Haven Retro Combined Chart : 17.11.1973

[smokeyb]

Week number 3 at the top for the Carpenters, as they open up an even bigger lead over the rivals.



Alvin Stardust is up to 2, Mud slip to 3, Ringo Starr is at 4 and Gary Glitter is at 5.



There are 10 new entries this week, the highest is Gary Glitter at 5.



Roxy Music are also new in at number 12.



The biggest climber is the Persuaders who jump up 19 places to number 21.



The biggest faller is Ike & Tina Turner who drop off the charts from number 13.

[smokeyb]

17.11.1973 (Week # 46)

1 (01) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 178 points (31-31-9-2-1-1-1) 7 wks
2 (05) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 114 points (14-5-2) 3 wks
3 (02) Mud - Dyna-Mite - 113 points (12-6-2-3) 4 wks
4 (06) Ringo Starr - Photograph - 106 points (32-26-28-21-10-6-4) 7 wks
5 (NE) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love - 95 points (5) 1 wk
6 (10) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance? - 89 points (21-10-6) 3 wks
7 (03) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 86 points (8-3-2-1-1-2-3-7) 8 wks
8 (18) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse - 77 points (18-8) 2 wks
9 (04) David Bowie - Sorrow - 64 points (14-7-3-4-9) 5 wks
10 (07) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown - 63 points (23-7-6-6-4-7-10) 7 wks
11 (14) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon - 60 points (24-14-11) 3 wks
12 (NE) Roxy Music - Street Life - 55 points (12) 1 wk
13 (12) Osmonds - Let Me In - 55 points (15-12-13) 3 wks
14 (23) Steve Miller Band - Joker - 46 points (32-23-14) 3 wks
15 (20) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels - 44 points (20-15) 2 wks
16 (16) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 43 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16) 8 wks
17 (09) David Cassidy - Daydreamer - 40 points (17-10-11-9-9-17) 6 wks
18 (21) Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me - 38 points (39-31-21-18) 4 wks
19 (28) Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things - 36 points (28-19) 2 wks
20 (NE) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle - 34 points (20) 1 wk
21 (40) Persuaders – Some Guys Have All The Luck - 29 points (40-21) 2 wks
22 (22) Jim Croce – I Got a Name - 29 points (29-24-24-19-22-22) 6 wks
23 (19) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level - 27 points (29-12-9-9-9-12-19-18-19-23) 10 wks
24 (NE) David Essex - Lamplight - 26 points (24) 1 wk
25 (NE) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses - 25 points (25) 1 wk
26 (33) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian - 24 points (33-26) 2 wks
27 (31) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl - 23 points (38-28-26-31-27) 5 wks
28 (13) Slade - My Friend Stan - 22 points (8-5-5-5-8-13-28) 7 wks
29 (25) Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child - 22 points (31-30-18-11-13-17-17-12-15-16-16-25-29) 13 wks
30 (NE) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love - 21 points (30) 1 wk
31 (32) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27-29-33-32-31) 35 wks
32 (36) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 19 points (29-31-35-36-32) 5 wks
33 (NE) Steely Dan - My Old School - 19 points (33) 1 wk
34 (37) John Lennon - Mind Games - 19 points (37-34) 2 wks
35 (38) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 18 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32-32-36-38-35) 24 wks
36 (39) Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love - 18 points (37-40-37-x-39-36) 5 wks
37 (NE) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - 17 points (37) 1 wk
38 (NE) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why - 17 points (38) 1 wk
39 (24) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight - 16 points (22-17-20-24-39) 5 wks
40 (08) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - 16 points (22-7-4-4-3-5-8-40) 8 wks
40 (NE) Dolly Parton - Jolene - 16 points (40) 1 wk

Dropped Out
42 (35) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This - 15 points (30-35)
43 (26) Perry Como - For The Good Times - 14 points (22-26-17-14-20-22-24-30-25-27-26)
45 (34) Hollies - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGhee - 14 points (34-18-29-34)
51 (30) Limmie & The Family Cookin' - Dreamboat - 12 points (37-30)
55 (11) Status Quo - Caroline - 12 points (29-5-6-3-4-6-8-10-11-11)
58 (29) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia - 10 points (37-25-21-20-19-21-26-28-29)
63 (15) Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 9 points (19-8-7-8-7-15)
65 (17) Sweet - Ballroom Blitz - 8 points (1-1-1-1-2-4-12-17)
- (22) Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground - 26 points (31-22-26-40-x-21-17-15-22-27) 9 wks
- (13) Ike &Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits - 18 points (8-4-2-2-2-3-3-9-13-40) 10 wks

[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 24.11.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 22-11-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(26) MOTT THE HOOPLE – Roll Away The Stone
(4) MUD – Dynamite
(6) DONNY OSMOND – When I Fall In Love 
(7) BARRY BLUE – Do You Wanna Dance?  
(30) EDDIE KENDRICKS – Keep On Truckin’  
(8) ALVIN STARDUST – My Coo-Ca-Choo
(35) THE NEW SEEKERS feat. LYN PAUL – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
(21) ROXY MUSIC – Street Life
(NEW) CLIFF RICHARD – Take Me High
(1) GARY GLITTER – I Love You Love Me Love
(17) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – Helen Wheels 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 24.11.1973
1 (1) David Bowie - Pin Ups (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Who - Quadrophenia (2 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (4 wk) (# 2)
4 (4) Perry Como - And I Love You So (21 wk) (# 3)
5 (14) Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (8 wk) (# 2)
6 (6) Slade - Sladest (8 wk) (# 1)
7 (7) Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (4 wk) (# 5)
8 (8) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (7 wks) (#8)
9 (5) Status Quo - Hello (8 wk) (# 1)
10 (18) The Osmonds - The Plan (14 wk) (# 6)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 4 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band < 1st #1 >
2 ( 2 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust
3 ( 1 ) Top Of The World - Carpenters (#1[4])
4 ( 12 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter
5 ( 6 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee
6 ( 3 ) The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich (#3)
7 ( 5 ) Do You Wanna Dance - Barry Blue (#5)
8 ( 15 ) Street Life - Roxy Music
9 ( -- ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople
10 ( 8 ) Just You 'n' Me - Chicago (#8)

11 ( 11 ) Helen Wheels - Wings
12 ( -- ) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - New Seekers
13 ( 22 ) Rockin' Roll Baby - Stylistics
14 ( 16 ) Wild Love - Mungo Jerry
15 ( 10 ) Dreamboat - Limmie & Family Cookin' (#10)
16 ( 7 ) The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes (#3)
17 ( -- ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
18 ( 9 ) Dyna-Mite - Mud (#6)
19 ( 26 ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy
20 ( -- ) Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight

21 ( 18 ) Photograph - Ringo Starr (#18)
22 ( 24 ) Lamplight - David Essex
23 ( 21 ) Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro (#21)
24 ( 14 ) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (2[3])
25 ( 13 ) Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (#1[4])
26 ( -- ) Mind Games - John Lennon
27 ( 17 ) The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee - Hollies (#9)
28 ( 27 ) Why Oh Why Oh Why - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#27)
29 ( 28 ) Sweet Understanding Love - Four Tops (#28)
30 ( 20 ) Milly Molly Mandy - Glyn Poole (#16)

31 ( 38 ) Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
32 ( 31 ) If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - Staple Singers (#31)
33 ( 19 ) My Friend Stan - Slade (#3)
34 ( 25 ) Won't Somebody Dance With Me - Lynsey De Paul (#23)
35 ( -- ) My Music - Loggins & Messina
36 ( -- ) Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex
37 ( -- ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
38 ( 23 ) Daydreamer - David Cassidy (#6)
39 ( -- ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley
40 ( 29 ) 05:15 - Who (#13)

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-- ( 30 ) Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (#5)
-- ( 32 ) This Flight Tonight - Nazareth (#14)
-- ( 33 ) Shine On Silver Sun - Strawbs (#22)
-- ( 34 ) I Got A Name - Jim Croce (#17)
-- ( 35 ) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry (#3)
-- ( 36 ) We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals And Crofts (#26)
-- ( 37 ) Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang (#23)
-- ( 39 ) Space Race - Billy Preston (#29)
-- ( 40 ) Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra (#8)

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-- ( -- ) And You Smiled - Matt Monro
-- ( -- ) Be - Neil Diamond
-- ( -- ) Show And Tell - Al Wilson

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Deee-Lite nowhere to be found - the Steve Miller Band go to the top ahead of Alvin Stardust who remains at #2 for a 3rd week whilst the Carpenters fall to #3 and whilst it spent 4 weeks on top, it doesn't have overall that great a chart run but it is my favourite of their songs ahead of their other 2 number ones which had longer chart runs.

The Joker has the 4th longest gap between being an NM #1 and a UK #1 (about 17 years). 3rd is "Stand By Me" by Ben E King (about 26 years), 2nd is "Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson (about 29 years) and the longest "Is This The Way To Amarillo" by Tony Christie (about 33 years).

Mott The Hoople lead the entries at #9, having peaked at #8 with "All The Way From Memphis" (which I thought had been a top 5 hit but turned out only to get to #8). Among the other entries "Living For The City" is a classic, not sure why that entered as low as it did and John Lennon even lower, but the other names below them are big too including one of those who fails to enter.

This might have been on my planned Haven Factor list.

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (36 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (6 wks)
03 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (25 wks)
04 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (9 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (8 wks)
06 Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This (4 wks)
07 The Independents – It's All Over (2 wk)
08 Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (1 wk)
09 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (19 wks)
10 The Chi Lites – I Found Sunshine (2 wk)

11 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (7 wks)
12 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (13 wks)
13 Gladys Knight & The Pips – I've Got to Use My Imagination (1 wk)
14 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (15 wks)
15 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (5 wks)
16 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (8 wks)
17 Earth, Wind & Fire – Keep Your Head to the Sky (2 wk)
18 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (13 wks)
19 The Dramatics – Fell For You (5 wks)
20 Sly & The Family Stone – Frisky (1 wk)

21 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (11 wks)
22 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (9 wks)
23 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (8 wks)
24 The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (6 wks)
25 Joe Simon – River (2 wk)
26 Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me (5 wks)
27 Stevie Wonder – Living For The City (3 wks)
28 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (30 wks)
29 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (26 wks)
30 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (15 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Kiki Dee Amoureuse
02 Gary Glitter I Love You Love Me Love
03 Barry Blue Do You Wanna Dance?
04 Carpenters Top Of The World
05 Wink Martindale Deck Of Cards
06 Michael Jackson Black Or White
07 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin'
08 Ringo Starr Photograph
09 Roxy Music Street Life
10 David Essex Lamplight
11 Alvin Stardust My Coo-Ca-Choo
12 Mott The Hoople Roll Away The Stone
13 Nazareth This Flight Tonight
14 Four Tops Sweet Understanding Love
15 Don Downing Lonely Days Lonely Nights
16 Suzi Quatro Daytona Demon
17 New Seekers ft/ Lyn Paul You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
18 Robert Night Love On A Mountain Top
19 David Cassidy Daydreamer
20 Osmonds Let Me In

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Carpenters - TOP OF THE WORLD
2 [4] :: Alvin Stardust - MY COO-CA-CHOO
3 [5] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - HELEN WHEELS
4 [14] :: Roxy Music - STREET LIFE
5 [new] :: Mott The Hoople - ROLL AWAY THE STONE
6 [10] :: Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE
7 [8] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - I SHOT THE SHERIFF {Burnin' LP track}
8 [7] :: Suzi Quatro - DAYTONA DEMON
9 [3] :: Bryan Ferry - THESE FOOLISH THINGS {These Foolish Things LP track}
10 [11] :: Ringo Starr - PHOTOGRAPH
11 [12] :: Steve Miller Band - THE JOKER
12 [13] :: Persuaders - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
13 [6] :: Mud - DYNA-MITE
14 [9] :: David Bowie - SORROW
15 [2] :: Electric Light Orchestra - SHOWDOWN
16 [17] :: Bruce Springsteen - ROSALITA, COME OUT TONIGHT {The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle LP track}
17 [20] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - GET UP, STAND UP {Burnin' LP track}
18 [new] :: The Band - AIN'T GOT NO HOME
19 [new] :: Helen Reddy - LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS)
20 [new] :: John Lennon - MIND GAMES

[Whitneyfan]

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

11(27) Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
12(14) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why
13(19) Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo
14(09) David Bowie – Sorrow
15(26) Roxy Music – Street Life
16(11) Mud – Dynamite
17(17) Mungo Jerry – Wild Love
18(15) David Essex – Lamplight
19(13) Aerosmith – Dream On
20(--) Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone

21(20) Wings – Helen Wheels
22(12) Neil Diamond – Be
23(--) New Seekers – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
24(--) Elvis Presley – Raised On Rock
25(16) The Osmonds – Let Me In
26(--) John Lennon – Mind Games
27(--) Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
28(21) Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
29(18) Suzi Quatro – Daytona Demon
30(23) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This

[smokeyb]

1 (10) Roxy Music - Street Life (2 wks)
2 (2) Ringo Starr - Photograph (5 wks)
3 (6) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (5 wks)
4 (9) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (4 wks)
5 (1) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (8 wks)
6 (8) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (4 wks)
7 (13) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (3 wks)
8 (3) Mud - Dynamite (5 wks)
9 (7) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (6 wks)
10 (4) David Bowie - Sorrow (6 wks)
11 (17) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (2 wks)
12 (15) David Essex - Lamplight (3 wks)
13 (5) Jim Croce - I Got A Name (8 wks)
14 (16) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (6 wks)
15 (18) The Persuaders - Some Guys Have All The Luck (4 wks)
16 (19) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (3 wks)
17 (20) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (4 wks)
18 (28) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (2 wks)
19 (22) Billy Joel - Piano Man (4 wks)
20 (24) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (3 wks)
21 (21) The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) (5 wks)
22 (23) Mungo Jerry - Wild Love (3 wks)
23 (26) War - Me And Baby Brother (3 wks)
24 (27) Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (3 wks)
25 (11) Hollies - The day that curly Billy shot down crazy Sam McGee (7 wks)
26 (12) Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (8 wks)
27 (40) Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (2 wks)
28 (NE) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (1 wk)
29 (NE) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (1 wk)
30 (NE) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (1 wk)
31 (NE) John Lennon - Mind Games (1 wk)
32 (14) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (4 wks)
33 (25) Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (9 wks)
34 (29) The Who - 5:15 (7 wks)
35 (30) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (8 wks)
36 (31) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (9 wks)
37 (NE) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (1 wk)
38 (NE) Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (1 wk)
39 (32) The Temptations - Law Of The Land (9 wks)
40 (33) David Cassidy - Daydreamer (7 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 08.11.1973

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

[raliverpool]

01 Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (3wks 16-3-1)
02 Steely Dan - My Old School (4wks 21-8-2-2)
03 Ringo Starr - Photograph (6wks 31-16-6-3-1-3)
04 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (2wks 11-4)
05 Carpenters - Top Of The World (5wks 20-7-4-4-5)
06 David Bowie - Sorrow (6wks 13-6-2-2-5-6)
07 Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (3wks 30-17-7)
08 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up (4wks 22-14-10-8)
09 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (1wk 9 NEW)
10 Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady (3wks 20-14-10)

11 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (2wks 26-11)
12 Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Ma'Ker (1wk 12 NEW)
13 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (5wks 27-19-13-12-13)
14 Mud - Dynamite (4wks 35-15-13-14)
15 Osmonds - Let Me In (4wks 33-23-15-15)
16 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (4wks 32-24-19-16)
17 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (5wks 26-17-9-9-17)
18 David Bowie - Kooks (5wks 24-13-7-7-18)
19 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why (2wks 35-19)
20 Jim Croce - I Got A Name (6wks 33-17-8-6-8-20)

21 Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (3wks 39-22-21)
22 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (8wks 17-8-3-1-1-1-6-22)
23 Roxy Music - Street Life (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (1wk 24 NEW)
25 David Essex - Lamplight (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Carole King - Corazon (3wks 37-30-26)
27 Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (2wks 34-27)
28 Lou Reed - Caroline Says II (5wks 35-24-21-20-28)
29 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (4wks 31-27-24-29)
30 Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way, Again (3wks 36-31-30)

31 Chicago - Just You 'n' Me (5wks 34-26-22-23-31)
32 Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Clifford T Ward - Wherewithal (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (4wks 38-29-27-35)
36 Neil Diamond - Be (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Art Garfunkel - All I Know (6wks 24-11-9-10-18-37)
38 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance? (4wks 30-28-28-38)
39 Abba - Ring Ring (4wks 39-34-33-39)
40 Sly & The Family Stone - If It Were Left Up To Me (1wk 40 NEW)

[popchartfreak]

10th November 1973 Retro Revamp Charts

It's 3 weeks on top for the epic immovable Cockney Rebel, this time forcing the fabulous late Jim Croce to 2, while the marvellous Mind Games drops to 3 for John Lennon even as two tracks from the album of the same name debut at 61 and 77. Ringo's also got an album out and the next single off it, has an early start, with his cover of the 50's biggie You're Sixteen debuting at 41. It's looked on as a bit dodgy these days given he was early 30's at the time, but in those less cynical times we just saw it as a big star covering an old favourite song, full stop.

Highest new entry is the fabulous Aretha, with a gifted Stevie Wonder song, as the sublime Until You Come Back To me enters at 4 - replacing Stevie's Living For The City, oops! New at 8, Mott The Hoople grab a 5th chart entry and 3rd top 10, with their hugely catchy Roll Away The Stone at 8. I should credit Thunderthighs for the "Sha La la La push push's" and back-up assist too, they were fun on Top Of The Pops. Terry Jacks massive 1974 global smash Seasons In The Sun is charting in Canada, so that gets an early start here too (those are my chart rules! First release date, not first UK release date) at 26, after a 3-year gap since The Poppy Family last troubled my retro countdowns.

The New Seekers are back with a 5th chart entry of 1973, and over 3 years of non-stop hits here, with the Lyn Paul credited You Won't Find Another Fool joining the ragtime/singsong trends of styles of yesteryear charting at 60. Robert Knight already went top 20 with his Northern Soul biggie, Love On A Mountain Top, in my 1968 retro charts, but it's very much a nostalgic part of Xmas 1973 for me, so it's back. If ever a record needed a serious sound quality remix it's this one, there's no decent version I've ever found sound-wise, which is a shame. It sounds best on single vinyl on a record player, and CD/download/streaming versions not so much.

T.Rex are back with a shock - only in at 72 with a new single! Truck On (Tyke) was the one that killed T.Rex's hit-making days, really, it just wasn't up to par, though I still like it - there were better album tracks and B sides Marc could have gone with - or maybe just wait for the next album - Zinc Alloy had a good next single and a potential single that never was. Here's an oddity - I never knew anyone covered Abba's Ring Ring! They did though. It's not bad, and I'm not sure who The Vernons are - I wondered if they were linked to The Vernon Girls, a hot of British 60's girl singers sang with them over the years, but there's nothing on t'internet to suggest it was.

There's a bunch of soul singers returning to the chart with UK flops, some I know (Gladys Knight's charted for me in 1974), some are new to me (Sly Stone, Holland-Dozier, O'Jays, Jackie Wilson) and there's also Elvis with Raised On Rock, one I didn't like much at the time, but it's actually not too bad and means Elvis keeps his record with a new entry each retro year since 1967.


1 ( 1 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
2 ( 3 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 2
3 ( 2 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
4 ( NEW ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 4
5 ( 5 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
6 ( 4 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
7 ( 10 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 7
8 ( NEW ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs# 8
9 ( 21 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
10 ( 6 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1

11 ( 7 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
12 ( 12 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
13 ( 8 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
14 ( 19 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
15 ( 14 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14
16 ( 13 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
17 ( 17 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 17
18 ( 18 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
19 ( 29 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
20 ( 9 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

21 ( 22 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 21
22 ( 15 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
23 ( 11 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
24 ( 24 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee # 24
25 ( 16 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
26 ( NEW ) SEASON IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 26
27 ( 23 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) - Genesis # 12
28 ( 30 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 28
29 ( 42 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 29
30 ( 27 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 27

31 ( 20 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White # 13
32 ( 37 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer # 32
33 ( 26 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
34 ( 54 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 34
35 ( 34 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7
36 ( 36 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
37 ( 25 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
38 ( 49 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 38
39 ( 50 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 39
40 ( 28 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8

41 ( NEW ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 41
42 ( 40 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
43 ( 38 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
44 ( 43 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
45 ( 32 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard # 28
46 ( 47 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 46
47 ( 41 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12
48 ( 45 ) DIRTY OL’ MAN - The Three Degrees # 40
49 ( 55 ) THE WOMBLING SONG - The Wombles # 49
50 ( 53 ) PIANO MAN - Billy Joel # 50

51 ( 31 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - Phil Everly # 25
52 ( 39 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
53 ( 48 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4
54 ( 44 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
55 ( 46 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10
56 ( 63 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 56
57 ( 33 ) ANOTHER ‘WITHOUT YOU’ DAY - Blue Mink # 21
58 ( 56 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
59 ( 67 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 59
60 ( NEW ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 60

61 ( NEW ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 61
62 ( 35 ) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND/LOVE LIES BLEEDING - Elton John # 35
63 ( NEW ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 63
64 ( 52 ) SAIL AROUND THE WORLD - David Gates # 52
65 ( 75 ) YOU’RE A STAR - Carl Wayne # 65
66 ( 71 ) I SHOT THE SHERIFF - Bob Marley & The Wailers # 66
67 ( 72 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 67
68 ( 77 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 68
69 ( 51 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth # 11
70 ( 79 ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry # 70

71 ( 58 ) THE JOKER - The Steve Miller Band # 46
72 ( NEW ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 72
73 ( 80 ) LET ME BE THERE - Olivia Newton-John # 73
74 ( 78 ) WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 74
75 ( NEW ) RING RING - The Vernons # 75
76 ( 74 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - Donny Osmond # 74
77 ( NEW ) INTUITION - John Lennon # 77
78 ( 85 ) YOU’VE GOT MY SOUL ON FIRE - Edwin Starr # 78
79 ( NEW ) I’VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 79
80 ( 82 ) ME AND BABY BROTHER - War # 80

81 ( NEW ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 81
82 ( NEW ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 82
83 ( NEW ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER - The O’Jays # 83
84 ( NEW ) RAISED ON ROCK - Elvis Presley # 84
85 ( NEW ) FRISKY - Sly & The Family Stone # 85





10th November 1973 My actual chart of that week way back then

It's a Dynamite chart-topper as Mud grab a 2nd number one in a row, and a third top 2, while Barry Blue's Glitter stomp is up to 3 as the Glitter bloke is back for a 6th top 5 in a row with his monster ballad, and a change of pace, I Love You Love Me Love new at 5. Suzi Q gets 3 top 10's in a row, Macca joins mucka Ringo in the top 10 for his 5th post-Beatles top 10, and it's a chart debut for String Driven Thing's radio-play track It's A Game, which I was a fan of, despite it flopping. It took the Bay City Rollers to turn it into a hit in 1977.

David Essex follows up with some quirky Lamplight at 21, Kiki Dee joins Elton's Rocket label and gets a first hit record with Amoureuse, a few years after signing with Motown (and not getting a hit), and in at 27. That leaves Mungo Jerry extending the run of top 30 hit singles to 3 years, as Wild Love becomes their 7th.

Starting this week on BBC1 classic sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine, a story about 3 retired old codgers having larks in the Yorkshire rural village that somehow managed to run for 37 years, and outlived 2of the 3 original stars due to a host of well-known British character actors. It's still quite fun on re-runs. Of course, The Simpsons is eyeing up that record these days...

Tommy Cooper was also back on telly, on ITV, just like that on the Tommy Cooper Hour, magic trick failures and all, a man who could get a laugh just looking at the audience and going "what?....what?...." From the States, Karl Malden and future movie star Michael Douglas starred in The Streets Of San Francisco, joining the invasion of US cop and PI shows of the 70's. Movie-wise, the fabulous Westworld, starring Yul Brynner as a robot cowboy, was out in the USA, and in the UK That'll Be The Day, a gritty 50's rock idol movie starring new hit singer David Essex, and 50's/60's hit singer Adam Faith, was doing well.

Disney-wise, animated Robin Hood, with a great cast of voices, was underwhelming as I took our neighbour-friend's daughter Joanne to see it in Gloucester, she was ooh, 7 or 8 I guess, and it gave me a great excuse to go and see the film without feeling so ridiculous aged 16 (by the time it came out in the UK, with the usual annoying delays for promo and anticipation build-up). Anything with Terry-Thomas and Peter Ustinov in is worthy to some extent though!

1 ( 2 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
2 ( 1 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr
3 ( 14 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
4 ( 3 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
5 ( NEW ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
6 ( 4 ) SORROW - David Bowie
7 ( 10 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing
8 ( 22 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
9 ( 12 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro
10 ( 5 ) A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry

11 ( 16 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
12 ( 7 ) THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE - The Hollies
13 ( 6 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John
14 ( 25 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds
15 ( 8 ) KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan
16 ( NEW ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing
17 ( 20 ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy
18 ( 9 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner
19 ( 11 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth
20 ( 24 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks

21 ( NEW ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
22 ( 27 ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man
23 ( 17 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade
24 ( 13 ) BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet
25 ( 18 ) WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul
26 ( 30 ) WONDERFUL - Colin Blunstone
27 ( NEW ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
28 ( NEW ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry
29 ( 29 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops
30 ( 21 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband

[o]

Some cracking new entries this week!

1 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
2 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
3 Roxy Music - Street Life
4 Mud -Dynamite
5 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
6 T. Rex - Truck On Tyke
7 John Lennon - Mind Games
8 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
9 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon

[Smurfie]

1 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
2 ) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
3 ) The Osmonds - Let Me In
4 ) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
5 ) Lynsey de Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
6 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times
7 ) Ringo Starr - Photograph
8 ) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
9 ) David Essex - Lamplight
10 ) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance
11 ) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
12 ) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why
13 ) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
14 ) Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
15 ) David Bowie - Sorrow
16 ) Mud -Dynamite
17 ) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
18 ) Matt Monroe - And You Smiled
19 ) Roxy Music - Street Life
20 ) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love