Haven Retro Combined Chart : 08.12.1973

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Mott The Hoople get a second retro number one, by knocking Alvin Stardust down to 2.



Roxy Music stays at 3, Wizzard are at 4 and Gary Glitter falls to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week, the highest is Wizzard at number 4.



The biggest climber is the Four Tops who jump up 11 places to number 21.



The biggest faller is the Persuaders who drop 47 places from number 29.

[smokeyb]

08.12.1973 (Week # 49)

1 (04) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone - 136 points (9-4-1) 3 wks
2 (01) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 131 points (14-5-2-2-1-2) 6 wks
3 (03) Roxy Music - Street Life - 123 points (12-4-3-3) 4 wks
4 (NE) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - 120 points (1 wk)
5 (02) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love - 117 points (5-3-2-5) 4 wks
6 (07) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - 110 points (20-7-6) 3 wks
7 (06) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse - 88 points (18-8-6-6-7) 5 wks
8 (11) John Lennon - Mind Games - 85 points (21-11-8) 3 wks
9 (12) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle - 71 points (20-17-12-9) 4 wks
10 (05) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 65 points (31-31-9-2-1-1-1-1-5-10) 10 wks
11 (10) David Essex - Lamplight - 64 points (24-16-10-11) 4 wks
12 (NE) Elton John - Step Into Christmas - 54 points (12) 1 wk
13 (15) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses - 46 points (25-15-15-13) 4 wks
14 (NE) Roy Wood - Forever - 42 points (14) 1 wk
15 (16) Steve Miller Band - Joker - 40 points (32-23-14-12-16-15) 6 wks
16 (19) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top - 40 points (19-16) 2 wks
17 (09) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance? - 39 points (21-10-6-8-9-17) 6 wks
18 (18) T. Rex – Truck on (Tyke) - 34 points (27-18-18) 3 wks
19 (23) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 32 points (25-23-19) 3 wks
20 (20) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why - 32 points (38-30-20-20) 4 wks
21 (32) Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love - 31 points (37-40-37-x-39-36-29-32-21) 8 wks
22 (17) Mud - Dyna-Mite - 29 points (12-6-2-3-7-17-22) 7 wks
23 (22) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian - 29 points (33-26-26-22-23) 5 wks
24 (NE) Golden Earring - Radar Love - 26 points (24) 1 wk
25 (24) Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me - 26 points (39-31-21-18-19-24-25) 7 wks
26 (28) Osmonds - Let Me In - 26 points (15-12-13-18-28-26) 6 wks
27 (26) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - 25 points (37-34-26-27) 4 wks
28 (25) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (part 1) - 24 points (37-25-28) 3 wks
29 (08) Ringo Starr - Photograph - 24 points (32-26-28-21-10-6-4-5-8-29) 10 wks
30 (13) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels - 22 points (20-15-10-13-30) 5 wks
31 (30) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27-29-33-32-31-31-30-31) 38 wks
32 (31) Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Ma'Ker - 20 points (31-32) 2 wks
33 (33) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 19 points (29-31-35-36-32-32-33-33) 8 wks
34 (34) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 18 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32-32-36-38-35-36-34-34) 27 wks
35 (NE) Cozy Powell - Dance with The Devil - 18 points (35) 1 wk
36 (35) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 17 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16-28-35-36) 11 wks
37 (37) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me - 17 points (37-37) 2 wks
38 (40) Bob Marley & Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff - 16 points (40-38) 2 wks
39 (38) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This - 15 points (30-35-x-38-39) 4 wks
40 (NE) Cliff Richard - Take Me High - 15 points (40) 1 wk
40 (NE) Who - Love, Reign O'er Me - 15 points (40) 1 wk
40 (NE) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 15 points (40) 1 wk

Dropped Out
44 (14) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon - 14 points (24-14-11-11-14)
47 (27) Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things - 13 points (28-19-22-27)
48 (36) Bob Marley & Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up - 12 points (38-36)
60 (39) Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - 8 points (39)
63 (21) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 7 points (8-3-2-1-1-2-3-7-14-21)
76 (29) Persuaders – Some Guys Have All The Luck - 5 points (40-21-24-29)

[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 15.12.1973

1 (NE) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (4) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (7 wk) (# 2)
4 (3) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (4 wk) (# 3)
5 (2) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (5 wk) (# 2)
6 (19) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2 wk) (# 6)
7 (7) David Essex - Lamplight (6 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (11) Roxy Music - Street Life (5 wk) (# 9)
10 (9) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (6 wk) (# 6)
11 (6) Mud -Dynamite (8 wk) (# 4)
12 (12) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love (6 wk) (# 4)
13 (16) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (6 wk) (# 13)
14 (13) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (4 wk) (# 13)
15 (15) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (7 wk) (# 12)
16 (5) The Osmonds - Let Me In (8 wk) (# 2)
17 (22) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (24) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (7 wk) (# 18)
19 (10) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (7 wk) (# 7)
20 (17) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (9 wk) (# 5)
21 (21) Perry Como - For The Good Times (17 wk) (# 7)
22 (39) Drupi - Vado Via (3 wk) (# 22)
23 (35) Millican & Nesbitt - Vaya Con Dios (3 wk) (# 23)
24 (NE) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (1 wk) (# 24)
25 (42) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (38) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (2 wk) (# 26)
27 (48) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (20) David Bowie - Sorrow (9 wk) (# 3)
29 (25) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (14 wk) (# 1)
30 (23) David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (10 wk) (# 1)
31 (32) Roy Wood - Forever (3 wk) (# 31)
32 (28) Matt Monroe - And You Smiled (4 wk) (# 28)
33 (26) John Lennon - Mind Games (4 wk) (# 26)
34 (29) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (6 wk) (# 29)
35 (14) Ringo Starr - Photograph (8 wk) (# 8)
36 (33) Slade - My Friend Stan (11 wk) (# 2)
37 (44) Golden Earring - Radar Love (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (46) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (40) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (3 wk) (# 39)
40 (47) Perry Como - Walk Right Back (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (27) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (10 wk) (# 11)
42 (43) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (12 wk) (# 6)
43 (31) Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (9 wk) (# 22)
44 (50) Charles Aznavour - The Old Fashioned Way (9 wk) (# 38)
45 (18) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (8 wk) (# 14)
46 (49) Andy Williams - Solitaire (2 wk) (# 46)
47 (34) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards (11 wk) (# 13)
48 (36) Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (4 wk) (# 36)
49 (NE) London String Chorale - Galloping Home (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) Michael Ward - Let There Be Peace On Earth (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 13-12-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn
(25) ELTON JOHN – Step Into Christmas
(3) ALVIN STARDUST – My Coo-Ca-Choo
(23) MILLICAN & NESBITT – Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
(38) COZY POWELL – Dance With The Devil  
(27) STEELEYE SPAN – Gaudete
(NEW) BILLY PAUL – Thanks For Saving My Life
(22) DRUPI – Vado Via  
(8) MOTT THE HOOPLE – Roll Away The Stone
(24) LEO SAYER – The Show Must Go On  
(1) SLADE – Merry Xmas Everybody
(26) THE FACES – Pool Hall Richard 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 15.12.1973
1 (3) David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nothin' More Than Wishes (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Roxy Music - Stranded (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) David Bowie - Pin Ups (7 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (11 wk) (# 2)
6 (5) Perry Como - And I Love You So (24 wk) (# 3)
7 (14) Various Artists - Music For A Royal Wedding (2 wk) (# 7)
8 (27) Santana - Welcome (2 wk) (# 8)
9 (7) David Essex - Rock On (4 wk) (# 7)
10 (8) Who - Quadrophenia (5 wk) (# 2)

[rubcale]

01 Kiki Dee Amoureuse
02 New Seekers ft/ Lyn Paul You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
03 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
04 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin'
05 Robert Knight Love On A Mountain Top
06 Gary Glitter I Love You Love Me Love
07 Roy Wood Forever
08 Roxy Music Street Life
09 Mott The Hoople Roll Away The Stone
10 David Essex Lamplight
11 Cliff Richard Take Me High
12 Golden Earring Radar Love
13 The Faces Pool Hall Richard
14 Steeleye Span Gaudete
15 Four Tops Sweet Understanding Love
16 Elton John Step Into Christmas
17 Carpenters Top Of The World
18 Cozy Powell Dance With The Devil
19 Wink Martindale Deck Of Cards
20 Barry Blue Do You Wanna Dance?
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[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 7 ) Step Into Christmas - Elton John
3 ( -- ) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
4 ( 5 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
5 ( 3 ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople (#3)
6 ( 2 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1[2])
7 ( 4 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
8 ( 13 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring
9 ( 17 ) Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station
10 ( 8 ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (#8)

11 ( 6 ) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - New Seekers (#5)
12 ( -- ) The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
13 ( 14 ) Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Dawn
14 ( 11 ) Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight (#11)
15 ( 15 ) Take Me High - Cliff Richard
16 ( 10 ) Street Life - Roxy Music (#7)
17 ( 18 ) Forever - Roy Wood
18 ( 9 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust (#2[3])
19 ( -- ) Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
20 ( 21 ) My Music - Loggins & Messina

21 ( 12 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee (#5)
22 ( 31 ) Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders
23 ( 22 ) Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex (#22)
24 ( 19 ) Mind Games - John Lennon (#18)
25 ( 33 ) Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
26 ( 16 ) Rockin' Roll Baby - Stylistics (#11)
27 ( -- ) Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John
28 ( 37 ) Gaudete - Steeleye Span
29 ( 27 ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#27)
30 ( 32 ) Vado Via - Drupi

31 ( 23 ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy (#19)
32 ( 39 ) Corazon - Carole King
33 ( -- ) Galloping Home - London String Chorale
34 ( 20 ) Top Of The World - Carpenters (#1[4])
35 ( 24 ) Helen Wheels - Wings (#11)
36 ( 26 ) Wild Love - Mungo Jerry (#14)
37 ( 34 ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley (#33)
38 ( 30 ) Lamplight - David Essex (#22)
39 ( 25 ) Do You Wanna Dance - Barry Blue (#5)
40 ( 28 ) Just You 'n' Me - Chicago (#8)

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-- ( 29 ) The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich (#3)
-- ( 35 ) Dreamboat - Limmie & Family Cookin' (#10)
-- ( 36 ) Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White (#31)
-- ( 38 ) Photograph - Ringo Starr (#18)
-- ( 40 ) Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro (#21)

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - all the top 3 are Christmas songs and they're all on my regular Christmas playlist.

[o]

1 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
2 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
3 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
4 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
5 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
6 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
7 T. Rex - Truck On Tyke
8 John Lennon - Mind Games
9 Golden Earring - Radar Love
10 Roxy Music - Street Life
11 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
12 Steeleye Span – Gaudete

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (39 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (9 wks)
03 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (28 wks)
04 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (12 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (11 wks)
06 Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This (7 wks)
07 The Independents – It's All Over (5 wks)
08 Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (4 wks)
09 Al Green – Livin' for You (2 wks)
10 Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) (1 wk)

11 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (22 wks)
12 The Chi Lites – I Found Sunshine (5 wks)
13 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (10 wks)
14 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (16 wks)
15 Gladys Knight & The Pips – I've Got to Use My Imagination (4 wks)
16 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (18 wks)
17 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (8 wks)
18 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (11 wks)
19 Earth, Wind & Fire – Keep Your Head to the Sky (5 wks)
20 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (16 wks)

21 The Dramatics – Fell For You (8 wks)
22 Sly & The Family Stone – Frisky (4 wks)
23 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (14 wks)
24 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (12 wks)
25 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (11 wks)
26 The Stylistics – Rockin' Roll Baby (9 wks)
27 Joe Simon – River (5 wks)
28 Lynsey De Paul – Won't Somebody Dance With Me (8 wks)
29 Stevie Wonder – Living For The City (6 wks)
30 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (33 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 01.12.1973

1 (22) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
2 (New) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
3 (01) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
4 (03) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
5 (02) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
6 (05) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
7 (04) Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
8 (07) David Essex - Lamplight
9 (09) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
10 (08) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why
11 (11) Roxy Music - Street Life
12 (06) Mud - Dynamite
13 (20) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
14 (15) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love
15 (25) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke
16 (18) Paul McCartney and Wings - Helen Wheels
17 (10) The Osmonds - Let Me In
18 (30) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
19 (12) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance
20 (13) Carpenters - Top Of The World
21 (36) Perry Como - For The Good Times
22 (New) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
23 (32) Elton John - Step Into Christmas
24 (34) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
25 (37) Steeleye Span - Gaudete
26 (24) David Bowie - Sorrow
27 (25) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
28 (14) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
29 (19) Roy Wood - Forever
30 (21) John Lennon - Mind Games
31 (33) Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love
32 (17) Ringo Starr - Photograph
33 (Re) Slade - My Friend Stan
34 (39) Golden Earring - Radar Love
35 (40) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
36 (Re) Cliff Richard - Take Me High
37 (23) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
38 (31) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
39 (38) Andy Williams - Solitaire
40(20) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (4 wks)
2 (8) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2 wks)
3 (NE) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1 wk)
4 (5) John Lennon - Mind Games (4 wks)
5 (2) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (6 wks)
6 (3) Roxy Music - Street Life (5 wks)
7 (4) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (7 wks)
8 (16) Roy Wood - Forever (3 wks)
9 (21) Golden Earring - Radar Love (2 wks)
10 (12) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (4 wks)
11 (13) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (4 wks)
12 (15) War - Me And Baby Brother (6 wks)
13 (24) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2 wks)
14 (23) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (2 wks)
15 (11) Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (5 wks)
16 (6) Ringo Starr - Photograph (8 wks)
17 (20) Drupi - Vado Via (3 wks)
18 (28) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (2 wks)
19 (29) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (2 wks)
20 (NE) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (1 wk)
21 (7) David Essex - Lamplight (6 wks)
22 (33) Andy Williams - Solitaire (2 wks)
23 (17) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (4 wks)
24 (9) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (5 wks)
25 (10) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (9 wks)
26 (39) Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (2 wks)
27 (14) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (7 wks)
28 (18) Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (6 wks)
29 (19) Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (4 wks)
30 (40) Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (2 wks)
31 (22) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (3 wks)
32 (25) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (8 wks)
33 (26) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (7 wks)
34 (27) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (11 wks)
35 (30) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (5 wks)
36 (31) The Persuaders - Some Guys Have All The Luck (7 wks)
37 (32) Billy Joel - Piano Man (7 wks)
38 (34) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (6 wks)
39 (35) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (9 wks)
40 (36) David Bowie - Sorrow (9 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(03) Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
02(01) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
03(05) Elton John – Step Into Christmas
04(--) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
05(09) Roy Wood – Forever
06(04) Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone
07(02) Kiki Dee – Amoureuse
08(20) Golden Earring – Radar Love
09(21) Steeleye Span – Gaudete
10(07) New Seekers – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me

11(08) Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
12(06) Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love
13(22) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie
14(11) Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
15(12) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
16(13) John Lennon – Mind Games
17(10) T. Rex – Truck on (Tyke)
18(14) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
19(27) Andy Williams – Solitaire
20(--) Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On

21(15) Barry Blue – Do You Wanna Dance
22(19) Cliff Richard – Take Me High
23(26) Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil
24(16) The Persuaders – Some Guys Have All The Luck
25(17) Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo
26(18) Elvis Presley – Raised On Rock
27(30) The Faces – Pool Hall Richard
28(24) Steve Miller Band – The Joker
29(23) Ringo Starr – Photograph
30(25) Mungo Jerry – Wild Love


2 very different 'The Show Must Go On''s in both retro charts at the same time!

[popchartfreak]

1st December 1973

It's a brand new entry at 1 as Paul McCartney & Wings drop their no-contest-greatest-album, Band On The Run, with no singles (though the USA got Helen Wheels as an extra), and the highly-featured track on Radio 1 during the album chart shows of Johnnie Walker at lunchtimes was Jet, a masterpiece. I changed my chart rules in January 1974 to allow album tracks as I was severely p*ssed off that my favourite record of the time wasn't a single. It topped my charts of the time for 4 weeks, and again in April when it finally got a UK single release. So, as I didn't wait in 1974 to chart it, I'm not waiting now either. Paul's 3rd post-Beatles chart-topper in my Retro charts. Other tracks will feature next week.

Terry Jacks gets his Canadian biggie into the top 10, also months ahead of UK release, and Love Unlimited debut at 10, keeping their Orchestra (and Barry White) company at the top end of the charts with It May Be Winter Outside, which didn't hit until January 1975 in the UK, and it's a second top 10 for Mrs. White & friends. Anne Murray is back with another goodie, A Love Song at 31, keeping her run of chart years going for a 4th year. She never had big UK hits (just 2 minor hits) but she was consistently on UK TV variety shows, and generally classy.

Peter Noone gets his first top 40 single in a while (and probably his last) and the UK's instant chart-topper has a modest entry at 44 for Merry Christmas Everybody, the anthem of December 1973, a time of strikes, power cuts, 3-day weeks, and TV off at 10pm every night. Glam Rock was colourful and invigorating on Top Of The Pops, but 50 years of non-stop plays for Slade, Wizzard and Elton John has left me not wanting to hear any of them for a decade or so. The first 30 years were fine, but there's never been a break from them, so they are all under-performing here. My brother bought Slade the same day I bought Wizzard, shopping with mum in Gloucester.

Albert Hammond keeps the quality songs coming, such a shame that the one that hit for him wasnt that great, but his flops and gifted songs to other acts were. Half A Million Miles From Home is a great title, new at 65. Joni Mitchell has a new US single out, and as usual it'll take 3 or 4 months to drop in the UK, Raised On Robbery was one I took a shine to, along with her Old Grey Whistle Test plays for the Court & Spark album, which is a good'un. In at 72, and in the bottom slot it's Harry Chapin's melancholy W.O.L.D., another 1974 UK minor hit. Poor Harry died young in an accident in 1981 driving to a free charity concert, hit from behind by a lorry.


1 ( NEW ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
2 ( 4 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
3 ( 1 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
4 ( 8 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
5 ( 6 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 5
6 ( 7 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 6
7 ( 2 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
8 ( 5 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
9 ( 12 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
10 ( NEW ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 10

11 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 11
12 ( 3 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
13 ( 9 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
14 ( 10 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 10
15 ( 14 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
16 ( 11 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
17 ( 20 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
18 ( 13 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
19 ( 19 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
20 ( 22 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20

21 ( 15 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
22 ( 16 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
23 ( 25 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 23
24 ( 17 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
25 ( 21 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
26 ( 36 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 26
27 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
28 ( 27 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
29 ( 49 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29
30 ( 23 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19

31 ( NEW ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 31
32 ( 18 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
33 ( 28 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
34 ( 31 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 31
35 ( 30 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30
36 ( 43 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 36
37 ( 32 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
38 ( 29 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
39 ( 33 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
40 ( 51 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 40

41 ( 52 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 41
42 ( 41 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
43 ( 38 ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 38
44 ( NEW ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 44
45 ( 39 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
46 ( 44 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
47 ( 80 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 47
48 ( 53 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 48
49 ( 47 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
50 ( 34 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14

51 ( 48 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
52 ( 57 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 52
53 ( 46 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
54 ( 68 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 54
55 ( 55 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
56 ( 54 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 54
57 ( 56 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
58 ( 74 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 58
59 ( 72 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 59
60 ( 40 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 21

61 ( 35 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 35
62 ( 37 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 16
63 ( 60 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 60
64 ( 59 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10
65 ( NEW ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 65
66 ( 42 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 21
67 ( 65 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 65
68 ( 64 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
69 ( 63 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
70 ( 78 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 70

71 ( 45 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 22
72 ( NEW ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 72
73 ( 67 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 67
74 ( 76 ) HOW COME? - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance # 74
75 ( NEW ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 75


1st December 1973

It's a first week on top for Alvin Stardust as his Coo Ca Choo holds off Mott The Hoople, who get a second number 2 with Roll Away The Stone. Roxy Music meanwhile hit a new peak of 4 with Street Life, holding off a double Roy Wood threat, with I Wish It Could Be Christmas announcing it's arrival for non-stop christmas plays for the next half-century at 5, and as I buy it complete with picture gatefold sleeve, along with Roy's solo single Forever, in a week or two as Glam helps us get through the 3-day week - that's days off school, food shortages, power cuts, and no TV after 10pm to force everyone to go to bed - cue a baby boom in August 1974. Want to know why record sales boomed in December 1973? There's was eff all else to do! Glam Rock kept us going!

Roy's record had a long credit to Brian Wilson and Neil Sedaka, as the style of it shows, with as usual every layered harmong vocal, lead vocal and instrument, and production, a one-man show. I was seriously impressed. It's not lasted in the same league that Wizzard has, but hey ho. T.Rex get a last top 10 for 18 months, for a double Truckin' top 10, and drum hero Cozy Powell debuted the monster instrumental Dance With The Devil, one I played on my school desk. I could have been a drummer, no prob, if it weren't for lack of cash and a serious record buying and DC comics habit. New at 21.


Cliff's got a new film coming out with Debbie Watling, Take Me High was a flop, not really jolly like his old movies, and not a jolly time generally, so that was a drawback. The record's got a great intro though, and is pretty good, new at 25. Drupi from Italy is ironically named, as, much like the cartoon character, Vado Via is a bit morose. New at 27. That leaves Dutch band Golden earring getting a UK hit with the fabulous rock track Radar Love, in at 30.


1 ( 2 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
2 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
3 ( 1 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
4 ( 12 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
5 ( NEW ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
6 ( NEW ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
7 ( 5 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr
8 ( 3 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
9 ( 10 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks
10 ( 14 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex

11 ( 8 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
12 ( 4 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
13 ( 18 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
14 ( 16 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
15 ( 26 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers
16 ( 9 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
17 ( 27 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon
18 ( 6 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing
19 ( 11 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing
20 ( 13 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra

21 ( NEW ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
22 ( 15 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro
23 ( 19 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John
24 ( 20 ) GET IT TOGETHER - The Jackson 5
25 ( NEW ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard
26 ( 22 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops
27 ( NEW ) VADO VIA - Drupi
28 ( 17 ) SORROW - David Bowie
29 ( 25 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds
30 ( NEW ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring

[Smurfie]

1 ) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
2 ) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
3 ) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
4 ) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
5 ) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
6 ) David Essex - Lamplight
7 ) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why
8 ) Drupi - Vado Via
9 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
10 ) Perry Como - For The Good Time
11 ) Roxy Music - Street Life
12 ) The Osmonds - Let Me In
13 ) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
14 ) Millican & Nesbitt - Vaya Con Dios
15 ) Matt Monroe - And You Smiled
16 ) Steeleye Span - Gaudete
17 ) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
18 ) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
19 ) Elton John - Step Into Christmas
20 ) Golden Earring - Radar Love

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Alvin Stardust - MY COO-CA-CHOO
2 [2] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - HELEN WHEELS
3 [7] :: Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
4 [8] :: Slade - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
5 [3] :: Mott The Hoople - ROLL AWAY THE STONE
6 [4] :: Roxy Music - STREET LIFE
7 [6] :: John Lennon - MIND GAMES
8 [10] :: Thin Lizzy - THE ROCKER
9 [5] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - I SHOT THE SHERIFF {Burnin' LP track}
10 [9] :: Bob Marley & Wailers - GET UP, STAND UP {Burnin' LP track}
11 [15] :: Helen Reddy - LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS)
12 [16] :: Olivia Newton-John - LET ME BE THERE
13 [12] :: Suzi Quatro - DAYTONA DEMON
14 [11] :: Steve Miller Band - THE JOKER
15 [new] :: Elton John - STEP INTO CHRISTMAS
16 [19] :: The Band - AIN'T GOT NO HOME
17 [20] :: Mungo Jerry - WILD LOVE
18 [13] :: Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE
19 [new] :: Roxy Music - MOTHER OF PEARL {Stranded LP track}
20 [new] :: T Rex - TRUCK ON (TYKE)

[raliverpool]

01 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1wk 1 NEW)
02 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2wks 24-2)
03 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (5wks 26-11-5-4-3)
04 Who - Love, Reign O'er Me (3wks 19-6-4)
05 Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Ma'Ker (4wks 12-1-1-5)
06 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (5wks 11-4-2-2-6)
07 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (4wks 9-3-3-7)
08 Roxy Music - Street Life (4wks 23-9-5-8)
09 Ringo Starr - I'm The Greatest (2wks 10-9)
10 John Lennon - Mind Games (3wks 21-7-10)

11 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Storm (4wks 24-11-8-11)
12 Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (5wks 34-27-17-11-12)
13 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (3wks 28-16-13)
14 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (2wks 19-14)
15 Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (3wks 35-22-15)
16 Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (4wks 32-23-17-16)
17 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (3wks 29-21-17)
18 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (3wks 20-15-18)
19 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why (5wks 35-19-10-9-19)
20 David Essex - Lamplight (4wks 25-16-14-20)

21 Steve Miller Band - The Joker (2wks 28-21)
22 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2wks 37-22)
23 Steeleye Span - Gaudette (2wks 38-23)
24 T Rex - Truck On (Tyke) (3wks 34-26-24)
25 Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things (6wks 16-3-1-4-12-25)
26 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2wks 32-26)
27 Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (6wks 30-17-7-6-13-27)
28 Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (2wks 35-28)
29 Rolling Stones - Star Star (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Faces - Pool Hall Richard (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Steely Dan - My Old School (7wks 21-8-2-2-7-18-30)
32 Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World (3wks 33-31-32)
33 Badfinger - Apple Of My Eye (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Linda Ronstadt - Love Has No Pride (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Helen Reddy - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (7wks 32-24-19-16-18-25-37)
38 Ringo Starr - Photograph (9wks 31-16-6-3-1-3-8-20-38)
39 Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais (4wks 33-31-30-39)
40 Loggins & Messina - My Music (1wk 40 NEW)