23 ( 16 ) THE LAUGHING GNOME - David Bowie
24 ( RE ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
25 ( 27 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC
26 ( RE ) KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan
27 ( NEW ) EYE LEVEL - The Simon Park Orchestra
28 ( RE ) ELECTRIC LADY - Geordie
29 ( NEW ) ANGIE - The Rolling Stones
30 ( 24 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations

[Smurfie]

1 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
2 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
3 ) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
5 ) Isley Brothers - That Lady
6 ) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
7 ) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
8 ) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
9 ) Slade - My Friend Stan
10 ) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
11 ) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
12 ) Jackson Five - Skywriter
13 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
14 ) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
15 ) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
16 ) Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards
17 ) Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Is All
18 ) David Bowie - Sorrow
19 ) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
20 ) Status Quo - Caroline