Haven Retro Combined Chart : 02.03.1974

[smokeyb]

The Hollies score only their 2nd retro number one, 5 years after their last "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" in 1969.



That managed 5 weeks at the top, we will see how long this song remains there. David Bowie is up a place



at number 3, Alvin Stardust is up to 4 and Mud slide to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Elton John at numbner 12.



The biggest climber is Paul McCartney & wings who jump up 18 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is the Love Unlimited Orchestra who drop 31 places.

[smokeyb]

02.03.1974 (Week # 09)

1 (02) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe - 186 points (6-3-2-1) 4 wks
2 (01) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive - 165 points (4-2-1-2) 4 wks
3 (04) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - 157 points (4-3) 2 wks
4 (05) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind - 125 points (11-5-4) 3 wks
5 (03) Mud - Tiger Feet - 91 points (2-2-1-1-1-3-5) 7 wks
6 (24) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 86 points (28-28-36-37-40-x-39-40-x-24-6) 9 wks
7 (10) Cher - Dark Lady - 86 points (34-31-19-11-8-10-7) 7 wks
8 (07) Wombles - Wombling Song - 83 points (23-8-5-6-7-8) 6 wks
9 (08) Bay City Rollers – Remember - 81 points (10-8-9) 3 wks
10 (06) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World - 76 points (17-4-3-5-6-10) 6 wks
11 (18) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero - 68 points (18-11) 2 wks
12 (NE) Elton John - Candle In The Wind - 55 points (12) 1 wk
13 (17) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl - 49 points (35-17-13) 3 wks
14 (34) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen - 49 points (34-14) 2 wks
15 (11) Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up - 44 points (15-10-7-11-15) 6 wks
16 (09) Sweet - Teenage Rampage - 42 points (4-1-2-2-4-9-16) 7 wks
17 (19) Dolly Parton - Jolene - 31 points (37-27-19-17) 4 wks
18 (NE) Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - 30 points (18) 1 wk
19 (21) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - 30 points (25-21-19) 3 wks
20 (14) Allman Brothers Band - Jessica - 29 points (26-20-13-14-20) 5 wks
21 (NE) Billy Joel - Piano Man - 27 points (21) 1 wk
22 (NE) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are? - 27 points (22) 1 wk
23 (15) Diana Ross - All Of My Life - 26 points (30-8-5-5-7-7-9-15-23) 9 wks
24 (22) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 23 points (25-23-19-20-18-18-16-19-19-24-29-26-24-22-24) 15 wks
25 (12) Prelude - After The Goldrush - 22 points (26-21-16-12-12-25) 6 wks
26 (23) Andy Williams - Solitaire - 22 points (24-15-13-19-28-23-26) 7 wks
27 (26) Hudson-Ford - Burn Baby Burn - 21 points (26-27) 2 wks
28 (25) Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love - 20 points (31-31-29-25-28) 5 wks
29 (NE) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye - 20 points (29) 1 wk
30 (27) Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 19 points (33-27-30) 3 wks
31 (13) T. Rex – Teenage Dream - 19 points (33-21-15-13-31) 5 wks
32 (33) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision - 19 points (33-32) 2 wks
33 (32) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) - 18 points (32-33) 2 wks
34 (RE) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 18 points (35-30-40-x-34) 4 wks
35 (35) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - 17 points (34-35-35) 3 wks
36 (36) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 17 points (36-36) 2 wks
37 (38) K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Sound Your Funky Horn - 17 points (38-37) 2 wks
38 (37) Dells – I Miss You - 16 points (37-32-34-36-36-37-38) 7 wks
39 (30) Pink Floyd - Us & Them - 16 points (32-30-30-39) 4 wks
40 (31) Ian Matthews - These Days - 16 points (32-31-40) 3 wks

Dropouts:
41 (39) New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry - 15 points (36-38-38-39)
43 (40) Frankie Laine - Blazing Saddles - 15 points (40)
44 (20) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 15 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16-28-35-36-35-40-x-13-6-6-6-9-16-20)
47 (16) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 14 points (40-39-25-20-21-28-28-x-28-18-18-16)
49 (40) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie - 13 points (32-28-18-17-19-x-37-40)
51 (28) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide - 11 points (28)
59 (29) Ronnie Lane - How Come - 8 points (29-10-7-9-12-22-29)

[smokeyb]

Thanks to o Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Mark rubcale & Smurfie (frozen chart)


I will leave this open until Fri.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 09.03.1974

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

Usa chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 07-03-74:  Presenter: Greg Edwards
(4) RINGO STARR – You’re Sixteen  
(28) CANDLEWICK GREEN – Who Do You Think You Are?
(25) BARRY BLUE – School Love
(NEW) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – Long Live Love
(5) DAVID BOWIE – Rebel Rebel  
(NEW) COMPASS – No More Whiskey
(12) FREDDIE STARR – It’s You
(6) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Remember (Sha-La-La)
(3) THE HOLLIES – The Air That I Breathe
(1) ALVIN STARDUST – Jealous Mind

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 09.03.1974
1 (2) Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (17) Deep Purple - Burn (2 wk) (# 3)
4 (5) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (13 wk) (# 4)
5 (7) Perry Como - And I Love You So (36 wk) (# 1)
6 (6) Andy Williams - Solitaire (8 wk) (# 3)
7 (3) Bob Dylan - Planet Waves (3 wk) (# 3)
8 (14) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (9 wk) (# 5)
9 (4) Leo Sayer - Silver Bird (10 wk) (# 2)
10 (8) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (22 wk) (# 7)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love (6 wks)
02 Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (7 wks)
03 Al Wilson – Touch And Go (1 wk)
04 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) (3 wks)
05 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (4 wks)
06 The Dells – I Miss You (8 wks)
07 New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry (6 wks)
08 First Choice – Newsy Neighbors (2 wks)
09 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (8 wks)
10 Tavares – That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (6 wks)

11 The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (2 wks)
12 Johnnie Taylor – We're Getting Careless With Our Love (7 wks)
13 Tyrone Davis – I Wish It Was Me (6 wks)
14 The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl (5 wks)
15 New Birth – It's Been A Long Time (4 wks)
16 Barry White – Honey Please, Can't Ya See (3 wks)
17 Tower Of Power – What Is Hip (3 wks)
18 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love (1 wk)
19 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (51 wks)
20 Bobby Bland – Goin' Down Slow (2 wks)

21 Ashford & Simpson – (I'd Know You) Anywhere (8 wks)
22 Marvin Gaye – You Sure Love To Ball (7 wks)
23 Smokey Robinson – Just My Soul Responding (3 wks)
24 Bloodstone – Outside Woman (3 wks)
25 The Persuaders – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (2 wks)
26 The Main Ingredient – Just Don't Want to Be Lonely (6 wks)
27 Blue Magic – Stop To Start (6 wks)
28 The Staple Singers – Touch A Hand (Make A Friend) (3 wks)
29 The Spinners – Mighty Love (Part 1) (7 wks)
30 Soul Children – I'll Be The Other Woman (4 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Hollies The Air That I Breathe
02 Paper Lace Billy Don't Be A Hero
03 Prelude After The Goldrush
04 Bay City Rollers Remember (Sha-La-La-La)
05 Hudson Ford Burn-Baby Burn
06 David Bowie Rebel Rebel
07 Ringo Starr You're Sixteen
08 Charlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl
09 Lulu The Man Who Sold The World
10 Paul McCartney & Wings Jet
11 Carpenters Jambalaya
12 Mud Tiger Feet
13 New Seekers I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
14 Elton John Candle In The Wind
15 Suzi Quatro Devil Gate Drive
16 Barry Blue School Love
17 Candlewick Green Who Do You Think You Are
18 Robert Knight Everlasting Love
19 Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back To Me
20 Diana Ross All Of My Life

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Jet - Wings < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) The Air That I Breathe - Hollies (#1[2])
3 ( 10 ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John
4 ( 3 ) Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (#3)
5 ( 12 ) Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
6 ( 8 ) Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
7 ( 4 ) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (#4)
8 ( 7 ) Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace (#7)
9 ( 5 ) Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers (#5)
10 ( -- ) Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen

11 ( 17 ) School Love - Barry Blue
12 ( 11 ) Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust (#11)
13 ( 14 ) Who Do You Think You Are - Candlewick Green
14 ( 6 ) Tiger Feet - Mud (#1[4])
15 ( -- ) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
16 ( -- ) Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra
17 ( 9 ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet (#2[2])
18 ( 23 ) Mighty Love - Spinners
19 ( 18 ) Burn Baby Burn - Hudson Ford (#18)
20 ( 31 ) Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer

21 ( 13 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane (#2[2])
22 ( 15 ) Dark Lady - Cher (#9)
23 ( 16 ) Wombling Song - Wombles (#4)
24 ( 27 ) Teenage Dream - Marc Bolan & T.Rex
25 ( 22 ) Come And Get Your Love (Hail) - Redbone (#20)
26 ( 21 ) Star - Stealers Wheel (#15)
27 ( 20 ) Scullery - Clifford T Ward (#11)
28 ( 19 ) Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (#6)
29 ( 25 ) I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel (#23)
30 ( -- ) I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - New Seekers

31 ( 33 ) Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier
32 ( 30 ) A Little Lovin' - Neil Sedaka (#28)
33 ( 24 ) The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu (#5)
34 ( 29 ) Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - Rolling Stones (#21)
35 ( 28 ) Let Your Hair Down - Temptations (#17)
36 ( 26 ) After The Goldrush - Prelude (#13)
37 ( 32 ) Happiness Is Me And You - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#30)
38 ( 34 ) I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King (#32)
39 ( -- ) A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich
40 ( 39 ) Baby We Can't Go Wrong - Cilla Black (#31)

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-- ( 35 ) Abra-Ca-Dabra - DeFranco Family (#22)
-- ( 36 ) Highway Of My Life - Isley Brothers (#11)
-- ( 37 ) Thanks For Saving My Life - Billy Paul (#7)
-- ( 38 ) Put Your Hands Together - O'Jays (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross (#27)

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-- ( -- ) The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
-- ( -- ) Lookin' For A Love - Bobby Womack

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yay! debut for Queen! Enjoy the next 17 years and 8 months...

[Whitneyfan]

01(04) Elton John – Candle In The Wind
02(03) David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
03(01) The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
04(02) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
05(10) Billy Joel – Piano Man
06(07) The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
07(05) Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive
08(12) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
09(06) Cher – Dark Lady
10(11) Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen

11(25) Jim Croce – I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song
12(18) Wings – Jet
13(19) Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
14(15) Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau
15(13) Candlewick Green – Who Do You Think You Are
16(09) Mud – Tiger Feet
17(14) Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind
18(08) Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me
19(16) Barry White – Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
20(17) T. Rex – Teenage Dream

21(--) Carly Simon – Mockingbird
22(--) Queen – Seven Seas Of Rhye
23(--) Helen Reddy – Keep On Singing
24(28) Genesis – I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
25(20) Bay City Rollers – Remember
26(--) Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
27(--) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love
28(--) New Seekers – I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
29(--) Elvis Presley – Take Good Care Of Her
30(--) Barry Blue – School Love

[smokeyb]

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

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 02.03.1974

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

[o]

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

[popchartfreak]

This has just been posted on YouTube, some classic late 73 performances from Earthband, David Essex, Bee Gees, Gilbert, ELO and hosted by Peter No-one who performs his current under rated single and classic 60s hits. Note his backing band is half The Rubettes, due soon in 1974, and LEO do Ma Ma Belle new entry this week...

Midnight Special never aired in the UK so this is all never seen before footage...
youtu.be/BkLT3Wx-sBo?si=10jl-70c0kyI_UvZ

[raliverpool]

01 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (4wks 24-3-1-1)
02 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (3wks 23-7-2)
03 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (5wks 14-2-1-2-3)
04 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (3wks 4-3-4)
05 Dolly Parton - Jolene (7wks 35-26-17-10-5-4-5)
06 Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised (3wks 22-12-6)
07 Cher - Dark Lady (4wks 25-17-9-7)
08 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It (2wks 15-8)
09 Bob Dylan - Forever Young (4wks 13-8-6-9)
10 Pink Floyd - Us & Them (6wks 8-1-1-2-5-10)

11 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (4wks 31-12-10-11)
12 Wombles - Wombling Song (4wks 35-20-11-12)
13 Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (2wks 23-13)
14 Harry Chaplin - WOLD (3wks 37-17-14)
15 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (3wks 39-22-15)
16 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me & You (4wks 29-19-14-16)
17 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (2wks 29-17)
18 Slade - When the Lights Are Out (3wks 27-19-18)
19 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (8wks 28-16-10-6-4-6-8-19)
20 Paul Simon - Something So Right (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Deep Purple - Burn (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (2wks 32-22)
23 Brian Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (7wks 20-7-4-3-7-13-24)
25 Anne Murray - A Love Song (3wks 35-30-25)
26 Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark (2wks 33-26)
27 Elton John - Candle In The Wind (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Allman Brothers - Jessica (7wks 29-20-13-9-10-16-28)
29 Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas (2wks 38-29)
30 Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Cilla Black - Baby We Can't Go Wrong (4wks 34-24-27-32)
33 T Rex - Teenage Dream (5wks 26-12-14-26-33)
34 Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (6wks 35-9-7-9-18-34)
35 Barry Blue - School Love (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Spinners - Mighty Love (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Who - The Real Me (4wks 30-25-28-38)
39 Mud - Tiger Feet (8wks 14-4-2-3-6-11-21-39)
40 Sweet - Teenage Rampage (8wks 13-2-1-2-5-13-25-40)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: David Bowie - REBEL REBEL
2 [2] :: Alvin Stardust - JEALOUS MIND
3 [5] :: Billy Joel - PIANO MAN
4 [3] :: Suzi Quatro - DEVIL GATE DRIVE
5 [9] :: Hollies - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
6 [4] :: Cher - DARK LADY
7 [11] :: Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND
8 [12] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - JET
9 [16] :: Willie Nelson - BLOODY MARY MORNING
10 [7] :: Dolly Parton - JOLENE
11 [new] :: Helen Reddy - KEEP ON SINGING
12 [6] :: Sweet - TEENAGE RAMPAGE
13 [19] :: Bay City Rollers - REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA)
14 [new] :: Bob Dylan - ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
15 [17] :: Leo Sayer - THE SHOW MUST GO ON
16 [15] :: Golden Earring - RADAR LOVE
17 [new] :: Staple Singers - TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND)
18 [8] :: Mud - TIGER FEET
19 [new] :: Blue Swede - HOOKED ON A FEELING
20 [new] :: Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - DREAM KID

[popchartfreak]

23rd February 1974



It's a brand new entry on top of the pile as Hot Chocolate notch up a 5th number one in 4 of the last 5 calendar years -only missing out on 1972, though You'll Always Be A Friend came within a whisker of a 6th. As per the norm, with Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, they like to change direction musically, this time it's a stark dark ballad with haunting descending guitar segments. It's pretty hard to get darker than this, but it's fab anyway. Meanwhile Barry Blue makes it 2 top 10's in a row with his charming 50's teen pastiche, and The New Seekers grab a first top 20 track in just over a year with the great little song I Get A Little Sentimental - it's old-time singalong style, and as usual not the greatest of productions from their team, but the tune is fab for their final hit song in this line-up.



New at 47, one I liked at the time from Radio Luxembourg plays, but I never got to tape it or buy a copy - 50 years on it turns out to be a great little Phil Spector pastiche courtesy of Vi from TV regulars The Flirtations. So good to hear it again, it's fresh! At 52, The Bee Gees got solidly ignored again in 1974 as the music scene was in the dying throes of Glam and the break-through of Disco, and the Gibbs were still 60's balladeers, by and large. That'll change, but in the meantime Mr. Natural was a good single that deserved more than the couple of radio plays it got. I also never managed to tape that, so had to resort to buying the album of the same name in the 90's as it never appeared on any compilations.



Big in the USA but bizarrely not the UK, Dancing Machine is in at 60, another one I liked and didn't get to tape but got it on a vinyl album a few years later. Still sounds funky. I blame Radio One for not picking up on it enough. At 62, another one that got a few plays on Radio One as a huge US hit, but still flopped in the UK, Grand Funk's stomping upbeat rock version of Carole King's Loco-motion hit for Little Eva, a UK hit in 1962 and 1972 - possibly why this one didn't register, it had only just charted again. The song will back again in the 80's.



New at 65 and 70 it's a double for The Stylistics - the US has opted for the slow ballad You Make Me Feel Brand New, the UK decided on the more upbeat Only For The Children as the A side - cue a huge US hit and a flop UK hit for the B side track. I know it was the lead track in the UK cos I charted it in my charts of the time after it got airplay, so the Wikipedia discography is wrong in omitting it and I can't be arsed to correct it. They reissued it as the B side to the US A side a few months later, but I always preferred the UK track to the monster ballad.



At 69, fresh from huge US success, the BBC had chosen Olivia Newton-John to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, and we were duly offered 6 new tracks on her TV show to vote for. As usual the British voting public went for the jolly oompah oompah pop track, Long Live Love, and felt so comfortable in that decision she was on Top Of The Pops the next week, plugging like mad, and our voting jury highly suspiciously not giving any points to the Ultimate Eurovision Song. Which is why the public is always right, even when they opt for tat. Juries can be rigged! Anyway, it was the 4th best song in the contest and came 4th, so justice was served and Olivia moved to America to record some decent ballads and become a film star for a while.



There's an episode of Top Of The Pops from 1974 that still exists because Bill Haley was on it singing Rock Around The Clock, a hit all over again in 1974. Even the old git who decided on saving any episodes at the BBC due to musical history recognised that one as a keeper. Not me, I had known it all my life and was never really a fan. A singalong once in a while was enough, I didn't need it on the radio a lot. That leaves some flop singles in the UK from Helen Reddy (her US hit Keep On Singing), Jimmy Ruffin (going Al Green-style with Tell Me What You Want - but he'll be back before year-end with huge oldies), Earth Wind & Fire (too funky for the UK just yet on Mighty Mighty), Ringo Starr (his 3rd single off the album, and Oh My My it was a bit too dreary to sell) and Jimmy helms on his 3rd single, the rather good There'll be Another Night. I'm basing this on a 50-year-old memory, as I charted it, I heard it, I know I Liked it, and the Record Mirror singles review was pretty positive. Sadly, it's not on any streaming site whatsoever so there's no way of ever hearing it again unless I buy a copy off Ebay if I can find one. Doh! Please post a youtube video someone. Jimmy? You must have one!


1 ( NEW ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1

2 ( 1 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1

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

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

5 ( 2 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2

6 ( 5 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1

7 ( 17 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7

8 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

9 ( 6 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6

10 ( 11 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1



11 ( 8 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3

12 ( 9 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1

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

14 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14

15 ( 12 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2

16 ( 28 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 16

17 ( 10 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1

18 ( 20 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

19 ( 15 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7

20 ( NEW ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 20



21 ( 18 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9

22 ( 26 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 22

23 ( 16 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16

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

25 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25

26 ( 23 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7

27 ( 30 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 27

28 ( 27 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1

29 ( 19 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

30 ( 31 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24



31 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21

32 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

33 ( 36 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33

34 ( 35 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

35 ( 29 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13

36 ( 37 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36

37 ( 44 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37

38 ( 32 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7

39 ( 45 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 39

40 ( 38 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2



41 ( 57 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41

42 ( 48 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42

43 ( 22 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22

44 ( 34 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18

45 ( 40 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16

46 ( 43 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26

47 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 47

48 ( 54 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 48

49 ( 39 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3

50 ( 47 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1



51 ( 50 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4

52 ( NEW ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 52

53 ( 46 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35

54 ( 71 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54

55 ( 53 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

56 ( 52 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7

57 ( 51 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1

58 ( 65 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 58

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

60 ( NEW ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 60



61 ( 60 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60

62 ( NEW ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 62

63 ( 69 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63

64 ( 49 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16

65 ( NEW ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65

66 ( 42 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25

67 ( 61 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 61

68 ( 41 ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 41

69 ( NEW ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 69

70 ( NEW ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 70



71 ( 55 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15

72 ( NEW ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72

73 ( 56 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56

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

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

76 ( NEW ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76

77 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 77

78 ( NEW ) THERE’LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT - Jimmy Helms # 78

79 ( NEW ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79

80 ( NEW ) OH MY MY - Ringo Starr # 80


and 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 THE FEELING 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

[Smurfie]

1 ) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
2 ) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
3 ) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
4 ) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are
5 ) Wombles - Wombling Song
6 ) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
7 ) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
8 ) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
9 ) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
10 ) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
11 ) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
12 ) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
13 ) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
14 ) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
15 ) Dawn - Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally
16 ) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
17 ) Andy Williams - Solitaire
18 ) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
19 ) Bay City Rollers - Remember
20 ) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle