Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.03.1974

[smokeyb]

Week 4 at the top for the Hollies, as Paul McCartney & Wings remain at 2.



Queen are up to 3, Elton John is up at 4 and David Bowie drops to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye at number 20.



The biggest climber is Terry Jacks who jumps up 22 places to number 11.



The biggest faller is Ringo Starr who drops 32 places.

[smokeyb]

23.03.1974 (Week # 12)

1 (01) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe - 147 points (6-3-2-1-1-1-1) 7 wks
2 (02) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 131 points (28-28-36-37-40-x-39-40-x-24-6-4-2-2) 12 wks
3 (05) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye - 126 points (29-13-5-3) 4 wks
4 (06) Elton John - Candle In The Wind - 104 points (12-7-6-4) 4 wks
5 (03) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - 99 points (4-3-2-3-5) 5 wks
6 (04) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero - 93 points (18-11-6-4-6) 5 wks
7 (21) Hot Chocolate - Emma - 93 points (28-21-7) 3 wks
8 (10) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - 77 points (30-10-8) 3 wks
9 (12) Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - 71 points (18-12-12-9) 4 wks
10 (20) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Belle - 64 points (20-10) 2 wks
11 (33) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 51 points (36-36-27-33-11) 5 wks
12 (24) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love - 50 points (24-12) 2 wks
13 (22) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love - 50 points (31-22-13) 3 wks
14 (13) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 47 points (35-30-40-x-34-16-13-14) 7 wks
15 (11) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl - 44 points (35-17-13-11-11-15) 6 wks
16 (18) Billy Joel - Piano Man - 43 points (21-19-18-16) 4 wks
17 (16) Barry Blue - School Love - 43 points (20-16-17) 3 wks
18 (26) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird - 43 points (26-18) 2 wks
19 (14) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music - 39 points (21-14-19) 3 wks
20 (NE) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything - 38 points (20) 1 wk
21 (07) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive - 38 points (4-2-1-2-3-7-21) 7 wks
22 (09) Bay City Rollers – Remember - 38 points (10-8-9-8-9-22) 6 wks
23 (23) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - 36 points (34-35-35-25-23-23) 6 wks
24 (08) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind - 35 points (11-5-4-5-8-24) 6 wks
25 (17) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are? - 29 points (22-15-17-25) 4 wks
26 (30) Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised - 26 points (40-30-26) 3 wks
27 (25) Harry Chapin - WOLD - 23 points (25-27) 2 wks
28 (28) Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love - 20 points (31-31-29-25-28-26-28-28) 8 wks
29 (15) Cher - Dark Lady - 20 points (34-31-19-11-8-10-7-9-15-29) 10 wks
30 (NE) Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love - 20 points (30) 1 wk
31 (31) Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 19 points (33-27-30-29-31-31) 6 wks
32 (NE) Jim Croce – I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song - 19 points (32) 1 wk
33 (34) Temptations – Heavenly - 18 points (34-33) 2 wks
34 (NE) Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing - 18 points (34) 1 wk
35 (36) Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It - 18 points (36-35) 2 wks
36 (NE) Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze - 18 points (36) 1 wk
37 (37) Al Wilson – Touch And Go - 17 points (34-37-37) 3 wks
38 (32) Wombles - Wombling Song - 17 points (23-8-5-6-7-8-14-32-38) 9 wks
39 (29) Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat - 17 points (29-39) 2 wks
40 (NE) Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New - 16 points (40) 1 wk
40 (NE) Paul Simon - Something So Right - 16 points (40) 1 wk

Dropouts:
42 (39) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) - 15 points (32-33-35-39)
43 (27) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - 15 points (25-21-19-24-27)
45 (35) K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Sound Your Funky Horn - 14 points (38-37-37-35)
51 (19) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen - 12 points (34-14-10-19)
55 (38) Prelude - After The Goldrush - 11 points (26-21-16-12-12-25-32-38)
69 (40) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision - 7 points (33-32-38-40)

[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 30.03.1974

1 (1) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (6 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (7 wk) (# 2)
3 (20) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (2 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (8 wk) (# 2)
5 (6) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You (4 wk) (# 5)
6 (10) Hot Chocolate - Emma (3 wk) (# 6)
7 (4) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (6 wk) (# 4)
8 (NE) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way (1 wk) (# 8)
9 (26) Glitter Band - Angel Face (2 wk) (# 9)
10 (7) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (5 wk) (# 7)
11 (12) Barry Blue - School Love (5 wk) (# 11)
12 (18) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (5 wk) (# 12)
13 (9) Freddie Starr - Its You (6 wk) (# 9)
14 (11) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (5 wk) (# 11)
15 (15) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (4 wk) (# 15)
16 (8) Bay City Rollers - Remember (8 wk) (# 6)
17 (5) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (7 wk) (# 1)
18 (21) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (25) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything (2 wk) (# 19)
20 (22) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love (4 wk) (# 20)
21 (13) Wombles - Wombling Song (10 wk) (# 4)
22 (24) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (6 wk) (# 21)
23 (19) Hudson Ford - Burn Baby Burn (7 wk) (# 15)
24 (28) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (4 wk) (# 24)
25 (14) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (8 wk) (# 1)
26 (17) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me (8 wk) (# 10)
27 (32) Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (23) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up (10 wk) (# 14)
29 (NE) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll (1 wk) (# 29)
30 (31) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music (4 wk) (# 30)
31 (27) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (7 wk) (# 26)
32 (29) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (5 wk) (# 27)
33 (30) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (9 wk) (# 10)
34 (38) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (3 wk) (# 34)
35 (34) Elvis Presley - I've Got A Thing About You Baby (3 wk) (# 34)
36 (16) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (6 wk) (# 5)
37 (43) Little Jimmy Osmond - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (33) Andy Williams - Solitaire (17 wk) (# 4)
39 (NE) Ragtimers - The Sting (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (50) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (35) Mud - Tiger Feet (11 wk) (# 1)
42 (NE) Sunny - Doctors Orders (1 wk) (# 42)
43 (NE) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (48) Nazareth - Shanghai'd In Shanghai (2 wk) (# 44)
45 (NE) Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (40) Dawn - Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally (4 wk) (# 37)
47 (36) Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding (6 wk) (# 35)
48 (46) Diana Ross - All Of My Life (13 wk) (# 9)
49 (39) Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down (3 wk) (# 39)
50 (37) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (6 wk) (# 31)

Usa chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 28-03-74:  Presenter: Dave Lee Travis
(9) THE GLITTER BAND - Angel Face 
(15) QUEEN - Seven Seas Of Rhye
(6) HOT CHOCOLATE - Emma
(27) BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS - Rock Around The Clock  
(3) TERRY JACKS - Seasons In The Sun 
(NEW) HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES - Satisfaction Guaranteed
(12) THE CARPENTERS - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 
(NEW) SLADE - Everyday
(18) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - Long Live Love
(1) PAPER LACE - Billy Don't Be A Hero
(30) THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - Listen To The Music 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 30.03.1974
1 (1) Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (10 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (16 wk) (# 2)
3 (5) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (22 wk) (# 1)
4 (8) Millican & Nesbitt - Millicant & Nesbitt (2 wk) (# 4)
5 (2) Free - The Free Story (3 wk) (# 2)
6 (9) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (12 wk) (# 5)
7 (35) Queen - Queen II (2 wk) (# 7)
8 (16) Lena Zavaroni - Ma (2 wk) (# 8)
9 (4) Alvin Stardust - The Untouchable (3 wk) (# 4)
10 (6) Deep Purple - Burn (5 wk) (# 3)

[rubcale]

01 Paper Lace Billy Don't Be A Hero
02 New Seekers I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
03 Carpenters Jambalaya
04 Barry Blue School Love
05 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye You Are Everything
06 Glitter Band Angel Face
07 Terry Jacks Seasons In The Sun
08 Hollies The Air That I Breathe
09 Gary Glitter Remember Me This Way
10 Charlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl
11 Robert Knight Everlasting Love
12 Olivia Newton-John Long Live Love
13 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Trucking
14 Doobie Brothers Listen To The Music
15 Chi-Lites Homely Girl
16 ELO Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
17 Sunny Doctor's Orders
18 Paul McCartney & Wings Jet
19 Candlewick Green Who Do You Think You Are
20 Mott The Hoople The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love (9 wks)
02 Al Green – Let's Get Married (1 wk)
03 Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (10 wks)
04 The Temptations – Heavenly (3 wks)
05 Al Wilson – Touch And Go (4 wks)
06 The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New (2 wks)
07 Martha Reeves – Power Of Love (1 wk)
08 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) (6 wks)
09 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (7 wks)
10 The Dells – I Miss You (11 wks)

11 New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry (9 wks)
12 First Choice – Newsy Neighbors (5 wks)
13 Leon Haywood – Keep It In The Family (2 wks)
14 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (11 wks)
15 Tavares – That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (9 wks)
16 The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (5 wks)
17 Johnnie Taylor – We're Getting Careless With Our Love (10 wks)
18 Tyrone Davis – I Wish It Was Me (9 wks)
19 The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl (8 wks)
20 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything (2 wks)

21 New Birth – It's Been A Long Time (7 wks)
22 Barry White – Honey Please, Can't Ya See (6 wks)
23 Tower Of Power – What Is Hip (6 wks)
24 Robert Knight – Everlasting Love (4 wks)
25 The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze (2 wks)
26 The Jackson Five – Dancing Machine (3 wks)
27 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (54 wks)
28 Bobby Bland – Goin' Down Slow (5 wks)
29 Ashford & Simpson – (I'd Know You) Anywhere (11 wks)
30 Marvin Gaye – You Sure Love To Ball (10 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) W.O.L.D - Harry Chapin < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Jet - Wings (#1[2])
3 ( 8 ) Emma - Hot Chocolate
4 ( 4 ) Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen
5 ( 3 ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John (#2[1])
6 ( 6 ) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
7 ( 10 ) I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce
8 ( 7 ) Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra (#7)
9 ( 5 ) Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (#3)
10 ( 14 ) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient

11 ( -- ) Keep On Singing - Helen Reddy
12 ( 22 ) Oh My My - Ringo Starr
13 ( 17 ) Long Live Love - Olivia Newton John
14 ( 9 ) Rebel Rebel - David Bowie (#6)
15 ( 15 ) I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - New Seekers
16 ( 13 ) Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer (#13)
17 ( 24 ) Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
18 ( 12 ) School Love - Barry Blue (#11)
19 ( 28 ) Homely Girl - Chi-Lites
20 ( 11 ) The Air That I Breathe - Hollies (#1[2])

21 ( -- ) The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
22 ( -- ) Doctor's Orders - Sunny
23 ( 23 ) A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich
24 ( -- ) The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll - Mott The Hoople
25 ( 27 ) T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB & Three Degrees
26 ( 34 ) Angel Face - Glitter Band
27 ( 18 ) Who Do You Think You Are - Candlewick Green (#13)
28 ( 20 ) Mighty Love - Spinners (#18)
29 ( 16 ) Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (#3)
30 ( 31 ) I've Got A Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley

31 ( 37 ) Shanghai'd In Shanghai - Nazareth
32 ( 38 ) Touch A Hand Make A Friend - Staple Singers
33 ( 19 ) Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace (#7)
34 ( 21 ) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (#4)
35 ( 26 ) Teenage Dream - Marc Bolan & T.Rex (#23)
36 ( 32 ) Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier (#31)
37 ( 25 ) Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust (#11)
38 ( -- ) My Mistake (Was To Love You) - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
39 ( 33 ) Come And Get Your Love (Hail) - Redbone (#20)
40 ( -- ) Dancing Machine - Jackson Five

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-- ( 29 ) Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers (#5)
-- ( 30 ) Burn Baby Burn - Hudson Ford (#18)
-- ( 35 ) Tiger Feet - Mud (#1[4])
-- ( 36 ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet (#2[2])
-- ( 39 ) Dark Lady - Cher (#9)
-- ( 40 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane (#2[2])

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[Smurfie]

1 ) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
2 ) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
3 ) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are
4 ) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
5 ) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
6 ) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
7 ) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
8 ) Hot Chocolate - Emma
9 ) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
10 ) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
11 ) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up
12 ) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird
13 ) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
14 ) Bay City Rollers - Remember
15 ) Barry Blue - School Love
16 ) Wombles - Wombling Song
17 ) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
18 ) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
19 ) Diana Ross - All Of My Life
20 ) Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer

[o]

1 Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet
2 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
3 Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
4 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
5 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
6 Elton John - Candle In The Wind
7 Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
8 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
9 Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room
10 Ragtimers - The Sting
11 Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
12 Hot Chocolate - Emma
13 Doobie Brothers - Listen to the music
14 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 23.03.1974

1 (02) The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
2 (01) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
3 (03) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
4 (04) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
5 (05) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
6 (21) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
7 (06) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
8 (07) Bay City Rollers - Remember
9 (New) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way
10 (30) The Glitter Band - Angel Face
11 (08) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
12 (15) Barry Blue - School Love
13 (09) Freddie Starr - It's You
14 (20) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
15 (10) Hot Chocolate - Emma
16 (11) Elton John - Candle In The Wind
17 (12) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
18 (28) Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
19 (24) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
20 (29) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
21 (13) Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
22 (14) Lena Zavaroni - Ma He's Making Eyes On Me
23 (27) Cher - Dark Lady
24 (Re) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
25 (16) The Wombles - The Wombling Song
26 (17) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
27 (18) Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give You Up
28 (19) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
29 (22) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen
30 (23) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World
31 (New) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll
32 (25) Andy Williams - Solitaire
33 (26) Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby
34 (New) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
35 (31) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me
36 (New) Sunny - Doctor's Orders
37 (32) Carly Simon And James Taylor - Mockingbird
38 (New) Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer
39 (34) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Happiness Is Me And You
40 (New) Ragtimers - The Sting

[smokeyb]

1 (5) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (4 wks)
2 (1) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (6 wks)
3 (6) Hot Chocolate - Emma (3 wks)
4 (9) Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music (4 wks)
5 (2) Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet (5 wks)
6 (3) Elton John - Candle In The Wind (5 wks)
7 (11) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (4 wks)
8 (4) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (6 wks)
9 (10) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (5 wks)
10 (12) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental (4 wks)
11 (25) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (2 wks)
12 (7) Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (7 wks)
13 (13) Robert Knight - Everlasting Love (4 wks)
14 (20) Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (3 wks)
15 (18) Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (5 wks)
16 (19) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (3 wks)
17 (27) Glitter Band - Angel Face (2 wks)
18 (26) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything (2 wks)
19 (22) Ringo Starr - Oh My My (4 wks)
20 (8) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (8 wks)
21 (33) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl (2 wks)
22 (21) Barry Blue - School Love (5 wks)
23 (17) Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing (4 wks)
24 (NE) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way (1 wk)
25 (NE) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll (1 wk)
26 (32) Nazareth - Shanghai'd In Shanghai (2 wks)
27 (NE) Sunny - Doctors Orders (1 wk)
28 (15) Billy Joel - Piano Man (6 wks)
29 (14) Candlewick Green - Who Do You Think You Are (6 wks)
30 (16) Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) (6 wks)
31 (23) Bay City Rollers - Remember (8 wks)
32 (24) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (7 wks)
33 (28) Medicine Head - Slip And Slide (8 wks)
34 (29) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (7 wks)
35 (30) Brownsville Station - Smokin In The Boys Room (5 wks)
36 (31) Freddie Starr - Its You (6 wks)
37 (34) Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (6 wks)
38 (NE) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (1 wk)
39 (NE) Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (1 wk)
40 (NE) ZZ Top - La Grange (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
02(01) Elton John – Candle In The Wind
03(09) Hot Chocolate – Emma
04(05) Queen – Seven Seas Of Rhye
05(08) Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
06(06) Carly Simon & James Taylor– Mockingbird
07(10) Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized
08(03) Billy Joel – Piano Man
09(12) Helen Reddy – Keep On Singing
10(17) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything

11(14) Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love
12(04) The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
13(13) Elvis Presley – I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby
14(20) The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl
15(07) David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
16(23) The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
17(11) The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
18(26) Cat Stevens – Oh Very Young
19(32) The Three Degrees – Dirty Ol’ Man
20(36) The Glitter Band – Angel Face

21(33) Sunny – Doctor’s Orders
22(15) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
23(16) Jim Croce – I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song
24(--) Gary Glitter – Remember Me This Way
25(27) Gladys Knight & The Pips – I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
26(18) Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
27(--) Marvin Hamlisch – The Entertainer
28(19) Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
29(22) Cher – Dark Lady
30(21) Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive

31(24) Wings – Jet
32(25) New Seekers – I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
33(28) Barry Blue – School Love
34(30) Mud – Tiger Feet
35(--) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock ‘n’ Roll
36(29) Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen
37(--) ZZ Top – La Grange
38(34) Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down
39(31) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love
40(35) Candlewick Green – Who Do You Think You Are

[Shireblogger]

1 [5] :: Doobie Brothers - LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
2 [1] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - JET
3 [3] :: David Bowie - REBEL REBEL
4 [2] :: Billy Joel - PIANO MAN
5 [9] :: Adriano Celantano - PRISENCOLINENSINAINCIUSOL
6 [6] :: Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND
7 [11] :: Electric Light Orchestra - MA-MA-MA BELLE
8 [4] :: Alvin Stardust - JEALOUS MIND
9 [8] :: Queen - SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE
10 [12] :: Charlie Rich - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
11 [10] :: Willie Nelson - BLOODY MARY MORNING
12 [7] :: Hollies - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
13 [new] :: Terry Jacks - SEASONS IN THE SUN
14 [17] :: Dolly Parton - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
15 [15] :: Staple Singers - TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND)
16 [new] :: Al Green - LET'S GET MARRIED
17 [18] :: Carly Simon & James Taylor - MOCKINGBIRD
18 [13] :: Suzi Quatro - DEVIL GATE DRIVE
19 [19] :: Hot Chocolate - EMMA
20 [20] :: Carpenters - JAMBALAYA

[popchartfreak]

16th March 1974

It's up to the top for a 3rd Isley Brothers number one, following on from This Old Heart Of Mine and Behind A Painted Smile in my 60's retro charts, just holding off Dolly Parton from her first chart-topper and second top 5 in a row, with I Will Always LOve You. Neil Sedaka's ode to John Lennon and the US immigrant tradition (of invading the land and taking it from the original residents, if one is cynical) bringing irony to the current anti-immigrant feeling of immigrants and ancestors of immigrants. Neil's other fab ballad goes top 20.

50 years ago, ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA dropped their second album named after their entry Waterloo. I was babysitting for cash when they won, won my heart, and became an instant fan, buying the record and entering my chart at 1 in April of 1974. 50 years on it's been a constant presence to the extent that it doesn't sound fresh to me anymore, but it enters at 9 anyway with another 7 tracks listed lower down. I bought all of their singles, and in later years the albums, so expect ABBA invasions from Benny Bjorn Agnetha and Anni-Frid from now until 2032. That's marginally longer than The Beatles chart career.

Apart from ABBA, Mott The Hoople are back for their last hit, The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll - their will be loads more tracks in 1974 with rock/rock 'n' roll in the title as 50's nostalgia goes into overdrive, and Mott get their 6th chart entry in my charts with one more to come. ZZ Top debut at 63 a full 10 years early for their classic hitmaking era, but La Grange is great swamp rock boogie. Stevie Wonder gives Rufus and Chaka Khan a helping hand to US hitdom, Tell Me Something Good, one of his many giveaway songs.

That leaves minor entries for the original version of the 1975 Glen Campbell monster Rhinestone Cowboy, Etta James dropping her version of future Tom Jones movie cover from The Full Monty in the 90's, Leave Your hat On, Lois Fletcher's cover of Greyhound's UK reggae hit I Am What I Am, and Al Green's Let's Get Married, none of them having been heard by me before this week. That leaves Mungo Jerry's latest hit, Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black, sneaking in, but probably my least-fave Ray Dorset record to date at the time and still.


1 ( 3 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1

2 ( 28 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2

3 ( 2 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1

4 ( 5 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4

5 ( 1 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1

6 ( 4 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1

7 ( 6 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6

8 ( 33 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 8

9 ( NEW ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 9

10 ( 11 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1


11 ( 10 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1

12 ( 13 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1

13 ( 17 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13

14 ( 27 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14

15 ( 12 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1

16 ( 16 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 16

17 ( 7 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3

18 ( 19 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 18

19 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

20 ( 21 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 20


21 ( 9 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7

22 ( 14 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2

23 ( 15 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6

24 ( 8 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4

25 ( 22 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

26 ( 24 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1

27 ( 29 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27

28 ( 34 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 28

29 ( NEW ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 29

30 ( 35 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30


31 ( 30 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

32 ( 26 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3

33 ( 31 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7

34 ( 25 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1

35 ( 32 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9

36 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7

37 ( NEW ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 37

38 ( 23 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2

39 ( 47 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 39

40 ( 20 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20


41 ( 38 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1

42 ( 37 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8

43 ( 51 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43

44 ( 40 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

45 ( 59 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 45

46 ( 41 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1

47 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21

48 ( NEW ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 48

49 ( NEW ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 49

50 ( 42 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41


51 ( 52 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 51

52 ( 48 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

53 ( 53 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2

54 ( 44 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14

55 ( 54 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16

56 ( 39 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19

57 ( NEW ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 57

58 ( 55 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24

59 ( 49 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25

60 ( 43 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37


61 ( NEW ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 61

62 ( 62 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 62

63 ( NEW ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 63

64 ( 56 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13

65 ( 50 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 50

66 ( 46 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42

67 ( 76 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 67

68 ( 57 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53

69 ( 63 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63

70 ( NEW ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 70


71 ( 61 ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 61

72 ( 71 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65

73 ( 79 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 73

74 ( 75 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 74

75 ( NEW ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 75

76 ( 78 ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 76

77 ( NEW ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 77

78 ( 80 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 78

79 ( 70 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 70

80 ( NEW ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 80


81 ( NEW ) LONG LEGGED WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK - Mungo Jerry # 81

82 ( NEW ) LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Etta James # 82

83 ( NEW ) I AM WHAT I AM - Lois Fletcher # 83

84 ( NEW ) REMEMBER ME THIS WAY - Gary Glitter # 84

85 ( NEW ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 85


....and my personal charts of the time, 16-year-old me:



6 weeks for Jet, big jump for the sentimental New Seekers, and loads of new entries shoving out loads of other tracks that would easily have been charting on long runs had I done a 75 in those days, notably UK number one Billy Don’t Be A Hero, peaking at 18! In at 4 highest new entry, former Poppy Family Canadian singer Terry Jacks with his hushed version of a Jaques Brel song. The sombre tone was excelled by Hot Chocolate having another musical change of direction, opting for moody death ballad Emma, a wannabe star who never made it. Oudoing both, though, Jim Croce in at 15 with Time In A Bottle, poignant is an understatement as he’d died in a plane crash a year or so before and this was his posthumous US chart-topper. Gorgeous song, and that’s a new entry for 3 consecutive weeks for 3 plane crash pop stars posthumously charting. Obviously all the rage…

In at 6, debuting, cool sound of Philadelphia, the cool Three Degrees. They weren’t cool for long, but in early ‘74 they were, as the Philly Sound ruled. It’s their best record, still. In at 14, a debut hit for 50’s doo-wop sounds, glam-stylee, studio session musicians using the name Rubettes. Plugged heavily on Radio Luxembourg it was months before the Beeb and chart entry status beckoned. Jonathan King’s back, never one to turn down a chance for cash, it’s a carbon copy treatment of another Rolling Stones classic to his previous hit, only this misfired. Jimmy Helms gets a third hit in my charts. You might know him better as a member of 90's hit band Londonbeat. I know him better as Jimmy Helms, great UK soul singer who's had his 70's TV performances wiped. They exist only in my memory...

Having another solo hit, the pure-voiced Art Garfunkel Shall Sing, just above Livvie. Yes, Eurovision, a bit military march-y, and I’m not even sure it was the best of her 6 songs that got voted for. Its low chart position (for me) shows I wasn’t that impressed compared to every UK entry from Puppet onwards. I saw Livvie in Bournemouth 2012 and she sang it live for the first time in decades, and it rather surprisingly brought a tear and smile to my face. Aaaahhhh!


1 ( 1 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings

2 ( 2 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra

3 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust

4 ( NEW ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks

5 ( 21 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers

6 ( NEW ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees

7 ( 7 ) TIGER FEET Mud

8 ( 9 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon

9 ( 6 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks

10 ( 5 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies


11 ( 11 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight

12 ( 20 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen

13 ( 17 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates

14 ( NEW ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes

15 ( NEW ) TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce

16 ( 8 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford

17 ( 19 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue

18 ( NEW ) THERE'LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT Jimmy Helms

19 ( NEW ) EMMA Hot Chocolate

20 ( 22 ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips


21 ( RE ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND The Four Tops

22 ( NEW ) GET OFF MY CLOUD Bubble Rock

23 ( 25 ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station

24 ( 14 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro

25 ( 10 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra

26 ( 13 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr

27 ( 16 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich

28 ( NEW ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel

29 ( NEW ) LONG LIVE LOVE Olivia Newton-John

30 ( RE ) CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John


31 ( 4 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell

32 ( 12 ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding

33 ( 15 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson

34 ( 31 ) DARK LADY Cher

35 ( 32 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie

[raliverpool]

01 Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (5wks 23-13-5-4-1)

02 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It (5wks 15-8-3-3-2)

03 Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (7wks 24-3-1-1-1-1-3)
04 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet (6wks 23-7-2-2-2-4)
05 Hot Chocolate - Emma (2wks 16-5)
06 Electric Light Orchestra - Ma Ma Ma Belle (3wks 27-10-6)
07 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (3wks 32-11-7)
08 Paul Simon - Something So Right (4wks 20-7-5-8)
09 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (3wks 24-14-9)
10 Billy Joel - Piano Man (2wks 25-10)

11 Bee Gees - Mr Natural (3wks 34-19-11)
12 Roxy Music - A Song For Europe (2wks 26-12)
13 Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (2wks 21-13)
14 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (5wks 29-17-8-7-14)
15 Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock N Roll (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Brian Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye (4wks 23-11-9-16)
17 Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised (6wks 22-12-6-4-6-17)
18 Elton John - Candle In The Wind (4wks 27-16-13-18)
19 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (6wks 39-22-15-12-12-19)
20 Cher - Dark Lady (7wks 25-17-9-7-6-8-20)

21 John Lennon - Out The Blue (3wks 40-30-21)
22 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (4wks 31-22-20-22)
23 MFSB & Three Degrees - The Sound Of Philadelphia (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Ringo Starr - Oh My My (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Deep Purple - Burn (4wks 21-15-17-25)
26 Glitter Band - Angel Face (1wk 26 NEW)
27 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (6wks 4-3-4-10-15-27)
28 John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (3wks 33-29-28)
29 Mick Ronson - Only After Dark (3wks 38-28-29)
30 Spinners - Mighty Love (4wks 36-26-27-30)

31 Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas (5wks 38-29-23-24-31)
32 Badfinger - Shine On (3wks 37-31-32)
33 Harry Chaplin - WOLD (6wks 37-17-14-13-18-33)
34 New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You (2wks 39-34)
35 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (7wks 31-12-10-11-14-23-35)
36 Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Nazareth - Shanghai'd In Shanghai (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (8wks 14-2-1-2-3-9-22-40)