Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.11.1973

[smokeyb]

The carpenters get a 2nd week at the top, with a huge increase in points over their nearest rivals



who are Mud who move up to number 2. Elton slips to 3, David Bowie is down at 4 and Alvin Stardust is up to 5.



There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Kiki Dee at number 18.



The biggest climber is Barry Blue who moves up 11 places to number 10.



The biggest faller is Marvin Gaye who drops off the chart from number 13.

[smokeyb]

10.11.1973 (Week # 45)

1 (01) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 181 points (31-31-9-2-1-1) 6 wks
2 (06) Mud - Dyna-Mite - 125 points (12-6-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 116 points (8-3-2-1-1-2-3) 7 wks
4 (03) David Bowie - Sorrow - 112 points (14-7-3-4) 4 wks
5 (14) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 87 points (14-5) 2 wks
6 (10) Ringo Starr - Photograph - 78 points (32-26-28-21-10-6) 6 wks
7 (04) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown - 77 points (23-7-6-6-4-7) 6 wks
8 (05) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - 66 points (22-7-4-4-3-5-8) 7 wks
9 (09) David Cassidy - Daydreamer - 66 points (17-10-11-9-9) 5 wks
10 (21) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance? - 63 points (21-10) 2 wks
11 (11) Status Quo - Caroline - 56 points (29-5-6-3-4-6-8-10-11-11) 10 wks
12 (15) Osmonds - Let Me In - 54 points (15-12) 2 wks
13 (08) Slade - My Friend Stan - 50 points (8-5-5-5-8-13) 6 wks
14 (24) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon - 50 points (24-14) 2 wks
15 (07) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 48 points (19-8-7-8-7-15) 6 wks
16 (17) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 46 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16) 7 wks
17 (12) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - 44 points (1-1-1-1-2-4-12-17) 8 wks
18 (NE) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse - 38 points (18) 1 wk
19 (18) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 35 points (29-12-9-9-9-12-19-18-19) 9 wks
20 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels - 34 points (20) 1 wk
21 (31) Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me - 33 points (39-31-21) 3 wks
22 (19) Jim Croce – I Got a Name - 32 points (29-24-24-19-22) 5 wks
23 (32) Steve Miller Band - Joker - 28 points (32-23) 2 wks
24 (20) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight - 27 points (22-17-20-24) 4 wks
25 (16) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 26 points (31-30-18-11-13-17-17-12-15-16-16-25) 12 wks
26 (27) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 26 points (22-26-17-14-20-22-24-30-25-27-26) 11 wks
27 (22) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 26 points (31-22-26-40-x-21-17-15-22-27) 9 wks
28 (NE) Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things - 24 points (28) 1 wk
29 (28) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 24 points (37-25-21-20-19-21-26-28-29) 9 wks
30 (37) Limmie & The Family Cookin' - Dreamboat - 24 points (37-30) 2 wks
31 (26) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl - 23 points (38-28-26-31) 4 wks
32 (33) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27-29-33-32) 34 wks
33 (NE) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian - 20 points (33) 1 wk
34 (29) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee - 20 points (34-18-29-34) 4 wks
35 (30) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This - 20 points (30-35) 2 wks
36 (35) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 19 points (29-31-35-36) 4 wks
37 (NE) John Lennon - Mind Games - 19 points (37) 1 wk
38 (36) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 18 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32-32-36-38) 23 wks
39 (RE) Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love - 18 points (37-40-37-x-39) 4 wks
40 (13) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 18 points (8-4-2-2-2-3-3-9-13-40) 10 wks
40 (NE) Persuaders – Some Guys Have All The Luck - 18 points (40) 1 wk

Dropped Out
42 (39) Redbone - Come And Get Your Love - 17 points (39)
43 (23) Who – 5:15 - 16 points (18-20-23)
51 (40) Aerosmith - Dream On - 12 points (40-40-27-40)
52 (40) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 12 points (35-30-40)
59 (38) Isley Brothers - That Lady - 10 points (28-30-29-29-x-28-15-14-11-11-14-38)
62 (34) Temptations – Law Of The Land - 9 points (40-37-38-x-36-34)
74 (25) Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash - 4 points (40-10-10-13-13-14-16-23-25)
- (13) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 17 points (27-22-16-16-14-20-21-38-22-12-11-10-13-13-40)

[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 17.11.1973

1 (NE) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) The Osmonds - Let Me In (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (1) David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (6 wk) (# 1)
4 (3) David Bowie - Sorrow (5 wk) (# 3)
5 (4) Mud -Dynamite (4 wk) (# 4)
6 (23) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love (2 wk) (# 6)
7 (5) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (5 wk) (# 5)
8 (13) Ringo Starr - Photograph (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (20) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (3 wk) (# 9)
10 (8) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child (8 wk) (# 7)
11 (11) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (6 wk) (# 11)
12 (9) Perry Como - For The Good Times (13 wk) (# 7)
13 (14) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards (7 wk) (# 13)
14 (17) Lynsey de Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (6) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (10 wk) (# 1)
16 (22) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (4 wk) (# 16)
17 (48) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (2 wk) (# 17)
18 (12) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (7 wk) (# 12)
19 (10) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (8 wk) (# 6)
20 (7) Status Quo - Caroline (11 wk) (# 5)
21 (15) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (7 wk) (# 14)
22 (19) Michael Ward - Let There Be Peace On Earth (8 wk) (# 15)
23 (38) David Essex - Lamplight (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (NE) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (1 wk) (# 24)
25 (26) Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (5 wk) (# 25)
26 (28) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (36) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (21) David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (10 wk) (# 6)
29 (16) Slade - My Friend Stan (7 wk) (# 2)
30 (25) The Who - 5:15 (6 wk) (# 20)
31 (18) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (8 wk) (# 10)
32 (27) Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (11 wk) (# 4)
33 (46) Mungo Jerry - Wild Love (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (40) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (34) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (3 wk) (# 34)
36 (35) Glyn Poole - Milly Molly Mandy (5 wk) (# 35)
37 (31) Limmie and The Family Cookin - Dreamboat (5 wk) (# 31)
38 (43) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (49) Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (2 wk) (# 39)
40 (30) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (6 wk) (# 24)
41 (33) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (37 wk) (# 1)
42 (24) Isley Brothers - That Lady (9 wk) (# 14)
43 (NE) Roxy Music - Street Life (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (29) Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (12 wk) (# 3)
45 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck- Love Is All (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (41) Perry Como - And I Love You So (31 wk) (# 3)
47 (32) Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz (9 wk) (# 2)
48 (37) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes (19 wk) (# 5)
49 (42) Charles Aznavour - The Old Fashioned Way (5 wk) (# 38)
50 (39) Peters & Lee - By Your Side (3 wk) (# 39)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 15-11-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn
(8) RINGO STARR – Photograph  
(27) ALVIN STARDUST – My Coo-Ca-Choo 
(24) MARIE OSMOND – Paper Roses  
(26) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – Helen Wheels
(17) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Why, Oh Why, Oh Why 
(NEW) MOTT THE HOOPLE – Roll Away The Stone 
(23) DAVID ESSEX – Lamplight 
(2) THE OSMONDS – Let Me In  
(38) KIKI DEE – Amoureuse 
(1) GARY GLITTER – I Love You Love Me Love
(9) BARRY BLUE – Do You Wanna Dance?

Top 30 Rundown for this week plus Alvin Stardust

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 17.11.1973
1 (1) David Bowie - Pin Ups (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (NE) Who - Quadrophenia (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3 wk) (# 2)
4 (4) Perry Como - And I Love You So (20 wk) (# 3)
5 (3) Status Quo - Hello (7 wk) (# 1)
6 (5) Slade - Sladest (7 wk) (# 1)
7 (6) Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (3 wk) (# 5)
8 (10) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (6 wks) (#8)
9 (9) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters vol 8 (3 wk) (# 9)
10 (8) The Carpenters - Now And Then (20 wk) (# 2)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Top Of The World - Carpenters < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust
3 ( 3 ) The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
4 ( -- ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band
5 ( 9 ) Do You Wanna Dance - Barry Blue
6 ( 15 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee
7 ( 4 ) The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes (#3)
8 ( 8 ) Just You 'n' Me - Chicago
9 ( 6 ) Dyna-Mite - Mud (#6)
10 ( 10 ) Dreamboat - Limmie & Family Cookin'

11 ( 14 ) Helen Wheels - Wings
12 ( -- ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter
13 ( 5 ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (#1[4])
14 ( 7 ) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (2[3])
15 ( -- ) Street Life - Roxy Music
16 ( 26 ) Wild Love - Mungo Jerry
17 ( 12 ) The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee - Hollies (#9)
18 ( 18 ) Photograph - Ringo Starr
19 ( 11 ) My Friend Stan - Slade (#3)
20 ( 16 ) Milly Molly Mandy - Glyn Poole (#16)

21 ( 21 ) Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro
22 ( -- ) Rockin' Roll Baby - Stylistics
23 ( 13 ) Daydreamer - David Cassidy (#6)
24 ( 30 ) Lamplight - David Essex
25 ( 23 ) Won't Somebody Dance With Me - Lynsey De Paul (#23)
26 ( -- ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy
27 ( 33 ) Why Oh Why Oh Why - Gilbert O'Sullivan
28 ( 34 ) Sweet Understanding Love - Four Tops
29 ( 19 ) 05:15 - Who (#13)
30 ( 17 ) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (#5)

31 ( 36 ) If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - Staple Singers
32 ( 20 ) This Flight Tonight - Nazareth (#14)
33 ( 25 ) Shine On Silver Sun - Strawbs (#22)
34 ( 24 ) I Got A Name - Jim Croce (#17)
35 ( 22 ) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry (#3)
36 ( 28 ) We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals And Crofts (#26)
37 ( 29 ) Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang (#23)
38 ( -- ) Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
39 ( 32 ) Space Race - Billy Preston (#29)
40 ( 27 ) Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra (#8)

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-- ( 31 ) It Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson (#9)
-- ( 35 ) All I Know - Art Garfunkel (#31)
-- ( 37 ) The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie (#4)
-- ( 38 ) Law Of The Land - Temptations (#32)
-- ( 39 ) Let Me In - Osmonds (#19)
-- ( 40 ) Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass (#30)

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-- ( -- ) Let Me Serenade You - Three Dog Night
-- ( -- ) Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye

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[rubcale]

01 Kiki Dee Amoureuse
02 Carpenters Top Of The World
03 Gary Glitter I Love You Love Me Love
04 Barry Blue Do You Wanna Dance?
05 Nazareth This Flight Tonight
06 Ringo Starr Photograph
07 David Cassidy Daydreamer
08 Wink Martindale Deck Of Cards
09 Osmonds Let Me In
10 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin'
11 Donny Osmond When I Fall In Love
12 Alvin Stardust My Coo-Ca-Choo
13 David Essex Lamplight
14 Mud Dyna-Mite
15 Roxy Music Street Life
16 Four Tops Sweet Understanding Love
17 Don Downing Lonely Days Lonely Nights
18 Suzi Quatro Daytona Demon
19 Bryan Ferry A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
20 Limmie & The Family Cookin' Dreamboat

[Whitneyfan]

01(17) Kiki Dee – Amoureuse
02(01) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
03(07) The Persuaders – Some Guys Have All The Luck
04(02) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
05(--) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
06(03) Steve Miller Band – The Joker
07(05) Ringo Starr – Photograph
08(--) Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love
09(04) David Bowie – Sorrow
10(14) Barry Blue – Do You Wanna Dance

11(06) Mud – Dynamite
12(08) Neil Diamond – Be
13(09) Aerosmith – Dream On
14(29) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why
15(25) David Essex – Lamplight
16(13) The Osmonds – Let Me In
17(30) Mungo Jerry – Wild Love
18(12) Suzi Quatro – Daytona Demon
19(20) Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo
20(22) Wings – Helen Wheels

21(10) Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
22(11) David Cassidy – Daydreamer
23(16) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This
24(15) E.L.O. – Showdown
25(18) Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
26(--) Roxy Music – Street Life
27(--) Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
28(19) Jim Croce – I Got a Name
29(21) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
30(23) Bette Midler – Friends

[Shireblogger]

1 [3] :: Carpenters - TOP OF THE WORLD
2 [1] :: Electric Light Orchestra - SHOWDOWN
3 [2] :: Bryan Ferry - THESE FOOLISH THINGS {These Foolish Things LP track}
4 [9] :: Alvin Stardust - MY COO-CA-CHOO
5 [10] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - HELEN WHEELS
6 [8] :: Mud - DYNA-MITE
7 [13] :: Suzi Quatro - DAYTONA DEMON
8 [14] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - I SHOT THE SHERIFF {Burnin' LP track}
9 [4] :: David Bowie - SORROW
10 [new] :: Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE
11 [20] :: Ringo Starr - PHOTOGRAPH
12 [18] :: Steve Miller Band - THE JOKER
13 [17] :: Persuaders - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
14 [new] :: Roxy Music - STREET LIFE
15 [7] :: ABBA - NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA {French single}
16 [6] :: Slade - MY FRIEND STAN
17 [new] :: Bruce Springsteen - ROSALITA, COME OUT TONIGHT {The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle LP track}
18 [5] :: Bryan Ferry - A HARD RAINS GONNA FALL
19 [new] :: Kinks - SWEET LADY GENEVIEVE
20 [new] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - GET UP, STAND UP {Burnin' LP track}

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 01.11.1973

1 (New) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
2 (05) Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
3 (01) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
4 (02) Carpenters - Top Of The World
5 (New) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
6 (10) Mud - Dynamite
7 (03) The Osmonds - Let Me In
8 (20) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance
9 (13) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
10 (23) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love
11 (04) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
12 (09) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
13 (16) Ringo Starr - Photograph
14 (08) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
15 (21) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
16 (15) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
17 (35) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why
18 (18) Isley Brothers - That Lady
19 (28) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
20 (27) David Essex - Lamplight
21 (07) Status Quo - Caroline
22 (11) Perry Como - For The Good Times
23 (06) David Bowie - Sorrow
24 (39) Mungo Jerry - Wild Love
25 (12) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
26 (34) Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love
27 (25) Paul McCartney and Wings - Helen Wheels
28 (22) Slade - My Friend Stan
29 (24) Ike And Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
30 (14) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
31 (17) Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
32 (19) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
33 (New) Roxy Music - Street Life
34 (26) The Hollies - The Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
35 (30) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
36 (33) Wizzard - Angel Fingers
37 (36) Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby
38 (37) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
39 (New) Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Is All
40 (40) Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (35 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (5 wks)
03 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (24 wks)
04 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (8 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (7 wks)
06 Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This (3 wks)
07 The Independents – It's All Over (1 wk)
08 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (18 wks)
09 The Chi Lites – I Found Sunshine (1 wk)
10 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (6 wks)

11 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (12 wks)
12 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (14 wks)
13 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (4 wks)
14 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (7 wks)
15 Earth, Wind & Fire – Keep Your Head to the Sky (1 wk)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (12 wks)
17 The Dramatics – Fell For You (4 wks)
18 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (10 wks)
19 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (8 wks)
20 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (7 wks)

21 The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (5 wks)
22 Joe Simon – River (1 wk)
23 Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me (4 wks)
24 Stevie Wonder – Living For The City (2 wks)
25 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (29 wks)
26 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (25 wks)
27 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (14 wks)
28 Ann Peebles – I Can't Stand The Rain (12 wks)
29 The Dells – My Pretending Days Are Over (7 wks)
30 Syl Johnson – Back For A Taste Of Your Love (4 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (7 wks)
2 (3) Ringo Starr - Photograph (4 wks)
3 (5) Mud - Dynamite (4 wks)
4 (2) David Bowie - Sorrow (5 wks)
5 (6) Jim Croce - I Got A Name (7 wks)
6 (8) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (4 wks)
7 (9) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (5 wks)
8 (12) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (3 wks)
9 (15) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (3 wks)
10 (NE) Roxy Music - Street Life (1 wk)
11 (10) Hollies - The day that curly Billy shot down crazy Sam McGee (6 wks)
12 (4) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (7 wks)
13 (28) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (2 wks)
14 (19) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (3 wks)
15 (27) David Essex-Lamplight (2 wks)
16 (14) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (5 wks)
17 (NE) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (1 wk)
18 (26) The Persuaders - Some Guys Have All The Luck (3 wks)
19 (31) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (2 wks)
20 (23) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (3 wks)
21 (24) The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) (4 wks)
22 (29) Billy Joel - Piano Man (3 wks)
23 (32) Mungo Jerry - Wild Love (2 wks)
24 (37) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (2 wks)
25 (7) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (8 wks)
26 (40) War - Me And Baby Brother (2 wks)
27 (38) Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (2 wks)
28 (NE) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1 wk)
29 (11) The Who - 5:15 (6 wks)
30 (13) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (7 wks)
31 (16) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (8 wks)
32 (17) The Temptations - Law Of The Land (8 wks)
33 (18) David Cassidy - Daydreamer (6 wks)
34 (20) The Osmonds - Let Me In (4 wks)
35 (21) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (6 wks)
36 (22) Aerosmith - Dream On (4 wks)
37 (25) Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er (5 wks)
38 (30) Slade - My Friend Stan (7 wks)
39 (33) Limmie and The Family Cookin - Dreamboat (5 wks)
40 (NE) Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (1 wk)

[raliverpool]

01 Ringo Starr - Photograph (5wks 31-16-6-3-1)
02 Steely Dan - My Old School (3wks 21-8-2)
03 Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (2wks 16-3)
04 Carpenters - Top Of The World (4wks 20-7-4-4)
05 David Bowie - Sorrow (5wks 13-6-2-2-5)
06 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (7wks 17-8-3-1-1-1-6)
07 David Bowie - Kooks (4wks 24-13-7-7)
08 Jim Croce - I Got A Name (5wks 33-17-8-6-8)
09 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (4wks 26-17-9-9)
10 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up (3wks 22-14-10)

11 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1wk 11 NEW)
12 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (4wks 27-19-13-12)
13 Mud - Dynamite (3wks 35-15-13)
14 Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady (2wks 20-14)
15 Osmonds - Let Me In (3wks 33-23-15)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (8wks 19-13-7-5-3-3-5-16)
17 Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (2wks 30-17)
18 Art Garfunkel - All I Know (5wks 24-11-9-10-18)
19 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (3wks 32-24-19)
20 Lou Reed - Caroline Says II (4wks 35-24-21-20)

21 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall (7wks 28-12-8-4-5-11-21)
22 Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (2wks 39-22)
23 Chicago - Just You 'n' Me (4wks 34-26-22-23)
24 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (3wks 31-27-24)
25 Slade - My Friend Stan (7wks 4-3-2-2-4-12-25)

26 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (3wks 38-29-27)
28 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance? (3wks 30-28-28)
29 Who - 5:15 (6wks 19-10-9-12-17-29)
30 Carole King - Corazon (2wks 37-30)

31 Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way, Again (2wks 36-31)
32 Billy Preston - Space Race (6wks 25-17-15-16-19-32)
33 Abba - Ring Ring (3wks 39-34-33)
34 Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (3wks 37-31-36)
37 Mungo Jerry - Wild Love (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (8wks 33-18-11-9-8-10-18-39)

40 David Gates - Sail Around The World (1wk 40 NEW)

First recorded in 1968 by Rundgren's band Nazz and was included on their self-titled debut album, this more uptempo Glam sounding Power Pop recording was taken from his 1972 album Something/Anything. It became a belated single, and took the best part of half a year to hit is USA #5 peak.

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1 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
2 Mud -Dynamite
3 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
4 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
5 Carpenters - Top Of The World
6 Slade - My Friend Stan
7 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
8 Roxy Music - Street Life
9 Status Quo – Caroline
10 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

[popchartfreak]

3rd November 1973

It's 2 weeks on top of my retro remake chart as I become obsessed with one that I discovered long after 1973, but haven't heard in 30 years, Steve Harley's magnificent Sebastian just holding off John Lennon's equally magnificent Mind Games, one of his best solo tracks. The inrush of classics continues at the top end with Jim Croce's heartbreaking posthumous single Time In A Bottle, it's so poignant in any case, but it had a massive revival in 2014's fabulous X-Men: Days Of Future Past movie with a key sequence starring Quicksilver in slow motion. If 15-year-old me could have been shown that clip I would have been hyperactive for weeks, and frustrated that it would take 40 years for the movie-technology to catch up with superhero comics.

Dolly Parton has new rock-pop stuff out in 2023, at the age of 77, all fab, but it's Jolene up to 5 in my retro charts of 1973, while Roxy Music make it 3 top 10's as Street Life debuts at 10, with a frantic, and unique, song construction that I still love. I bought the single and the B side is quirky too, Hula Kula, Hawaiian-style instrumental. New at 21, that Glitter man is back with his biggest record in the UK, million-seller I Love You Love Me Love, his 7th entry, as Prelude do an acapella cover of Neil Young's After The Goldrush on their new album, though the single won't hit until spring '74. New at 29, and so good it was a hit again in 1982.

Elton John has 3 tracks in the top 20, 4 in the 40, as another Piano Man is back at 53, Billy Joel's signature tune not getting any UK success until 1975 (and then only very minor). At 54, Lou Christie returns after 4 years away on a flop track I've never heard before, but Beyond The Blue Horizon is both old-fashioned for 1973, and enormously catchy in a fabulous cheesy way. Another 60's popster is also back at 63, as Peter Noone has another pop tune that's new to me, but is rather catchy too, I Think I'm Over keeping the ex-Herman's Hermits singer having a run of 7 consecutive retro chart years. Peter was Tweeting (X-ing?) only today about The Kinks and his version of Dandy.

That leaves the sadly late Olivia Newton-John back again with a country ditty that was big in the USA, and Edwin Starr having another funky stab at chart success (in vain).



1 ( 1 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
2 ( 2 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
3 ( NEW ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 3
4 ( 7 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
5 ( 18 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
6 ( 3 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
7 ( 5 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
8 ( 8 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
9 ( 9 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
10 ( NEW ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 10

11 ( 4 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
12 ( 6 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
13 ( 11 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
14 ( 19 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14
15 ( 15 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
16 ( 16 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
17 ( 22 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 17
18 ( 10 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
19 ( 17 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 17
20 ( 13 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White # 13

21 ( NEW ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 21
22 ( 24 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 22
23 ( 12 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) - Genesis # 12
24 ( 25 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee # 24
25 ( 20 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
26 ( 14 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
27 ( 35 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 27
28 ( 23 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
29 ( NEW ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 29
30 ( 36 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 30

31 ( 27 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - Phil Everly # 25
32 ( 28 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard # 28
33 ( 21 ) ANOTHER ‘WITHOUT YOU’ DAY - Blue Mink # 21
34 ( 30 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7
35 ( 46 ) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND/LOVE LIES BLEEDING - Elton John # 35
36 ( 32 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
37 ( 44 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer # 37
38 ( 31 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
39 ( 26 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
40 ( 29 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1

41 ( 38 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12
42 ( 43 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 42
43 ( 41 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
44 ( 37 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
45 ( 45 ) DIRTY OL’ MAN - The Three Degrees # 40
46 ( 40 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10
47 ( 50 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 47
48 ( 33 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
49 ( 62 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 49
50 ( 71 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 50

51 ( 34 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth # 11
52 ( 58 ) SAIL AROUND THE WORLD - David Gates # 52
53 ( NEW ) PIANO MAN - Billy Joel # 53
54 ( NEW ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 54
55 ( 56 ) THE WOMBLING SONG - The Wombles # 55
56 ( 55 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
57 ( 42 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Temptations # 19
58 ( 52 ) THE JOKER - The Steve Miller Band # 46
59 ( 39 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies # 18
60 ( 48 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade # 20

61 ( 49 ) SORROW - David Bowie # 29
62 ( 47 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing # 47
63 ( 74 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 63
64 ( 54 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
65 ( 61 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
66 ( 59 ) A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry # 17
67 ( NEW ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 67
68 ( 63 ) PLAY AROUND - Linda Lewis # 63
69 ( 65 ) THE WAY WE WERE - Barbra Streisand # 65
70 ( 57 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 8

71 ( 76 ) I SHOT THE SHERIFF - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 71
72 ( 83 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 72
73 ( 73 ) GET IT ALL TO ME - Blackfoot Sue # 73
74 ( 82 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - Donny Osmond # 74
75 ( 81 ) YOU’RE A STAR - Carl Wayne # 75
76 ( 51 ) THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy # 50
77 ( 78 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 77
78 ( 84 ) WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 78
79 ( 85 ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry # 79
80 ( NEW ) LET ME BE THERE - Olivia Newton-John # 80

81 ( 75 ) LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS) - Helen Reddy # 75
82 ( 80 ) ME AND BABY BROTHER - War # 80
83 ( 79 ) I FOUND SUNSHINE - The Chi-Lites # 79
84 ( 72 ) ROCKIN’ ROLL BABY - The Stylistics # 72
85 ( NEW ) YOU’VE GOT MY SOUL ON FIRE - Edwin Starr # 85





3rd November 1973 Wot I Liked That Actual Week Then

It's 2 weeks on top for Ringo in my chart of the time, 15 years old and all, while ex-mucca Paul is new in with his missus and Denny Laine & co at 22 with the rocking Helen Wheels, named after the McCartney's actual car, and the single not on the imminent classic album dropping soon. Mud are up to 2 for a hat-trick of top 2's, and The Hollies grab a first top 10 since 1970 with the CCR-ish cowboy story song with the long title, at 7, one ahead of Bob Dylan getting his first top 10 in 4 years, and an actual cowboy song from the Pat McGarett & Billy The Kid film.

Don Downing gets a fab soul top 10, and Eddie Kendricks grabs a fab funk stomper, Keep On Truckin', outdoing his old bandmates at 24, The Temptations having dropped out. The Osmonds are back with their first-ever singles ballad, Let Me In being better than Donny's efforts. New at 25 while Dan The Banjo Man slips his eponymous instrumental in at 27 2 years on from his previous pseudonym Springwater. His real name is Phil Cordell. The Four Tops also return at 29, with Sweet Understanding Love, a UK hit where the way better Ain't No Woman wasn't, and Colin Blunstone gets a 6th solo entry, which is Wonderful for him.

Around this time, my obsessive-comics heroes The Legion Of Super-Heroes were having a revamp, as new artist Dave Cockrum proved hugely popular with me and other fans as he updated costumes and showcased his amazing art on the cover of what was the Superboy comic, as the 30th century-super-hero-team outdid Superboy in popularity. See comments above about X-Men, as life proves circular with Dave Cockrum falling out with DC Comics in 1974 over them not keep his own artwork, and leaving to Marvel and spear-heading X-Men into the top-selling comic using all of his Legion-styles and new heroes he'd created for the team, and took with him for the X-Men. I was about as excited about a new Legion comic as I was a fab new record.


1 ( 1 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr
2 ( 11 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
3 ( 8 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
4 ( 7 ) SORROW - David Bowie
5 ( 2 ) A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry
6 ( 6 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John
7 ( 13 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies
8 ( 12 ) KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan
9 ( 3 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
10 ( 18 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing

11 ( 5 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth
12 ( 17 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro
13 ( 10 ) BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet
14 ( 16 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
15 ( 21 ) EYE LEVEL - The Simon Park Orchestra
16 ( 28 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
17 ( 15 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade
18 ( 20 ) WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul
19 ( 22 ) TOP OF THE WORLD - The Carpenters
20 ( 23 ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy

21 ( 4 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband
22 ( NEW ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
23 ( 26 ) TAKE IT BACK - Hudson-Ford
24 ( NEW ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks
25 ( NEW ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds
26 ( 9 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder
27 ( NEW ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man
28 ( 14 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners
29 ( NEW ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops
30 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL - Colin Blunstone

[Smurfie]

1 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
2 ) Lynsey de Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
3 ) The Osmonds - Let Me In
4 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
5 ) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
6 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
7 ) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8 ) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
9 ) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
10 ) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
11 ) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance
12 ) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
13 ) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
14 ) David Bowie - Sorrow
15 ) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why
16 ) David Essex - Lamplight
17 ) Ringo Starr - Photograph
18 ) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
19 ) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
20 ) Roxy Music - Street Life