Haven Retro Combined Chart : 12.01.1974

[smokeyb]

Golden Earring get their first number one, as Wizzard slip down to 2.



Slade drop a place to 3, Leo Sayer stays at 4 and Robert Knight is up to 5.



There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Harold Melvin at number 13.



The biggest climber is Diana Ross who jumps up 22 places to number 8.



The biggest faller is Drupi who falls off the chart from number 27.

[smokeyb]

12.01.1974 (Week # 02)

1 (03) Golden Earring - Radar Love - 144 points (24-12-9-7-3-1) 6 wks
2 (01) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - 128 points (4-1-1-1-1-2) (6 wks)
3 (02) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - 123 points (2-2-2-2-3) 5 wks
4 (04) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On - 117 points (15-9-4-4) 4 wks
5 (12) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top - 76 points (19-16-14-16-15-12-5) 7 wks
6 (06) Roy Wood - Forever - 71 points (14-13-12-8-6-6) 6 wks
7 (09) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - 70 points (20-7-6-5-7-13-9-7) 8 wks
8 (30) Diana Ross - All Of My Life - 68 points (30-8) 2 wks
9 (07) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse - 62 points (18-8-6-6-7-8-6-4-7-9) 10 wks
10 (10) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle - 61 points (20-17-12-9-11-11-11-10-10) 9 wks
11 (15) Rod Stewart & Faces - Pool Hall Richard - 58 points (40-22-22-15-11) 5 wks
12 (23) Cozy Powell - Dance with The Devil - 57 points (35-24-23-26-23-12) 6 wks
13 (RE) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 52 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16-28-35-36-35-40-x-13) 14 wks
14 (13) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 47 points (14-5-2-2-1-2-4-5-10-13-14) 11 wks
15 (25) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - 46 points (37-34-26-27-22-20-21-25-15) 9 wks
16 (11) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone - 37 points (9-4-1-3-4-6-11-16) 8 wks
17 (05) Elton John - Step Into Christmas - 37 points (12-9-3-3-5-17) 6 wks
18 (28) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie - 37 points (32-28-18) 3 wks
19 (16) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 37 points (25-23-19-20-18-18-16-19) 8 wks
20 (08) Steeleye Span - Gaudete - 35 points (17-13-5-8-20) 5 wks
21 (18) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 34 points (31-31-9-2-1-1-1-1-5-10-16-19-19-18-21) 15 wks
22 (22) Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone - 34 points (40-32-25-22-22) 5 wks
23 (19) David Essex - Lamplight - 33 points (24-16-10-11-15-17-17-19-23) 9 wks
24 (24) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian - 33 points (33-26-26-22-23-29-33-30-24-24) 10 wks
25 (14) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love - 32 points (5-3-2-5-7-8-12-14-25) 9 wks
26 (39) Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl - 32 points (39-26) 2 wks
27 (20) John Lennon - Mind Games - 28 points (21-11-8-10-14-14-20-27) 8 wks
28 (21) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 28 points (40-39-25-20-21-28) 6 wks
29 (NE) Ronnie Lane - How Come - 26 points (29) 1 wk
30 (29) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses - 24 points (25-15-15-13-19-21-24-29-30) 9 wks
31 (26) Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) - 24 points (25-26-23-26-31) 5 wks
32 (NE) Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down - 23 points (32) 1 wk
33 (17) Roxy Music - Street Life - 21 points (12-4-3-3-6-10-16-17-33) 9 wks
34 (32) Curtis Mayfield – Can't Say Nothin' - 21 points (33-32-34) 3 wks
35 (36) Cliff Richard - Take Me High - 21 points (40-37-39-x-36-35) 5 wks
36 (34) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27-29-33-32-31-31-30-31-27-27-31-34-36) 43 wks
37 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run - 20 points (37) 1 wk
38 (NE) Elton John - Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - 19 points (38) 1 wk
39 (NE) Moments – Sexy Mama - 18 points (39) 1 wk
40 (27) Olivia Newton John - Let Me Be There - 17 points (28-27-40) 3 wks
40 (35) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 17 points (29-31-35-36-32-32-33-33-30-31-34-35-40) 13 wks
40 (NE) Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boy's Room - 17 points (40) 1 wk
40 (37) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 17 points (28-28-36-37-40) 5 wks

Dropouts:
44 (38) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 16 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32-32-36-38-35-36-34-34-31-34-37-38)
46 (40) Temptations – Let Your Hair Down - 15 points (36-39-40)
79 (33) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why - 3 points (38-30-20-20-21-24-29-33)
- (27) Drupi - Vado Via - 0 points (33-38-27-31)

[smokeyb]

Thanks to o Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Mark rubcale & Smurfie


I will leave this open until Fri.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 19.01.1974

1 (2) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (6 wk) (# 2)
3 (1) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (6 wk) (# 1)
4 (6) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (7 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (12 wk) (# 2)
6 (NE) Sweet - Teenage Rampage (1 wk) (# 6)
7 (9) Golden Earring - Radar Love (7 wk) (# 7)
8 (14) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (10 wk) (# 2)
9 (12) Roy Wood - Forever (8 wk) (# 9)
10 (NE) Mud - Tiger Feet (1 wk) (# 10)
11 (8) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (7 wk) (# 8)
12 (11) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (9 wk) (# 11)
13 (7) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (10 wk) (# 1)
14 (22) Andy Williams - Solitaire (7 wk) (# 14)
15 (10) David Essex - Lamplight (11 wk) (# 7)
16 (4) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (7 wk) (# 4)
17 (13) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (9 wk) (# 8)
18 (17) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (11 wk) (# 6)
19 (15) Roxy Music - Street Life (10 wk) (# 9)
20 (38) Diana Ross - AllOf My Life (3 wk)(# 20)
21 (19) Drupi - Vado Via (8 wk) (# 19)
22 (18) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (9 wk) (# 12)
23 (16) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (7 wk) (# 14)
24 (27) Millican & Nesbitt - Vaya Con Dios (8 wk) (# 20)
25 (49) Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance - How Come (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (29) Perry Como - For The Good Times (22 wk) (# 7)
27 (32) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (11 wk) (# 13)
28 (34) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (8 wk) (# 28)
29 (NE) The Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby (1 wk) (# 29)
30 (50) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (2 wk) (# 30)
31 (23) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (14 wk) (# 5)
32 (42) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (40) Perry Como - Walk Right Back (6 wk) (# 33)
34 (30) David Bowie - Sorrow (14 wk) (# 3)
35 (20) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love (11 wk) (# 4)
36 (44) Billy Paul - Thanks for Saving My Life (2 wk) (# 36)
37 (33) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (12 wk) (# 18)
38 (NE) Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (21) The Osmonds - Let Me In (13 wk) (# 2)
40 (48) Perry Como - And I Love You So (33 wk) (# 3)
41 (25) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (12 wk) (# 12)
42 (28) David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (15 wk) (# 1)
43 (35) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (19 wk) (# 1)
44 (26) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (7 wk) (# 24)
45 (RE) London String Chorale - Galloping Home (4 wk) (# 45)
46 (37) John Lennon - Mind Games (9 wk) (# 26)
47 (41) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (13 wk) (# 14)
48 (NE) The Isley Brothers - The Highway Of My Life (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (24) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (12 wk) (# 7)
50 (39) Ringo Starr - Photograph (13 wk) (# 8)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 17-01-74:  Presenter: Noel Edmonds
(29) THE STYLISTICS – Rockin’ Roll Baby  
(5) ALVIN STARDUST – My Coo-Ca-Choo  
(25) RONNIE LANE & SLIM CHANCE – How Come?
(4) COZY POWELL – Dance With The Devil  
(10) MUD – Tiger Feet  
(28) CLIFF RICHARD – Take Me High  
(NEW) STEALERS WHEEL – Star 
(NEW) BROTHERLY LOVE – Weekend Love Affair
(9) ROY WOOD – Forever
(1) THE NEW SEEKERS feat. LYN PAUL – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
(6) THE SWEET – Teenage Rampage

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 19.01.1974
1 (10) Slade - Sladest (16 wk) (# 1)
2 (8) Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (16 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (5 wk) (# 2)
4 (3) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (12 wk) (# 1)
5 (6) Roxy Music - Stranded (8 wk) (# 1)
6 (11) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (6 wk) (# 6)
7 (4) David Bowie - Pin Ups (12 wk) (# 1)
8 (16) David Essex - Rock On (9 wk) (# 7)
9 (5) Donny Osmond - A Time For Us (6 wk) (# 4)
10 (9) Perry Como - And I Love You So (29 wk) (# 3)

[rubcale]

01 Golden Earring Radar Love
02 Mud Tiger Feet
03 Diana Ross All Of My Life
04 Robert Knight Love On A Mountain Top
05 Cliff Richard Take Me High
06 New Seekers ft/ Lyn Paul You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
07 Sweet Teenage Rampage
08 Roy Wood Forever
09 Cozy Powell Dance With The Devil
10 Kiki Dee Amoureuse
11 The Faces Pool Hall Richard
12 Leo Sayer The Show Must Go On
13 Andy Williams Soliraire
14 Harold |Melvin & The Blue Notes If You Don't Want Me By Now
15 Stevie Wonder Living For The City
16 Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance How Come?
17 Stylistics Rockin' Roll Baby
18 Mott The Hoople Roll Away The Stone
19 Isley Brothers Highway Of My Life
20 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Golden Earring - RADAR LOVE
2 [2] :: Leo Sayer - THE SHOW MUST GO ON
3 [new] :: Sweet - TEENAGE RAMPAGE
4 [new] :: Mud - TIGER FEET
5 [7] :: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - THE LOVE I LOST
6 [8] :: New Seekers - YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME
7 [6] :: Art Garfunkel - I SHALL SING
8 [4] :: Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
9 [5] :: Slade - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
10 [16] :: Stevie Wonder - LIVING FOR THE CITY
11 [14] :: Rolling Stones - DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER)
12 [10] :: Redbone - COME AND GET YOUR LOVE
13 [9] :: Faces - POOL HALL RICHARD
14 [new] :: Brenda Lee - COMING ON STRONG {Golden Earring's forgotten song, from 1966}
15 [new] :: Allman Brothers Band - JESSICA
16 [11] :: Olivia Newton-John - LET ME BE THERE
17 [12] :: Robert Knight - LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP
18 [new] :: Stylistics - ROCKIN' ROLL BABY
19 [new] :: Bob Dylan - FOREVER YOUNG {Planet Waves LP track}
20 [13] :: Four Tops - SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 7 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane
3 ( 2 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce (#2[2])
4 ( 3 ) The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer (#3)
5 ( 6 ) All Of My Life - Diana Ross
6 ( 4 ) Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station (#4)
7 ( -- ) Tiger Feet - Mud
8 ( 5 ) I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles (#5)
9 ( 10 ) The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
10 ( -- ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet

11 ( 20 ) Thanks For Saving My Life - Billy Paul
12 ( 12 ) Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
13 ( 15 ) Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
14 ( 11 ) Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders (#11)
15 ( 9 ) Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra (#8)
16 ( 28 ) Put Your Hands Together - O'Jays
17 ( 14 ) Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John (#11)
18 ( 23 ) Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk Railroad
19 ( 18 ) Galloping Home - London String Chorale (#16)
20 ( 25 ) Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas

21 ( 8 ) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (#1[1])
22 ( 16 ) Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin (#8)
23 ( -- ) Highway Of My Life - Isley Brothers
24 ( 19 ) Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Dawn (#13)
25 ( 31 ) American Tune - Paul Simon
26 ( 37 ) Let Your Hair Down - Temptations
27 ( 24 ) Gaudete - Steeleye Span (#23)
28 ( 22 ) Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell (#19)
29 ( 32 ) If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
30 ( 13 ) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard (#1[3])

31 ( 21 ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople (#3)
32 ( 27 ) Corazon - Carole King (#25)
33 ( 26 ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (#8)
34 ( 29 ) Take Me High - Cliff Richard (#15)
35 ( -- ) Teenage Lament - Alice Cooper
36 ( 17 ) Step Into Christmas - Elton John (#2[1])
37 ( -- ) Love Song - Anne Murray
38 ( 30 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1[2])
39 ( 35 ) My Music - Loggins & Messina (#20)
40 ( 33 ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley (#33)

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-- ( 34 ) Forever - Roy Wood (#17)
-- ( 36 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
-- ( 38 ) Vado Via - Drupi (#29)
-- ( 39 ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#27)
-- ( 40 ) Lamplight - David Essex (#22)

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-- ( -- ) I Love - Tom T Hall

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[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (44 wks)
02 The Dells – I Miss You (1 wk)
03 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (1 wk)
04 Curtis Mayfield – Can't Say Nothin' (4 wks)
05 The Moments – Sexy Mama (2 wks)
06 Ashford & Simpson – (I'd Know You) Anywhere (1 wk)
07 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (14 wks)
08 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (33 wks)
09 The Temptations – Let Your Hair Down (5 wks)
10 Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down (3 wks)

11 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (17 wks)
12 Isaac Hayes – Joy (Part 1) (5 wks)
13 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (16 wks)
14 Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This (12 wks)
15 The Independents – It's All Over (10 wks)
16 Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (9 wks)
17 Al Green – Livin' for You (7 wks)
18 Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him (3 wks)
19 Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) (6 wks)
20 The Isley Brothers – What It Comes Down To (4 wks)

21 Diana Ross – All Of My Life (3 wks)
22 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (27 wks)
23 The O'Jays – Put Your Hands Together (5 wks)
24 The Chi Lites – I Found Sunshine (10 wks)
25 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (15 wks)
26 Billy Preston – You're So Unique (3 wks)
27 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (21 wks)
28 Gladys Knight & The Pips – I've Got to Use My Imagination (9 wks)
29 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (23 wks)
30 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (13 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Golden Earring - Radar Love (7 wks)
2 (2) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (6 wks)
3 (11) Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance - How Come (2 wks)
4 (NE) Sweet - Teenage Rampage (1 wk)
5 (NE) Mud - Tiger Feet (1 wk)
6 (3) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (7 wks)
7 (9) Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (7 wks)
8 (10) Diana Ross - All Of My Life (3 wks)
9 (12) Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider (5 wks)
10 (5) Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (7 wks)
11 (4) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (7 wks)
12 (20) Redbone - Come and Get Your Love (2 wks)
13 (21) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (2 wks)
14 (13) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (9 wks)
15 (14) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (8 wks)
16 (24) Billy Paul - Thanks for Saving My Life (2 wks)
17 (6) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (6 wks)
18 (7) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (7 wks)
19 (32) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (2 wks)
20 (33) 10cc - The Worst Band In The World (2 wks)
21 (8) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (7 wks)
22 (15) Roy Wood - Forever (8 wks)
23 (16) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (9 wks)
24 (17) John Lennon - Mind Games (9 wks)
25 (18) Andy Williams - Solitaire (7 wks)
26 (19) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (11 wks)
27 (NE) Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 (1 wk)
28 (25) Roxy Music - Street Life (10 wks)
29 (26) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (9 wks)
30 (NE) The Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby (1 wk)
31 (NE) The Isley Brothers - The Highway Of My Life (1 wk)
32 (27) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (12 wks)
33 (28) War - Me And Baby Brother (11 wks)
34 (29) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (10 wks)
35 (30) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (9 wks)
36 (31) Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (10 wks)
37 (22) Drupi - Vado Via (8 wks)
38 (23) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (7 wks)
39 (NE) The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica (1 wk)
40 (34) Ringo Starr - Photograph (13 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 12.01.1974

1 (03) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
2 (04) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
3 (05) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
4 (07) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
5 (06) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
6 (New) Sweet - Teenage Rampage
7 (New) Mud - Tiger Feet
8 (01) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
9 (02) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
10 (08) David Essex - Lamplight
11 (13) Roy Wood - Forever
12 (15) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
13 (10) Golden Earring - Radar Love
14 (09) Cosy Powell - Dance With The Devil
15 (11) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
16 (12) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
17 (14) Roxy Music - Street Life
18 (34) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
19 (17) Carpenters - Top Of The World
20 (27) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City
21 (33) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - The Love I Lost
22 (18) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why
23 (16) Elton John - Step Into Christmas
24 (19) Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
25 (20) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
26 (New) Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament
27 (21) Steeleye Span - Gaudete
28 (22) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke
29 (New) Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
30 (New) Isley Brothers - The Highway Of My Life
31 (23) Mud - Dynamite
32 (24) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love
33 (25) Paul McCartney and Wings - Helen Wheels
34 (26) The Osmonds - Let Me In
35 (36) Billy Paul - Thank You For Saving My Life
36 (Re) Cliff Richard - Take Me High
37 (28) Andy Williams - Solitaire
38 (29) Perry Como - For The Good Times
39 (30) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
40 (31) David Bowie - Sorrow

[Whitneyfan]

01(03) Diana Ross – All Of My Life
02(05) Stevie Wonder – Living For The City
03(--) Mud – Tiger Feet
04(14) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost
05(01) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
06(02) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie
07(19) Ronnie Lane – How Come
08(10) Kiki Dee – Amoureuse
09(04) Roy Wood – Forever
10(07) Golden Earring – Radar Love

11(08) Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On
12(--) Sweet – Teenage Rampage
13(11) Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
14(13) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
15(32) Redbone – Come And Get Your Love
16(15) John Lennon – Mind Games
17(06) Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
18(09) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
19(28) Billy Paul – Thanks For Saving My Life
20(--) Alice Cooper – Teenage Lament ‘74

28(--) Stylistics – Rockin’ Roll Baby
35(--) The Isley Brothers – The Highways Of My Life

[popchartfreak]

5th January 1974



It's Cher grabbing her second solo Retro chart-topper as the dark Dark Lady enters at 1, the gypsy strains and the woman-scorned mystery murder ballad was never as big as Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves in the UK, but was a monster US hit, much to my pleasure. The post-christmas lull makes the charts a little light on new stuff, but The Chi-Lites' drop Homely Girl in the States, but it was to be a much bigger hit in the UK, as were the Chi-Lites from hereon. New in at 14 and still better than the UB40 reggae cover.



10cc make it 6 top 20's, Johnny Nash gets his first one in 18 months, and Candlewick Green cover the Jigsaw album track, and future fab Saint Etienne hit in the 90's, Who Do You Think You Are. It's still pretty good and new at 36. John Holt has his new reggae album of covers of recent songs (for the most part) out, 1000 Volts Of Holt, which would get more chart notice late in 1974 when Help Me Make It Through The Night becomes a hit - so I'm charting it early as I dont want to wait and there's not much new in the way of singles out this week.



That leaves The Allman Brothers Band replacing Gregg Allman in the chart, and Jessica debuts at 73. It's a well-known instrumental theme tune these days but passed everybody by in the UK at the time, despite being a US hit. Appropriately Cher would marry Gregg Allman in 1975, what with both of them entering together at either end of the rundown.





1 ( NEW ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1

2 ( 1 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

3 ( 4 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

4 ( 2 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1

5 ( 5 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

6 ( 6 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

7 ( 8 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7

8 ( 7 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

9 ( 10 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

10 ( 9 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7



11 ( 3 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3

12 ( 11 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7

13 ( 12 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12

14 ( NEW ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 14

15 ( 27 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15

16 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4

17 ( 18 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 17

18 ( 14 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14

19 ( 17 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16

20 ( 34 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20



21 ( 16 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14

22 ( 19 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2

23 ( 28 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 23

24 ( 21 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3

25 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1

26 ( 20 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10

27 ( 32 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 27

28 ( 25 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9

29 ( 30 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 29

30 ( 15 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 15



31 ( 36 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 31

32 ( 26 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5

33 ( 22 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4

34 ( 33 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1

35 ( 29 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7

36 ( NEW ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 36

37 ( 49 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 37

38 ( 31 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1

39 ( 23 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3

40 ( 47 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 40



41 ( 52 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 41

42 ( 37 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2

43 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1

44 ( 43 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6

45 ( NEW ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 45

46 ( 35 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 35

47 ( 58 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 47

48 ( 39 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19

49 ( 62 ) SATISFACTION - Bubblerock aka Jonathan King # 49

50 ( 44 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5



51 ( 48 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 48

52 ( 50 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1

53 ( 51 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1

54 ( 55 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

55 ( 45 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14

56 ( 38 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18

57 ( 57 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 57

58 ( 46 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 37

59 ( 66 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA) - Bay City Rollers # 59

60 ( 60 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1



61 ( 59 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5

62 ( 63 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5

63 ( 61 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12

64 ( 53 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18

65 ( 40 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 30

66 ( 67 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 66

67 ( 65 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3

68 ( 68 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19

69 ( 71 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 69

70 ( 72 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 70



71 ( 64 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40

72 ( 54 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17

73 ( NEW ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 73

74 ( 74 ) DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) - The Rolling Stones # 74

75 ( 41 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 29





5th January 1974 Wot I Liked That Actual Week Then



It's a third week on top for Roy Wood as I turn sweet 16, and I definitely got record tokens for Xmas and birthday as I will be spending them next week. 50 years later I got itunes vouchers as a generous retirement gift from workmates, considerably more than the 50p or so I got then. Back to school, back to working towards GCE and CSE exams. And I was back onto full-time personal charting again for the next 50 years too, only expanded to allow non-charting tracks, albums and oldies that had been reissued.



Getting instant Radio 1 airplay were the new Chinn-Chapman Glam Rock stompers from The Sweet and Mud, both of them coming off number ones for me, and The Sweet seemed like the most immediate classic, Teenage Rampage new at 3, with Mud's Tiger Feet in at 9 and also boosting Dynamite ahead of it dropping out of my chart. Stevie Wonder gets his highest charting single at 2 in 5 years of big hits, Living For The City, and Jonathan King keeps the top 10's going as Bubblerock.



In the post-christmas static charts and lack of new releases, the rest of the chart jostles about a bit with the Xmas singles dropping hard.





1 ( 1 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood

2 ( 5 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder

3 ( NEW ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet

4 ( 22 ) DYNAMITE - Mud

5 ( 6 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople

6 ( 7 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music

7 ( 3 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell

8 ( 13 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust

9 ( NEW ) TIGER FEET - Mud

10 ( 23 ) (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - Bubble Rock



11 ( 16 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings

12 ( 9 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) - The Bay City Rollers

13 ( 17 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue

14 ( 4 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer

15 ( 2 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard

16 ( 14 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie

17 ( 11 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight

18 ( 19 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex

19 ( 15 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces

20 ( 10 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade



21 ( 26 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie

22 ( 24 ) THE LOVE I LOST - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

23 ( 8 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John

24 ( 12 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys

25 ( 29 ) ROCKIN' ROLL BABY - The Stylistics

26 ( 28 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring

27 ( RE ) SORROW - David Bowie

28 ( 25 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex

29 ( 21 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter

30 ( 18 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee

[o]

1 Golden Earring - Radar Love
2 John Lennon - Mind Games
3 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
4 Mud - Tiger Feet
5 Rod Stewart & Faces - Pool Hall Richard
6 Sweet - Teenage Rampage
7 Cozy Powell - Dance with The Devil
8 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
9 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
10 T. Rex - Truck On Tyke

[raliverpool]

01 Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl (2wks 7-1)
02 Elton John - Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (3wks 7-2-2)
03 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (5wks 37-15-9-3-3)
04 Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (5wks 22-8-6-4-4)
05 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (5wks 35-22-12-8-5)
06 Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (3wks 22-9-6)
07 Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen (2wks 14-7)
08 Golden Earring - Radar Love (2wks 13-8)
09 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (6wks 1-1-1-1-1-9)
10 Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (2wks 20-10)

11 Al Wilson - Show & Tell (4wks 38-19-12-11)
12 Paul Simon - American Tune (2wks 25-12)
13 Sweet - Teenage Rampage (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Mud - Tiger Feet (1wk 14 NEW)
15 Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (3wks 24-18-15)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - I've Got To Use My Imagination (3wks 38-24-16)
17 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (3wks 23-19-17)
18 Steve Miller Band - The Joker (7wks 28-21-17-12-10-11-18)
19 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (7wks 19-14-5-3-2-5-19)
20 Roy Wood - Forever (5wks 21-9-8-10-20)

21 Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (8wks 35-22-15-7-4-3-6-21)
22 Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - How Come (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Joni Mitchell - Raised On Robbery (2wks 29-23)
24 Al Green - Livin' For You (2wks 28-24)
25 Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There (4wks 35-20-21-25)
26 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (5wks 29-24-16-17-26)
27 Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 (2wks 37-27)
28 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Kinks - Sweet Lady Genevieve (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (8wks 28-16-13-6-5-5-15-30)

31 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Still...You Turn Me On (2wks 34-31)
32 Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (1wk 32 NEW)
33 War - Me & Baby Brother (2wks 38-33)
34 Who - Love, Reign O'er Me (8wks 19-6-4-4-6-11-23-34)
35 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (7wks 24-2-2-2-4-16-35)
36 Lou Reed - Sad Song (4wks 37-33-30-36)
37 Badfinger - Apple Of My Eye (6wks 33-26-23-21-27-37)
38 Ringo Starr - I'm The Greatest (7wks 10-9-10-11-14-26-38)
39 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (8wks 29-21-17-16-14-13-22-39)
40 Fleetwood Mac - Why (1wk 40 NEW)

[Smurfie]

1 ) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
2 ) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
3 ) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
4 ) Andy Williams - Solitaire
5 ) Perry Como - Walk Right Back
6 ) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
7 ) Sweet - Teenage Rampage
8 ) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
9 ) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
10 ) Roxy Music - Street Life
11 ) Roy Wood - Forever
12 ) David Essex - Lamplight
13 ) The Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby
14 ) Millican & Nesbitt - Vaya Con Dios
15 ) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
16 ) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
17 ) The Carpenters - Top Of The World
18 ) The Isley Brothers - The Highway Of My Life
19 ) Mud - Tiger Feet
20 ) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil