Haven Retro Combined Chart : 20.10.1973

[smokeyb]

Elton John gets his 5th retro number one, as he knocks Sweet down to 2.



In a slow top 8, Ike & Tina stay at 3, Bryan Ferry stays at 4 and Slade stay at 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is David Bowie at number 14.



The biggest climber is the Carpenters who jump up 22 places to number 9.



The biggest faller is Paul Simon who drops off the chart from number 33.

[smokeyb]

20.10.1973 (Week # 42)

1 (02) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 175 points (8-3-2-1) 4 wks
2 (01) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - 146 points (1-1-1-1-2) 5 wks
3 (03) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 124 points (8-4-2-2-2-3-3) 7 wks
4 (04) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - 122 points (22-7-4-4) 4 wks
5 (05) Slade - My Friend Stan - 118 points (8-5-5) 3 wks
6 (07) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown - 108 points (23-7-6) 3 wks
7 (08) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 99 points (19-8-7) 3 wks
8 (06) Status Quo - Caroline - 77 points (29-5-6-3-4-6-8) 7 wks
9 (31) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 73 points (31-31-9) 3 wks
10 (17) David Cassidy - Daydreamer - 67 points (17-10) 2 wks
11 (11) Isley Brothers - That Lady - 64 points (28-30-29-29-x-28-15-14-11-11) 9 wks
12 (09) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 64 points (29-12-9-9-9-12) 6 wks
13 (10) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 64 points (27-22-16-16-14-20-21-38-22-12-11-10-13) 13 wks
14 (NE) David Bowie - Sorrow - 56 points (14) 1 wk
15 (12) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 51 points (31-30-18-11-13-17-17-12-15) 9 wks
16 (14) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash - 45 points (40-10-10-13-13-14-16) 7 wks
17 (21) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 43 points (31-22-26-40-x-21-17) 6 wks
18 (NE) Who – 5:15 - 38 points (18) 1 wk
19 (22) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 37 points (34-24-22-19) 4 wks
20 (20) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby - 37 points (37-7-8-6-10-20-20) 7 wks
21 (19) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 34 points (37-25-21-20-19-21) 6 wks
22 (NE) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight - 33 points (22) 1 wk
23 (13) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis - 32 points (8-7-5-5-13-23) 6 wks
24 (29) Jim Croce – I Got a Name - 27 points (29-24) 2 wks
25 (16) Wizzard - Angel Fingers - 26 points (2-2-3-3-4-6-16-25) 8 wks
26 (15) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer - 25 points (12-9-10-12-15-26) 6 wks
27 (25) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27) 31 wks
28 (26) Ringo Starr - Photograph - 19 points (32-26-28) 3 wks
29 (NE) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 19 points (29) 1 wk
30 (24) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 19 points (22-26-17-14-20-22-24-30) 8 wks
31 (23) Rolling Stones - Angie - 19 points (13-3-2-4-7-16-23-31) 8 wks
32 (27) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 18 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32) 20 wks
33 (18) David Bowie - Laughing Gnome - 18 points (16-14-15-18-33) 5 wks
34 (NE) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee - 18 points (34) 1 wk
35 (NE) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 17 points (35) 1 wk
36 (32) Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man - 15 points (32-20-19-25-33-32-36) 7 wks
37 (35) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 15 points (37-30-33-39-39-39-40-40-39-34-36-35-35-37) 14 wks
38 (NE) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl - 15 points (38) 1 wk
39 (34) Bette Midler – Friends - 14 points (34-34-39) 3 wks
40 (37) Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love - 14 points (37-40) 2 wks
40 (40) Aerosmith - Dream On - 14 points (40-40) 2 wks

Dropped Out
42 (40) New York City – Make Me Twice The Man - 13 points (37-33-40-40)
46 (30) David Essex - Rock On - 12 points (19-2-1-1-1-5-11-18-30)
48 (38) Temptations – Law Of The Land - 12 points (40-37-38)
50 (36) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (part 1) - 10 points (40-28-25-36)
52 (28) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 9 points (28-17-13-12-15-38-x-40-35-30-x-26-28)
53 (40) Jackson 5 - Skywriter - 9 points (20-19-x-40)
58 (39) David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things - 6 points (35-32-29-39)
- (33) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock - 0 points (26-40-33)

[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 27.10.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 25-10-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(4) DAVID BOWIE – Sorrow  
(28) LYNSEY DE PAUL – Won’t Somebody Dance With Me
(18) MAX BYGRAVES – Deck Of Cards  
(11) THE DETROIT SPINNERS– Ghetto Child  
(NEW) THE FOUR TOPS – Sweet Understanding Love
(24) THE HOLLIES – The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee 
(14) THE ISLEY BROTHERS – That Lady  
(32) THE OSMONDS – Let Me In
(1) DAVID CASSIDY – Daydreamer  
(29) STEVIE WONDER – Higher Ground 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 27.10.1973
1 (4) Status Quo - Hello (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Slade - Sladest (4 wk) (# 1)
3 (6) Perry Como - And I Love You So (17 wk) (# 3)
4 (3) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (2 wk) (# 3)
5 (2) Gilbert O' Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (4 wk) (# 2)
6 (5) Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup (6 wk) (# 1)
7 (21) Lou Reed - Berlin (2 wk) (# 7)
8 (9) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (26 wk) (# 1)
9 (10) Carpenters - Now And Then (17 wk) (# 2)
10 (13) Max Bygraves - Singalongamax vol4 (5 wk) (#7)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 6 ) Top Of The World - Carpenters < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (#1[4])
3 ( 2 ) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (#2)
4 ( 3 ) My Friend Stan - Slade (#3)
5 ( 12 ) The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
6 ( 7 ) Daydreamer - David Cassidy
7 ( 5 ) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (#5)
8 ( 4 ) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry (#3)
9 ( 10 ) The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee - Hollies
10 ( -- ) The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich

11 ( 8 ) Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra (#8)
12 ( 9 ) It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson (#9)
13 ( 14 ) 05:15 - Who
14 ( 15 ) This Flight Tonight - Nazareth
15 ( -- ) Dyna-Mite - Mud
16 ( 26 ) Just You 'n' Me - Chicago
17 ( 17 ) I Got A Name - Jim Croce
18 ( 30 ) Dreamboat - Limmie & Family Cookin'
19 ( 11 ) The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie (#4)
20 ( 32 ) Milly Molly Mandy - Glyn Poole

21 ( 13 ) Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#5)
22 ( 22 ) Shine On Silver Sun - Strawbs
23 ( 28 ) Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
24 ( 16 ) To Know You Is To Love You - B B King (#11)
25 ( 20 ) Let Me In - Osmonds (#19)
26 ( 18 ) Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat - DeFranco Family (#14)
27 ( 25 ) We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals And Crofts (#25)
28 ( 34 ) Photograph - Ringo Starr
29 ( 21 ) Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#13)
30 ( 31 ) All I Know - Art Garfunkel

31 ( 19 ) Angel Fingers - Wizzard (#1[2])
32 ( 23 ) Ghetto Child - Spinners (#4)
33 ( 29 ) Nutbush City Limits - Ike And Tina Turner (#7)
34 ( 27 ) Caroline - Status Quo (#2[1])
35 ( 37 ) Law Of The Land - Temptations (#32)
36 ( 24 ) Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass (#24)
37 ( -- ) Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro
38 ( 33 ) All The Way From Memphis - Mott The Hoople (#8)
39 ( -- ) Won't Somebody Dance With Me - Lynsey De Paul
40 ( 35 ) Angie - Rolling Stones (#4)

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-- ( 36 ) You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty (#17)
-- ( 38 ) The Old Fashioned Way - Charles Aznavour (#26)
-- ( 39 ) Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#10)
-- ( 40 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (#1[4])

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-- ( -- ) Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor

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"Top Of The World" is top of the charts. On the assumption it meets that classification (and I've seen many who say it does), this is my #1 country music song of all time.

[rubcale]

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

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (32 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (2 wks)
03 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (21 wks)
04 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (5 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (4 wks)
06 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (15 wks)
07 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (3 wks)
08 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (9 wks)
09 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (11 wks)
10 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (1 wk)

11 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (4 wks)
12 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (9 wks)
13 The Dramatics – Fell For You (1 wk)
14 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (7 wks)
15 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (5 wks)
16 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (4 wks)
17 The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (2 wks)
18 Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me (1 wk)
19 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (26 wks)
20 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (22 wks)

21 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (11 wks)
22 Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand The Rain (9 wks)
23 The Dells – My Pretending Days Are Over (4 wks)
24 Syl Johnson – Back For A Taste Of Your Love (1 wk)
25 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (16 wks)
26 The Manhattans – You'd Better Believe It (6 wks)
27 The Ovations – Having A Party (Medley) (3 wks)
28 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (22 wks)
29 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (20 wks)
30 Johnnie Taylor – Cheaper To Keep Her (3 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 11.10.1973

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

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Ike & Tina Turner - NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS
2 [2] :: Bryan Ferry - A HARD RAINS GONNA FALL
3 [3] :: Sweet - BALLROOM BLITZ
4 [7] :: Slade - MY FRIEND STAN
5 [8] :: ABBA - NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA {French single}
6 [5] :: Marvin Gaye - LET'S GET IT ON
7 [6] :: Isley Brothers - THAT LADY
8 [4] :: Status Quo - CAROLINE
9 [12] :: David Bowie - SORROW
10 [9] :: Bob Dylan - KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
11 [11] :: Electric Light Orchestra - SHOWDOWN
12 [10] :: Elton John - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
13 [new] :: Mud - DYNA-MITE
14 [13] :: Carpenters - TOP OF THE WORLD
15 [14] :: Bryan Ferry - THESE FOOLISH THINGS {These Foolish Things LP track}
16 [15] :: Stevie Wonder - HIGHER GROUND
17 [new] :: David Bowie - FRIDAY ON MY MIND {Pin-Ups LP track}
18 [new] :: David Bowie - WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE {Pin-Ups LP track}
19 [new] :: David Bowie - HERE COMES THE NIGHT {Pin-Ups LP track}
20 [19] :: Steve Miller Band - THE JOKER

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
02(02) Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
03(09) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
04(04) E.L.O. – Showdown
05(13) David Bowie – Sorrow
06(06) Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
07(03) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
08(23) Aerosmith – Dream On
09(05) Jim Croce – I Got a Name
10(07) Bette Midler – Friends

11(27) Steve Miller Band – The Joker
12(14) David Cassidy – Daydreamer
13(--) Mud – Dynamite
14(08) Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
15(10) Isley Brothers – That Lady
16(12) Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
17(16) Nazareth – This Flight Tonight
18(19) The Who – 5:15
19(11) Slade – My Friend Stan
20(--) Ringo Starr – Photograph

21(15) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child
22(17) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
23(18) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Ooh Baby
24(20) Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis
25(--) Neil Diamond – Be
26(21) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
27(--) The Osmonds – Let Me In
28(25) The Hollies – The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
29(--) Suzi Quatro – Daytona Demon
30(22) Status Quo – Caroline

[raliverpool]

01 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4wks 17-8-3-1)
02 Slade - My Friend Stan (4wks 4-3-2-2)
03 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (5wks 19-13-7-5-3)
04 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall (4wks 28-12-8-4)
05 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (7wks 31-14-7-3-1-1-5)
06 David Bowie - Sorrow (2wks 13-6)
07 Status Quo - Caroline (7wks 29-17-11-7-5-4-7)
08 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (5wks 33-18-11-9-8)
09 Who - 5:15 (3wks 19-10-9)
10 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (3wks 37-12-10)

11 Art Garfunkel - All I Know (2wks 24-11)
12 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man (7wks 20-12-8-5-4-6-12)
13 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (6wks 20-15-12-10-11-13)
14 Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (6wks 7-1-1-2-7-14)
15 Billy Preston - Space Race (3wks 25-17-15)
16 Ringo Starr - Photograph (2wks 31-16)
17 Jim Croce - I Got A Name (2wks 33-17)
18 Bette Midler - Chapel Of Love (3wks 32-22-18)
19 Millie Jackson - Hurts So Good (5wks 32-27-23-20-19)
20 Carpenters - Top Of The World (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way (4wks 33-24-19-21)
22 Paul Simon - St Judy's Comet (3wks 36-28-22)
23 Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff (4wks 36-28-25-23)
24 David Bowie - Kooks (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Mott The Hoople - All The Way To Memphis (7wks 19-9-5-6-9-14-25)
26 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (7wks 34-27-20-16-14-16-28)
29 Doobie Brothers - China Grove (7wks 27-18-16-15-16-18-29)
30 Stevie Wonder - Visions (4wks 34-29-27-30)

31 David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things (8wks 25-7-3-2-2-6-15-31)
32 Alan Price - O Lucky Man! (3wks 33-29-32)
33 Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (7wks 36-29-22-19-18-21-33)
34 Chicago - Just You 'n' Me (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Lou Reed - Caroline Says II (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Hollies - The Day The Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Roberta Flack - Jesse (2wks 34-37)
38 Cher - Half Breed (8wks 24-10-8-9-11-15-23-38)
39 David Cassidy - The Puppy Song (3wks 31-30-39)
40 Bette Midler - Friends (1wk 40 NEW)

[smokeyb]

1 (6) David Bowie - Sorrow (2 wks)
2 (3) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (4 wks)
3 (4) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (5 wks)
4 (5) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (4 wks)
5 (1) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (5 wks)
6 (2) Slade - My Friend Stan (4 wks)
7 (10) The Who - 5:15 (3 wks)
8 (7) Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (6 wks)
9 (11) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child (5 wks)
10 (14) Jim Croce - I Got A Name (4 wks)
11 (8) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (6 wks)
12 (17) The Temptations - Law Of The Land (5 wks)
13 (16) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (3 wks)
14 (NE) Ringo Starr - Photograph (1 wk)
15 (15) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (3 wks)
16 (26) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (2 wks)
17 (23) Hollies - The day that curly Billy shot down crazy Sam McGee (3 wks)
18 (22) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (4 wks)
19 (20) David Cassidy - Daydreamer (3 wks)
20 (33) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (2 wks)
21 (9) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Joybringer (8 wks)
22 (30) Limmie and The Family Cookin - Dreamboat (2 wks)
23 (12) Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis (8 wks)
24 (NE) Mud -Dynamite (1 wk)
25 (NE) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (1 wk)
26 (13) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (8 wks)
27 (18)The Rolling Stones - Angie (9 wks)
28 (NE) Lynsey de Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (1 wk)
29 (19) Isley Brothers - That Lady (6 wks)
30 (21) Status Quo - Caroline (8 wks)
31 (40) Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er (2 wks)
32 (NE) Aerosmith - Dream On (1 wk)
33 (NE) The Osmonds - Let Me In (1 wk)
34 (24) Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby (8 wks)
35 (25) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (7 wks)
36 (27) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (6 wks)
37 (28) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (7 wks)
38 (29) Aretha Franklin - Angel (8 wks)
39 (32) Strawbs - Shine On Silver Sun (4 wks)
40 (NE) The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) (1 wk)

[Smurfie]

1 ) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
3 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
4 ) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
5 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
6 ) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
7 ) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
8 ) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
9 ) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
10 ) Isley Brothers - That Lady
11 ) Lynsey de Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
12 ) Status Quo - Caroline
13 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
14 ) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
15 ) Slade - My Friend Stan
16 ) David Bowie - Sorrow
17 ) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
18 ) The Osmonds - Let Me In
19 ) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
20 ) Ringo Starr - Photograph

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1 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
3 Status Quo – Caroline
4 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
5 Carpenters - Top Of The World
6 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
7 Slade - My Friend Stan
8 Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
9 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
10 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
11 Mud -Dynamite
12 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
13 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
14 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

[popchartfreak]

13th October 1973

It's up to pole position for a 5th chart-topper for Elton John as Bennie & The Jets knocks his own Yellow Brick Road off the top spot. It originally topped my rule-changed charts in 1974 despite not being a UK single until 1976. Al Wilson jumps up to 5 with Show And Tell as highest new entry is at 7 for Mud, their 3rd top 10 in a row after 2 retro number ones. Dyna-Mite was a song rejected by The Sweet (who can't complain as they got Ballroom Blitz as a result) which gave Mud the opportunity to drop the Tango rhythms and go full-on Glam Rock and become one of my fave acts of 1974.

It's a big week for great new tracks, so the chart is expanded to 85 and a lot of records drop where they should be going up. New in at 12, a minor hit for me in 1974 for Redbone, but a huge chart-topper following Guardians Of The Galaxy's prime movie slot, these days it's unavoidable on adverts and so on, back in 1974 when it was a huge US hit it was unknown. Come And Get Your Love is the new name of the already charted Hail, newly revamped to the better and a 5th chart retro entry for the First Nation band.

Debuting at 14, and disguised on Lift Off With Ayshea, ITV's kids hour pop show, Alvin Stardust was clearly a p*ss-take of Gary Glitter's name and a Glamrocking anthem called My Coo Ch Choo (brainchild of future hitmaker Peter Shelley) was performed under a pseudo feather coat of many colours. sadly the footage is wiped but Alvin soon changed over to leathers a la Gene Vincent, opted for a back-handed microphone style with gloves, and outed himself as former 60's hitmaker Shane Fenton, and a local popstar to people living in Mansfield (where I was born and lived in between RAF camps and so on). A new career is born!

At 27, Genesis debut their Peter Gabriel-dominated quirky progrock I Know What I Like 6 months early, as Prog bands didn't usually bother with singles, and they'd dropped new album Selling England By The Pound. Barry White's new US single is out, one of his greats, Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up in at 31 and helping to push his current US single down my chart. Elton has a massive climb into the 40 with Harmony, and Leo Sayer gets a second track on the chart as his clown-faced fairground/circus-inspired UK chart debut The Show Must Go On is new at 53.

Lynsey De Paul gets a 5th chart track with the wistful ballad Won't Somebody Dance With Me, with Ed "Stewpot" Stewart guesting at the end of the song inviting her to dance. I was still listening to Junior's Choice in those days, so that was a nice touch. The Staple Singers are back 2 years of charting, with If You're Ready at 67, not entirely dissimilar to I'll Take You There, while Suzi Q is on track 4 in the chart, the rawer Daytona Demon, still Glamrock but slower. Ray Charles is on a new record label and drops a very classic-era strings ballad-sounding forgotten gem that's new to me - Come LIve With Me is really good.

Gallagher & Lyle debut at 8- with one that got airplay (but no sales) at the time, Shine A Light, the Scottish folk duo better known as part of McGuiness Flint up to that point, and the hit songwriters of the band - and future pop hits for themselves and others. Blackfoot Sue get a 3rd chart entry, Get It All To Me, and in bottom rung it's Babs Streisand with the theme to her new blockbuster movie The Way We Were. I love engaging comic Babs, What's Up Doc and others, not so keen on glum Babs m'self and not one of her greatest songs, but huge in the USA. Gladys Knight would do it better soon-ish.


1 ( 4 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
2 ( 2 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
3 ( 3 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
4 ( 5 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
5 ( 25 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
6 ( 1 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
7 ( NEW ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 7
8 ( 8 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
9 ( 6 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
10 ( 7 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7

11 ( 11 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth # 11
12 ( NEW ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 12
13 ( 9 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
14 ( NEW ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 14
15 ( 12 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12
16 ( 16 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
17 ( 15 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
18 ( 13 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
19 ( 10 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10
20 ( 18 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies # 18

21 ( 20 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade # 20
22 ( 14 ) WHY IS EVERYBODY GOING HOME - Leo Sayer # 14
23 ( 17 ) A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry # 17
24 ( 23 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
25 ( 21 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
26 ( 26 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations # 26
27 ( NEW ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) - Genesis # 27
28 ( 19 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
29 ( 36 ) SORROW - David Bowie # 29
30 ( 39 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - Phil Everly # 30

31 ( NEW ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White # 31
32 ( 28 ) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 28
33 ( 38 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard # 33
34 ( 44 ) ANOTHER ‘WITHOUT YOU’ DAY - Blue Mink # 34
35 ( 30 ) I GOT A NAME - Jim Croce # 30
36 ( 33 ) OH NO! NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart # 10
37 ( 24 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 10
38 ( 27 ) STONED OUT OF MY MIND - The Chi-Lites # 15
39 ( 72 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 39
40 ( 29 ) I’VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE - Barry White # 29

41 ( 31 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 8
42 ( 22 ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams # 12
43 ( 67 ) DIRTY OL’ MAN - The Three Degrees # 43
44 ( 34 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
45 ( 40 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 6
46 ( 35 ) ANGEL FINGERS (A TEEN BALLAD) - Wizzard # 4
47 ( 32 ) FAREWELL ANDROMEDA (WELCOME TO MY MORNING) - John Denver # 26
48 ( 43 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
49 ( 61 ) DAYDREAMER - David Cassidy # 49
50 ( 46 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20

51 ( 49 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 6
52 ( 51 ) MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 17
53 ( NEW ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer # 53
54 ( 41 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 11
55 ( 52 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops # 52
56 ( 55 ) THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy # 55
57 ( 56 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
58 ( 37 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
59 ( 53 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
60 ( 64 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing # 60

61 ( 57 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
62 ( 45 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 7
63 ( 48 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo # 17
64 ( 66 ) THE JOKER - The Steve Miller Band # 64
65 ( 70 ) PLAY AROUND - Linda Lewis # 65
66 ( NEW ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 66
67 ( NEW ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 67
68 ( 68 ) SMOKIN’ IN THE BOYS ROOM - Brownsville Station # 68
69 ( NEW ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 69
70 ( NEW ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 70

71 ( 75 ) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND/LOVE LIES BLEEDING - Elton John # 71
72 ( 74 ) ROCKIN’ ROLL BABY - The Stylistics # 72
73 ( 73 ) SAIL AROUND THE WORLD - David Gates # 73
74 ( 50 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
75 ( 60 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
76 ( 54 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople # 16
77 ( 59 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
78 ( 80 ) TERMINAL EYES - Al Stewart # 78
79 ( 76 ) THESE FOOLISH THINGS - Bryan Ferry # 76
80 ( NEW ) SHINE A LIGHT - Gallagher & Lyle # 80

81 ( 79 ) DREAMBOAT - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 79
82 ( 77 ) JAM JAM - American Jam Band # 77
83 ( 78 ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man # 78
84 ( NEW ) GET IT ALL TO ME - Blackfoot Sue # 84
85 ( NEW ) THE WAY WE WERE - Barbra Streisand # 85





13th October 1973 My actual chart of that week way back then

It's a first chart-topper for Ike & Tina Turner, on the amazing autobiographical Nutbush City Limits, complete with fab synth break as add on to the aggressive rockfunk base. Joybringer, talking of synths, is up to 3 and The Detroit Spinners get 2 top 10's in a row. Nazareth get a 3rd of the year with Joni Mitchell's This Flight Tonight new at 17. Linda Lewis follows up her Rock A Doodle Doo with Play Around, which should have been a hit.

Lynsey De Paul makes it 4 in a row with an abrupt change in direction, the lush ballad Won;t Somebody Dance With Me, with bonus dance invitation from DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, Junior's Choice presenter. David Cassidy has been a big fave over the last 3 years both with and without The Partridge Family, but his hyped new double A side struggles in at 29 despite zooming to the top of the UK charts. Oops!

1 ( 4 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
2 ( 1 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
3 ( 8 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
4 ( 6 ) A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry
5 ( 2 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5
6 ( 3 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John
7 ( 5 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade
8 ( 10 ) BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet
9 ( 11 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners
10 ( 7 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon

11 ( 14 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers
12 ( 17 ) ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS - Mott The Hoople
13 ( 12 ) ANGEL FINGERS - Wizzard
14 ( 16 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies
15 ( 9 ) CAROLINE - Status Quo
16 ( 22 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder
17 ( NEW ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth
18 ( 15 ) OH NO NOT MY BABY - Rod Stewart
19 ( 26 ) KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan
20 ( 20 ) ROCK ON - David Essex

21 ( RE ) OOH BABY - Gilbert O'Sullivan
22 ( 24 ) TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Dawn
23 ( 27 ) EYE LEVEL - The Simon Park Orchestra
24 ( NEW ) PLAY AROUND - Linda Lewis
25 ( 19 ) HOLLY HOLY - Junior Walker & The All Stars
26 ( NEW ) WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul
27 ( 23 ) THE LAUGHING GNOME - David Bowie
28 ( 30 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations
29 ( NEW ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy
30 ( 21 ) ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE - Bobby McGee