Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.02.1974

[smokeyb]

Suzi Quatro gets her 2nd retro number one, as the Hollies move up to number 2.



Mud fall to number 3, David Bowie is at 4 and Alvin Stardust is up at 5.



There are 10 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is David Bowie at number 4.



The biggest climber is Charlie Rich who jumps up 18 places to number 17.



The biggest faller is Alvin Stardust who drops off the chart from number 26.

[smokeyb]

23.02.1974 (Week # 08)

1 (02) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive - 175 points (4-2-1) 3 wks
2 (03) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe - 172 points (6-3-2) 3 wks
3 (01) Mud - Tiger Feet - 145 points (2-2-1-1-1-3) 6 wks
4 (NE) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - 132 points (4) 1 wk
5 (11) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind - 114 points (11-5) 2 wks
6 (05) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World - 105 points (17-4-3-5-6) 5 wks
7 (06) Wombles - Wombling Song - 103 points (23-8-5-6-7) 5 wks
8 (10) Bay City Rollers – Remember - 79 points (10-8) 2 wks
9 (04) Sweet - Teenage Rampage - 78 points (4-1-2-2-4-9) 6 wks
10 (08) Cher - Dark Lady - 77 points (34-31-19-11-8-10) 6 wks
11 (07) Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up - 60 points (15-10-7-11) 5 wks
12 (12) Prelude - After The Goldrush - 44 points (26-21-16-12-12) 5 wks
13 (15) T. Rex – Teenage Dream - 44 points (33-21-15-13) 4 wks
14 (13) Allman Brothers Band - Jessica - 43 points (26-20-13-14) 4 wks
15 (09) Diana Ross - All Of My Life - 41 points (30-8-5-5-7-7-9-15) 8 wks
16 (18) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 35 points (40-39-25-20-21-28-28-x-28-18-18-16) 11 wks
17 (35) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl - 35 points (35-17) 2 wks
18 (NE) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero - 30 points (18) 1 wk
19 (27) Dolly Parton - Jolene - 29 points (37-27-19) 3 wks
20 (16) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 28 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16-28-35-36-35-40-x-13-6-6-6-9-16-20) 20 wks
21 (25) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - 28 points (25-21) 2 wks
22 (24) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 25 points (25-23-19-20-18-18-16-19-19-24-29-26-24-22) 14 wks
23 (28) Andy Williams - Solitaire - 24 points (24-15-13-19-28-23) 6 wks
24 (RE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 22 points (28-28-36-37-40-x-39-40-x-24) 8 wks
25 (29) Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love - 20 points (31-31-29-25) 4 wks
26 (NE) Hudson-Ford - Burn Baby Burn - 20 points (26) 1 wk
27 (33) Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 19 points (33-27) 2 wks
28 (NE) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide - 19 points (28) 1 wk
29 (22) Ronnie Lane - How Come - 19 points (29-10-7-9-12-22-29) 7 wks
30 (30) Pink Floyd - Us & Them - 19 points (32-30-30) 3 wks
31 (32) Ian Matthews - These Days - 19 points (32-31) 2 wks
32 (NE) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) - 18 points (32) 1 wk
33 (NE) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision - 18 points (33) 1 wk
34 (NE) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen - 18 points (34) 1 wk
35 (34) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - 17 points (34-35) 2 wks
36 (NE) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 17 points (36) 1 wk
37 (36) Dells – I Miss You - 16 points (37-32-34-36-36-37) 6 wks
38 (NE) K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Sound Your Funky Horn - 16 points (38) 1 wk
39 (38) New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry - 15 points (36-38-38-39) 4 wks
40 (37) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie - 15 points (32-28-18-17-19-x-37-40) 7 wks
40 (NE) Frankie Laine - Blazing Saddles - 15 points (40) 1 wk

Dropouts:
42 (20) Isley Brothers - Highways Of My Life - 14 points (23-16-10-14-20)
46 (40) Clifford T Ward - Scullery - 13 points (40-40)
48 (19) Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby - 13 points (22-12-22-19)
49 (23) Cliff Richard - Take Me High - 13 points (40-37-39-x-36-35-30-40-23-25-23)
51 (14) Alice Cooper – Teenage Lament ‘74 - 12 points (27-22-15-14)
57 (39) Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong - 10 points (39)
58 (21) Golden Earring - Radar Love - 9 points (24-12-9-7-3-1-1-3-3-8-21)
60 (17) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - 9 points (37-34-26-27-22-20-21-25-15-15-9-11-17-17)
61 (31) Stealers Wheel - Star - 9 points (29-31)
- (26) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 0 points (14-5-2-2-1-2-4-5-10-13-14-14-13-14-13-26)

[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 02.03.1974

1 (1) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (8) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (4 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Wombles - Wombling Song (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (2 wk) (# 5)
6 (2) Mud - Tiger Feet (7 wk) (# 1)
7 (15) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (2 wk) (# 7)
8 (18) Bay City Rollers - Remember (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (5) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (6 wk) (# 3)
10 (13) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me (4 wk) (# 10)
11 (20) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (3 wk) (# 11)
12 (10) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (5 wk) (# 10)
13 (7) Andy Williams - Solitaire (13 wk) (# 4)
14 (14) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (6 wk) (# 14)
15 (38) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (2 wk) (# 15)
16 (39) Freddie Starr - Its You (2 wk) (# 16)
17 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (1 wk) (# 17)
18 (12) The Stylistics - Rockin´ Roll Baby (7 wk) (# 6)
19 (21) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You (4 wk) (# 19)
20 (30) Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (16) T Rex - Teenage Dream (4 wk) (# 13)
22 (9) Diana Ross - All Of My Life (9 wk) (# 9)
23 (17) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (13 wk) (# 3)
24 (11) Sweet - Teenage Rampage (7 wk) (# 2)
25 (19) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (8 wk) (# 15)
26 (25) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide (4 wk) (# 25)
27 (23) Prelude - After The Goldrush (6 wk) (# 23)
28 (NE) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (1 wk) (# 28)
29 (22) Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 (7 wk) (# 12)
30 (28) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (18 wk) (# 2)
31 (26) The Isley Brothers - The Highway Of My Life (7 wk) (# 25)
32 (40) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (27) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (15 wk) (# 1)
34 (35) London String Chorale - Galloping Home (10 wk) (# 31)
35 (34) Neil Sedaka - A Little Lovin (4 wk) (# 34)
36 (45) Cher - Dark Lady (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (43) Melanie - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (3 wk) (# 37)
38 (37) Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong (5 wk) (# 36)
39 (29) Stealers Wheel - Star (6 wk) (# 25)
40 (32) Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance - How Come (8 wk) (# 11)
41 (36) Golden Earring - Radar Love (13 wk) (# 7)
42 (33) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (15 wk) (# 10)
43 (48) Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding (2 wk) (# 43)
44 (50) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (2 wk) (# 44)
45 (47) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (2 wk) (# 45)
46 (31) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (12 wk) (# 2)
47 (24) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (7 wk) (# 21)
48 (NE) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) Barry Blue - School Love (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 28-02-74:  Presenter: Dave Lee Travis
(17) PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – Jet  
(NEW) BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS – Rock Around The Clock 
(20) HUDSON-FORD – Burn Baby Burn  
(NEW) JOHN CHRISTIE – Everybody But Me  
(11) CHARLIE RICH – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World  
(4) THE WOMBLES – The Wombling Song  
(33) THE NEW SEEKERS feat. LYN PAUL – I Get A Little Sentimental Over You  
(15) PAPER LACE – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
(7) RINGO STARR – You’re Sixteen  
(10) LENA ZAVARONI – Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me)  
(1) SUZI QUATRO – Devil Gate Drive  
(5) DAVID BOWIE – Rebel Rebel 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 02.03.1974
1 (2) Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (6 wk) (# 1)
3 (11) Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (2 wk) (# 3)
4 (3) Leo Sayer - Silver Bird (9 wk) (# 2)
5 (6) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (12 wk) (# 4)
6 (4) Andy Williams - Solitaire (7 wk) (# 3)
7 (5) Perry Como - And I Love You So (35 wk) (# 1)
8 (7) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (21 wk) (# 7)
9 (8) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (85 wk) (# 2)
10 (37) Jack Jones - Harbour (2 wk) (# 10)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love (5 wks)
02 Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (6 wks)
03 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) (2 wks)
04 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (3 wks)
05 The Dells – I Miss You (7 wks)
06 New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry (5 wks)
07 First Choice – Newsy Neighbors (1 wk)
08 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (7 wks)
09 Tavares – That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (5 wks)
10 The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1 wk)

11 Johnnie Taylor – We're Getting Careless With Our Love (6 wks)
12 Tyrone Davis – I Wish It Was Me (5 wks)
13 The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl (4 wks)
14 New Birth – It's Been A Long Time (3 wks)
15 Barry White – Honey Please, Can't Ya See (2 wks)
16 Tower Of Power – What Is Hip (2 wks)
17 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (50 wks)
18 Bobby Bland – Goin' Down Slow (1 wk)
19 Ashford & Simpson – (I'd Know You) Anywhere (7 wks)
20 Marvin Gaye – You Sure Love To Ball (6 wks)

21 Smokey Robinson – Just My Soul Responding (2 wks)
22 Bloodstone – Outside Woman (2 wks)
23 The Persuaders – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (1 wk)
24 The Main Ingredient – Just Don't Want to Be Lonely (5 wks)
25 Blue Magic – Stop To Start (5 wks)
26 The Staple Singers – Touch A Hand (Make A Friend) (2 wks)
27 The Spinners – Mighty Love (Part 1) (6 wks)
28 Soul Children – I'll Be The Other Woman (3 wks)
29 Curtis Mayfield – Can't Say Nothin' (10 wks)
30 The Moments – Sexy Mama (8 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Hollies The Air That I Breathe
02 Paper Lace Billy Don't Be A Hero
03 Lulu The Man Who Sold The World
04 David Bowie Rebel Rebel
05 Prelude After The Goldrush
06 Mud Tiger Feet
07 Suzi Quatro Devil Gate Drive
08 Bay City Rollers Remember (Sha-La-La-La)
09 Hudson Ford Burn-Baby Burn
10 Wombles Wombling Song
11 Alvin Stardust Jealous Mind
12 Charlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl
13 Ringo Starr You're Sixteen
14 Diana Ross All Of My Life
15 Paul McCartney & Wings Jet
16 Carpenters Jambalaya
17 Elton John Candle In The Wind
18 Barry White Never Gonna Give You Up
19 Barry Blue School Love
20 Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back To Me

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) The Air That I Breathe - Hollies < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 8 ) Jet - Wings
3 ( 3 ) Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
4 ( 4 ) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
5 ( 6 ) Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers
6 ( 2 ) Tiger Feet - Mud (#1[4])
7 ( 12 ) Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace
8 ( 16 ) Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
9 ( 5 ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet (#2[2])
10 ( -- ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John

11 ( 13 ) Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust
12 ( -- ) Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
13 ( 7 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane (#2[2])
14 ( 21 ) Who Do You Think You Are - Candlewick Green
15 ( 10 ) Dark Lady - Cher (#9)
16 ( 9 ) Wombling Song - Wombles (#4)
17 ( -- ) School Love - Barry Blue
18 ( 19 ) Burn Baby Burn - Hudson Ford
19 ( 11 ) Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (#6)
20 ( 14 ) Scullery - Clifford T Ward (#11)

21 ( 17 ) Star - Stealers Wheel (#15)
22 ( 20 ) Come And Get Your Love (Hail) - Redbone (#20)
23 ( 34 ) Mighty Love - Spinners
24 ( 15 ) The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu (#5)
25 ( 23 ) I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel (#23)
26 ( 18 ) After The Goldrush - Prelude (#13)
27 ( 31 ) Teenage Dream - Marc Bolan & T.Rex
28 ( 22 ) Let Your Hair Down - Temptations (#17)
29 ( 24 ) Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - Rolling Stones (#21)
30 ( 28 ) A Little Lovin' - Neil Sedaka (#28)

31 ( -- ) Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
32 ( 30 ) Happiness Is Me And You - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#30)
33 ( 35 ) Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier
34 ( 32 ) I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King (#32)
35 ( 27 ) Abra-Ca-Dabra - DeFranco Family (#22)
36 ( 25 ) Highway Of My Life - Isley Brothers (#11)
37 ( 26 ) Thanks For Saving My Life - Billy Paul (#7)
38 ( 29 ) Put Your Hands Together - O'Jays (#12)
39 ( 36 ) Baby We Can't Go Wrong - Cilla Black (#31)
40 ( 37 ) Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross (#27)

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-- ( 33 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring (#1[3])
-- ( 38 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce (#2[2])
-- ( 39 ) All Of My Life - Diana Ross (#5)
-- ( 40 ) Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas (#20)

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Double dose of Elton John in the highest new entries.

[o]

1 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
2 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
3 Bay City Rollers – Remember
4 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
5 Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet
6 T Rex - Teenage Dream
7 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World
8 Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)
9 Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
10 Wombles - Wombling Song
11 Cher – Dark lady
12 Alvin Stardust – Jealous mind
13 Elton John - Candle In The Wind
14 Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room
15 Prelude - After The Goldrush

[smokeyb]

1 (3) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (2 wks)
2 (1) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (4 wks)
3 (2) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (4 wks)
4 (6) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (3 wks)
5 (4) The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica (7 wks)
6 (8) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (6 wks)
7 (5) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (6 wks)
8 (13) Bay City Rollers - Remember (4 wks)
9 (19) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (3 wks)
10 (14) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide (4 wks)
11 (NE) Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet (1 wk)
12 (29) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (2 wks)
13 (22) Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (3 wks)
14 (25) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (2 wks)
15 (18) Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (3 wks)
16 (21) Cher - Dark Lady (3 wks)
17 (NE) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (1 wk)
18 (24) Queen - Liar (3 wks)
19 (7) Mud - Tiger Feet (7 wks)
20 (20) John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (5 wks)
21 (26) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (3 wks)
22 (23) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You (4 wks)
23 (9) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (5 wks)
24 (10) Prelude - After The Goldrush (6 wks)
25 (39) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (2 wks)
26 (37) Freddie Starr - Its You (2 wks)
27 (40) Billy Joel - Piano Man (2 wks)
28 (NE) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1 wk)
29 (11) Sweet - Teenage Rampage (7 wks)
30 (12) T Rex - Teenage Dream (4 wks)
31 (15) Clifford T Ward - Scullery (6 wks)
32 (NE) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (1 wk)
33 (16) Stealers Wheel - Star (6 wks)
34 (38) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (2 wks)
35 (17) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (8 wks)
36 (27) Melanie - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (3 wks)
37 (28) Neil Sedaka - A Little Lovin (4 wks)
38 (NE) Barry Blue - School Love (1 wk)
39 (30) Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong (5 wks)
40 (NE) Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
02(03) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
03(07) David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
04(--) Elton John – Candle In The Wind
05(06) Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive
06(02) Cher – Dark Lady
07(13) The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
08(05) Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me
09(04) Mud – Tiger Feet
10(24) Billy Joel – Piano Man

11(21) Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen
12(22) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
13(23) Candlewick Green – Who Do You Think You Are
14(17) Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind
15(25) Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau
16(09) Barry White – Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
17(08) T. Rex – Teenage Dream
18(--) Wings – Jet
19(30) Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
20(12) Bay City Rollers – Remember

21(11) The Wombles – The Wombling Song
22(10) Kool And The Gang – Funky Stuff
23(14) Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World
24(15) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost
25(--) Jim Croce – I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song
26(19) Melanie – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
27(18) Alice Cooper – Teenage Lament ‘74
28(29) Genesis – I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
29(20) Bette Midler – In The Mood
30(16) Redbone – Come And Get Your Love

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: David Bowie - REBEL REBEL
2 [3] :: Alvin Stardust - JEALOUS MIND
3 [2] :: Suzi Quatro - DEVIL GATE DRIVE
4 [10] :: Cher - DARK LADY
5 [13] :: Billy Joel - PIANO MAN
6 [4] :: Sweet - TEENAGE RAMPAGE
7 [8] :: Dolly Parton - JOLENE
8 [5] :: Mud - TIGER FEET
9 [20] :: Hollies - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
10 [7] :: Wombles - THE WOMBLING SONG
11 [new] :: Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND
12 [new] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - JET
13 [6] :: Allman Brothers Band - JESSICA
14 [9] :: Lulu - THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
15 [12] :: Golden Earring - RADAR LOVE
16 [16] :: Willie Nelson - BLOODY MARY MORNING
17 [19] :: Leo Sayer - THE SHOW MUST GO ON
18 [11] :: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - THE LOVE I LOST
19 [18] :: Bay City Rollers - REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA)
20 [new] :: Elton John - BENNIE AND THE JETS {Candle In The Wind B-side}

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 23.02.1974

1 (01) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
2 (03) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
3 (07) The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
4 (04) The Wombles - The Wombling Song
5 (06) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
6 (08) Bay City Rollers - Remember
7 (09) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes On Me
8 (02) Mud - Tiger Feet
9 (05) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World
10 (18) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen
11 (19) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
12 (12) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
13 (New) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
14 (27) Freddie Starr - It's You
15 (23) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give You Up
16 (14) Andy Williams - Solitaire
17 (17) Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
18 (15) Cher - Dark Lady
19 (20) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You
20 (New) Elton John - Candle In The Wind
21 (10) Cliff Richard - Take Me High
22 (11) Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong
23 (28) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me
24 (13) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
25 (24) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - The Love I Lost
26 (16) Sweet - Teenage Rampage
27 (21) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
28 (31) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
29 (22) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
30 (26) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
31 (New) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
32 (25) Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament
33 (30) Golden Earring - Radar Love
34 (New) Barry Blue - School Love
35 (29) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
36 (32) Roy Wood - Forever
37 (33) T-Rex - Teenage Dream
38 (34) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
39 (35) Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding
40 (37) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City

[raliverpool]

01 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (3wks 24-3-1)
02 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (4wks 14-2-1-2)
03 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (2wks 4-3)
04 Dolly Parton - Jolene (6wks 35-26-17-10-5-4)
05 Pink Floyd - Us & Them (5wks 8-1-1-2-5)
06 Bob Dylan - Forever Young (3wks 13-8-6)
07 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (2wks 23-7)
08 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (7wks 28-16-10-6-4-6-8)
09 Cher - Dark Lady (3wks 25-17-9)
10 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (3wks 31-12-10)

11 Wombles - Wombling Song (3wks 35-20-11)
12 Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised (2wks 22-12)
13 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (6wks 20-7-4-3-7-13)
14 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me & You (3wks 29-19-14)
15 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Allman Brothers - Jessica (6wks 29-20-13-9-10-16)
17 Harry Chaplin - WOLD (2wks 37-17)
18 Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (5wks 35-9-7-9-18)
19 Slade - When the Lights Are Out (2wks 27-19)
20 Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider (6wks 38-29-21-14-15-20)

21 Mud - Tiger Feet (7wks 14-4-2-3-6-11-21)
22 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (2wks 39-22)

23 Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (1wk 23 NEW)

24 Diana Ross - Last Time I Saw Him (6wks 37-27-20-16-18-24)
25 Sweet - Teenage Rampage (7wks 13-2-1-2-5-13-25)
26 T Rex - Teenage Dream (4wks 26-12-14-26)
27 Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong (3wks 34-24-27)
28 Who - The Real Me (3wks 30-25-28)
29 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Anne Murray - A Love Song (2wks 35-30)

31 Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - How Come (7wks 22-13-6-5-8-16-31)
32 Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Elton John - All The Girls Love Alice (4wks 27-23-26-34)
35 Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady (4wks 28-26-29-35)
36 Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 (8wks 37-27-21-16-12-11-21-36)
37 Bay City Rollers - Remember (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Raspberries - Ecstasy (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (1wk 40 NEW)

[popchartfreak]

16th February 1974



It's a new entry at 1 for Queen's second chart entry, and the first of 3 acts who would turn up in 1974 and become long-term greats 50 years later and confounding the music critics of the time. ABBA and Sparks being the other two. Seven Seas Of Rhye got a slot on Top Of The Pops and it was a "wow" moment for me, instant number one. The THree Degrees are held off at 2, with another newie, their 4th, new in at 28 as lead act on the MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother) Sound Of Philadelphia orchestra.



Barry Blue makes it a 4th chart entry with his 3rd top 20, the 50's teen pastiche ballad School Love which has a great melody and throwback appeal, Barry setting up his stall as intending to make each single very different from his previous singles - and anticipating the sort of ballads from Grease (charts-wise) musical which was already out and not making headlines. At 44 the third track off On The Third Day debuts for ELO at 44, new single Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, as they rock out, and so too, does Let Me Roll It for Wings on the 8th track from Band On The Run to chart here, new at 45.



Albert Hammond keeps the chart entries going with his US hit, I'm A Train at 71, and Elton John debuts the biggest-selling record of all-time. Sort of. It's Candle In The Wind, the original and better version, but B Side Bennie & The Jets has already hit number one here and will do so in the USA shortly, with Candle relegated to the B side. It's marginally maudlin, but not as much as the 1997 version for Princess Diana. I will stick with the Marilyn Monroe version, but I never rated it at the time and still don't. 50 years on I'm still p*ssed off Bennie wasn't the A side, until they re-issued it in 1976 as an oldie and got a minor hit out of it when it should have been a top 10 smash in 1974. Candle would also come back to haunt the charts in a live version.





1 ( NEW ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1

2 ( 3 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2

3 ( 1 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1

4 ( 5 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 4

5 ( 2 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1

6 ( 6 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6

7 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

8 ( 4 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3

9 ( 10 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1

10 ( 9 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1



11 ( 11 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1

12 ( 8 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2

13 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

14 ( 17 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14

15 ( 14 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7

16 ( 25 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16

17 ( NEW ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 17

18 ( 18 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9

19 ( 19 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

20 ( 12 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1



21 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21

22 ( 27 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22

23 ( 22 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7

24 ( 20 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8

25 ( 28 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25

26 ( 46 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 26

27 ( 23 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1

28 ( NEW ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 28

29 ( 15 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13

30 ( 32 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 30



31 ( 24 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24

32 ( 31 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7

33 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

34 ( 30 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18

35 ( 16 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

36 ( 36 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 36

37 ( 37 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 37

38 ( 34 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2

39 ( 39 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3

40 ( 29 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16



41 ( 51 ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 41

42 ( 38 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25

43 ( 26 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26

44 ( NEW ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 44

45 ( NEW ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 45

46 ( 35 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35

47 ( 44 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1

48 ( 72 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 48

49 ( 47 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16

50 ( 41 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4



51 ( 50 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1

52 ( 45 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7

53 ( 53 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

54 ( 57 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 54

55 ( 54 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15

56 ( 65 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56

57 ( 60 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 57

58 ( 40 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12

59 ( 56 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6

60 ( 62 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60



61 ( 68 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 61

62 ( 43 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20

63 ( 55 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3

64 ( 42 ) US AND THEM - Pink Floyd # 42

65 ( 66 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 65

66 ( 49 ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 49

67 ( 48 ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 48

68 ( 61 ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 61

69 ( 70 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 69

70 ( 59 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1



71 ( NEW ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 71

72 ( 64 ) THE ENTERTAINER - Marvin Hamlisch # 64

73 ( 67 ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 67

74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74

75 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75



19th Feb 1974 My actual charts of that week then


3rd week of all-change at the top, this time for Love Unlimited Orchestra. I still love it, reminds me of enforced Sunday family drives to Bristol Zoo and The American Museum near Bath, and listening to the chart rundown on the radio in the car on the way back. My beloved reel-to-reel tape recorder was in for repairs for most of Feb through April so I had to subsequently fill in gaps by buying as many singles as I could scrape pocket-money permitting (I babysat for other forces families for cash in those days when they fancied an evening out, and was popular as I was dependable, sensible and easily fobbed off with 50p rather than the more appropriate pound or two. That was the price of a new single, as it happens…)



Todd and Clifford make an early departure (enforced) while lots of chart activity a-goin’-on: Hudson Ford to 3, Ringo to 6, Charlie Rich at 8 and ELO 9 to make for a fresh Top 10. Roy Wood’s yonks-from-release Going Down The Road re-enters, while Brownsville Station re-enters due to UK chart success. New stuff, 60’s soul legends basically, Smokey Robinson's native american lament, The Temptations Eddie Kendricks (back in Chris Malinchak-sampled UK Top 40 this week), and The Four Tops, all flops in the UK where the much-slower singles chart was still stuffed with some of my earlier hits, or new entries like Alvin Stardust which had been in my charts for weeks, now at 2. Highest new entry, though, Robert Knight and his original of the British number from 1968 for Love Affair, following up B side chart hit Love On A Mountain Top. Nottingham TV-pushed band Paper Lace enter with future UK number one (and covered in the US too) bizarrely about dying in the American Civil War. We just don’t get songs about people and history anymore! That’s not a good thing, honest!


1 ( 6 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra

2 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust

3 ( 12 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford

4 ( 1 ) DARK LADY Cher

5 ( 2 ) TIGER FEET Mud

6 ( 18 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr

7 ( 5 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

8 ( 23 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich

9 ( 22 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra

10 ( 16 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell



11 ( 8 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro

12 ( 9 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder

13 ( 7 ) TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T.Rex

14 ( RE ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD Roy Wood

15 ( 20 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD 10CC

16 ( 11 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet

17 ( 19 ) SLIP AND SLIDE Medicine Head

18 ( 17 ) DO I LOVE YOU The Tremeloes

19 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight

20 ( 21 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell



21 ( 14 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin

22 ( NEW ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson

23 ( NEW ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks

24 ( 25 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White

25 ( 27 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu

26 ( 24 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

27 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MIND The Four Tops

28 ( NEW ) BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace

29 ( 28 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band

30 ( RE ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station



31 ( 4 ) HELLO IT'S ME Todd Rundgren

32 ( 31 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings

33 ( 10 ) SCULLERY Clifford T. Ward

34 ( 15 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie

35 ( NEW ) REBEL REBEL David Bowie